The World Today

By ABC News

The World Today is a comprehensive current affairs program which backgrounds, analyses, interprets and encourages debate on events and issues of interest and importance to all Australians.... more

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The podcast currently has 9,618 episodes available.

The World Today episodes:

January 07, 2022 Supermarket shelves are stripped bare and hospitality venues shut down because of escalating COVID cases
The world's number one tennis player is in his second day of immigration detention in Melbourne
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25min
January 06, 2022 Novak Djokovic's visa cancelled on arrival
Could this be game over for Novak Djokovic's in Australia? With his visa cancelled on arrival, he's set to be kicked out in straight sets.
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30min
January 05, 2022 Novak Djokovic gets green light to enter Australia
There's been a public backlash to news that Novak Djokovic has been given an exemption to play in the Australian Open, without being vaccinated.
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30min
January 04, 2022 Doctors worried as elective surgery wait times blow out
Doctors worried as elective surgery wait times blow out - including for children - as COVID hospitalisations rise.
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27min
January 03, 2022 Frontline services struggle to get RAT tests
Charities struggling to get rapid antigen tests for people at risk, as supply issues continue to cause difficulties.
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27min
December 31, 2021 How will hospitals around the country manage COVID wards?
As some states experience high COVID case numbers for the first time, can their hospitals cope with an influx of patients?
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27min
December 30, 2021 Ghislaine Maxwell found guilty by a US jury
After 40 hours of deliberations, Ghislaine Maxwell, the former companion of Jeffrey Epstein has been found guilty of helping the late financier sexually abuse teenage girls.
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27min
December 29, 2021 Calls to address COVID testing pressures
The true extent of spread of Covid-19 over the Christmas weekend is revealed;
Warnings many have forgotten the dangers and are unprepared for the threat of grassfires this summer;
And the scientist who alerted the world to the Omicron variant on what we now know about it....and the answers experts are still seeking.
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30min
December 28, 2021 Health workers under pressure as COVID cases rise
As COVID cases rise, the pressure is being felt by frontline health workers.
And chaos at PCR testing sites across the country, as centres struggle to keep up with demand.
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30min
December 27, 2021 COVID surge affecting the lives of more Australians
The spread of positive COVID cases affecting the lives of more and more Australians.
Calls for vigilance around waterways this summer, with fears many children missed out on critical swimming lessons during lockdowns this year.
And as school leavers decide what to do with their lives amid global uncertainty, more are turning their sights to jobs that tackle major problems in the world.
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27min

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How many episodes does The World Today have?

The podcast currently has 9,618 episodes available.