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After nearly two years of fortress Australia, double-vaccinated tourists are just weeks away from returning.

The superannuation industry calls for a baby bonus, to pay thousands of dollars into the super accounts, mostly of women, but will it close the gender gap in retirement savings?

And China's tennis star Peng Shuai denies she ever 'disappeared', saying a now deleted social media post caused a ‘huge misunderstanding’, human rights groups still suspect foul play.

As more older Australians' lives are cut short, Scott Morrison admits there's a COVID crisis in Aged Care.

Concerns that Omicron has been masking a surge in cases of the potentially more-deadly Delta variant, immunologist Kim Mulholland joins ‘PM’.

Can rent-to-buy schemes get more people in to a home without the need for a big up-front deposit?

A government taskforce will analyse aged care deaths, but will it do anything to alleviate conditions that have seen hundreds die during the Omicron onslaught?

New Zealand has announced a plan to reopen its borders, but after a couple of false starts and delays, expats are wary.

After 22 years of investigation, Australian researchers make a contested claim that they've found the resting place of Captain Cook's ship - Endeavour.

An elite Australian soldier tells a court that war veteran Ben Roberts-Smith repeatedly shot an Afghan man in the back and ordered a colleague to execute another.

The reserve bank governor urges people to have financial buffers, admitting that interest rates might rise this year - two years earlier than it previously predicted.

And disaster-hit Tonga feared post tsunami aid deliveries would also bring COVID, now two port workers are positive and a lockdown's descending, but is the virus already spreading?

No apology – but the Prime Minister admits he hasn't got everything right and was too optimistic about the pandemic.

The major political parties rake in tens of millions of dollars in funding and donations for another year, but why is more than a third of it from undisclosed sources?

And is the viral internet wordplay game Wordle headed behind the paywall? Enthusiasts react to the news the game has been bought for a seven-figure sum by The New York Times.

The return to school comes to an abrupt halt for some children after an unexpected positive COVID result on a rapid antigen test.

A year on from the coup that cruelled Myanmar's democracy, one protester who fled for Australia says the junta's relentless brutality is driving a spiral of violence.

The streaming audio service Spotify responds to a boycott by high-profile musicians by saying it'll put a content warning on podcasts discussing COVID-19, will it quiet the rage?

Will a $1 billion commitment over the term of two future governments save the Great Barrier Reef from an existential threat?

We'll look at the science and speak with Labor’s Terri Butler and renegade Coalition Senator Gerard Rennick who can think of better ways to spend the money.

Just how risky is domestic air travel when it comes to catching COVID-19? Those with the means are skipping the terminal entirely, booking private charter planes instead.

New South Wales authorities demand a faster take up of COVID booster shots, while Victoria pushes to make three doses the minimum to meet vaccine rules.

Urgent calls to close loopholes in laws governing quick and easy loans, financial counsellors say more Australians are getting distressingly deep into debt.

And remembering the Holocaust - it’s about commemoration and averting a repeat of history, but Rabbi Zalman Kastel tells PM why it’s directly relevant to our own contemporary debates.

Citizens new and old celebrate Australia Day, amid a growing awareness of this day's cruel history and legacy of pain for our First Nations people.

Australian of the Year Dylan Alcott calls for full funding of the National Disability Insurance Scheme, we’ll discuss that and why he, and other advocates, say better COVID care is needed for people with disability.

Western Australia to ban the unvaccinated from bottle shops, will the lure of the booze convince more people to get a COVID shot?

We've all watched the cost of living go up, numbers today confirm it, and it's squeezing those who're already struggling to get by.

Russia's build-up near Ukraine escalates, NATO forces are redeployed in response as a deterrent, we'll look at Ukraine's readiness and how Russia may strike.

What's next for the pandemic, if new Omicron infections have peaked in Australia? Meet the people who've caught COVID twice.