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ABC News Daily will be back on Monday. 

In the meantime, we wanted to let you know about The Global Story, a podcast from the BBC. 

In each episode, host Katya Adler brings together different perspectives to tell one big international news story. 

Find The Global Story on the BBC website or wherever you get your podcasts.

The opposition leader Peter Dutton has set migration up to be a key issue as we head to an election within a year.

He says he’ll slash numbers to help address overwhelming demand for housing, childcare and hospital beds.

But what would life be like if immigration slowed dramatically? 

Today, economist Saul Eslake on population growth and whether we really need it. 

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Saul Eslake, independent economist

India’s Narendra Modi told everyone who’d listen he’d win the election in a landslide. 

In a shock result, he’s held on to power, but his party has lost its majority in parliament. 

Today, Avani Dias, who was until recently the ABC’s correspondent in India, discusses the result and how Prime Minister Modi has worked to cement his power. 

She also shares her own ordeal of being hounded and harassed because of her reporting on the ground. 

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Avani Dias, fmr ABC South Asia correspondent 

Since Donald Trump’s conviction last week his critics have been increasingly concerned by his rhetoric and the potential for political violence in the United States. 

That he was found guilty of 34 counts of falsifying business records to cover up a sex scandal has only emboldened his loyal supporters.

Who are they, what risk do they pose to stability in the US and are there enough of them for Trump to win the November election?

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Andy Kroll, ProPublica investigative reporter

A man charged with murder, a rapist, and a child sex offender are among the criminals who were granted visas to remain here, even though they’re not citizens.  

It’s caused such outrage the government’s been scrambling to modify something called direction 99. 

It was a change to the rules made just over a year ago after pressure from New Zealand about the people Australia was deporting. 

Today, national affairs editor Melissa Clarke explains the latest immigration scandal. 

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Melissa Clarke, ABC national affairs editor

Imagine the excitement of buying your first home and then having to sell it just a few years later.

That’s the reality for a growing number of Australians who can’t cope with the 13 interest rate hikes ordered by the Reserve Bank.

Today, business editor Michael Janda explains what the data shows about growing hardship for borrowers and why the big banks have a case to answer. 

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Michael Janda, ABC Business Editor