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ABC News Daily is the podcast that helps you understand the issues affecting your world. Every episode, host Samantha Hawley walks through one story with the help of an ABC colleague or expert in under 15 minutes. When you want coverage you can trust, listen to ABC News Daily.
From interest rates, real estate and the housing crisis, to scams and US politics, ABC News Daily brings you facts and analysis you need to understand the biggest news stories.
The podcast covers news from America, with analysis of the Donald Trump administration in the White House. His actions, including threats of massive tariffs have big implications for global politics and the economy and US journalists and experts will explain what's at stake.
As Australians battle a cost-of-living crisis, ABC News Daily looks at the causes of inflation, rising rental costs, house prices, insurance costs and the price of groceries. Key experts in business and finance join Samantha Hawley, explaining the state of the economy, the unemployment rate and the jobs market.
Whether you rent, own an investment house or apartment, or are repaying a mortgage, ABC News Daily offers unique insights and analysis. When there are big moves from the Reserve Bank (RBA) on interest rates, or reactions in the ASX or the Australian dollar, guest experts, including economists, explain why.
Look into ABC News Daily's archive to find episodes on electric vehicles (EVs), artificial intelligence (AI), politics, the big banks, supermarkets, Tesla, Elon Musk, education, schools, teachers and crime.
Watch for episodes about federal politics and the leadership of Labor's Anthony Albanese. We look at policy areas that matter for voters, including education, health, housing and immigration and assess the proposals from the federal opposition.
ABC News Daily follows developments in the Middle East and the war between Israel and Hamas, with insights into the actions of Benjamin Netanyahu.
The podcast looks at the latest from Ukraine as Volodymyr Zelensky fights to repel the Russian invaders led by Russia's President Vladimir Putin. As China's Xi Jinping contemplates the future of Taiwan, ABC News Daily will sort fact from fiction.
As climate change fuelled by greenhouse gas emissions increases the risk of natural disasters, including fires and floods, ABC News Daily brings you fact-based analysis.
The podcast covers the future of renewable / green power generation, including the use of wind turbines, solar and hydro electric power.
ABC experts including Ian Verrender, Alan Kohler, Laura Tingle, David Speers, and Annabel Crabb join Samantha Hawley to step through big issues and current affairs.
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- AI killed Qantas jobs. Who's next? · 16 minHow does a company get rid of jobs so they can be replaced with AI? Well, this week Qantas revealed a corporate playbook: move the jobs offshore, develop the tech, then get rid…
- What Trump knew about the Nvidia spy · 16 minIt's being dubbed the 'Nvidia affair' and it could be the script for a Hollywood thriller. The head of US AI chip maker Nvidia, Jensen Huang has admitted to having an affair…
- How many more Russell Brands are out there? · 14 minFor years, his outrageous persona made him almost untouchable. But Russell Brand is now behind bars after being sentenced to 10 years and six months in jail for rape and…
- Will Stephen Miller make Trump 'Trumpier'? · 15 minSince the crushing defeat of the Republicans in the midterm elections, Donald Trump has been widely labelled as a lame duck. But is he, or will he be more Trumpian than ever?…
- Will AI bring an age of abundance? · 15 minLately, we've heard a lot about the ways AI could destroy humanity. But what if there's also a case for hope? Could AI usher in an age of abundance, making us richer, healthier…
- Are the Democrats coming for Trump? · 17 minWhat's Donald Trump going to do next? After his crushing defeat in the midterms, the US President's attention turned almost immediately to the construction of his White House…
- The demise of David Jones · 14 minThe grand old dame of department stores, David Jones has survived wars, depressions and recessions, but now it's collapsing. It's been placed into voluntary administration amid…
- A midterm reckoning for Donald Trump · 16 minAs the polls closed in the US midterm elections, the result became clear early on. It was a wipeout for the Republicans. Voters across the country delivered a scathing…
- Will this be the last rate rise? · 20 minInterest rates are up again, the fifth hike this year. It was almost an inevitable Melbourne Cup Day decision by the Reserve Bank, but could the government have done more to…
- How the peptide craze is turning deadly · 14 minThey promise everything from anti-ageing to weight loss, or even a glowing tan. But for a growing number of people, injectable peptides are delivering severe illnesses instead…
- Can Trump defy the polls again? · 14 minOpinion polls suggest Republicans are heading for significant losses in this week's US midterm elections. Democrats are heavily favoured to win back the House of…
- Trump and Obama's fight for Michigan · 16 minMichigan is shaping up as one of the biggest battlegrounds in the US midterm elections. So much so that both Donald Trump and Barack Obama have hit the campaign trail there. The…
- Will Netanyahu cling to power? · 15 minIsraelis came out in record numbers to vote but as the polls closed it was too close to call. Although that didn't stop Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his main rival Gadi…
- Will Trump 'finish off' Iran after the midterms? · 14 minIs Donald Trump about restart the fighting with Iran? Ahead of the midterm elections next week, the US President has been raising the prospect of renewed attacks that could…
- What 'Woke 2.0' means for the midterms · 15 minDid you know we are in the midst of a new 'woke' era? It's being dubbed 'Woke 2.0' and unlike 'Woke 1', it's thought to be winning over voters for the Democrats ahead of next…
- How Labor's losing the cost-of-living battle · 15 minUnemployment is on the rise, interest rates are up, the price of fuel is soaring and everything just costs more. Recent polling shows voters are blaming the Prime Minister and…
- Why Trump's siding with 'humanitarian' Putin · 16 minIt’s been a fortnight of extraordinary setbacks for US relations with Ukraine. Donald Trump has struck a deal to buy Russian diesel, delivering a financial boost to Vladimir…
- Will the Helen Haines attack stop hateful politics? · 1 minBrendan Nugent, the 43-year-old Victorian man accused of ramming his LandCruiser into Independent MP Helen Haines, has appeared in court today on five charges. Authorities say…
- Helen Haines loses leg in horror attack · 17 minOn Monday afternoon, Victorian man Brendan Nugent, 43, allegedly used a white Toyota LandCruiser to strike independent MP Helen Haines twice. The 65-year-old member for Indi in…
- Why an 'October surprise' won't save Trump · 14 minFrom a press secretary who lasted just five days to a dramatic pivot to Putin, Donald Trump has unleashed a fresh wave of chaos inside the White House. So, with the US midterms…
- Why pregnancy is still costing women their jobs · 15 minThey've been fired, demoted, and even offered sham redundancies. Decades after the Sex Discrimination Act was introduced, women across the country say they're being pushed out…
- The mathematician taking on AI · 15 minMelbourne-born academic Tristan Buckmaster says he was maybe just one month away from solving the Navier-Stokes equation, a maths problem so difficult there was a million-dollar…
- The Firmus 'flop' warning for the AI bubble · 15 minIt was meant to be the biggest ASX listing since the privatisation of Telstra, but last week the initial public offering for Firmus was dramatically pulled before a single share…
- Will Trump stream an execution to the world? · 16 minThe US president says he’s still deciding whether to livestream the execution by firing squad of Nidal Hasan, who killed 13 unarmed US soldiers in a 2009 shooting. It comes as…
- Why Trump's selling out to Putin again · 14 minThe US President has eased sanctions on the Kremlin, clearing the way for a lucrative deal to import Russian diesel. Trump says the move will help bring down fuel prices for…
- Is Iran's economy really about to collapse? · 16 minWith the military campaign failing to force Iran to backdown, Donald Trump has been turning up the economic pressure, hoping to cripple the country’s economy and force an end to…
- Waleed Aly on the Greens' Mamdani moment · 16 minIn the United States, they’re calling it the 'Mamdani effect' - a surge in support for democratic socialist candidates. And here, the Greens are hoping for their own Zohran…
- How will we charge the EV boom? · 16 minAn electric car is now being sold every 100 seconds, with sales roughly doubling in the second quarter of this year and outstripping petrol and diesel cars for the first time in…
- How Cornell failed Jane Doe · 16 minIn the US, the case has ignited a national debate over consent, with some asking whether this could be a new #MeToo moment. At Cornell University, protests have erupted after a…
- Will a midterm 'blue wave' sink Trump? · 15 minDonald Trump has told voters to ‘pretend’ he is on the ballot at the midterm elections which are now less than a month away. But that’s not useful for some Republican candidates…
- How many data centres will we end up with? · 14 minA plan for a data centre metres from homes and a school in Lane Cove has been shelved after residents of the Sydney suburb fought back and won. But it’s just one proposal among…
- What happens if China's AI goes rogue? · 16 minDonald Trump says the US is in an AI race against China and he doesn’t want regulation that would risk American dominance. But Beijing is taking a very different approach with…
- Terror on a flydubai flight · 16 minA flydubai flight travelling from Dubai to Tel Aviv has turned into a terrifying high-altitude struggle when one of the pilots was attacked in the cockpit by his co-pilot…
- What did Netanyahu know before October 7? · 15 minIsraeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is facing renewed political scrutiny after media investigations reported that he and his government were warned about an impending…
- Alan Kohler on how AI's moving interest rates · 15 minThere’s been another interest rate rise, pushing it to the highest it’s been in 15 years. It’s partly thanks to Trump’s war in Iran fuelling global inflation, but the conflict…
- Why Trump has a peace problem · 15 minDonald Trump has promised he can use his negotiating skills to end wars. But his approach is facing a major test on two fronts. He’s rejected Iran’s latest proposal to halt the…
- Could AI really cure cancer? · 16 minWe're being warned that AI could wipe out humanity. But some of the very same experts sounding the alarm are also predicting AI will help cure cancer within the next decade…
- How OpenAI exposed our cyber security gaps · 15 minThe Australian government is grappling with how to safeguard sensitive data, after revelations an AI agent controlled by OpenAI accessed private Medicare statistics. It took…
- Will America watch Trump TV? · 16 minDonald Trump’s decade-long war with the press has a new front, with three US media outlets suing after being banned by the White House, prompting a broader media boycott. In…
- Why can’t we stop the DV crisis? · 15 minAnother string of suspected domestic violence attacks across a single weekend has once again seen the number of women and children killed this year climb. And, once again, their…
- Alan Kohler on the odds of a recession · 14 minOil prices are rising again, thanks to the conflict in the Persian Gulf spreading to the Red Sea. It's fuelling inflation around the world including in Australia where it has…
- Could we have robotaxis by next year? · 16 minRobotaxis have arrived on the streets of London, San Francisco and Beijing as rideshare companies expand into driverless transport. But the roll out hasn't been without…
- Trump vs China and the AI 'hoax' · 16 minDonald Trump says warnings from whistleblowers that the rapid development of AI could end humanity are a ‘hoax’. He’s determined to push ahead in the AI race for dominance over…
- Is 'nastiness' backfiring on Pauline Hanson? · 16 minPauline Hanson has spent the week offending everyone from Andrew Hastie to the Prime Minister and Indigenous Australians, drawing widespread condemnation. But is hitting back at…
- The new oil threat plaguing Trump · 16 minFor months, the Strait of Hormuz has been in chaos amid the ongoing conflict between Donald Trump and Iran. But now, the global oil supply faces a new threat. Iran-backed…
- How exactly could AI kill us all? · 16 minLast week, an Anthropic researcher warned that rapidly advancing AI could lead to human extinction in the not-too-distant future. Then tech bosses joined the call for countries…
- How One Nation’s driving a migration rethink · 16 minThe migration policy debate in Australia has shifted over the years from boat arrivals and refugees to a new battleground: the size of the net overseas migration intake. And…
- Trump-a-palooza's Iran problem · 15 minDonald Trump has hit the campaign trail in Texas as the clock ticks down to the midterms. But is the president becoming more of a hindrance than a help to Republican candidates?…
- Australia vs the algorithm · 15 minAlgorithms are deciding almost everything we see online, and concern is growing about the kinds of content social media is feeding us and our kids. Now the government wants to…
- How One Nation made super a political battleground · 15 minOne Nation wants to give renters and borrowers early access to some of their retirement savings in a new policy proposal it says will help ease the cost-of-living pressure. It's…
