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2,022 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 1 year ago - ★★★★ - 11 ratingsAM is Australia's most informative morning current affairs program. With key political interviews and stories about the Australian way of life, AM sets the agenda for the nation’s daily news and current affairs coverage.
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Saturday AM 17 JULY: Why won’t the lockdowns end?
July 16, 2021 22:00 - 30 minutes - 14 MBAs more of the Eastern states locked down this week, facing the fast-spreading Delta variant, many are asking why we are in this position again? One economist argues Australia broke an unwritten “grand bargain”: the rich must pay more early so poorer nations get their share cheaper. When it comes to COVID vaccines, Australia opted out and is paying the price.
FRI 16 JULY - Melbourne in fifth lockdown
July 15, 2021 21:10 - 30 minutes - 9 MBMelburnians are in their fifth lockdown as health authorities try to stop another COVID outbreak.
Is Melbourne headed for another lockdown?
July 14, 2021 21:10 - 20 minutes - 9.29 MBMasks are back as more COVID cases spring up in Melbourne are Victorians facing another lockdown?
Frustration over long COVID-testing queues in southwest Sydney.
July 13, 2021 21:10 - 20 minutes - 9.18 MBFrustration over strict new mandatory testing rules for essential workers in COVID-hotspots;
Vaccine u-turn: encouraging signs Sydney's COVID outbreak's prompted some to re-think their hesitancy
July 12, 2021 21:10 - 20 minutes - 9.36 MBIn a vaccine u-turn, there's encouraging signs Sydney's COVID outbreak's prompted some to re-think their hesitancy;
Sydney braces for spiralling COVID cases.
July 11, 2021 21:10 - 30 minutes - 9.23 MBSydney stands on the brink of a COVID-abyss with infections set to soar and concerns people aren't heeding warnings to stay isolated;
Saturday AM - Kids and the COVID vaccine
July 09, 2021 22:00 - 30 minutes - 11.4 MBIt’s back to schooling from home in greater Sydney. The Delta variant spreading there means unvaccinated children are a risk. Professor Kristine Macartney, head of the National Centre for Immunisation Research and Surveillance, expects the TGA will soon approve the Pfizer vaccine for 12 to 15 year olds. What do we know about COVID, vaccines, and children?
SAT JULY 10 - Kids and the COVID vaccine
July 09, 2021 22:00 - 30 minutes - 11.5 MBIt’s back to schooling from home in greater Sydney. The Delta variant spreading there means unvaccinated children are a risk. Professor Kristine Macartney, head of the National Centre for Immunisation Research and Surveillance, expects the TGA will soon approve the Pfizer vaccine for 12 to 15 year olds. What do we know about COVID, vaccines, and children?
Police operation underway in southwest Sydney to stem COVID-outbreak
July 08, 2021 22:00 - 30 minutes - 9.42 MBPolice operation underway in southwest Sydney to stem COVID-outbreak; The Government secures a much needed boost of Pfizer vaccines; And the celebrity psychologist and child sex predator paid to 'help' protect children
Southwest Sydney on high alert over COVID outbreak
July 07, 2021 21:10 - 20 minutes - 9.19 MBSydney's COVID-Delta outbreak spreads to the city's southwest - one of Australia's most multicultural areas. People there are being urged to get tested and isolate.
Sydney's lockdown to be extended for a week.
July 06, 2021 21:10 - 20 minutes - 9.28 MBSydney set to extend its COVID restrictions - as new research shows longer, stricter lockdowns are worth the short term pain; Are compulsory vaccines for aged care workers the best way to protect the elderly?;
Is Sydney facing an extended period of lockdown?
July 05, 2021 21:10 - 20 minutes - 9.33 MBRugby League players party while Sydney struggles to contain its COVID-outbreak - is the city facing an extended period of restrictions?;
Anger rising over COVID-outbreak at Sydney aged care facility
July 04, 2021 21:10 - 20 minutes - 9.2 MBAnger rising over another outbreak at an aged care facility - two thirds of staff aren't vaccinated and families want to know why;
SATURDAY AM: A pandemic exit plan?
July 02, 2021 22:00 - 30 minutes - 13.5 MBAs outbreaks put half the Australian population into lockdown this week, rows broke out between politicians and experts over the AstraZeneca vaccine, and specifically, the Prime Minister’s comments that under-40s could get it if they wanted it. By week’s end, state and federal leaders had agreed on a new plan to return to life as normal. But a lot of detail is missing. Can it work?
Prime Minister to push for 'Vaccination Threshold' to avoid lockdowns.
July 01, 2021 21:10 - 20 minutes - 9.23 MBThe Prime Minister pushing for a vaccination threshold to stop the states from future lockdowns;
Australia's top immunisation body weighs in on vaccine confusion
June 30, 2021 22:00 - 30 minutes - 9.22 MBWith half of Australia in lockdown because of COVID outbreaks, the country's top immunisation body weighs in on confusion about the AstraZeneca vaccine; Australia's longest war comes to an end as the final troops leave Afghanistan; And American comedian Bill Cosby walks free after a US court overturns his sexual assault conviction.
Twelve million Australians under lockdown
June 29, 2021 21:00 - 20 minutes - 9.28 MBMore than 12 million Australians are in lockdown as health authorities in multiple states and one territory battle outbreaks of the highly infectious Delta variant
Big changes to Australia's vaccination rollout
June 28, 2021 21:00 - 20 minutes - 9.31 MBUnder 40s across the nation are now allowed to get the AstraZeneca shot
Sydney's COVID outbreak ricochets around the nation
June 27, 2021 21:00 - 20 minutes - 9.33 MBAustralia could be on the verge of a national COVID outbreak with new cases in four states and territories
SAT 26 JUNE: Delta variant takes hold
June 25, 2021 22:00 - 30 minutes - 11.6 MBParts of Sydney are in lockdown as Australia battles the most transmissible strain of COVID-19 yet. The Delta variant, which was first detected in India, has been identified in at least 80 countries, and is fast becoming the dominant strain across the world. What do we know about it? And how does it change our fight against the virus?
Saturday AM: Delta variant takes hold
June 25, 2021 22:00 - 30 minutes - 11.6 MBParts of Sydney are in lockdown as Australia battles the most transmissible strain of COVID-19 yet. The Delta variant, which was first detected in India, has been identified in at least 80 countries, and is fast becoming the dominant strain across the world. What do we know about it? And how does it change our fight against the virus?
COVID exposure sites in Sydney balloon
June 24, 2021 22:00 - 30 minutes - 9.23 MBIn Sydney's COVID outbreak, there's a snowballing list of exposure sites, but no lockdown has been imposed yet; And a frantic search in Miami as rescuers comb through the rubble of a collapsed apartment block.
NSW Health Minister in COVID isolation
June 23, 2021 22:00 - 30 minutes - 9.38 MBThe Sydney COVID outbreak has taken an alarming twist, The Nationals attempt to rewrite the Murray Darling basin plan, And cyber criminals posing as bank employees to steal millions from Australians.
NZ on alert after Sydney COVID case visits
June 22, 2021 21:10 - 30 minutes - 8.97 MBThere's concern the New South Wales COVID cluster has spread across the Tasman.
Australia "blindsided" by reef's "in danger" listing
June 21, 2021 21:10 - 30 minutes - 9.24 MBAustralia has been shocked by a recommendation from a key international body that the Great Barrier Reef be listed as "in danger", meaning it could lost its world heritage status;
Nationals leader stares down challenge
June 20, 2021 21:10 - 30 minutes - 9.26 MBDeputy Prime Minister Michael McCormack is staring down a possible leadership challenge from his predecessor, Barnaby Joyce;
Saturday AM - More confusion for the vaccination rollout
June 18, 2021 18:00 - 30 minutes - 12.2 MBThe national vaccination campaign has been thrown into chaos again, after the government said that AstraZeneca's vaccine is only safe for the over-60s. That brings Australia into line with many other countries, but our supplies of alternative vaccines are low. What does this latest change do for confidence, and the speed of our rollout?
Advice change leads to more chaos in vaccine rollout
June 17, 2021 22:00 - 30 minutes - 11.5 MBHow does the Federal Government convince people to keep getting vaccinated despite another change in the national rollout?; And what changes to superannuation laws mean for you.
The Taliban gains ground in Uruzgan
June 16, 2021 22:00 - 30 minutes - 9.2 MBThe Afghan Province where Australian troops fought at risk of falling to Taliban
After UK trade deal, PM heads to Paris
June 15, 2021 21:00 - 20 minutes - 9.33 MBThe Prime Minister has flown to Paris for talks with the French President after signing a free trade agreement with the UK
Biloela family set to be reunited
June 14, 2021 21:00 - 20 minutes - 9.3 MBFreedom is looming for the Tamil family who've spent the last three years in immigration detention
G7 leaders pledge climate action
June 13, 2021 21:10 - 20 minutes - 9.24 MBAs G7 leaders pledge to phase out government investment in coal-fired power generation, the Prime Minister Scott Morrison says Australia's coal fired power plants have an end date.
SAT 12 JUN - How police pulled off their biggest sting
June 11, 2021 22:00 - 30 minutes - 13.5 MBThis week, police in 16 countries carried off one of the world’s biggest crime busts, after tricking criminals into using an encrypted messaging service that was operated by the FBI. What does Australia's role in the sting say about the scale of organised crime here? And will it change now?
Singapore Travel Bubble on the horizon
June 10, 2021 21:00 - 30 minutes - 9.31 MBAnother travel bubble's on the horizon but there's a key condition on it getting a green light, vaccinations.
NSW and Qld on high alert after Vic COVID breach
June 09, 2021 21:00 - 30 minutes - 9.25 MBTwo people who fled Melbourne's lockdown have New South Wales and Queensland health authorities scrambling to contain a potential COVID outbreak.
New details about worst alleged war crime
June 08, 2021 21:00 - 30 minutes - 9.27 MBA shocking new account has emerged about the worst single atrocity allegedly committed by Australian troops in Afghanistan.
3 yr old medically evacuated from Christmas Island
June 07, 2021 21:00 - 30 minutes - 9.74 MBThe youngest Australian-born daughter of a Tamil family has been medivaced to Perth from the Christmas Island detention centre.
Vic doctors welcome increased vaccine supplies
June 06, 2021 21:00 - 30 minutes - 9.23 MBVictorian doctors welcome increased COVID vaccine supplies.
Health workers are vaccinated, why not aged care?
June 04, 2021 22:00 - 30 minutes - 13.3 MBThis week the Federal Government admitted it doesn’t actually know how many aged care workers have been vaccinated, with some estimates suggesting only 10% have had the jab. So why has the roll out in the sector been so slow? And with less than 50 days until the Olympics, debate is still raging in Japan about whether the Games should be held at all.
False positives trigger calls to lift Melbourne lockdown.
June 03, 2021 21:00 - 30 minutes - 9.24 MBMelbourne's extended lockdown under scrutiny as two key COVID cases of so-called fleeting transmission are reclassified "false positives".
Fed Govt considers financial help for Victoria
June 02, 2021 21:00 - 30 minutes - 9.33 MBAs Melburnians wake up to another week of COVID lockdowns, business owners are pleading for more help.
Vics brace for extended lockdown
June 01, 2021 21:00 - 30 minutes - 9.21 MBVictorians brace for a probable extension to the state's seven day lockdown, as alarm bells ring in New South Wales after a confirmed Melbourne COVID case crossed the border.
Government not keeping track of aged worker vaccinations.
May 31, 2021 21:00 - 30 minutes - 9.53 MBAs the federal government scrambles to get aged care residents vaccinated... it's been revealed it's not keeping track of how many workers have had their COVID shot.
Has Victorian COVID-outbreak spread to aged care facilities?
May 30, 2021 21:10 - 30 minutes - 9.31 MBA nervous time in Victoria as authorities wait for test results from dozens of aged care residents exposed to an infected worker
What do we know about Victoria's variant?
May 28, 2021 22:00 - 30 minutes - 13.5 MBMelbourne’s COVID variant is more infectious and it turns out it probably originated in Italy. And after grounding an international flight, has Europe's last dictator made international travel more risky?
Anger rising as Victoria enters its fourth lockdown.
May 27, 2021 21:10 - 30 minutes - 9.29 MBVictorians have begun their seven day lockdown with the state's health authorities hoping it'll act as a "circuit breaker";
UK, US and Victorian leaders under pressure over COVID pandemic
May 26, 2021 21:10 - 30 minutes - 9.37 MBThe British Prime Minister is facing an accusation that his incompetent response to the COVID pandemic cost tens of thousands of lives;
Victoria's coronavirus alert spreads
May 25, 2021 21:10 - 30 minutes - 9.3 MBVictoria is grappling with another twist in its latest COVID cluster, with health authorities trying to trace thousands of AFL fans who attended a weekend match at the MCG.
Search for missing link to new Melbourne COVID cluster
May 24, 2021 21:10 - 30 minutes - 9.24 MBThousands of Melburnians are isolating this morning as health authorities scramble to find the source of Victoria's four new COVID cases;
What happened to Australia's vaccine rollout?
May 23, 2021 21:10 - 30 minutes - 9.25 MBAustralians were told we'd be "in the leading pack" when it came to vaccines, but instead we're in the slow lane, reliant on a shot that many don't want.