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With a focus on international politics and business, Geraldine Doogue talks to expert commentators about the things that matter to Australians.

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    Latest episodes from Saturday Extra - Full program - ABC RN

    Can you predict global unrest and the Tour de Femmes

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 8, 2022 84:27


    The demise of digital bank Volt; increases in Australia's indigenous population

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 1, 2022 85:05


    Roe V WadeSpace solar power; what happens when Fox News viewers watch CNN

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 24, 2022 83:33


    Plus, ideas for preparing for the next pandemic.

    Crackdown on trust payments; Ukraine in the balance

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 17, 2022 84:37


    Xi JinPing's political power: the future of working from home and the new national curriculum

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 10, 2022 84:29


    How fractured is the United Kingdom? Australian television stations competing with the international streaming services

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 3, 2022 84:06


    Global food supply problems; China and Russia's special relationship and remembering the single minded travel writer Dervla Murphy

    Play Episode Listen Later May 27, 2022 84:32


    Federal election 2022: economic and political analysis live from the Western Sydney seat of Parramatta

    Play Episode Listen Later May 20, 2022 84:44


    Sri Lankan turmoil deepens; the race for the control of the Senate and the writings of activist poet Judith Wright

    Play Episode Listen Later May 13, 2022 84:27


    and Election express and Jessica Irvine's financial tips for the young people

    The Marcos comeback and the wooing of the Indian Australian vote

    Play Episode Listen Later May 6, 2022 84:30


    and the connections between spies and showbiz.

    The battle for Perth's Liberal heartland; is Russia committing genocide in Ukraine?

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 29, 2022 84:01


    and the economic challenges and opportunities that await for whoever wins office.

    Turmoil in Sri Lanka; Universities post pandemic and 'A foreign Affair'

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 22, 2022 83:57


    and the story of an indigneous returned soldier in the wake of Anzac Day

    Man of steel; reburying the remains of Mungo man and walking in Garibaldi's footsteps

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 15, 2022 83:18


    and what are the obstacles facing democracies?

    What can the United States learn from Australia's voting system and innovative ways to recycle plastics

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 8, 2022 84:06


    US strengthens ties with Australia in cyber, defence and rare minerals

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 1, 2022 84:04


    Plus, turning wasted talent into productivity gold.

    US Supreme Court confirmation hearings for the first black female; Record temperature in the poles and The Pick

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 25, 2022 83:33


    Reflections on Russia; Macron's presidential election and Australia in 50 plays

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 18, 2022 85:02


    Russia cast out of the global economic system; A Foreign Affair and staying mentally healthy during troubling times

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 11, 2022 84:29


    Germany pivots on Ukraine; Military strategy in Ukraine and misinformation in election times

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 4, 2022 83:50


    and Kevin Rudd on the relationship between China and Russia

    Ukraine at war; lessons from the Cold War and is the bid for AGL a watershed moment for energy in Australia?

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 25, 2022 84:35


    And what will the international turmoil mean for upcoming federal election?

    80 years since the bombing of Darwin; 'Is disorder the new international order?' and The Pick

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 18, 2022 84:04


    Plus Gonski funding ten years and is bigger government needed?

    The Quad counters China; Class warfare in Australia and the history of the women's pool

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 11, 2022 84:01


    plus what makes a top stock picker and 'dynamic' covid zero in Hong Kong

    Reserve Bank in the firing line; A Foreign Affair and the chequered history of great public libraries

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 4, 2022 84:04


    Saturday, 29 January 2022

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 28, 2022 84:04


    The Next Generation's Australia and Why the West failed in Afghanistan

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 17, 2021 83:20


    Plus, where the next waves of migration might take us; John Denton, Secretary General of the International Chamber of Commerce, on the role of business in tackling some of the world's biggest problems; and Politicians' Picks - three politicians join us with their recommendations for reading, watching and listening this summer.

    What will it take to reverse the decline of democracy? Indigenous equine therapy in the Kimberley and ultimate train journeys of the world

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 10, 2021 75:49


    Cancel culture or rebalance? Plus, A Foreign Affair: Year in Review

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 3, 2021 76:17


    And a history of appeasement analogies in defence rhetoric; Plus, can our gum trees withstand climate change?

    What are the government's strengths and weaknessed heading into next year's election?

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 26, 2021 75:48


    Plus, the geopolitics influencing the unrest in Solomon Islands, the future of Australia's casinos, and the rascals and rebels who shaped the modern tax system.

    What can Labor bring to the election campaign?

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 19, 2021 75:19


    Plus, Anne Applebaum on the Belarus-Poland border crisis; developing and protecting Australia's critical technologies; the tricky science of trigger warnings; and the rise of female share investors.

    Navigating conflicts of interest; Crypto comes of age

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 12, 2021 77:34


    Plus, how unshakeable is President Xi Jinping's power? Veterans pull in the harvest, and charting the relationship between two cultures in Western Australia.

    Banking on green, Macron under pressure and the 'great resignation'?

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 5, 2021 75:10


    Plus crisis looms in Ethiopia and our November edition of The Pick: things to read, watch and listen to.

    Australia's pivot to India; Facebook rebrands to META and why is submarine building in a shambles?

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 29, 2021 75:18


    PNG faces a Delta crisis and Gareth Evans on 30 years of peace in Cambodia

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 22, 2021 75:37


    Plus, the aims of the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow, the plan to get one million Australians into tech jobs and Peter FitzSimons on Australia's greatest unknown explorer.

    Moves towards sustainable housing and the hollowing out of the Australian public service

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 15, 2021 75:12


    Plus, political and religious developments in the Middle East, the politics of net zero in the regions and Gillian Tett on using anthropology more flexibly.

    Southeast Asia's pandemic waste crisis and George Blake: The happy traitor

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 8, 2021 75:08


    Plus, supply chain woes as we head towards Christmas, the Afghan evacuees starting their new lives in Australia and recommendations for reading, watching and listening this month.

    The diplomatic challenges of AUKUS and Ian Goldin on building a better post-pandemic world

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 1, 2021 84:04


    Plus, a farewell to Gladys Berejiklian, Lin Hatfield Dodds on systems leadership and steering Australia's oldest charity The Benevolent Society, where you can go to build your digital skills and the history of radio as a tool of female empowerment in Australia.

    Fresh ideas to fix the housing crisis and a deep dive into changes in China

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 24, 2021 75:09


    Plus, are children orphaned by Covid-19 being left behind? And Australia's changing role in the Pacific.

    Political ramifications of AUKUS, tackling transitions in the Hunter, and Germany farewells Angela Merkel

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 17, 2021 75:47


    Plus, Lebanon's crumbling healthcare system and improving adult literacy in Australia

    20 years on, how MV Tampa and the 9/11 attacks have shaped Australia and the United States

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 10, 2021 76:10


    Plus, upheaval in Japanese politics and the enduring appeal of Roger Federer.

    Are our hospitals equipped to handle a COVID outbreak? Foreign correspondent Nick Bryant on life at a crossroads

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 3, 2021 74:59


    Plus, the fight to stop Silicon Valley giants from dominating the Australian electronic payments sector. And, recommendations for entertaining and enlightening things to read, watch and listen to this month.

    Building a new curriculum and 70 years of ANZUS

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 27, 2021 83:32


    Plus, will Pakistan come to regret helping the Taliban to victory? Tales of hope from the pandemic, and what's behind the sudden boom in golfing.

    The ethics of mandatory vaccination; rebelllion in Cuba and who are the Taliban in 2021?

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 20, 2021 84:03


    Plus, the 70 year history of the Australian Financial Review, and how discuss Covid with civility.

    Tackling Transition: getting to net zero in agriculture; Alan Rusbridger's new job; Where are the female political biographies?

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 13, 2021 83:50


    Plus, Iran tackles challenges at home and abroad with a new conservative president; and recommendations for reading, watching and listening this month.

    Saturday Extra, 7 August 2021

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 6, 2021 84:23


    The story behind the founding of Afterpay, a reflection on the Beirut explosion and David Miliband's thesis on "The Age of Impunity".

    Resurrecting policy reform, and A Foreign Affair discussion about the crisis in Southeast Asia

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 30, 2021 84:26


    Plus, what it will take to manufacture mRNA vaccines in Australia, a short history of war, and looking back and forward on the 75th anniversary of the Australian National University.

    US voting rights under attack, the great baby bust and the Delta strain keeps Australians locked down.

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 23, 2021 84:28


    Plus, Professor Ian Hickie on protecting your mental health in lockdown, and the achievements of Vera Deakin, daughter of Alfred.

    The roots of South Africa's unrest, Ian Silk on a career in super and Growing up in the Wimmera

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 16, 2021 83:57


    Plus, reflections on the messaging and measures employed when Sydney's Covid outbreak moved to its multicultural South West, and what policy lessons the Nordic countries might hold for Australia.

    Strategies to stop the misuse of public funds, and the latest in the battle to break up Big Tech

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 9, 2021 84:04


    Plus, Crown casino bombshells, an update on the Covid situation in India, the incredible true story of the women who took on ISIS, and recommendations for reading, watching and listening.

    Federalism in crisis, and 100 years of the Chinese Communist Party

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 2, 2021 83:50


    Plus, Hungary vs the EU, and the superhero spreading the vaccine message in the Northern Territory.

    A Foreign Affair discussion about Latin America, and the rise and fall of Robert Maxwell

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 25, 2021 82:53


    Plus, the future of virus research, bushfire recovery 18 months, and a setback for Australia's Asian Renewable Energy Hub, in WA.

    The pros and cons of working from home; Striking a better balance between policing and privacy; The perils of a PhD student

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 18, 2021 83:53


    Plus, the looming elections in war-torn Ethiopia; Whether the Northern Ireland Protocol could provoke a crisis in UK-EU relations and undermine the Good Friday Agreement; And the long history of women walking.

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