The World Today

ABC News

3.3 (8)
DAILY NEWS
UPDATED DAILY

The World Today is a comprehensive current affairs program which backgrounds, analyses, interprets and encourages debate on events and issues of interest and importance to all Australians.

2 DAYS AGO

Gisele Pelicot praised following mass convictions

French sexual assault survivor, Gisele Pelicot, is being lauded around the world for her courage and resilience. She waived her right to anonymity throughout the trial of her former husband Dominique Pelicot and more than 50 other men who were convicted of sexually assaulting her. Australian advocates hope the verdict will help amplify the global conversation around sexual violence.

25 min
3 DAYS AGO

Bali bomber repatriation divides survivors

Australia has sought assurance from the Malaysian government that two of the men involved in the Bali Bombings won't be able to walk free.

25 min
4 DAYS AGO

Budget update flags deficits ahead as economy slows

Deficits for the foreseeable future and no promise of extra cost-of-living relief in next year's Federal Budget. They're some of the key takeaways from the Mid-Year Economic and Fiscal Outlook.

25 min
5 DAYS AGO

Hugh Marks named ABC Managing Director

A new era for the ABC, with veteran media executive Hugh Marks appointed as the new Managing Director.

25 min
6 DAYS AGO

Australians in critical condition after suspected poisoning in Fiji

Fiji's health minister says toxicology tests haven't yet been completed to determine the cause of a suspected alcohol poisoning event at a five-star resort on the country's Coral Coast.

25 min
DEC 13

Coalition's cost of turning Australia nuclear

The Federal Opposition has revealed its long-awaited nuclear energy pitch - releasing costings that it says shows a mix of nuclear and renewables can shave more than $250 billion off the cost of Labor's energy plans.

25 min
DEC 12

Unemployment drops to 3.9 per cent

The Australian jobs market is proving remarkably resilient in the face of 13 interest rate hikes, and an economy growing at a crawl. Official figures show the unemployment rate dropped in November to 3.9 per cent; Social media firm META under growing pressure to pay for news or face increased penalties; And obesity tops the list of risk factors leading to disease, experts call for reform.

26 min
DEC 11

Jewish community responds to another attack

Political leaders have slammed another anti-Semitic attack, in Sydney's eastern suburbs.

25 min

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Thomas Oriti

Host

3.3

out of 5

8 Ratings

Could be more concise

05/05/2021

Bikecray

A decent consolidation of topics but way too much rambling on especially with interviewed guests. Dismayed to hear the story on covid impact in India devolved quickly into and inward facing diatribe on impact to cricket of all things. Would be better advised to discuss what is being done to help India and their citizens deal with the crisis and forget cricket.
Where is the impartiality?

11/30/2022

PANDASIMS08

I am neither of the left or right but when I listen to this program everything seems to have subtle undertones of a leftist agenda. This bias on the ABC has to stop, it’s outrageous that tax payers fund this “neutral” broadcaster. I want to listen to a program that presents both side without sneaking in their own political leanings.
Single story podcast boo

05/26/2018

LoriWeck

Totally agree with other review! Put the stories together! Give us a news program 30 minuets 45, 60... whatever but 3 minuets turns me away to BBC and I want to listen to ABC! Love your coverage of your territory of the world! Make 2 stars 5! Lori in USA.
Still can't get it right

08/17/2017

wishauntielistened

Sigh. The content of the ABC Radio Nation PM is exceptional - well considered reporting that blends Australian and international news. Unfortunately all this good effort is completely spoiled by remarkably inept podcast broadcasting. It seems there is some sort of prediliction towards splitting what is a single broadcast into each of the stories. I understand there may be some listeners who prefer a per-story broadcast, although for me, a single file to be downloaded is much easier to deal with and it's easier to see if I've heard the entire broadcast, rather than searching the dates of each story to see if I've heard all of it. To make matters dramatically worse, the ABC have somehow decided that blending a full broadcast, individual stories and the business news all into one stream is a bright idea! This is remarkably stupid, it makes automating retrieval almost impossible - it now requires digging through a list of broadcasts to find which are the full programs and which are the individual broadcasts. Gosh, this isn't that hard people: create one podcast for the combined programme, and one for the individual stories. This is no more effort than what is done now, and probably more automatable for the production side. Then provide two links.

The World Today is a comprehensive current affairs program which backgrounds, analyses, interprets and encourages debate on events and issues of interest and importance to all Australians.