ABC News Daily
ABC News Daily is the podcast that helps you understand the issues affecting your world. Every episode, host Samantha Hawley walks through one story with the help of an ABC colleague or expert in under 15 minutes. When you want coverage you can trust, listen to ABC News Daily. Key topics of recent episodes include the incoming Donald Trump administration, Elon Musk, Robert F. Kennedy Jr, retail surveillance, freebirth, methanol poisoning, Laos travel, Vladimir Putin, nuclear doctrine, Alan Jones, population policy, immigration and Israel. From interest rates, real estate and the housing crisis, to scams and US politics, ABC News Daily brings you facts and analysis you need to understand the biggest news stories. The podcast covers news from America, with analysis on what the result of the US election means for the future of US democracy. Donald Trump's return to the White House has big implications for global politics and security and US journalists and experts will explain what's at stake. As Australians battle a cost-of-living crisis, ABC News Daily looks at the causes of inflation, rising rental costs, house prices, insurance costs and the price of groceries. Key experts in business and finance join Samantha Hawley, explaining the state of the economy, the unemployment rate and the jobs market. Whether you rent, own an investment house or apartment, or are repaying a mortgage, ABC News Daily offers unique insights and analysis. When there are big moves from the Reserve Bank (RBA) on interest rates, or remarkable reactions in the ASX or the Australian dollar, guest experts, including economists, explain why. Expect regular updates on Australian politics, with key comments from Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, Treasurer Jim Chalmers and Opposition Leader Peter Dutton. The podcast picks apart major policy areas, including energy policy, finance and the Federal Budget. Look into ABC News Daily's archive to find episodes on electric vehicles (EVs), artificial intelligence (AI), the big banks, supermarkets, TikTok, Ozempic, Tesla, Elon Musk, Twitter, Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg, COVID, cyber security, spies, espionage, education, schools, teachers, crime and issues relating to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander (First Nations) Australians. ABC News Daily follows developments in the Middle East and the war between Israel and Hamas, with insights into the mindset of Benjamin Netanyahu, Palestinians and the role of Iran. The podcast looks at the latest from Ukraine as Volodymyr Zelensky fights to repel the Russian invaders led by Russia's President Vladimir Putin. As China's Xi Jinping contemplates the future of Taiwan, ABC News Daily will sort fact from fiction. When North Korea's Kim Jong Un fires ballistic missiles, we'll assess the danger his regime poses. When scammers target superannuation, your tax return and the ATO, you'll hear advice on what you can do to protect yourself. As climate change fuelled by greenhouse gas emissions increases the risk of natural disasters, including fires and floods, ABC News Daily brings you fact-based analysis. The future of electricity generation in Australia is being debated, and as claims are made about the merits of nuclear power, come to ABC News Daily for context around its potential role in replacing or augmenting coal and gas power plants and what it could mean for power bills. The podcast covers the future of renewable / green power generation, including the use of wind turbines, solar and hydro electric power. The podcast looks at key businesses, including Coles and Woolworths, Qantas, the Commonwealth Bank and the construction, resources and manufacturing industries. When they report record profit, battle unions, or raise prices, the podcast pays attention. ABC experts including Ian Verrender, Alan Kohler, Laura Tingle, Patricia Karvelas, John Lyons, and Annabel Crabb join Samantha Hawley to step through big issues and current affairs.
Reflecting on days spent with the Bali Nine
The police officer guilty of a grandma’s taser death
What is Labor rushing through parliament?
Why Bunnings wants to scan your face
The rise of the freebirth movement
The deaths from methanol poisoning in Laos
Why Putin just changed his rules on nukes
How Alan Jones lost his power
Trump’s 'shocking' White House picks
Can Australia cope with 40 million people?
Will Trump back Israel’s expansion?
The book Jamie Oliver shouldn’t have written
Will Trump’s China tariffs trash our economy?
Why banning social media isn’t the answer
Musk, RFK Jr and Trump’s hand-picked team
Why Trump will be ‘unleashed’ in 2025
How Trump won the election
Trump on a path to victory
Your guide to the US election vote count
The state of play on US election eve
Why house prices are starting to fall
Why Trump dumps on Detroit
The problem with Albanese’s Qantas perks
What makes Trump a 'fascist'?
Why are North Korean troops in Russia?
What is AI ‘model collapse’?
Why is Trump talking about a dead golfer’s penis?
How abortion became a Qld election issue
Can Elon Musk buy Trump the presidency?
Why Israel won’t stop despite killing Sinwar
How unpaid tolls could land you in prison
Why Albanese’s coastal home is a problem
Why neo-Nazis rallied in a country town
Life in Beirut as Israel strikes
Meet the Trump and Harris voters in Australia
Oasis, Ticketmaster and live music’s future
Will polling on Trump be right this time?
The shocking case against Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs
The UK just quit coal power, when will we?
Why Chinese EVs are a cyber risk
How October 7 changed Australia
The door to door fight for Trump and Harris
Does Iran want war with Israel?
The retirement village ‘rip off’
Annabel Crabb on ‘down down’ discounts
Could Koala Airlines succeed where Rex failed?
The voters who could swing the US election
Is a Christmas rate cut on the cards?
Is an Israeli invasion of Lebanon next?
How the childcare system punishes women
One family’s fight against banks and scammers
What Trump’s ‘eating the pets’ lie did to Springfield
How pagers became bombs in Lebanon
The tech to boot teens off social media
Trump targeted in apparent assassination attempt
Kamala Harris’s electoral college challenge
The secret battle for the Murdoch empire
The wild Trump vs Harris debate
Are voters finally ready to dump negative gearing?
One mother’s fight to end military suicides
How apartment owners are being ripped off
The plan to lock up pet cats
Why Israelis are rising up against Netanyahu
Elon Musk’s ‘free speech’ fight with Brazil
Why Labor refuses to ban gambling ads
Will airlines finally have to pay up for bad service?
Trump's 2024 election denial playbook
Will foreign student caps ease the cost of living?
The billionaire’s plan to export our solar power
Is Israel on the brink of war with Iran?
Can we power our EV boom?
Ben Lee on the rise of AI music
The astronauts stuck in space
The ‘racist’ debate over Gaza visas
What Ukraine gains by invading Russia
Alan Kohler on helping the 'forever' renters
How Harris has Trump rattled
Why would a senator sue Brittany Higgins?
How 'stupid' are Keating's China comments?
The women exposing Channel Seven’s secrets
Is Google’s internet dominance set to end?
What the Wall Street crash means for rates
Harris’s VP pick targets ‘weird’ Trump
How Rex took on Qantas and lost
Why a terrorist attack is now 'probable'
Why Spain can’t stand tourists anymore
Annabel Crabb on 'childless' Kamala Harris
The future of interest rates just got clearer
Can Labor win a second term in this economy?
Should owners of vacant homes pay more tax?
Trump’s plan to escalate the China trade war
Can Kamala Harris win over ‘racist’ America?
Is your medical data being sold on the dark web?
The ‘sovereign citizens’ who live among us
Can Kamala Harris win from here?
What finally forced Joe Biden out?
How Trump’s winning over Black and Latino voters
The Australians accused of spying for Russia
Tenacious D and the dicey Trump joke
Is the construction union rotten?
What can we expect from Trump now?
The ‘Project 2025’ plan for Trump’s return
The attempted assassination of Donald Trump
Can we trust the Paris Olympics will be clean?
If Biden goes, can Kamala Harris beat Trump?
'Arrogant' Macron and the mess in France
How a push to ban gambling ads stalled
Albanese’s cost of living election dilemma
Who Broke Britain - Stop the boats
How scammers are targeting your super
Laura Tingle on the senator who defied Labor
Is Trump now a ‘king’ above the law?
Will the Democrats ditch Biden?
Why more young people are dying of bowel cancer
Why the Brits are fed up with the Tories
The trial of campsite murderer Greg Lynn
Julian Assange is coming home
How the IVF industry is failing families
How Meta’s using your social media to build AI
Could nuclear power really lead to cheaper bills?
Peter Dutton and the seven nuclear reactors
Why the RBA refuses to cut rates
The explicit AI images that shocked a school
Who's paying for Trump's campaign?
Why Peter Dutton’s reignited the climate wars
Can more US weapons stop Putin?
The 'stupid' end to Peter Costello's career
Why we can’t get over our wind farm fears
Why we don’t take migraines seriously
INTRODUCING: The Global Story from the BBC
What happens if we slash migration?
Voters give India’s Modi a reality check
Guilty Trump on the campaign trail
Labor’s scramble on visas for criminals
Australia’s hidden home loan crisis
Donald Trump is a criminal
The EV emissions claims tested
How many ‘mistakes’ can Israel make?
Could bird flu be the next pandemic?
The woman who tracked down her scammer
The renters who will never buy
Has AI stolen Scarlett Johansson’s voice?
Why Chinese people are the latest boat arrivals
The Gina Rinehart portrait battle
Laura Tingle on why Labor can’t quit gas
Are robotaxis safe enough for our roads?
Can Australia really afford to make stuff?
Years in jail for exposing military secrets
What the budget means for you
How China spies on dissidents in Australia
Will RFK Jr help or harm Trump’s campaign?
Would you fall for the ‘elaborate’ new scams?
What Stormy Daniels told the Trump trial
The terrorism risk and radicalised teens
The case for banning phones for kids
Can Boeing rebuild trust after safety scares?
When should uni protests be shut down?
Why budget airlines keep failing
Could there be three rate hikes this year?
The violence against women ‘tipping point’
Why more kids are saying no to school
Louise Milligan on male violence
Hugh Grant, Murdoch and phone hacking
Elon Musk’s ‘free speech’ fight with Australia
The pricing trap doubling some power bills
Donald Trump and the politics of abortion
How a uni student got blamed for Bondi
Mental health and the Bondi killer
‘Terrorism’ at a Sydney church
The rape ruling against Bruce Lehrmann
Making sense of the Bondi Junction attack
Zan Rowe on what’s killing music festivals
Was Israel’s strike a ‘tragedy’ or a war crime?
Sex, drugs and Lehrmann’s paid interview
Will we really run out of gas next winter?
Will your next car be a Chinese EV?
The Ozempic craze and risky replicas
Is Israel targeting aid workers?
Youth crime and a curfew in Alice Springs
Can we beat inflation and keep jobs?
Looking for Modi – Humble beginnings
Julia Baird on Kate, cancer and conspiracies
Could Assange really face the death penalty?
How an AFL stadium split Tassie voters
The Moscow terror attack and Putin’s future
"Robotax": The ATO’s clawback of old debt
Why China’s so keen on meeting Keating
Why is Trump sledging 'nasty' Kevin Rudd?
TikTok: to ban or not to ban?
Should your inheritance pay for aged care?
How Bitcoin bounced back
What will a re-elected Putin do next?
Could we really get a nuclear power plant?
Facebook’s fight with the Australian media
The photo ‘manipulated’ by the royals
How the US could stop Israel’s war
Trump vs Biden: America’s ‘worst election’
Is rooftop solar still worth it?
Will a crackdown end the botox boom?
Is time up for insurers dodging payouts?
How Ozempic is changing the global economy
Nikki Haley vs Trump’s Republican Party
How can a woman vanish without a trace?
Police, Mardi Gras and two alleged murders
Why drunks get an easier ride than guide dogs
Why more babies won’t fix China
Is it all over for Julian Assange?
Will Ukraine survive a third year of war?
Why one boat sparked a political storm
Can anyone take on Putin and survive?
Why it’s time for a supermarket price war
Could Taylor Swift sink Trump?
Israel’s attack on Gaza’s last ‘safe zone’
Barnaby, booze and the bizarre late night video
The next tax promise Labor should break
What Putin wins from Tucker Carlson’s ‘interview’
How far will the US go against Iran?
Inside Australia’s price gouging problem
King Charles, cancer and royal secrets
Alan Kohler on why the RBA is ‘high fiving’
Trump and other threats to democracy in 2024
Taylor Swift and AI-generated porn
Stage 3 and a tax system rigged for the rich
Why neo-Nazis are roaming our streets
Should a social media post threaten your job?
Tax cuts and your bills in 2024
2023 Collection: Pop culture
2023 Collection: China
2023 Collection: Cost of living
2023 Collection: Israel-Gaza war
2023 Collection: Housing
What happens when AI gets ‘human’ cognition?
Can the world stop Israel’s onslaught in Gaza?
E-bike explosions and the battery fire risk
China, Russia and our cyber ‘reckoning’
Coles, Woolworths and alleged price gouging
A surge in respiratory illness in China
Is Russia winning the war in Ukraine?
Why fancy new roads don’t solve congestion
Should we hit pause on immigration?
Why schools going co-ed is so controversial
Higgins, Lehrmann and the defamation trial
Alan Kohler’s plan to freeze house prices
Laura Tingle on the detainee release ‘debacle’
What renting is doing to your DNA
Trump, ‘vermin’ and Nazi rhetoric
The Israel-Hamas hostage deal explained
Why we fell for America’s Black Friday sales
What China’s warship did to Australian divers