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ABC News Daily

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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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A midterm reckoning for Donald Trump

As 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

Nov 4
16 min

Will this be the last rate rise?

Interest 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 mo

Nov 3
20 min

How the peptide craze is turning deadly

They 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

Nov 2
14 min

Can Trump defy the polls again?

Opinion 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 Repres

Nov 1
14 min

Trump and Obama's fight for Michigan

Michigan 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 the

Oct 29
16 min

Will Netanyahu cling to power?

Israelis 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

Oct 28
14 min

Will Trump 'finish off' Iran after the midterms?

Is 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

Oct 27
14 min

What 'Woke 2.0' means for the midterms

Did 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

Oct 26
15 min

How Labor's losing the cost-of-living battle

Unemployment 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 Mini

Oct 25
15 min

Why Trump's siding with 'humanitarian' Putin

It’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 Vla

Oct 22
16 min

Will the Helen Haines attack stop hateful politics?

Brendan 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. Authorit

Oct 21
1 min

Helen Haines loses leg in horror attack

On 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 fo

Oct 20
17 min

Why an 'October surprise' won't save Trump

From 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

Oct 19
14 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 pus

Oct 18
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

Oct 15
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 singl

Oct 14
15 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

Oct 13
16 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

Oct 12
14 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

Oct 11
15 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 Zoh

Oct 8
16 min