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This is a daily news podcast for young people in Australia. Join The Daily Aus team every weekday morning as we cover the news in your language. We’re a newsroom of young journalists, delivering news for young people.
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Iran's president has died - what now?
Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi and Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian have died in a helicopter crash. The helicopter crashed in mountainous terrain in northern Iran amid heavy fog, triggering a large-scale search. While little is known about what comes next, Iran’s Vice President is expected to temporarily take over the Presidency. In today's podcast, we'll explain what we know about the crash and what it means for the country.
Hosts: Zara Seidler and Sam KoslowskiAudio producer: Emmeline Peterson
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The Aussie footballers allegedly betting on their own games
Three A-League players were arrested in Sydney on Friday morning over an alleged corrupt betting scheme. A-League is the highest level of professional men's soccer in Australia - and this has the potential to be one of the biggest scandals to hit Australian football in decades.
In today’s podcast, we’re going to go through what we know about what has allegedly happened, what happens next, and Australia’s history of corrupt betting in sport.
Hosts: Sam Koslowski and Billi FitzSimons
Audio producer: Joe Kiely
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The missing conversation from Fashion Week
You may have seen that it is currently Fashion Week.
It’s an exciting time for Australia’s fashion industry - showcasing the talents of some of the country’s best homegrown designers.
But with fashion trends coming and going faster and faster, we're seeing more textiles going into landfill and becoming a problem for the environment, our health and our wallets.
So, how do we reconcile the need for businesses to make money by new trends coming through, with the need for a more sustainable fashion industry. We discuss this on today’s podcast.
Hosts: Billi FitzSimons and Zara Seidler
Guest: Nina Gbor, founder of Eco StylesAudio producer: Emmeline Peterson
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Australia's first war crime prisoner is a whistleblower
For the first time, someone has been imprisoned in relation to Australia’s alleged war crimes. His name is David McBride. But he didn’t commit those crimes; he was the whistleblower for a 2017 report by the ABC that investigated alleged war crimes committed by Australian forces in Afghanistan. And this week, McBride was sentenced to nearly six years in jail.
On today's podcast, we'll break down everything you need to know about this story.
Hosts: Billi FitzSimons and Zara SeidlerAudio producer: Emmeline Peterson
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What’s in the federal budget for young people?
The Government, led by Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, had two big decisions to make: what to spend money on, and where to get that money from.
In today’s podcast we are going to focus on what it announced for young people.
Listen to our episode Why your HECS is changing
Hosts: Billi FitzSimons and Zara SeidlerAudio producer: Emmeline Peterson
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Explaining the ban on live sheep exports
The Federal Government has announced a plan to ban the export of live sheep from Australia. It comes after an independent panel urged the Government to introduce a ban.
In today’s podcast, we’ll discuss what the issue is, how this ban came to be, what the fallout has been.
Hosts: Zara Seidler and Sam KoslowskiAudio producer: Emmeline Peterson
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