Sarah Ferguson is the host of ABC TV's flagship news and current affairs program 7.30 (and has one of the most impressive CVs in Australian journalism).

She joins Saturday Extra for The Last Thing, where she talks through her last great read, the last great TV show she watched, and the last great art exhibition she attended.

US news site Politico is set to launch its Australian offering next month — a newsletter called Canberra Playbook.

Its launch editor is Ryan Heath, an Australian journalist who spent many years in the US and who also helped launch Politico's Playbook in Brussels.

One Nation MP Barnaby Joyce went viral this week when he yelled at his dog mid-interview. 

Was he right to aggressively reprimand the animal?

The history and current workings of Australia's spies are a little opaque to us everyday people.

But a group of Australians, most of whom come from within the intelligence community, is hoping to change that.

The group is proposing that Australia build a National Spy Museum in Canberra, which will look at Australia's espionage efforts and pay tribute to its spooks, past and present.

While the Trump administration continues to confront Iran over its nuclear ambitions, it's also struck a landmark nuclear deal with Saudi Arabia. 

The agreement will give the kingdom access to US civilian nuclear technology which could allow Saudi Arabia to enrich uranium.

But there's a catch. Donald Trump has added a potentially deal-ending stipulation, Saudi Arabia must normalise relations with Israel, a move the Saudis have long refused to do.

This week, Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen launched strikes on two Saudi Arabian oil tankers, immediately leading to yet another spike in oil prices.

The Strait of Hormuz, which has become a choke-point for a crucial supply chain, continues to be severely disrupted. 

But so far, the world economy has avoided a meltdown, a global recession or even depression, despite dire predictions.

Have the economic threats been overstated or is there more pain to come?

Horror films are enjoying huge success at the box office and many 'prestige' offerings from the genre are earning critical acclaim, even Oscars.

And Australia is playing a big part in this trend. Over recent years, several Australian horror films have performed very well both locally and internationally.

So are we in a golden age of Australian horror films?

After a month of footballing excellence at the FIFA World Cup, 48 teams have been whittled down to just two.

The tournament has been very eventful, from a Trumpian intervention, debates over the pros and cons of the VAR system and hydration breaks, and the unexpected success of a tiny island nation.

We take a look back at the past month and preview the final between Spain and Argentina.

In a project that goes to the heart of how our human relationship with machines is being completely overhauled, researchers at the University of New South Wales are developing an AI companion to address loneliness.

The companion is being developed with Chinese students as well as the elderly — two groups that are very susceptible to loneliness. 

It may sound a bit dystopic, but trials are so far proving hopeful.

March 15, 2019 was one of New Zealand's darkest days.

We now know that the Australian terrorist who shot dead 51 people during Friday prayers at two Christchurch mosques had meticulously planned his attack.

But New Zealand's royal commission into the attack which reported in December 2020 concluded "there was no plausible way" he could have been detected in advance "except by chance".

The authors of a new book take issue with that statement, arguing the terrorist's online activity gave clear indications of his intentions.