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The World Today is a comprehensive current affairs program which backgrounds, analyses, interprets and encourages debate on events and issues of interest and importance to all Australians.

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Today · 25 min
Can Labor win the immigration argument?
There's been support and pushback to a raft of migration reforms announced by Labor - with cuts targeting students, backpackers and visa overstayers.
Yesterday · 25 min
Labor's plan to cut migration
Tougher temporary visa rules and a cut to net overseas arrivals are part of Labor's long-awaited migration policy announced today.
Wednesday · 25 min
Oil crisis deepens as fighting spreads across Middle East
Warnings for motorists to brace for long-term pain at the petrol pump, as the world's oil crisis takes a turn for the worse.
Tuesday · 25 min
Is AI a race to win or a race to extinction?
US President Donald Trump calls the growing chorus of concern from AI insiders a 'sick conspiracy'.
Monday · 25 min
One Nation's migration policy divides
The party would slash the number of migrant places by more than 750,000.
September 11 · 25 min
September 11 survivor reflects 25 years on
Sydney man James Dorney was working in the south tower of World Trade Centre. From his office on the 92nd floor, he watched in-horror as the first plane exploded into the north tower.
September 10 · 25 min
Labor's laws to tackle illicit tobacco
The Federal Government says new laws will help prosecute those involved in the illicit tobacco trade
September 9 · 25 min
Digital Duty of Care laws labelled free speech threat
The Opposition has accused the federal government of an attack on free speech, as Labor reveals the details of its proposed laws to regulate dangerous and addictive content on social media platforms.
September 8 · 25 min
Murder trial of slain Perth brothers begins in Mexico
The parents of the men have spoken as the trial gets underway, amid tight security.
September 7 · 25 min
One Nation reveals superannuation policy
One Nation proposes early access to superannuation to pay for rent or a mortgage
September 4 · 25 min
UN warns of 'supersized' El Niño
Experts say the world is facing a "super-sized" El Niño event -- that could be the strongest in more than 70 years.
September 3 · 26 min
Economists issue warning over productivity
The national debt helpline has just recorded the highest number of calls for the month of August ever.
September 2 · 25 min
More Australians confirmed safe in Nepal-Tibet
Five Australians are found safe and 38 still missing in the Himalayas disaster which had claimed more than a thousand lives.
September 1 · 25 min
Hundreds feared stuck in hydropower tunnels
The search for survivors in hydro tunnels in Nepal continues as the Australian government sends aid.
August 31 · 25 min
Nepal tunnel rescue efforts intensify
43 Aussies are still missing in Nepal after destructive floods, as rescuers race to free hundreds trapped inside hydropower tunnels.
August 28 · 25 min
Desperate search for survivors in Nepal
The latest on the desperate search for those missing after catastrophic flash flooding along the Nepal-Tibet border;
August 27 · 25 min
Nepal landslide 'disaster of epic proportions'
Hundreds have been killed, including dozens of international travellers drawn to Nepal's mountainous scenic beauty.
August 26 · 25 min
Inflation slightly down at 3.5 per cent
Inflation has cooled slightly in new figures, which show prices rose 3.5 per cent in the 12 months to July
August 25 · 25 min
US fires a warning for Australia's summer as El Niño looms
In what could be a warning for the coming Australian summer, tens of thousands of people have fled their homes as wildfire rips through parts of Nevada.
August 24 · 25 min
Bird flu outbreak crosses to mammals
The new escalation point comes after a long-nosed fur seal was found dead at Beachport in South Australia;

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