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Kangaroos could hold the key for sport stars looking to overcome career-ending ligament injuries.

 

Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) injuries in the knee are common in many sports and can often derail the careers of professional sport stars. We’re joined by Dr Nick Hartnell, an Australian surgeon working on a way to use the longer and stronger ligaments of kangaroos to help humans overcome torn tendons.

 

Tom has experience here…he did his ACL in a motorcycle accident a few years ago.  Join us this morning to learn how kangaroos could help Australian athletes – including Tom – bounce back from injury

 

TODAY'S HEADLINES


NSW bracing for more Covid cases


Legal challenge to India ban, while Aussie IPL players prepare to be evacuated


Trump slams Facebook after ban upheld
Rioting and fires at Hobart prison


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Australia already has one of the worst uptakes of electric vehicles...for example, last year Germany and France both grew their electric vehicle fleet by more than 200 per cent.   In Australia, fewer than 7000 electric vehicles were sold in 2020 representing just a three per cent jump from 2019. 

 

We’re joined by Jake Whitehead, a transport expert at the University of Queensland; and David Brown, the former president of the Australian Institute of Traffic Planning and Management

 

Victoria and NSW are considering a tax on electric cars which will make uptake even slower.  Why aren’t Australians transitioning to electric vehicles...and why isn’t the government doing more to encourage us to switch?

 

TODAY'S HEADLINES


No lockdown exemptions for Aussie players after IPL postponed


Gov backs down on India visitor prison threat
Melinda and Bill Gates agreed on estate divide before split
New national disaster recovery body established


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The whole world is watching India right now. Its daily case numbers of COVID-19 hit 400,000 this week. The death toll is also rising rapidly with India's health ministry reporting more than 3,600 deaths in the past 24 hours.

 

We speak with James Oaten; the ABC’s Indian correspondent from Dehli to the get the latest from India; and we speak with Dr Pradeep Teneja from the Australia India Institute about what Indians in Australia make of what’s happening on the sub-continent.

 

India is facing a Covid catastrophe.  Will it get worse before it gets better?

 

TODAY'S HEADLINES


Questions over legality of India ban


Senior leaders warn of growing Chinese military and influence


Report exposes gymnastics abuse


Ex Australia Post boss Holgate sets deadline for legal action


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US President Joe Biden announced last month American troops would withdraw from Afghanistan by September 11 this year.    Our PM quickly followed suit confirming the 80 remaining Australian defence personnel still in Afghanistan would also leave. 

 

Around 80,000 Australians have been deployed to Afghanistan since the conflict began in 2001.  41 of them lost their lives.  More than 150,000 Afghan civilians and military personnel and Taliban fighters were killed in the 20-year conflict that cost the US more than $1.2trillion

 

Maryam Zahid is the founder and director of Afghan Women on the Move; and Raspal Khosa - independent defence analyst, formerly with the Australian Strategic Policy Institute.      We ask what life is like for Afghans today.  And have we lost the war in Afghanistan?

TODAY'S HEADLINES


Perth avoids second lockdown


Overseas Aussies getting enough help from government: poll


Defence to review Darwin port lease


Soccer fans storm stadium over Super League


Manhunt underway for missing crew member in Townsville, others seek asylum
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Prepare to see Any Lee uncut as he delves into personal territory with host Jamila Rizvi. He opens up about his mum's disability, the hard conversations of working in the popular radio duo Hamish & Andy, and his engagement plans with longterm girlfriend Bec Harding.

 

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On January 20 Joe Biden was sworn in as the 46th President of the United States.    On today’s episode of The Briefing - Biden marks 100 days in office, let’s see how he’s going.  

 

Prof. David Smith is an Associate Professor in American Politics and Foreign Policy at the United States Studies Centre at the University of Sydney.

 

We sift through the rhetoric to try to find out what Joe Biden has actually done during his first 100 days.  Have his policies and decisions earned him a pass or fail?

 

TODAY'S HEADLINES


Lockdown restrictions to remain in WA


Brittany Higgins to meet with leaders including PM today


ASIO issues terror warning


Biden tells congress America “rising”
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