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The lobbyists behind Peter Dutton’s nuclear promise
It’s a small mystery in Australian politics: Why was Peter Dutton’s first major policy as opposition leader a promise to build nuclear power plants?
On the surface, it doesn’t seem like an obvious vote winner and early polling shows most Australians are yet to be convinced.
But this may be less about votes and more about holding the Coalition together, with the help of a lobby group most of us have never heard of.
Today, investigative journalist and contributor to The Monthly Marian Wilkinson on the Coalition for Conservation lobby and their links to Peter Dutton’s nuclear promises.
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Guest: Investigative journalist and contributor to The Monthly, Marian Wilkinson -
David McBride as he faces sentencing
In recent years, Australia has faced a reckoning over the actions of some of our special forces soldiers, who have gone from decorated heroes to murderers accused of horrific war crimes against civilians.
David McBride is the former military lawyer who first gave journalists documentary evidence of civilian killings in Afghanistan.
To his supporters he’s a war crimes whistleblower, but detractors say that was never his motivation.
During a secretive national security trial, he pleaded guilty to handing over those files and this morning his sentencing hearing gets underway.
Today, David McBride, on why he did it, whether he has any regrets and how Australia keeps its secrets.
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The Weekend Read: Angela Savage on the moment a child leaves the home
Today, writer Angela Savage with her piece from a recent edition of The Monthly.
Parents often face the dilemma of helping their children become independent, while not wanting to let them go.
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Payments and a porn passport: Albanese’s snap national cabinet
As Australia demanded answers to the domestic violence crisis, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese became a focal point in all the wrong ways when he got into a confrontation with a rally organiser on Sunday.
But this week’s national cabinet meeting with state and territory leaders offered a chance to respond to the community’s concern and produce real solutions.
So what solutions came out of that meeting? And will they genuinely help women who face domestic violence?
Today, columnist for The Saturday Paper Paul Bongiorno, on the crucial moment for Australia and whether governments are delivering on their mission to end violence against women.
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Guest: Columnist for The Saturday Paper, Paul Bongiorno. -
The Australian journo on 'catch and kill' for Trump
As Donald Trump zeroed in on his successful 2016 run to the presidency, he began to engage in what is called “catch and kill” journalism.
Trump and his lawyers developed relationships with journalists, who were allegedly prepared to track down damaging stories aboutTrump, and then take money to ensure they would never be printed.
Today, managing editor of The Saturday Paper Emily Barrett on the Australian who built a reputation as one of the best at “capture and kill” in America – and how he’s ended up being central to Donald Trump’s trial in New York.
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Jess Hill on why we need more than ‘awareness’ to end the killing of women
It feels like hardly a week goes by where we don’t hear about a woman in Australia being killed by a man she knows.
Intimate partner deaths increased by almost a third during the last reporting year and early counts by advocacy groups suggest this year is set to be even worse.
The spike in killings has led to protests, a national outcry and Prime Minister Anthony Albanese declaring that violence against women is a national crisis.
Today, author of See What You Made Me Do and journalist Jess Hill, on what can be done to stop the violence – and why “awareness” is no longer good enough.
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Guest: Author of See What You Made Me Do and journalist Jess Hill
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