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Climate activist Katta O’Donnell sued the Australian government for failing to disclose how much climate change would impact the value of government bonds. 
It was a world-first case, she was a law student at the time and she won. But the experience left her feeling more disillusioned than ever and determined to find another way to make change.
Today, Katta O’Donnell on why she believes direct action is the way forward on climate.

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Guest: Katta O’Donnell

Recently, Mike Seccombe has been looking into the divide between Australia’s richest and poorest schools – to find out why this gap keeps widening.
And what he found was a broken system. Rich parents are able to get huge tax breaks by donating to opulent building projects at their kids’ private schools. 
It’s a practice that goes way back – and many argue – is outdated.
Today, national correspondent for The Saturday Paper and a proud state school boy, Mike Seccombe, on why we need an overhaul of the charitable giving system that delivers some kids castles.

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Guest: National correspondent for The Saturday Paper Mike Seccombe

On a remote island in the Gulf of Carpentaria, there are two towns.
One is home to a thriving economy. It has a golf course, cinema and tennis courts. It’s the richest postcode in the Northern Territory. Most of the people who live there are white.
The other is home to the Anindilyakwa people - the Traditional Owners. The locals live just a few hundred metres from the world’s largest manganese mine. Here, life outcomes are worse than anywhere else in the country. 
This jarring contrast raises questions about where the royalties of this mine are flowing – and why the Traditional Owners are seeing so little return to their community.
Now, the National Indigenous Australians Agency has referred the white chief executive of the Anindilyakwa Land Council to the National Anti-Corruption Commission over his plan to take a personal 10 per cent stake in a mining project on the island.
Today, Gunaikurnai and Wotjobaluk writer Ben Abbatangelo on the plan and the man who stood in its way.

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Guest: Gunaikurnai and Wotjobaluk writer Ben Abbatangelo

With just over a hundred days to go until the US election, Joe Biden has announced he’s dropping out of the presidential race.
In a letter posted to X, he said “I believe it is in the best interest of my party and the country for me to stand down and focus solely on fulfilling my duties as President for the remainder of my term”.
His decision comes after weeks of pressure from donors and colleagues to drop out.
The question now is whether the Democrats will unite behind Vice President Kamala Harris, who President Biden has endorsed to succeed him. 
Today, senior fellow at the United States Studies Centre Bruce Wolpe on the key players who pushed Biden out and whether Kamala Harris can defeat Donald Trump.

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Guest: Senior fellow at the United States Studies Centre Bruce Wolpe

News stories about violence against women have been coming hard and fast these past few weeks. 
These stories of the women — and sometimes children — killed, usually by a man they knew and often in a terribly violent way, are hard to read. 
Yet years of education campaigns and talk of respect for women seem to have made no difference, and every few days, another woman dies.
Today, Australia’s Sex Discrimination Commissioner Dr Anna Cody on why men kill women, and why Australia’s domestic violence problem is still getting worse. 

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Guest: Australia’s Sex Discrimination Commissioner, Dr Anna Cody

For many Australians, facing the reality of this country is a task that has proved enduringly difficult, both at a public and a political level. For investigative journalist David Marr, finding the right way to tell the stories that allow us to see the truth of our history is a personal quest and one that has led to his latest book. In this episode of our sister podcast, Read This, Michael talks with David about shame – both personal and national – and why his family agreed that he had to write Killing for Country.