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  • Berejiklian fixes MP lover’s funding complaint
    How the then-Premier Gladys Berejiklian sought to fix her lover's problems with funding for his electorate, we'll bring you the key moments and phone taps from the ICAC.
    "Meta" is Facebook's new corporate identity, but a warning that Zuckerberg's so-called metaverse could be a dangerous new frontier for criminals.
    And Australia's rising prison population, despite a fall in crime, the legal profession says it's time to take jails out of the dark ages.
    30 min
  • “I'll throw money at Wagga” Berejiklian caught on phone tap
    The former New South Wales Premier promises her former lover cash for Wagga Wagga in phone tap evidence heard at the Independent Commission Against Corruption.
    Dozens more dead of COVID-19 in Victoria and still close to two thousand new cases, just ahead of restrictions being further eased, is the state moving too fast?
    And the big four banks quietly hike fixed rate mortgage products, what should home buyers do in uncertain times?
    30 min
  • Vaccine boosters coming in weeks
    Children as young as five could be next in the COVID vaccine queue and booster shots are coming for adults, when should you get yours?
    The COVID alert rises on the New South Wales-Victoria border, there's a surge in cases, but travel restrictions will soon lift and lockdowns are meant to become a thing of the past.
    And the Federal government wants to make voters bring identification to the polling booth, why just the perception of voter fraud can be a problem.
    30 min
  • Net zero locked in, though not legislated
    The Prime Minister announced net zero by 2050 as official government policy, but its thin on how we'll get there, so how will it be received in the economy and in Glasgow?
    Critics say the plan lacks real initiative to drive the change, still, former climate special envoy Professor Howard Bamsey has some positive takeaways, he joins PM.  
    And the Facebook Papers; Internal documents expose a company struggling to address harms it fuels.
    30 min
  • Climate deal; an ‘unedifying democratic spectacle’
    Nationals MP Keith Pitt is back in Federal Cabinet, he's from regional Queensland, and it’s part of a climate policy deal that remains largely secret.
    As the world's cities prepare for a hotter, drier future, many are planting vast numbers of trees, for cooling and water retention, but are we getting enough out of that big investment?
    And if you want tickets to January's Australian Open you'll need to be fully vaccinated,  but should star players get an exemption?
    30 min
  • Film set tragedy as Alec Baldwin fires prop gun
    Families are reunited, and public life resumes as Melbourne's latest painful lockdown ends, we'll bring you the joy and the heartache of the day.
    Tragedy on a US film set when actor Alec Baldwin fires a prop gun, a cinematographer is dead and the director is also hurt, we'll speak with a veteran armourer for the Australian film industry.
    And we discuss what's known as "Geo-Engineering”, a theoretical response to climate change, but one that carries big risks.
    30 min
  • Australia’s rising vulnerability to heat
    The Nationals are finalising their demands so Scott Morrison can announce a a net zero climate commitment.
    A warning that Australia is out on a limb, with no national plan to help adapt Australian life to the health impacts of climate change.
    And as Melbourne prepares to emerge from its latest lockdown with near record daily COVID cases, health workers fear what's coming next.
    30 min
  • Baird reflects on Berejiklian’s relationship
    Mike Baird was ‘incredulous’ when he heard of Glady Berejiklian’s secret relationship, the former New South Wales premier gives evidence at a corruption hearing.
    Australia's COVID success story, the 70 per cent vaccine target is reached nationally marking a major turnaround for what was a troubled program.
    And another step forward for Australia's space industry, soon home to a powerful radar to track satellites.
    30 min
  • When will Australians return to Bali?
    Bali, one of Australia's favourite travel destinations is still off the cards, we'll ask the Indonesian Tourism Minister about the plan.
    What's the hold up in the Queensland town that - at current rates - won't its 80 per cent vaccination target for eight months?
    And the celebrated US military and political figure, General Colin Powell, has died at 84, we'll look at his complex legacy, particularly over the war in Iraq.
    30 min
  • COVID-free Queensland to open borders
    Queensland will be open by Christmas to vaccinated travellers from interstate COVID hotspots. 
    A parliamentary inquiry finds deficient safeguards and calls for an overhaul of Australia's Aboriginal heritage laws after the Juukan Gorge destruction.
    And coalition tensions deepen with no deal yet despite a second day of National Party climate talks, so what price in taxpayer dollars will they extract for their support?
    30 min

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