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1,196 episodes - English - Latest episode: 1 day ago - ★★★★ - 14 ratingsThe Morning Edition (formerly Please Explain) brings you the story behind the story with the best journalists in Australia. Join host Samantha Selinger-Morris from the newsrooms of The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age, weekdays from 5am.
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'There's nothing romantic about war': covering the conflict in Ukraine
March 24, 2022 02:43 - 12 minutes - 11.9 MBEarlier this month, thanks to the support of the Judith Neilson Institute, The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald sent foreign affairs correspondent Anthony Galloway and award winning photographer Kate Geraghty to Ukraine as Russia staged its invasion. The pair were sent to not only cover the war on the ground but also to look at the humanitarian impact of the invasion as millions of Ukrainians fled the country as the Russian army began its assault on cities across the region. Today on Plea...
The secret Australian origins of the world’s biggest crypto casino
March 23, 2022 05:02 - 20 minutes - 18.9 MBIn December last year, The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald broke a story revealing the secret Australian origins of the world’s biggest online crypto casino stake.com. The journalist who broke this story after a 6 month long investigation was business reporter Sarah Danckert. This week Sarah won a prestigious Quill award for her story from the Melbourne Press Club. So what is a crypto casino, is it legal and how do you go about breaking a story like this? Today on Please Explain, Jess I...
Gas and wind: government outlines its energy plans
March 22, 2022 03:33 - 16 minutes - 15.2 MBThe federal government has announced a $50 million boost to the gas industry, saying infrastructure and technology have to be boosted to stop power prices rising. The government’s continuing to pursue its controversial plan for a “gas-fired recovery” from the COVID-19 crisis. That’s despite warnings from the International Energy Agency that no new coal plants or oil and gas fields can be developed if the world is to achieve the Paris Agreement’s goal of limiting global temperature rises to...
The mental health toll the pandemic has had on young people
March 21, 2022 02:47 - 18 minutes - 17 MBThe pandemic has been tough on us all, but it’s taken a particular toll on young people. Exclusive polling for The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald has shown the depth of that toll, finding that one in four young Australians thought about suicide over the past two years and 15 per cent attempted self harm. The polling was commissioned to coincide with a powerful new podcast about youth mental health, called Enough. Today on Please Explain, co-host of Enough, Jewel Topsfield joins Bianca ...
Reef catastrophe creating a political headache
March 18, 2022 04:27 - 18 minutes - 17 MBA delegation from UNESCO and the International Union for Conservation of Nature will inspect the Great Barrier Reef on Monday to decide if its World Heritage status will be downgraded due to damage caused by global warming. Now, as the delegation prepare to make their way here, reports have emerged of a significant coral bleaching event on the reef between Townsville and the Whitsundays. Climate and Energy correspondent Mike Foley joins Nathanael Cooper with more. Subscribe to The Age & ...
'I'm still shaken' court hears allegations of Roberts-Smith's war crimes
March 17, 2022 03:50 - 23 minutes - 21.1 MBA defence force whistleblower who was a key SAS source in stories about Victoria Cross recipient Ben Roberts-Smith has outed himself in court this week saying he needed to be a “voice from within”. The soldier, known as Person 7 for national security reasons, revealed it was him who had provided key information to journalists Nick McKenzie and Chris Masters during Roberts-Smith’s defamation trial against The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age. Across more than 10 weeks, the court has heard ...
Why the price of everything is going up, except Tim Tams
March 16, 2022 03:22 - 21 minutes - 19.8 MBShoppers are being warned to brace for higher prices on supermarket shelves, from baked beans to bread to beer. The head of the Australian Retailers Association Paul Zahra says a ‘perfect storm’ of supply chain pressures arising out of COVID has turned into a ‘tsunami’ of price pressures thanks to record petrol prices. Truck operators are saying they will have to pass on higher fuel costs and supermarket bosses are saying that price rises for consumers are inevitable. Today on Please Expla...
Australia launches legal action against Russia over MH17 deaths
March 15, 2022 03:27 - 19 minutes - 17.9 MBAustralia and the Netherlands have launched legal action against the Russian Federation over the downing of Malaysia flight MH17 in 2014, in a sharp escalation that confronts the Russian state rather than individuals for the deaths of 298 people on board the flight. The move joins the countries in formal proceedings in the International Civil Aviation Organisation, in a bid to force negotiations over compensation payments to the families of the victims. Russia withdrew from negotiations wit...
Government pressured to cut fuel excise amid rising cost of living
March 14, 2022 03:48 - 18 minutes - 17.1 MBThe soaring cost of petrol and diesel has sparked called for the government fo cut its $20 billion fuel excise amid a political row over the cost of living. Prices have leapt to $2.20 a litre, with some remote communities paying an excess of $3 a litre. Prime Minister Scott Morrison hasn’t ruled out a cut, but pointed out that the rise in prices in recent months was greater than the excise itself. Today on Please Explain, chief political correspondent David Crowe joins Bianca Hall to discu...
History repeats: The Ukrainian Aussie forced to run from Nazis
March 11, 2022 02:58 - 19 minutes - 18.3 MBThe war in Ukraine that has seen towns and cities bombed has lead to a major humanitarian crisis with millions fleeing their homes. At least two million civilians have already left the country, with that number expected to grow to up to four million. Countless others are displaced internally, no longer able to return to their homes. But this is far from the first time Ukrainians have been forced to flee their country as a result of an invading foreign army. Today on Please Explain national...
The rare virus that is now an incident of national significance
March 10, 2022 02:15 - 19 minutes - 17.5 MBCases of a rare tropical disease called Japanese encephalitis has been discovered along Australia’s east coast in recent weeks. The disease is rarely fatal, however two people have died in Australia this week after contracting it. There are a number of confirmed cases in Victoria, New South Wales, Queensland and South Australia, with some of those cases in intensive care. Today on Please Explain, Brisbane Times health and science reporter Stuart Layt joins Nathanael Cooper to discuss the o...
Is Australia becoming uninsurable?
March 09, 2022 04:51 - 22 minutes - 20.5 MBAs flood waters begin to recede in some areas of the eastern seaboard, insurers are already beginning to calculate the damage bill from these devastating floods. It’s already clear this will be the most costly flood event in Australian history. There are warnings premiums on household insurance policies will rise for flood affect families areas and perhaps more broadly. Amid an increasing frequency of storms and other adverse weather events, insurers are warning that parts of Australia are...
Shane Warne, Australia's spin king, is coming home
March 08, 2022 04:47 - 15 minutes - 14.6 MBThe body of spin king Shane Warne will be flown home from Bangkok as early as tomorrow, after he suffered a heart attack in Koh Samui on Friday night. Friends, family and Australians from all stripes have paid tribute to the beloved former cricketer. His parents, Keith and Brigitte Warne, said their son’s death was a tragedy they would never come to terms with, while his three adult children told of their shock at his sudden loss. But his legacy as a cricketer - one of Australia’s finest -...
Could this be Australia’s biggest ever fraud?
March 07, 2022 04:55 - 17 minutes - 16.2 MBA joint investigation between The Age, The Sydney Morning Herald and 60 Minutes has exposed what is alleged to be one of Australia’s biggest frauds. Bill Papas, a former president of Sydney Olympic soccer club, is accused of orchestrating one of the largest frauds in Australian history — an alleged $500 million swindle of Westpac and two international lenders. Mr Papas fled to Greece last June, weeks before Westpac lodged Federal Court proceedings against his company, Forum. The Federal Co...
Vale Shane Warne
March 05, 2022 03:59 - 11 minutes - 10.5 MBIn a special episode of Please Explain, Nathanael Cooper is joined by The Age and SMH's chief cricket writer Daniel Brettig to discuss the legacy of the great Australian leg-spinner. Subscribe to The Age & SMH: https://subscribe.smh.com.au/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Beauty and love in times of hopelessness
March 04, 2022 03:09 - 17 minutes - 16 MBHuman stories of hope and resilience are emerging amid the chaos wrought by Vladimir Putin’s war on Ukraine. One of them is the love story of Yaryna Arieva and Svyatoslav Fursin. The couple married last Thursday, hours after Russian forces began their assault on Ukraine. Arieva told The Age and the Herald that it was only when air raid sirens began ringing out as she was kissing her new husband that the “new reality” of life dawned on her. The day after their wedding, the young couple join...
Cashed-up consumers keep the economy afloat
March 03, 2022 02:59 - 21 minutes - 19.3 MBA consumer-led spending surge after last year’s Delta-lockdowns has recouped all of the economy’s coronavirus losses, according to the latest national accounts figures. The Australian economy expanded by 3.4 per cent through the final three months of 2021, while household spending increased by 6.3 per cent. Australians are saving more than before the pandemic, putting aside more than 13 per cent of their pay packets. But cost of living pressures are real - wages grew by 2.3 per cent in the...
Will economic sanctions stop Russia?
March 02, 2022 04:11 - 14 minutes - 13.3 MBAs Russian troops continue to attack the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, the effectiveness of economic sanctions imposed on Russia are coming into question. In a joint statement over the weekend, the US, the European Union and other nations announced a suite of sanctions, including a measure which has been described as the “nuclear option” when it comes to economic sanctions; namely, booting Russian banks off a messaging system known as SWIFT (Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunica...
Stranded in Lismore - floods leave towns to save themselves
March 01, 2022 04:37 - 13 minutes - 12.8 MBThe weather system that caused widespread flooding and destroyed thousands of homes in Queensland has now moved into New South Wales causing a natural disaster of unprecedented proportions. Hundreds remain trapped or missing and almost 16 thousand people are subject to evacuation orders in areas across New South Wales. Yesterday, the regional centre of Lismore was inundated with rain causing widespread flooding to a degree that had not been seen before. The fast rising waters left many re...
Queensland's flood crisis: water could rise for days
February 28, 2022 03:11 - 13 minutes - 12.1 MBQueensland is in the midst of a major flood emergency as warnings are issued from Bundaberg to the border. The Bureau of Meteorology has predicted major flood levels to rise in Brisbane as well as Ipswich and despite a break in the torrential rain, waters are expected to continue rising for a number of days. Rainfall totals between 400 and 800 millimetres have been recorded across Brisbane and Ipswich over the past four days, causing widespread and significant flooding. So far seven deaths...
'Nothing is unthinkable any longer': Ukraine invasion's foreboding warning
February 25, 2022 02:22 - 15 minutes - 13.8 MBOn Thursday afternoon Australian time Russian president Vladimir Putin announced his country would begin a “special military operation” in sovereign Ukrainian territory. Almost immediately Russian troops began attacking various parts of the country. The move could become the most significant conflict in Europe since World War Two. Today on Please Explain, international editor Peter Hartcher joins Nathanael Cooper to tell us how Russia and Ukraine reached this point and what the consequences...
Inflation, wage growth: why your groceries are getting more expensive
February 24, 2022 04:59 - 22 minutes - 20.9 MBThis week, the heads of major supermarket chains Coles and Woolworths both issued dire warnings over the rising cost of groceries. With COVID wreaking havoc on global supply chains and the Ukraine crisis driving oil prices back up, inflation is back on the menu, and wage growth is failing to keep pace. Today on Please Explain, Senior economics correspondent Shane Wright joins Dominic Powell to discuss the issue of rising inflation and its impact on our weekly shop. Subscribe to The Age & S...
Voters cast doubt on government's 'sunny days' message
February 23, 2022 04:29 - 19 minutes - 17.8 MBNew polling from Resolve Strategic exclusively for our mastheads has revealed more than half of voters expect their income to fall in real terms this year. The polling, which showed just 12 per cent of voters expect their personal income will increase above the rate of inflation, sets up an election fight over the cost of living. Outside parliament, the government’s slow response to issues that impact women like equality and domestic violence has done little to change the perception. Toda...
Could Australia’s highest emitting power company become a clean energy giant?
February 22, 2022 03:17 - 12 minutes - 11.3 MBAustralian tech billionaire Mike Cannon-Brookes and Canadian asset management company Brookfield have made an audacious takeover bid for AGL. The $8 billion offer would come with a promise to spend up to $20 billion to convert Australia’s highest-emitting power company to a clean energy giant and it would speed up plans to close AGL’s coal plants by 2030. AGL rejected the offer, but Mr Cannon-Brookes has indicated he’ll continue to pursue the bid. Prime Minister Scott Morrison argues the...
How the Coalition's verbal war on China could backfire?
February 21, 2022 04:12 - 13 minutes - 11.9 MBThe government has spent the past week engaged in increasingly frenzied attacks on Labor’s supposed weakness on national security and China. Prime Minister Scott Morrison was forced to withdraw a charge in Parliament that Labor’s deputy leader Richard Marles was a "Manchurian candidate". He also claimed Anthony Albanese was the “Chinese government’s pick at this election”. ASIO director-general Mike Burgess has warned the escalating rhetoric, and politicisation of national security, was “no...
How the Coalition's verbal war on China could backfire
February 21, 2022 04:12 - 13 minutes - 11.9 MBThe government has spent the past week engaged in increasingly frenzied attacks on Labor’s supposed weakness on national security and China. Prime Minister Scott Morrison was forced to withdraw a charge in Parliament that Labor’s deputy leader Richard Marles was a "Manchurian candidate". He also claimed Anthony Albanese was the “Chinese government’s pick at this election”. ASIO director-general Mike Burgess has warned the escalating rhetoric, and politicisation of national security, was “no...
Baz, Elvis and Australian film's recovery
February 18, 2022 02:51 - 12 minutes - 11.7 MBWhen coronavirus first breached our borders, one of the first people to be diagnosed with the virus was not an Australian but Hollywood star Tom Hanks. Hanks was in Australia to film Baz Luhrmann’s biopic about Elvis Presley and his positive diagnosis shuttered the film set for weeks before the nationwide shutdown stopped filming entirely. But today, the first trailer for the film dropped after Luhrman and his team powered through various lockdowns and restrictions to get the film complet...
Are the drums of a leadership spill banging again?
February 17, 2022 00:52 - 14 minutes - 13 MBScott Morrison’s successful re-election in 2019 heralded an era of quiet on leadership ructions as the country managed to hold on to one prime minister for a comparatively long period of time. But as the coalition careens from disaster to disaster and the Prime Minister’s personal approval rating plummets in various polls, the drums of disquiet have begun their familiar beat. Today on Please Explain, award-winning political commentator and author Niki Savva joins Nathanael Cooper to look at...
‘Get in the bin’: Why is the PM being criticised again?
February 16, 2022 03:02 - 10 minutes - 9.85 MBAfter a disastrous start to the year for the Prime Minister that has involved leaked text messages, a failed religious discrimination bill and intense scrutiny over the way the government has treated women, Scott Morrison has found himself in hot water again this week. In a speech delivered to mark 14 years since the Rudd government issued an apology to Australia’s Indigenous peoples, Mr Morrison said, “sorry is not the hardest word to say, the hardest is I forgive you”. The speech prompted...
High stakes as Ben Roberts-Smith defamation hearings continue
February 15, 2022 02:01 - 12 minutes - 11.4 MBOne of the country’s most high-profile and high-stakes defamation hearings has heard damaging allegations about former SAS soldier Ben Roberts-Smith, whose estranged wife accused him of pressuring her to lie about his affair with another woman. Emma Roberts resumed her evidence on Tuesday in defamation proceedings launched by Mr Roberts-Smith against The Age, The Sydney Morning Herald and The Canberra Times, denying she was seeking to “dump on” him by giving evidence against him in court. T...
‘Is the Super Bowl the new Halloween?’
February 14, 2022 05:29 - 11 minutes - 10.6 MBToday's Super Bowl was everything you'd hope for, with late drama, half-time spectacle, and of course those adverts. And in case you missed it, the L.A. Rams beat the Cincinnati Bengals 23-20. For the Australian perspective on today's Please Explain, the SMH's Chief Sports Writer Andrew Webster joins Bianca Hall to talk us through it. Subscribe to The Age & SMH: https://subscribe.smh.com.au/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Everybody needs good neighbours, now Neighbours needs good friends
February 11, 2022 02:23 - 15 minutes - 14.6 MBLast weekend The Sun newspaper in the UK revealed Britain’s channel 5 television station was not renewing its relationship with the long-running Australian series Neighbours. The relationship with the UK was something of a lifeline for the show – with the millions of pounds invested by Channel 5 shoring up the show’s budget after its Australian broadcaster, Network 10, moved it from its lucrative slot after the news to the multichannel. Now, the show’s future is in doubt and if an alternati...
Cynical vote grabbing or genuine concern: the Religious Discrimination Bill unpacked
February 10, 2022 01:36 - 15 minutes - 13.9 MBFollowing a marathon session of Parliament overnight, the federal government’s contentious Religious Discrimination Bill has passed through the House of Representatives. The government’s proposal was that religious schools would be banned from expelling students based on their sexual orientation, but those same rights were not extended to transgender students. In a blow to the government, an amendment to protect transgender students passed with five Liberal MPs crossing the floor to vote wi...
The NFT craze - what does it all mean?
February 09, 2022 03:06 - 12 minutes - 11.6 MBIt’s the latest craze sweeping the internet. NFTs, or “non-fungible tokens”, have been snapped up by celebrities from Jimmy Fallon to Justin Bieber. They are most well known in the form of digital artworks, such as the Bored Ape Yacht Club collection, featuring a series of bored-looking apes. There are many others, of course, and last year the venerated auction house Sotheby’s sold an NFT for $US69 million. So, it’s time to figure out, what is an NFT? How are they created? How do you buy on...
'Political theatre': Inside China's Winter Olympics
February 08, 2022 04:38 - 11 minutes - 10.8 MBAustralia has won gold at the Beijing Winter Olympics, which kicked off on Friday with a dazzling opening ceremony and in freezing conditions. The Games are being staged as the Omicron variant sweeps the globe, but officials are adamant their hardline zero-COVID approach will keep athletes and crews safe. Authorities have intercepted hundreds of athletes who have tested positive for COVID-19 and sent them into isolation, but conditions are even stricter outside the bubble. On Sunday Chines...
‘Psycho’ texts and the Coalition war
February 07, 2022 03:46 - 10 minutes - 9.25 MBAn explosive text message from Barnaby Joyce to former Liberal staffer Brittany Higgins was made public on Friday night, capping off a dire week for the Morrison government. The text, sent to a third party with the instruction to send it on to Ms Higgins, branded the Prime Minister a liar and a hypocrite. It came after the leaking of earlier texts, purportedly between an un-named cabinet minister and former NSW premier Gladys Berejiklian, referring to the Prime Minister as a “horrible, horr...
Peter Van Onselen and the relationship between the media and politicians
February 04, 2022 02:39 - 11 minutes - 10.8 MBThe relationship between the media and politicians has long been a complicated one. On one hand is the role of the media to hold truth to power. On the other is that that truth can often be uncomfortable for politicians. This complexity was on show this week when Network Ten political editor Peter Van Onselen exposed messages between former NSW premier Gladys Berejiklian and a federal cabinet minister describing the Prime Minister as a “horrible, horrible man” and a “psycho”. Today on Plea...
Young v Spotify: How the Joe Rogan Experience began the battle
February 03, 2022 02:31 - 14 minutes - 13.2 MBAudio streaming service Spotify has been making headlines this week after folk rock legend Neil Young asked the service to remove his music. The Canadian-American songwriter took umbrage to episodes of The Joe Rogan Experience, a podcast Spotify reportedly paid around US$100 million to host exclusively on their platform. Young said the podcast aired “dangerous life-threatening COVID-19 falsehoods”. Today on Please Explain, senior culture writer Karl Quinn joins Nathanael Cooper to look at ...
Why do homes cost 22.4 per cent more than a year ago?
February 02, 2022 03:22 - 9 minutes - 8.71 MBThe median price of an Australian home increased 22.4 per cent over the past year – the biggest annual percentage gain in more than three decades. That’s a $131,000 jump in just 12 months, according to CoreLogic data. A separate Domain survey of the value of free-standing houses (excluding apartments) shows the median house will now set you back $1.6 million in Sydney and $1.1 million in Melbourne. Historically low-interest rates and COVID-19 disruptions have both played a role in pushing u...
Education in the time of COVID: what does it mean for kids
February 01, 2022 04:08 - 12 minutes - 11 MBMillions of school students have returned to classrooms this week after two years of interrupted learning thanks to COVID-19. Students in Melbourne, Sydney and Canberra will be provided with free rapid antigen tests, while in other states students will need to monitor for symptoms and test if symptoms appear. There are hopes schools will, in the main, stay open, but there’s widespread acceptance that case numbers will rise, which is leaving some parents, educators and students nervous. Tod...
Rafael Nadal’s win caps off an unforgettable Australian Open
January 31, 2022 02:40 - 8 minutes - 7.8 MBRafael Nadal served a thrilling final to the Australian Open on Sunday, beating Daniil Medvedev of Russia in five sets played over a gruelling five hours and 24 minutes. The 35-year-old Spaniard becomes the first man to win 21 grand slam singles titles, and just a month after contracting Covid-19. His epic victory caps off an action-packed Australian Open, with women’s singles winner Ash Barty capturing hearts and minds on Saturday and fellow Australians Nick Kyrgios and Thanasi Kokkinakis ...
The COVID-19 crisis in vulnerable Indigenous communities
January 28, 2022 02:31 - 11 minutes - 10.3 MBThe Central Land Council, one of Australia’s most powerful Aboriginal land councils, has called for a lockdown in central Australia as coronavirus spreads through vulnerable Indigenous communities. Just over half the Indigenous population in the Northern Territory has received two doses of a COVID-19 vaccine, but growing case numbers in Aboriginal communities have prompted the Central Land Council to accuse the NT government of failing Central Australia. Today on Please Explain, Indigenous ...
Is war between Russia and Ukraine imminent?
January 27, 2022 02:53 - 18 minutes - 17 MBThe threat of a Russian invasion of Ukraine is increasing, with more than 125,000 Russian troops gathering on the border. Even as both sides agree to uphold a 2014 ceasefire agreement, tensions are spiralling and troops at the border appear to be readying for war. Today on Please Explain, political and international editor Peter Hartcher joins Nathanael Cooper to discuss the looming crisis. Subscribe to The Age & SMH: https://subscribe.smh.com.au/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy i...
Freeing the Aboriginal flag
January 26, 2022 03:17 - 16 minutes - 15.3 MBThe history of Australia’s national flag – the blue one, with the stars and the Union Jack – is well known to most Australians. We’re taught it at school. But do you know the full history of the iconic Aboriginal flag, which in 1995 was also recognised as an official flag of Australia? Most of us don’t. But an announcement this week by the Prime Minister that taxpayers will pay $20 million to secure the original copyright of the image, and some licence rights, is a chance to change that. T...
Should we stop worrying about Omicron?
January 25, 2022 01:22 - 14 minutes - 13.1 MBIt’s been two years since Australia first recorded a case of COVID-19, but there’s still a lot we don’t know about the virus itself. On Christmas Day, Australia had recorded a cumulative total of 300,594 coronavirus cases. Last week, that number climbed to 1.95 million infections. The scale of new infections has stretched graphs so far upward it looks like the first two years of the pandemic simply did not happen. Despite this, the number of people in hospital suffering from COVID-19 is rel...
Who will take the title at the Australian Open?
January 24, 2022 02:31 - 12 minutes - 11.9 MBNovak Djokovic’s visa debacle may have dominated the headlines around the Australian Open, but after a week the grand slam has settled into what it is supposed to be: great games of tennis. From shocking defeats like Anisimova’s come from behind win over Osaka, to sensational triumphs like Ash Barty’s sensational performance this year, the players themselves have proved the Australian Open is indeed bigger than one player. Today on Please Explain,The Age’s sports reporter Sam McClure joins ...
How Omicron has changed the political climate
January 21, 2022 03:37 - 16 minutes - 14.7 MBPrime Minister Scott Morrison has taken a battering from voters over his handling of the pandemic during a time of heightened anxiety over the Omicron strain and fury over the home testing kit shortage. Voters used to say Morrison and the Coalition were listening to them and focused on the right issues. He led on this measure by 13 percentage points last May when case numbers were down and budget spending was up. Now Anthony Albanese and Labor hold the upper hand on the same question. Toda...
Inside the crisis in our hospitals
January 20, 2022 02:06 - 16 minutes - 15.4 MBFor nearly two years, Australia and our health system weathered the pandemic with relatively low case numbers, hospitalisations and deaths compared to the rest of the world. But when the easing of restrictions coincided with the Omicron variant, everything changed. Now, the health system is inundated. Elective surgery has been postponed in many states, emergency departments are flooded with possible COVID-19 cases forcing them to triage patients separately and, in Victoria, a “code brown” h...
What does 2022 hold in store for climate action?
January 19, 2022 03:31 - 14 minutes - 12.9 MBThe world’s biggest money manager, BlackRock, has issued a stern warning to companies that they must decarbonise or die. Chairman Larry Fink has written to chief executives warning them not to dismiss environmentalism as simply a “woke” issue but instead a key consideration of “effective capitalism”. Today on Please Explain, national climate and environment editor Nick O’Malley joins Jess Irvine to discuss what 2022 holds in store for climate action. Subscribe to The Age & SMH: https://sub...
What is the impact of the maritime heatwave?
January 18, 2022 01:23 - 8 minutes - 7.49 MBEarlier this month the world’s oceans recorded their hottest temperatures in more than 60 years. The temperature of the ocean impacts everything from marine life relied on by ocean communities for fishing; to the Great Barrier Reef’s ongoing crisis to the stability of fragile arctic and antarctic ecosystems; to more significant weather events like cyclones and floods. Today on Please Explain, environment reporter Laura Chung joins Nathanael Cooper to look at the impact of the recent heating...