Sunday Extra - Separate stories podcast

Ethiopia has begun generating electricity for the first time from its Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam on the River Nile. The massive hydropower plant is set to transform the country, but it's also been the subject of a decade-long dispute with Sudan and Egypt.

In recent weeks protests against vaccine mandates have brought parts of Canada to a standstill and sparked similar uprisings across the globe, including in Australia's capital city.

In recent weeks protests against vaccine mandates have brought parts of Canada to a standstill and sparked similar uprisings across the globe but the ‘Freedom Convoy’ protests go to the heart of something bigger than vaccine mandates, with experts concerned about the rise of far-right extremism and right-wing populism.

Can you guess this week's mystery caller?

For the past decade, Sukhjit Kaur Khalsa's work has provoked important conversations about identity, racism and feminism and led to a nomination for this year's WA Young Australian of the Year.

In 1796, Dr Edward Jenner delivered the world's first inoculation to his gardener's eight-year-old son who was suffering from the deadly smallpox virus, but his scientific breakthrough also sprouted the first seeds of an anti-vaccination movement.

The experience of three women who fell victim to romance scammer Shimon Hayut has gained the world's attention this week in the new Netflix documentary 'The Tinder Swindler', but the story behind the popular show was broken by Norwegian publication VG in 2019.

Why a part of our workforce is afraid to speak up, even if their lodgings have bedbugs, it's hard to get a shower, or their pay is getting docked by random amounts.

Reporter Mario Christodoulou investigates.

The story of Australia’s early computer hacking scene is told in a new seven-part podcast series, called Motherlode.

What does it take to raise a generation of healthier kids?

Well it depends a bit on what’s around them – and what’s further away. What’s cheaper, or at least feels like better value for money. And what options they have in their downtime.