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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.
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Australia’s hidden home loan crisis
Imagine the excitement of buying your first home and then having to sell it just a few years later.
That’s the reality for a growing number of Australians who can’t cope with the 13 interest rate hikes ordered by the Reserve Bank.
Today, business editor Michael Janda explains what the data shows about growing hardship for borrowers and why the big banks have a case to answer.
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Donald Trump is a criminal
The former US president Donald Trump is a convicted criminal.
A jury has found him guilty on all charges in a scheme to illegally influence the 2016 election through a hush money payment to a porn star who said the two had sex.
Will Donald Trump go to jail?
Today, Bruce Wolpe, a senior fellow from the US Studies Centre and author of Trump’s Australia on what it all means for the former president's campaign for the White House.
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Bruce Wolpe, senior fellow at the United States Studies Centre -
The EV emissions claims tested
Have you ever wondered just how much better electric vehicles are for the environment?
It’s more complicated than you’d think.
Today, climate reporter Jo Lauder compares the lifetime greenhouse gas footprint of an electric car with that of a petrol car and delivers the verdict.
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How many ‘mistakes’ can Israel make?
The international community demanded Israel stay out of Rafah in Gaza’s south, where millions of civilians have sought shelter.
But Benjamin Netanyahu ignored that, insisting he’s pursuing Hamas, and now civilians living in makeshift camps are dying.
Today, global affairs editor John Lyons explores what could happen next.
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Could bird flu be the next pandemic?
Bird flu is spreading around the world.
Australia’s first human case of this outbreak was reported this month and farms in Victoria have been hit by the virus.
But how concerned should we be about the possibility of a human pandemic?
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The woman who tracked down her scammer
As scammers get more sophisticated, many Australians are losing their hard-earned money.
But now, one woman who lost half a million dollars in a fake investment scheme has fought back, tracking down and confronting the scammer, before passing the details on to police.
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Michael Atkin, ABC consumer affairs reporter
Customer Reviews
Perfect
Great news/hot topic show. Perfect timing. Covers many of the issues you want information about.
Renters will never buy a home
Thankyou Sam for your work on this podcast although the episode about Ann the renter i found to be somewhat misleading. You continued to repeat that Ann will never be able to buy a home when surely what you meant was that Ann will not be able to buy a home in her desired location. There is so much more to explore with this topic than putting renters into the victim basket.
Disappointing replacement for the signal
Where the signal brought us unique perspectives and deep-dives into niche topics, every episode of abc news daily is a boring let-down. All this podcast can do is parrot whatever moral panic is topical in mainstream media, adding little to no insight or analysis. Not only are they not meaningfully contributing to the discourse, they are actively causing harm, presenting a deceptively right wing perspective to their abc audience.