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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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Who's paying for Trump's campaign?
You might know Australian-born Holly Valance from her time on Neighbours or from her music career and hit single Kiss Kiss. Now she’s in the headlines for supporting Donald Trump.
She held a ritzy function with her billionaire husband in London last week to raise money for the Trump campaign.
The former US president has seen cash flowing into his campaign since he was convicted of 34 felony charges last month.
In the lead up to November’s US election, is Donald Trump or Joe Biden winning the race for campaign funding?
Today, Sarah Bryner from OpenSecrets, a non-profit group that tracks money in politics.
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Sarah Bryner, Director of Research and Strategy at OpenSecrets -
Why Peter Dutton’s reignited the climate wars
The climate wars are back after Opposition Leader Peter Dutton revealed a plan to abandon the 2030 emissions reduction target and build nuclear power plants.
He says the Coalition is still committed to net zero by 2050, but will Australians really stomach a watering down of our climate policy ambition for the next decade?
Today, host of ABC Radio National Breakfast and The Party Room podcast, Patricia Karvelas, on Dutton’s climate punt.
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Can more US weapons stop Putin?
The Russian leader Vladimir Putin seems more confident, as his forces are making gains in Ukraine’s east.
New weapons from the United States are starting to reach the front lines, raising Ukrainian hopes of repelling the invading forces.
Today, Rajan Menon from the Washington based think tank Defense Priorities, on when the war might end.
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The 'stupid' end to Peter Costello's career
It was all captured on camera. The former treasurer Peter Costello barged into a reporter at Canberra airport.
Now he’s resigned as chairman of Nine Entertainment.
It’s not been a great time at Nine with its former news boss Darren Wick reportedly departing with a million-dollar payout despite sexual harassment accusations against him.
Today, host of the ABC’s Media Watch program Paul Barry on how the scandal unfolded.
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Why we can’t get over our wind farm fears
Some people think wind turbines are an engineering marvel, others can’t stand the sight of them.
Battles are raging across the country over the placement of wind farms.
Growing community objections are slowing Australia’s fight against climate change and the transition to a green energy future.
Today, we assess the arguments around the impact on the environment and country views.
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Why we don’t take migraines seriously
If you don’t personally suffer from migraines, the chances are you know someone who does, because an estimated five million Australians get the debilitating headache.
Now there’s a push to class the condition as a disability, but is that going too far?
Today, migraine sufferer Tamara Oudyn, who presents the ABC TV news in Melbourne, on her experience and why it’s an area of medicine that’s been largely ignored.
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Tamara Oudyn, migraine sufferer
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.