Saturday Extra - Separate stories podcast

A small suburban Sydney public school beat hundreds of shortlisted designs to win the 2024 World Building of the Year.

Darlington Public School in Sydney the coveted annual prize at the World Architecture Festival.

Zaki Haidari arrived by boat in Australia as a refugee from Afghanistan at the age of 17 in 2011. 

This week he delivered the inaugural Kaldor Oration - a speech intended to enrich the national conversation on refugee issues.

Australian Test cricket captain Pat Cummins stars in Tourism Australia’s Come and Say G’day campaign which will run on Indian TV throughout the five test series between Australia and India.

Air pollution in Delhi has hit record levels, making it the most polluted city in the world - some have described it as uninhabitable.

Emergency measures such as banning construction work have been introduced, but is there a longer term plan?

Guest: Tanushree Ganguly,  Director for Air Quality Life Index

Universities are scrambling to make up the funding shortfalls they'll face because of reduced numbers of overseas students.

A leading political scientist has likened present-day geopolitics to the political climate before World War One and the Great Depression.

Ian Bremmer says there's an absence of global leadership, and that existing institutions don't reflect the balance of power in the world today.

The Inca Empire was the pinnacle of thousands of years of ancient civilisation. 

Who came before them?  And what did those empires and civilisations achieve?

During the first trade war between Trump and Xi Jinping, China responded by stimulating the domestic economy by spending big on infrastructure and housing, which gave a boost to the Australian economy.

But how might a new round of increased tariffs against China play out for Australian business?

Lobbying is underway of major players in the fashion sector to rescue Australian Fashion Week after the New York based company IMG, withdrew support for the event. 

Amid the rise in populism, extremism, and polarisation around the world,  can centrism offers the most potent antidote to the excesses of populism?