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At the heart of the recent US impeachment investigation of President Donald Trump was Trump’s personal lawyer and former Mayor of New York - Rudy Giuliani.

Officially Giuliani has no role in the Trump administration yet, he seems to wield considerable political influence. So, who is Rudy Giuliani, how should we understand his relationship with President Donald Trump and how and why did he become involved in the Ukraine?

In December, one of the car industry’s most powerful figures fled from Japan where he was awaiting trial, apparently hidden in a musical equipment box. Who is Carlos Ghosn?

Most Australians have been impacted by bush fires this summer. But fires are not new - we live in a country that has been shaped by fire and in a landscape populated by vegetation dependent on fire.

What if anything can we learn from this history that might help us face the increasing fire risks today?

E-cigarettes first appeared as a healthier alternative to smoking, maybe even a way to quit, but they soon escaped the medical framework and have become a public health nightmare in the US. Yet some health experts still see virtue in vaping.

Why do some parents choose not to vaccinate their children, despite the safety and success of vaccines?

In the Uluru Statement from the Heart, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders are calling for an Indigenous Voice to parliament. While they haven’t set out how that would work there are models we can look back on.

Ever since the referendum of 1967 federal governments have attempted and failed to set up administrative organisations to give Indigenous communities a say in their own affairs.

As we once again debate how we acknowledge Australia’s first people, what if anything can we learn from those past attempts?