AM

Follow AM
Share on
Copy link to clipboard

AM is Australia's most informative morning current affairs program. With key political interviews and stories about the Australian way of life, AM sets the agenda for the nation’s daily news and current affairs coverage.

ABC Radio


    • Aug 16, 2026 LATEST EPISODE
    • weekdays NEW EPISODES
    • 20m AVG DURATION
    • 2,197 EPISODES


    More podcasts from ABC Radio

    Search for episodes from AM with a specific topic:

    Latest episodes from AM

    Aged care algorithms hurting the elderly

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 16, 2026 20:22


    How computer algorithms are denying vulnerable older Australians the care they need

    How to power the rise of AI data centres?

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 13, 2026 20:21


    AM is Australia's most informative morning current affairs program.

    Multi-billion dollar bailout for Tomago smelter

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 12, 2026 20:14


    A multi-billion dollar bailout for the Tomago aluminium smelter in the politically sensitive Hunter Region of New South Wales

    Rates paused but RBA's finger on button

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 11, 2026 20:14


    The RBA pauses an interest rate hike but warns it could hike them later if the inflation risk doesn't ease

    Massive earthquake rocks Colombia

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 10, 2026 19:57


    A desperate search for survivors as a massive earthquakes strikes western Colombia.

    Political showdown over gambling reforms

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 9, 2026 20:25


    A political showdown brewing as the Government fights to get its anti-gambling reforms through the Senate

    Gambling reform stalemate

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 6, 2026 20:16


    Labor back-benchers are joining voices from across the Federal Parliament calling for the Government to do more to crack down on gambling companies

    Don't deter skilled migration: business lobby

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 5, 2026 20:14


    Business groups warning the Government not to make it harder to attract skilled workers through an immigration crackdown.

    NAPLAN results shock educators

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 4, 2026 20:09


    NAPLAN results reveal hundreds of thousands of students struggling with literacy and numeracy.

    Drug revelations fuel calls for gambling crackdown

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 3, 2026 19:57


    Calls for a crackdown on betting companies after revelations drugs and escorts were supplied to problem gamblers.

    Fuel prices set to rise

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 2, 2026 20:20


    How rising fuel prices are driving record numbers of Australians to electric vehicles.

    Quake recovery efforts hampered by heat in Japan

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 30, 2026 20:17


    Evacuees from a devastating earthquake in Japan's south are contending with searing heat and aftershocks, as rescue and relief efforts enter a third day.

    Australian facing death penalty in Syria

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 29, 2026 20:46


    The ABC reveals the case of a Gold Coast man locked up in a Syrian jail facing the death penalty for allegedly murdering another Australian.

    Royal Commission could expose building industry secrets

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 28, 2026 20:04


    What secrets might a Royal Commission into the Victorian building industry corruption expose?

    Government announces plans for new oil refinery

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 27, 2026 20:13


    Plans to build Australia's first new oil refinery since the 1960s.

    Victorian Premier faces leadership challenge

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 26, 2026 20:11


    AM is Australia's most informative morning current affairs program.

    Oil prices jump amid worsening Middle East war

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 23, 2026 20:06


    Oil prices have jumped back up to more than 100 U-S dollars a barrel, after the Houthi rebels in Yemen attacked Saudi oil tankers in the Red Sea.

    Is Australia building enough affordable housing?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 22, 2026 20:02


    Have we got the right plan to build enough affordable housing for future generations? 

    One Nation's campaign to capture regional Australia

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 21, 2026 20:12


    How One Nation is working quietly to build support across regional Australia.

    Burnham takes office as UK PM

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 20, 2026 20:13


    Andy Burnham takes office as UK Prime Minister promising big changes.

    US strikes back after deadly attack

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 19, 2026 20:21


    The US strikes back after Iran kills two of its personnel in a missile strike in Jordan.

    Families seek justice over Lao poisoning

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 16, 2026 20:22


    Charges to be laid over a methanol poisoning event in Laos where two Australian teenagers died but will their families actually get the justice they're looking for?

    Cyberattack hits GP centres

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 15, 2026 20:19


    The sensitive medical information of thousands at risk as a major cyber attack hits a GP network across the country.

    Trump reverses course of Hormuz fee

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 14, 2026 20:14


    Donald Trump drops a proposed fee for passage through the Strait of Hormuz but he seems serious about a naval blockade on Iran as fears of a renewed conflict intensify.

    Trump resumes Hormuz blockade

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 13, 2026 19:56


    The US resumes a blockade of the Strait of Hormuz, this time Donald Trump's charging a fee for other ships to get through the troubled region.

    Conflicting reports whether Strait of Hormuz is open

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 12, 2026 20:09


    The US launches its fiercest attacks on Iran in weeks as conflicting reports emerge whether Iran has managed to cut-off the Strait of Hormuz.

    US Iran ceasefire under further strain

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 9, 2026 20:02


    The US and Iran have exchanged fire for a second day, deepening hostilities and uncertainty over the future of the tenuous ceasefire between the two nations.

    Should heads roll at Telstra?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 8, 2026 20:00


    AM speaks to the Communications Minister Anika Wells about the nationwide failure of Telstra's mobile service.

    ISIS bride facing allegations of abusing Yazidi woman

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 7, 2026 20:18


    The last known Australian ISIS Bride who's returning to Australia is facing allegations a Yazidi girl was enslaved, beaten and raped in her home.

    Soccer world stunned with Trump interference

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 6, 2026 20:10


    The soccer world stunned and outraged with Donald Trump admitting he personally intervened to get a match ban lifted on a star player in the US World Cup team.

    Millions mourn Ayatollah Khamenei

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 5, 2026 20:07


    Anthony Albanese inking a major new treaty with Fiji as he kicks off a frenetic week of regional diplomacy. 

    Pressure on Government to strengthen gambling laws

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 2, 2026 20:07


    Anti-gambling advocates are hopeful a lengthy inquiry into the federal government's legislation to restrict advertising will put more pressure on Labor to strengthen the laws.

    Interest rate pain worse than 1980s

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 1, 2026 20:06


    Young Australians face a higher interest rate repayment burden than their parents did in the late 1980s.

    Housing values continue to drop

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 30, 2026 20:26


    The biggest monthly fall in housing values since 2022 with high interest rates keeping conditions soft in the months ahead.

    Homelessness fears as rent subsidy goes

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 29, 2026 20:15


    Fears thousands of vulnerable Australians could be pushed onto the streets as a national rental affordability scheme winds up.

    Worrying spike in AFL head injuries

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 28, 2026 20:27


    Alarming spike in AFL players with traumatic brain injury. 

    Death toll from devastating quake expected to rise

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 25, 2026 20:16


    As rescue efforts continue in Venezuela, there are fears the earthquake death toll could rise into the hundreds or even thousands.

    Last ISIS Bride given permission to return to Australia

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 24, 2026 20:06


    The last so-called ISIS Bride granted permission to return to Australia

    Will voters buy Labor's tax changes?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 23, 2026 20:18


    Labor strikes a deal with the Greens to get its controversial property tax changes passed but now comes the real test - will voters buy it?

    Andy Burnham firming up as next British PM

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 22, 2026 20:11


    Sir Keir Starmer announces his resignation with Andy Burnham looking likely to be the UK's seventh Prime Minister in a decade.

    Trump threats jeopardise US-Iran negotiations

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 21, 2026 19:53


    Threatening comments from Donald Trump jeopardising US-Iran negotiations underway in Switzerland. 

    US and Iran reach ceasefire

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 18, 2026 20:37


    A ceasefire agreement reached between the United States and Iran is officially in effect, with the US confirming its naval blockade of Iranian ports has now been lifted. 

    Claim AM

    In order to claim this podcast we'll send an email to with a verification link. Simply click the link and you will be able to edit tags, request a refresh, and other features to take control of your podcast page!

    Claim Cancel