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Sunday Extra presents a lively mix of national and international affairs, analysis and investigation, as well as a lighter touch.
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The whistleblower who helped catch a paedophile politician
When an electoral officer helps police arrest a popular politician, her life begins to unravel. Her boss would spend more than a decade in prison, but she loses her job, and is even eventually admitted to a mental health institution. Now she’s asking: could he have been stopped earlier? Reporter Tynan King investigates.
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The Year That Made Me: Michael Brosowski, 2002
Since Michael Brosowski launched it 21 years ago, the Blue Dragon Children’s Foundation in Vietnam has rescued around two-and-a-half thousand people who’d been trafficked into forced labour, brothels and more recently scamming operations.
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Alfred Dreyfus: The Man at the Centre of the Affair
In 1894, Alfred Dreyfus, a Jewish officer in the French military, was falsely accused of selling secrets to Germany. Over the next five years, Dreyfus languished in prison on Devil’s Island while his wife and brother waged a battle to clear his name that divided France and riveted the world. A new biography of the central figure in the Dreyfus Affair is focused on the man himself and based on newly accessible documents.
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Drake vs Kendrick Lamar feud raises ethical questions over AI
There's been an unexpected intersection of AI ethics and a feud between rappers. It's happened in the latest outbreak of a long-running dispute between two of the biggest names in rap, Drake and Kendrick Lamar.
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Rising concern as Bird Flu spreads to mammals in several countries around the globe
Bird flu or H5N1 has expanded its reach across new species and regions over the last 2 years and scientists are concerned about the implications of infections in dairy cows, seals, and humans. Australia is the only region not yet affected by the strain, but could it reach our shores if things continue on this trajectory?