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Both major parties back a home loan scheme that analysts say does nothing to make homes more affordable. We'll get a view on what they should be doing instead.

The return of the cruise industry, what are the chances you'll get COVID onboard?

New figures from China suggest serious headwinds are hitting one of the world's largest economies, as harsh COVID lockdowns take a heavy toll.

Thousands of new jobs were created last month, ‘PM’ looks at what the figures tell us, and how insecure work contributes to stress and anxiety.

A flagship of the Russian Navy is seriously damaged in the Black Sea, it’s a big boost for the Ukrainian military ahead of a new Russian campaign.

Another person in the National Disability Insurance Scheme is left distraught by an apparent cut to their plan, but as you'll hear - there's a last-minute reprieve.

Promises on fuel security and health care clinics from the major parties, but in both sectors, experts are underwhelmed.

How the minor parties, independents and the Greens are harnessing voter disillusionment and are in with a chance to be part of a bigger cross bench after the election.

Another 39 COVID deaths reported just today, we'll hear why people should take efforts to avoid disease transmission over the Easter break.

We’ll assess the government's election promises on job creation, plus, how the parties stack up on mental health policy?

Anthony Albanese's mistake on economic figures is still preoccupying a lot of political journalists, we'll get the voters view, and a veteran of election campaigns, turned academic, professor Mark Kenny joins ‘PM’.

Where are the humanitarian visas promised to Ukrainian refugees? Australia's peak Ukrainian organisation says they're not aware of anyone receiving one yet.

The first full day of the election campaign and Labor's Anthony Albanese admits a mistake - he couldn't cite the unemployment rate.

School principals cite heavy workloads, exhaustion, and burnout as reasons they're prematurely leaving the job, what can be done to attract and retain them?

Frightening tales of COVID lockdown in Shanghai have been all over social media, now China's clamping down, East Asia correspondent Bill Birtles joins ‘PM’.

The Reserve Bank expects house prices to fall about 15 percent as interest rates rise over the next two years.

We're still waiting for an election date, but the campaigning is underway, and Labor says taxpayer funded ads are promoting the Coalition.

Are out of practice travellers to blame for long queues at Sydney Airport? We'll look at the teething problems as air travel roars back.

Australia announces new sanctions against Russian elites, as world leaders meet in the aftermath of the Bucha atrocities.

Clive Palmer's spent tens of millions of dollars pushing yellow attack ads far and wide, how much influence will it buy this fringe political player? 

More balls are set to be put into the draw for Victoria's Oz Lotto, what does it mean for gamblers longing to take home the jackpot, and does it amount to gambling reform?

As more horrors emerge from liberated Ukrainian villages, is Ukraine's President right to suggest that if the UN security council can't vote to stop the war in his country, it would be better being dissolved?

So many people are appealing against decisions of the National Disability Insurance Scheme, that advocates have started turning them away, one mother tells us about losing one-on-one support for her daughter.

Live sheep exporters win back an extra two weeks of the northern summer to put animals on the high seas, animal welfare advocates warn the plan risks a repeat of past grisly deaths.

The horror of slain civilians in Russia's wake in Ukraine fuels global outrage, perhaps new sanctions, and threats of removal from a UN rights body.

Ukrainian Human Rights lawyer Oleksandra Matviichuk has heard much testimony in this war, but she's horrified by what she's seen.

With a federal election approaching, how much trust should we put in opinion polls? We'll look at what went wrong last time and what's changed.

A Ukrainian pastor who's visited the Ukrainian city of Bucha after Russian soldiers left, speaks of the horrors; bodies in the streets, civilians murdered, hands bound and claims of rape.

Floodwater in the Northern Rivers region slowly recedes, we'll meet residents assessing the damage from the two floods.

The first single man to be given the right to have a child through surrogacy in Victoria --- is now officially a dad. He shares his story with ‘PM’.