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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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    The Pick: What to read, watch and listen to

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 8, 2022 14:28


    Curated listening, reading and viewing this week brought to you by Dr Jessica Collins, Research Fellow in the Pacific Islands Program, Lowy Institute and Mark Mulligan, World Editor, Australian Financial Review

    Tour de France Femmes

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 8, 2022 12:50


    Elite female cyclists will have an historic moment later this month when the 8 day Tour de France Femmes kicks off in Paris.

    Wellness in schools

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 8, 2022 19:12


    The Victorian government has committed $200 million to place well being leaders in the state's primary schools by 2026.  But what exactly is wellbeing?  How do you define it - and even more importantly how is it attained? 

    UK, post Boris

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 8, 2022 13:31


    A growing number of Tory MPs are voicing their disquiet over the decision by outgoing Prime Minister Boris Johnson to remain as caretaker PM until a new leader is elected.

    Predicting global unrest

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 8, 2022 12:07


    After a drop in social unrest during the early stages of the pandemic, the IMF is now reporting an uptick in protests and unrest. So, can economists predict where the next flash point may be?  If so, can the unrest be prevented or at least moderated? 

    Vanuatu reopens to tourists

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 1, 2022 9:39


    Vanuatu has reopened its borders to travellers after two years of tough border restrictions caused by the pandemic. What's life been like without tourists?

    A foreign affair

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 1, 2022 28:43


    NATO is to be expanded and strengthened with the aim of deterring President Vladimir Putin from further attacks on Ukraine. The alliance has also included threats posed by Beijing into a blueprint guiding its future strategy. Plus, genuine engagement in the Pacific.

    How to argue well

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 1, 2022 14:40


    Bo Seo is a two-time world champion debater and a former coach of the Australian national debating team and the Harvard College Debating Union. His new book “Good Arguments: How debate teaches us to listen and be heard” is published by Simon and Schuster

    A rising Indigenous population

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 1, 2022 17:14


    The latest census has unveiled a new portrait of Australia, which shows a sharp increase in Australia's Indigenous population. In some age groups, there was almost a 30 percent jump in the numbers from the last census in 2016. Why?

    Has Australia's neo-bank experiment failed?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 1, 2022 10:49


    When APRA awarded a raft of new neo-banks banking licenses there was much fanfare about technology and competition. However we've now seen high profile companies Xinja and now Volt fold their businesses. Why?

    Vanuatu reopens to tourists

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 24, 2022 15:17


    o Vanuatu will reopen its borders to travellers after two years of tough border restrictions caused by the pandemic. What's life been like without tourists?

    Solar power in space

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 24, 2022 15:17


    Chinese researchers have announced a successful small-scale test of technology that aims to one day wirelessly transmit solar power from outer space to Earth. Other countries are also in the race to develop solar power in space – how does it work and could it help solve our future renewable energy needs?

    When Fox News viewers are paid to watch CNN

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 24, 2022 16:04


    Researchers in the US undertook a study where they paid a group of regular Fox News viewers to switch over to CNN for a month. Some of the results were very surprising.

    Are we doing enough to prepare for the next pandemic?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 24, 2022 20:58


    This week health ministers from the G20 met and created a new monetary fund that will power research into pandemic preparedness. Here in Australia the new Albanese government has committed to a new Centre for Disease Control.  Are we doing enough to prepare for inevitable?

    Chinese Ambassador's Xiao Qian attempts to thaw relations with Australia

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 24, 2022 14:39


    How can Australia and its allies walk the tightrope of maintaining diplomatic relations and trade with China while continuing to contain its ambitions with Taiwan, and the South China Sea?  And what lessons from history can help to inform the decisions we make? 

    US Supreme Court overturns Roe v Wade

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 24, 2022 12:36


    The US Supreme Court has overturned the 50 year old legal decision, making it the responsibility of individual states to decide if abortion is legal.

    How food shapes Australia

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 17, 2022 12:52


    How has food shaped us as a nation and what does it say about contemporary Australia?

    Tackling transitions

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 17, 2022 22:43


    This month on Tackling Transitions: Victoria's largest, new solar suburb and town centre which has dealt with a maze of transmission and regulatory issues to include rooftop solar into the suburb's design right from the start. Plus, what significant renewable projects are in the pipeline?

    Is technology an “existential threat” to democracy?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 17, 2022 18:44


    How would transnational regulation of the global internet work? And is it possible for technology to be a digital public good and serve the world equally.

    Crackdown on "washing machine' payments from family trusts

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 17, 2022 15:12


    The Australian Tax Office has issued warnings that it intends to crackdown on "washing machine" payments from family trusts to beneficiaries. And the head Treasury, Dr Stephen Kennedy, indicated in a recent speech that there should by closer scrutiny of tax planning by individuals and businesses. Is copious tax planning an affront to a fair tax system?

    Is western support for Ukrainians waning?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 17, 2022 13:25


    Both the Ukrainians and Russians are reaching the point of operational exhaustion with spent ammunition and mounting human losses. But Russian forces have learnt lessons from earlier failures and are making ground in the Luhansk Pocket. 

    Delhi's bird hospital

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 10, 2022 13:12


    Nadeem Shehzad and his brother Saud live in the Muslim quarter of Delhi and run a soap dispenser business, but their true passion is caring for birds. For almost 20 years, the brothers have been rescuing black kites and painstakingly nursing them back to health. The documentary All That Breathes captures the densely populated city, full of creatures and rife with tensions and the quiet dedication of Nadeem and Saud.

    Xi's political power

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 10, 2022 21:06


    A new book by Kerry Brown Professor of Chinese Studies and Director of the Lau China Institute, at King's College, London explores how Xi Jian Ping's political power works – his rise to power and how he is part of part of a tradition of Chinese leaders carrying on the aspirations of the Chinese communist party

    What's the future of 'work from home'?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 10, 2022 18:39


    Elon Musk has ordered Tesla workers back to office, but other companies are happy with a remote workforce. What does this all mean for the future of work, and where might we be in two years time?

    What's in the new national curriculum?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 10, 2022 14:54


    The new Australian Curriculum was endorsed by education ministers in April 2022. Schools can begin teaching the content from next year, after a long deadlock over the proposed content. David de Carvalho, CEO of the Australian Curriculum Assessment Reporting Authority, discusses a "more stripped-back and teachable curriculum" that supports deeper conceptual understanding and aims to improve performance.

    Women and children fleeing Ukraine falling prey to human trafficking

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 10, 2022 13:33


    There are reports that unaccompanied women and children fleeing Ukraine are falling prey to human traffickers, however many are finding safe refugee with concerned European families.

    The Pick: what to watch, read and hear

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 3, 2022 18:43


    Stay entertained and informed with great recommendations from Jonathan Pearlman, editor of Australian Foreign Affairs and world editor of The Saturday Paper, and Justin Burke, the Lowy Institute's 2022 Thawley Scholar and Program Coordinator for Foreign and Security Policy at the Konrad Adenauer Foundation in Canberra.

    The Debney Peace

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 3, 2022 13:22


    What was the Debney Peace, when and where was it negotiated, and why is it nationally significant in 21st-century Australia? Historian Tom Griffiths discusses this little-known negotiated truce in the frontier war of Queensland's channel country.

    How fractured is the United Kingdom post Brexit?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 3, 2022 21:03


    On a recent road trip around the UK, The Atlantic's Tom McTague discovered a country that was struggling in its new post Brexit economy.  We talk to him about his findings and the economic pressures facing Boris Johnson

    Glyn Davis and the Australian Public Service

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 3, 2022 11:31


    How might former university vice chancellor Glyn Davis steer and shape Australia's bureaucracy after the Prime Minister Anthony Albanese appointed him to head the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet?

    Australian television takes on the global streaming platforms

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 3, 2022 17:09


    Head of Seven West media James Warburton wants TV ratings overhauled and says Australian television stations need more prominence on smart televisions.

    Dervla Murphy: a travel writer remembered

    Play Episode Listen Later May 27, 2022 10:15


    A look back at the life of Dervla Murphy, Ireland's most intrepid and fearless travel writer who died at the age of 90 this month. The Waterford based author wrote over 25 books and travelled all over the world. Dervla rose to fame with her first book Full Tilt - Ireland to India with a bicycle published in 1965.

    A Foreign Affair

    Play Episode Listen Later May 27, 2022 29:55


    Foreign Minister Penny Wong has visited Fiji, telling the Pacific Island Forum that Australia had neglected action on climate change, and pledged economic support. Her visit coincides with the Chinese Foreign Minister's tour of Pacific nations. What are the regional challenges for the new Labor government?

    The Liberal Party's move to the right

    Play Episode Listen Later May 27, 2022 16:05


    Why has the Liberal Party edged towards the right over recent decades? And after its election loss, will it move further right or closer to the centre?

    Will the China-Russia relationship stand the test of time?

    Play Episode Listen Later May 27, 2022 17:44


    While there appears to be a burgeoning friendship between Moscow and Beijing, China is invested in a stable international system whereas Russia thrives on disorder and uncertainty says The Lowy's Bobo Lo.

    Is the war in the Ukraine the final straw in a looming food crisis?

    Play Episode Listen Later May 27, 2022 10:50


    Wheat prices have soared by 50 percent this year,  which could see more than 1.4 billion people with not enough food.

    Life after politics

    Play Episode Listen Later May 20, 2022 17:16


    This federal election will mark the end of a number of political careers, either through retirements or the will of the voters. So what's life like afterwards?

    Mining towns want plan for energy transformation

    Play Episode Listen Later May 20, 2022 12:42


    Communities in Australia's coal and gas heartlands say they need greater federal support and policy to mange the energy transition and make the most of economic opportunities.

    Election day analysis with Peter Lewis and Gabrielle Chan

    Play Episode Listen Later May 20, 2022 14:01


    On federal election day 2022, we examine the drivers of voters in the cities, regions and rural Australia.

    Who is a better economic manage?

    Play Episode Listen Later May 20, 2022 10:11


    Economist Saul Eslake tracks the two major parties economic performance over the past 30 years

    Election express on polling day!

    Play Episode Listen Later May 20, 2022 12:48


    Bass in the north- east corner of Tasmania is brutally known as the 'ejector' seat. In the ten federal elections since 1993 only one sitting member has ever been re-elected. Corey Martin, editor of the Launceston Examiner is your guide. And Pawan Luthra, editor and publisher of Indian Link returns to Election Express in Parramatta for his analysis of issues and voting intentions in the Australian Indian community

    A new collection of writings from the Australian poet Judith Wright

    Play Episode Listen Later May 13, 2022 14:10


    Most famous as a poet, Judith Wright was also a very fine writer in prose, and a new book "Judith Wright: Selected Writings, edited by Georgina Arnott" explores her writing and he life as an early environmental activist, champion of indigenous writers and someone who went against the fray in exploring Australian identity.

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