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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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Yesterday · 15 min
Why pregnancy is still costing women their jobs
They'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 of the workforce for having kids under laws that haven't kept up with the demands of modern parenting. Today, Avani Dias on her Four Corners investigation into the tactics being used by employers and the laws failing mothers. Featured: Avani Dias, investigative reporter with ABC Four Corners
Thursday · 15 min
The mathematician taking on AI
Melbourne-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 prize on offer for anyone who could. But just as the New York University professor and his collaborator, a mathematician affiliated with AI company Anthropic, were closing in on a solution, OpenAI claimed a breakthrough of its own. Today we speak to Tristan about his dispute with Open AI and the future of mathemati
Wednesday · 15 min
The Firmus 'flop' warning for the AI bubble
It 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 was traded. The co-founder of the AI startup, Oliver Curtis has since lashed out - blaming Australians for failing to support people prepared to take a risk. Today, columnist at the Australian Financial Review Mark Di Stefano on whether he could be right or if it's an early sign of a bursting AI bubble. Featur
Tuesday · 16 min
Will Trump stream an execution to the world?
The 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 Tennessee officials grapple with the aftermath of the botched execution of death row inmate Christa Pike last month. Today, law and capital punishment expert, Austin Sarat, on what these two cases say about the future of capital punishment in the US. Featured: Austin Sarat, William Nelson Cromwell Professor of J
October 12 · 14 min
Why Trump's selling out to Putin again
The 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 Americans, as rising living costs weigh on his standing in the polls ahead of the midterm elections. But for Ukrainians, the deal is a bitter betrayal. Today, Russian foreign policy expert Matthew Sussex from Deakin University on what Trump hopes to gain from doing business with Vladimir Putin. Featured: Matthew Susse
October 11 · 15 min
Is Iran's economy really about to collapse?
With 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 the war. But despite Iran’s currency plunging to record lows, the regime is showing little sign of capitulating. Today, an expert on Iran’s economy Djavad Salehi-Isfahani on how long the regime and the Iranian people can hold on. Featured: Djavad Salehi-Isfahani, Professor of Economics at Virginia Polytechnic
October 8 · 16 min
Waleed Aly on the Greens' Mamdani moment
In 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 Mamdani moment, with the party’s think tank pitching an Australian version of the New York mayor’s plan for publicly owned supermarkets. Today columnist, author and academic Waleed Aly on whether the Greens have found a winning formula, as support for One Nation continues to grow. Featured: Waleed Aly, co-host of The M
October 7 · 15 min
How will we charge the EV boom?
An 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 August. But as motorists look to escape soaring fuel costs, partly due to the Iran war, do we have the chargers needed to sustain the rapid surge? Today, ABC energy reporter Daniel Mercer on the plans for a mass rollout of EV infrastructure and who should pay for it. Featured: Dan Mercer, ABC energy reporter
October 6 · 16 min
How Cornell failed Jane Doe
In 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 woman identified as Jane Doe alleged she was sexually assaulted by seven male students who belonged to a campus fraternity. Today, New York Times journalist Hurubie Meko takes us through the case, and we speak to Chanel Contos, founder of Teach Us Consent, about why the outrage is now crossing borders. Featured: H
October 5 · 15 min
Will a midterm 'blue wave' sink Trump?
Donald 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 who’ve been trying to distance themselves from the President, given his declining polling numbers. Today, staff writer at the Atlantic magazine, David A. Graham on whether there’ll be a blue wave come November with the Democrats taking control of the House and the Senate. Featured: David A. Graham, The Atlantic
October 4 · 14 min
How many data centres will we end up with?
A 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 many, as demand for AI drives a boom in data centre construction across Australia. Today, we hear from a Lane Cove resident, and ask the ABC’s national AI reporter Cam Wilson just how many data centres we could end up with. Featured: Sasha Titchkosky, Lane Cove resident and Cam Wilson, the ABC’s national AI repo
October 1 · 15 min
What happens if China's AI goes rogue?
Donald 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 the Chinese Communist Party exerting tight control over the sector. Today, Alvin Wang Graylin from Stanford’s Human-centered AI institute on what that means for which country is best place to stop AI going rogue. Featured: Alvin Wang Graylin, Senior Fellow at the Asia Society Policy Institute and a digital fellow
October 1 · 16 min
Terror on a flydubai flight
A 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. Passengers were fighting to help crew regain control of the plane as it plunged 17,000 feet before making an emergency landing in Saudi Arabia. Today, counterterrorism expert Greg Barton on what we know about this mid-air attack and what it could mean for security in the region. Featured: Greg Barton, Rector of Deakin U
September 30 · 15 min
What did Netanyahu know before October 7?
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is facing renewed political scrutiny after media investigations reported that he and his government were warned about an impending large-scale Hamas attack before October 7. The reports say Egypt’s former intelligence chief travelled to Jerusalem days before the attack to issue a warning, while the UAE president allegedly alerted Netanyahu personally. Netanyahu has dismissed the claims as ‘absolute lies.’ Today, Hussein Ibish from the Arab Gulf Stat
September 29 · 15 min
Alan Kohler on how AI's moving interest rates
There’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 is not the only thing putting pressure on interest rates. Artificial Intelligence is a factor too. Today, the ABC’s finance expert Alan Kohler on how AI impact rates and why it might also be the reason they fall again Featured: Alan Kohler, ABC News Finance presenter
September 28 · 15 min
Why Trump has a peace problem
Donald 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 fighting and reopen negotiations, while there’s still no breakthrough in efforts to get Russia and Ukraine back to a peace deal. Today, international relations expert Rajan Menon on whether the president can actually deliver peace in either conflict. Featured: Rajan Menon, Professor Emeritus of International Relati
September 27 · 16 min
Could AI really cure cancer?
We'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. So, how will these competing visions of destruction and salvation play out? And is a cure for cancer really within AI’s reach? Today, doctor and researcher Emilia Javorsky joins us to separate the reality from the hype. Featured: Emilia Javorsky, the Director of the Futures Program at The Future of Life Institute
September 24 · 15 min
How OpenAI exposed our cyber security gaps
The Australian government is grappling with how to safeguard sensitive data, after revelations an AI agent controlled by OpenAI accessed private Medicare statistics. It took months for a breach to be identified and alerted to the highest levels of government and comes as the world grapples with controlling the rapid growth of AI technology. Today, national security and AI policy expert Olivia Shen, on whether governments can keep up with the accelerating advance of AI. Featured: Olivi
September 23 · 15 min
Will America watch Trump TV?
Donald 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 response, the US President has launched his own 24/7 streaming channel called Trump TV. Today, Reporters Without Borders executive director for North America, Clayton Weimers, on who will lose the most from Trump’s war on the press. Featured: Clayton Weimers, Reporters Without Borders executive director for North A
September 22 · 15 min
Why can’t we stop the DV crisis?
Another 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 deaths have turned up the volume of calls for governments to do more to prevent domestic, family and sexual violence. Today, ABC political reporter Claudia Long on why, despite decades of effort, federal and state governments are still struggling with how to stop these tragic outcomes. Featured: Claudia Long, AB

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