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Alan gives you top tips of the week from UK horse racing.
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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. Key topics of recent episodes include Donald Trump, Kamala Harris, US presidential debate, US election, electoral college, Rupert Murdoch, Lachlan Murdoch, negative gearing, property prices, housing market, strata, Elo ...
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Like your books less Dickens, more Dickov? Football Book Club gets stuck into the true classics of the literary world - footballers’ autobiographies. As recommended by BBC Five Live, The Athletic, The Sunday Times and named one of Esquire's best comedy podcasts around right now. Described as “pretty funny” by Darren Huckerby. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Kamala Harris’s electoral college challenge
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The US election isn’t until November, but voting is starting in some states this week. The polls are tight, but even if Kamala Harris wins more votes overall than Donald Trump, she could still lose the election given the complicated electoral college system. It’s happened before, when Hillary Clinton won the support of millions of more Americans th…
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The Murdoch family will head to court in Nevada in the US next week in a fight over the future of the media empire. It’s a real-life succession drama, as Rupert Murdoch seeks to ensure his son Lachlan has full control of the editorial policy of the businesses once he dies. To do that, he’s got to beat three of his other children in court and he’s r…
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With less than two months until election day, US presidential candidates Kamala Harris and Donald Trump have come face to face in a wild, personal and fiery televised debate. From claims of migrants eating pet dogs to fear raising about Democrats wanting to ‘execute’ babies, Donald Trump was repeatedly corrected by the moderators. Kamala Harris spo…
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Are voters finally ready to dump negative gearing?
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For a long time, Australia’s taxation system has been set up to benefit property investors and landlords and any attempts to change that have been shouted down. But with the generational divide in home ownership becoming more pronounced, voters are shifting their views. Today, host of Q+A and The Party Room podcast Patricia Karvelas on whether gove…
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One mother’s fight to end military suicides
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David Finney was a sailor in the Australian Navy who served for two decades and at the height of his career even received a bravery commendation. But in 2019 he took his own life. He’d been medically discharged from the ADF before his death. Ever since, his mother, Julie-Ann has been fighting to hold to account a defence force she says could and sh…
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How apartment owners are being ripped off
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Millions of Australians live in apartments and the number is set to grow as housing density increases in our biggest cities. Being part of a strata scheme is part and parcel of owning an apartment, but many owners are not taking an active interest in how the blocks are being managed. A Four Corners investigation has revealed a rot at the heart of t…
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Cats are killing Australia’s wildlife at such an alarming rate that governments around the country are working on a major crackdown. The draft management plan focuses mainly on feral felines, but domestic cats, let out of the house to roam are also recognised as a problem. In some council areas, felines would be forced to be securely enclosed 24 ho…
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Why Israelis are rising up against Netanyahu
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The Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is under increasing pressure to negotiate a ceasefire in the war in Gaza as families of the hostages taken by Hamas on October 7 plead for more to be done to bring them home. So why is Netanyahu not willing to do another deal with Hamas and can he survive growing anger and protests at home? Today, Dr Ey…
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Elon Musk’s ‘free speech’ fight with Brazil
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Elon Musk’s X, also known as Twitter, has been banned in Brazil and Pavel Durov, the CEO of encrypted messaging service Telegram has been arrested in France. So, as the world becomes more concerned about the dangers of social media - have we finally reached a turning point on big tech - or is this merely a crackdown on free speech? Today, Professor…
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On any given day you are being bombarded by gambling ads on television, radio and online. A parliamentary committee is pushing for a full ban on advertising to protect younger generations from the dangers of gambling, but there are indications the government will stop short of that. Today, investigative journalist and occasional Radio National Brea…
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