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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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Kids and COVID-19: when will they be vaccinated?
August 23, 2021 03:39 - 11 minutes - 10.3 MBThere have been growing tensions between state governments and the Commonwealth about the national road map to reopening the economy and the country. With most of the eastern seaboard still in lockdown, Prime Minister Scott Morrison stressed on Monday we “can’t stay in the cave forever” once vaccination targets of 70 per cent and 80 per cent are reached. But those targets only include the eligible population, currently those aged over 16, which would leave millions of children unvaccinated....
Inside the bizarre rituals of Australia's Neo-Nazis
August 20, 2021 04:46 - 12 minutes - 11.3 MBAn eight-month investigation by The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald has exposed the inner workings and the growing threat of Australian neo-nazi group the National Socialist Network. The investigation exposed leaders of the white supremacist group advising members to hang onto their guns and raise funds to buy up rural property to form the genesis of a new, racist state, along with bizarre rituals that take place when young men are inducted into their dangerous cult. Today on Please Expla...
Taliban 2.0 - Afghanistan on the brink
August 19, 2021 03:12 - 14 minutes - 13.1 MBThe Taliban has resumed its grip on power in Afghanistan after taking control of the capital, Kabul, on Sunday. The speed with which Taliban forces reclaimed the country has sparked chaotic scenes at Kabul’s airport as Afghans, foreigners and diplomats try to flee. Today on Please Explain, world editor Michelle Griffin joins Bianca Hall to discuss the unfolding situation in Afghanistan and whether Western governments should have seen this coming. Subscribe to The Age & SMH: https://subscrib...
Should we have brought back JobKeeper?
August 18, 2021 03:38 - 13 minutes - 12.3 MBWith more than half of Australians now in lockdown, the economic scars of this crisis are beginning to show. Economists are debating exactly how big the hit to economic output and jobs will be in the September quarter and, indeed, if lockdowns continue into the December quarter, whether it will be appropriate to pull out the dreaded “r” word again: recession. Today on Please Explain, economics editor Ross Gittins joins Jess Irvine to discuss the adequacy of support for people whose incomes ...
Is there such thing as having too much choice?
August 17, 2021 03:20 - 11 minutes - 10.9 MBIn his 2004 book The Paradox of Choice: Why More is Less, American psychologist, Barry Schwartz, suggested that it is possible to have too much of a good thing, including choice. Now, around Australia we are testing that theory, with much of our freedom of choice taken away. The freedom to choose where we go, where we eat, where we socialise and even who we socialise with has been removed as our worlds shrink further under more onerous lockdown restrictions. But when the world eventually re...
As lockdown fatigue sets in again, how have things gotten so bad in Australia
August 16, 2021 02:10 - 7 minutes - 7.27 MBOn Thursday residents of Melbourne will pass the sombre milestone of having spent 200 days in lockdown since the country first shut down in March last year. In Sydney, case numbers have remained persistently above 400 with multiple cases infectious in the community and today stricter lockdown measures came into place limiting people’s movement even further. 18 months after Coronavirus reared its ugly head, Australians who initially sailed through the pandemic as the envy of the global commu...
What is the role of the media in the middle of a global crisis?
August 13, 2021 03:32 - 17 minutes - 15.6 MBAustralia is facing, possibly, its worst health crisis as the Delta variant of COVID-19 continues its march around the country sending multiple states into lockdown. Away from the pandemic the global climate change crisis has come even more in focus with the damning report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change released this week and tensions between global superpowers become increasingly fraught. The role of the media in covering the unrelenting and constantly evolving news cyc...
Can employers force workers to be vaccinated?
August 12, 2021 03:05 - 13 minutes - 12.3 MBAs Sydney faces the reality of a protracted lockdown and Melbourne’s sixth lockdown is extended at least one more week, various levels of government have mooted that only vaccinations will end the cycle of opening and closing the country. Last week, fruit and vegetable manufacturer SPC announced unvaccinated people would not be welcome at their workplace, sparking debate over whether employers would be able to make vaccines compulsory. Today on Please Explain, industrial relations reporter ...
How long will the Greater Sydney lockdown last?
August 11, 2021 04:34 - 11 minutes - 10.8 MBNSW is stuck in limbo. More than six weeks into lockdown COVID-19 case numbers are stubbornly refusing to drop. There are growing calls for us to accept living with the virus, or face remaining cut off from the rest of the world indefinitely. NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian is starting to talk of lifting restrictions at the end of August if the state reaches 50 per cent vaccination. That feels like only a little bit of light at the end of a very long tunnel. On this episode of Please Explai...
‘Code red for humanity’: UN climate change report predicts dire future
August 10, 2021 03:05 - 11 minutes - 10.8 MBThe Earth will continue to warm and environmental catastrophes will become more frequent and more intense, according to a new report from the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. The report, released yesterday, shows the planet has warmed 1.1 degrees since the late 1800s and, even in the best-case scenario, will warm a further 1.5 degrees by 2040. It has prompted UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres to call it a “code red for humanity”. Today on Please Explain, nation...
Lockdown politics: does the PM’s plan involve more than just spin?
August 09, 2021 03:19 - 10 minutes - 9.98 MBIt’s the beginning of another slightly strange sitting week in Federal Parliament, as Canberrans get to enjoy being some of the few Australians in the east not in lockdown. Prime Minister Scott Morrison has woken up to yet another poll today showing just how much damage the vaccine rollout has done to him politically. On this episode of Please Explain, national affairs editor Rob Harris joins Tory Maguire to discuss what the political stage might look like after the vaccine effort fully ram...
Celebrating Australia’s Olympic success
August 06, 2021 03:37 - 10 minutes - 9.45 MBThe Age’s chief reporter Chip Le Grand wrote this morning that Australia has never won more gold, or been more cool at any Olympic Games. How long we can hang on to that feeling while so many of us are in lockdown will be quite the test of optimism. On this episode of Please Explain, Chip Le Grand joins Tory Maguire to discuss Australia’s incredible showing at this year’s Olympics. Subscribe to The Age & SMH: https://subscribe.smh.com.au/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
How the federal government plans to address inequality faced by First Nations people
August 05, 2021 03:01 - 11 minutes - 10.3 MBThe federal government has committed more than a $1 billion as part of the National Agreement on Closing the Gap and will now hand down the implementation plan to address inequality faced by First Nations people. The centrepiece of the plan is a $378 million reparations scheme for Stolen Generations survivors in the Northern Territory who will get up to $75,000 each for suffering inflicted on them by forcibly removing them from their families. Today on Please Explain, Nathanael Cooper is jo...
Why is Afterpay’s takeover such a watershed moment?
August 04, 2021 03:19 - 10 minutes - 9.31 MBIt’s an extraordinary story of entrepreneurialism and good timing. On Monday, Australian tech company Afterpay became subject of Australia’s largest ever corporate deal when US giant Square bought it for $39 billion. The company was founded by two Sydney men just 8 years ago. And one of those men, Nick Molnar, is now just 31 years old. On this episode of Please Explain, business editor John McDuling joins Tory Maguire to explain how it happened. Subscribe to The Age & SMH: https://subscrib...
How your life and body changes when you quit alcohol for a year
August 03, 2021 03:28 - 11 minutes - 10.2 MBDrinking and getting drunk are a rite of passage in Australia, part of antipodean folklore, but we are also a country with a fraught relationship with alcohol. Amid impacts including alcohol-fuelled violence and the negative health effects of heavy drinking, more and more studies are demonstrating the positive benefits of cutting down or giving up. But with Australia’s social life centred around our drinking culture, putting down the beer or the wine is a difficult decision for many. Durin...
How long before we hit our vaccine targets and come out of lockdown?
August 02, 2021 02:59 - 12 minutes - 11.1 MBLate on Friday Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced National Cabinet had agreed on a roadmap out of COVID-19 lockdowns, with greater freedoms triggered by reaching vaccine targets of 70 and 80 per cent. The million dollar question he gave no answer to was how long will it take us to get there? Senior economics correspondent Shane Wright has crunched some data from the Health Department and joins Tory Maguire on Please Explain to give us an indication. Subscribe to The Age & SMH: https:/...
Pressure, focus, culture: lessons to take away from Olympics week one
July 30, 2021 02:49 - 10 minutes - 9.43 MBIt’s been a huge and wonderful week in Tokyo for the Australian Olympic team, and for the rest of us back at home trying to get through various degrees of lockdown. Today on Please Explain, senior sports writer Andrew Webster joins Tory Maguire to discuss some of the lessons gained out of the first week of the Tokyo Olympics about pressure, focus and culture. Subscribe to The Age & SMH: https://subscribe.smh.com.au/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Job losses and stagnant wage growth as cost of living rises during pandemic
July 29, 2021 02:12 - 10 minutes - 9.72 MBAustralia’s major banks are projecting up to 300,000 Sydney jobs will be lost as a result of the protracted lockdown which is now tipped to conclude at the end of August. It comes as prices for staples such as fruit, vegetables and petrol rise at double the rate of wages growth. Today on Please Explain, economics correspondent Jennifer Duke joins Nathanael Cooper to discuss what this grim outlook means. Subscribe to The Age & SMH: https://subscribe.smh.com.au/ See omnystudio.com/listener ...
How the coronavirus pandemic has affected young people
July 28, 2021 02:37 - 11 minutes - 10.7 MBA new report from charity Mission Australia has painted a grim picture of the impact the various lockdowns around the country have had on young people. The Young Voices of the Pandemic: Youth Survey COVID Report 2020 took written responses from people aged between 15 and 19 who said the pandemic impacted their education and mental health and left them feeling isolated. High school seniors, particularly those in Victoria, said their final years of high school were severely impacted by COVID-...
Triumph and defeat as Australia begins its medal haul in Tokyo
July 27, 2021 04:11 - 10 minutes - 9.77 MBAustralia’s Olympic campaign is off to a strong start, racking up six medals in Tokyo by Tuesday morning – including two gold. From Brendon Smith’s first medal of the Games, winning bronze in the men’s 400-metre individual medley on Sunday morning, to Ariarne Titmus' spectacular race yesterday to win gold, Australia has once again dominated in the pool. Today on Please Explain, sports reporter Sarah Keoghan joins Nathanael Cooper to take us through the highlights of the first few days of th...
Should you get the AstraZeneca vaccine?
July 26, 2021 01:19 - 11 minutes - 10.4 MBOn the weekend the Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation changed its advice to the people of Greater Sydney - telling them to “strongly consider” getting the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine no matter what their age. What does that mean exactly? When “strongly considering” AstraZeneca who are you supposed to listen to? Science reporter Liam Mannix, got his first AstraZeneca shot last week after carefully weighing up the evidence, joins Tory Maguire on this episode of Please Explai...
Should you have the AstraZeneca vaccine?
July 26, 2021 01:19 - 11 minutes - 10.4 MBOn the weekend the Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation changed its advice to the people of Greater Sydney - telling them to “strongly consider” getting the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine no matter what their age. What does that mean exactly? When “strongly considering” AstraZeneca who are you supposed to listen to? Science reporter Liam Mannix, got his first AstraZeneca shot last week after carefully weighing up the evidence, joins Tory Maguire on this episode of Please Explai...
Parents feeling forgotten as lockdowns drag on
July 23, 2021 03:34 - 11 minutes - 10.4 MBAs the second week of this stint of remote schooling draws to a close many parents are feeling like they might crumble under the weight of supervising education while trying to do their own jobs. Australian Institute of Family Studies research from last year’s lockdowns found that in these circumstances 40 per cent of parents are actively caring for their children during work hours, and 21 per cent are actively and passively caring for them. Today on Please Explain, education editor Jordan ...
Will the Olympics be able to go ahead as coronavirus swirls around the athletes’ village
July 22, 2021 01:40 - 13 minutes - 12.3 MBOn Friday, one of the most complicated Olympics in history will hold its opening ceremony in Tokyo. After being delayed by a year due to the coronavirus pandemic, the Tokyo Olympics have continued to feel the effects of the virus, with several athletes and support staff testing positive to the virus and sponsors pulling out because they don’t want to be aligned with the Games. And the Games remain under a cloud, with the boss of the Tokyo Olympics saying earlier this week he would pull the ...
How do Australians feel about the return of Barnaby Joyce?
July 21, 2021 03:29 - 11 minutes - 10.4 MBThe return of Barnaby Joyce to the deputy prime ministership was never going to go unnoticed. For the Coalition it was a hand many in the Liberal Party did not feel they had the chips to play. Now our Resolve Political Monitor has shown just how high the stakes are - with Mr Joyce registering an extraordinary net likability rating of minus 29 per cent! Today on Please Explain, chief political correspondent David Crowe joins Tory Maguire to discuss Barnaby Joyce and the other findings from t...
Freedom Day: Great Britain opens up as virus’ third wave takes hold
July 20, 2021 03:07 - 13 minutes - 12.7 MBAs Melbourne’s lockdown is extended and Sydney stares down the barrel of at least another fortnight of restrictions, Great Britain has emerged from 18 months of shutdown on what is being dubbed “Freedom Day”. But the easing of restrictions around the United Kingdom comes as the country experiences a third wave of COVID-19, this time from the deadly Delta strain. The decision to open up has been placed under scrutiny as the country records tens of thousands of new cases each day. Today on Pl...
Killer heatwave in the US is a dire warning for Australian housing
July 19, 2021 03:39 - 11 minutes - 10.3 MBLast week, Furnace Creek in the Mojave Desert in the US may have experienced the highest temperature ever recorded on earth: 54.4 degrees. North America’s recent heat wave has pushed the limits of its infrastructure and shelter in disturbing ways. It prompted climate and environment editor Nick O’Malley and environment reporter Miki Perkins to take a look at how Australia’s suburbs are likely to cope with increasing temperatures. Nick joins Tory Maguire on this episode of Please Explain to...
‘Amazing’ jobs figure overshadowed by Sydney and Victoria lockdowns
July 16, 2021 03:02 - 10 minutes - 9.66 MBIn the wake of 2020’s economic plunge unemployment had dropped to pre-pandemic levels, economic growth was restored and Australia was the COVID miracle. Next thing you know the Federal Government is having to do what it said it wouldn’t need to again - putting together a support package to help businesses and workers now that our two biggest cities are both in lockdown. Today on Please Explain, economics correspondent Jennifer Duke joins Tory Maguire to discuss Australia’s economic recovery...
What is 'essential'? Governments & workers grappling with what exactly defines essential worker
July 15, 2021 02:16 - 10 minutes - 9.69 MBAn unclear definition of what exactly constitutes an essential worker has seen industries as diverse as real estate and telecommunications demand priority access to vaccines. Sydney’s lockdown and growing concern around the virus’ spread to other states has led to widespread confusion about which workers are necessary and which workers aren’t. Today on Please Explain, industrial relations reporter Nick Bonyhady joins Nathanael Cooper to unpack the confusion. Subscribe to The Age & SMH: htt...
Will the government’s financial support package be enough for businesses to survive Sydney’s lockdown?
July 14, 2021 03:08 - 10 minutes - 9.54 MBPrime Minister Scott Morrison and NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian stood together yesterday afternoon in Sydney to announce a $5 billion support package for businesses and workers affected by the current NSW COVID lockdown. It was quite a departure, for a premier who a month ago was saying no more lockdowns, and a prime minister who has resisted calls for federal support for other states who have closed for business in the pandemic. Today on Please Explain, the Herald’s state political editor...
The best books to read this winter
July 13, 2021 03:12 - 10 minutes - 9.42 MBAs winter tightens its steely grip and parts of Australia remain under strict lockdown there’s never been a better time to dig into your bookshelf or restock it. Today on Please Explain, Nathanael Cooper and books editor Jason Steger rip open the covers of some of the finest books released in the last year or so you should be adding to your reading list this winter. Subscribe to The Age & SMH: https://subscribe.smh.com.au/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Is working from home better or worse for productivity?
July 12, 2021 03:44 - 9 minutes - 8.89 MBWith the proportion of people working from home during the peak of the coronavirus pandemic growing from 5 per cent to 40 per cent, there’s a renewed focus on the impacts and benefits of staying in the home office. The chairman of Australia’s Productivity Commission says higher rates of working from home have beneficial impacts on workers and are unlikely to harm the economy. Today on Please Explain, senior economics writer Jessica Irvine joins Nathanael Cooper to discuss how working from h...
Should we be vaccinating children against coronavirus?
July 09, 2021 03:16 - 13 minutes - 12.4 MBAs Sydney enters its third week of lockdown and the Delta variant of coronavirus seeps through an ever wider area of the city, new questions are being asked about whether children should be vaccinated. Differing advice on the impact coronavirus has on children’s health and exactly what their ability is to transfer the virus to others has created confusion about whether the vaccination program should be extended to children. Today on Please Explain, science writer Liam Mannix, who looked int...
Do Australian courts have a workplace culture problem?
July 08, 2021 04:04 - 10 minutes - 9.97 MBAn internal inquiry has found a Federal Circuit Court judge harassed two young women, after one of them made a complaint to the court. The inquiry found that a Parramatta-based judge repeatedly emailed the junior staff member with harassing comments, the behaviour escalated to two instances of unwanted touching. The woman made a complaint to the court in April last year and has been on mental health leave since. Alarmingly, when the woman raised her concerns, she was initially told “there’s...
Fertility specialists see sharp increase of women wanting to freeze their eggs
July 07, 2021 02:53 - 9 minutes - 9.16 MBThe COVID19 pandemic has affected the way we live our lives, and look at our futures, in some unexpected ways. The Age journalist Wendy Tuohy has reported that fertility specialists have seen a sharp increase in the number of women wanting to freeze their eggs, hoping to buy themselves some insurance on having a baby in the future. Of course a stash of frozen eggs is no guarantee of motherhood. On this episode of Please Explain, senior reporter from The Age Wendy Tuohy joins Tory Maguire t...
What does the female swing against the Coalition mean for Scott Morrison?
July 06, 2021 03:45 - 12 minutes - 11.8 MBAn exclusive survey conducted for The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age by Resolve Strategic has found women have swung against the Coalition, cutting the federal government’s primary vote from 41 to 37 per cent among female voters. Such a powerful swing from 50 per cent of the population could threaten Scott Morrison’s grip on power at the next election. Today on Please Explain, chief political correspondent David Crowe joins Nathanael Cooper to discuss the latest survey and what it means ...
Tumbling rates of smokers is not all good news for the government
July 05, 2021 04:46 - 12 minutes - 11.1 MBAustralians are giving up smoking in huge numbers - which sounds great - but it’s not all good news for the government. A huge drop in the collection of taxes on cigarettes, alcohol and fuel has punched a huge hole in the federal budget, and now the Treasurer has to come up with a plan to make up the shortfall. Today on Please Explain, senior economics correspondent Shane Wright joins Tory Maguire to discuss how the fall in the number of people smoking is making a big impact on the federal ...
Bushfires, heatwaves storms and floods: climate change report’s dire predictions
July 02, 2021 03:23 - 11 minutes - 10.2 MBThe final report of the federal government’s Earth Systems and Climate Change Hub has found Australia’s tropical rainforests will dry out, marine and land heatwaves will become more frequent and intense, and thunderstorms will dump more rain and worsen floods as the planet heats up. The work of more than 100 researchers, the report said there is “a clear link between climate change and worsening bushfire weather conditions over the past 70 years”, and singled out the World Heritage-listed Go...
China’s attempts to exert influence on Australian university campuses
July 01, 2021 03:04 - 9 minutes - 8.57 MBA major report by Human Rights Watch has exposed the growing influence of Chinese nationalism at Australian universities. Human Rights Watch interviewed 24 pro-democracy Chinese international students and 22 academics and heard accounts of Chinese state police allegedly attempting to enlist a student to spy on the Australian Muslim Uighur community and academics who spoke of in-class surveillance. The report has prompted university leaders to concede more needs to be done to protect interna...
Demystifying the advice around AstraZeneca for the under-40s
June 30, 2021 04:43 - 12 minutes - 11.8 MBIn a late night press conference on Monday, Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced the federal government had changed the advice on who can and should receive the AstraZeneca vaccine. Mr Morrison announced that under-40s could now request AstraZeneca from their GP, with the Commonwealth agreeing to indemnify doctors who administer the vaccine. Today on Please Explain, Australian Medical Association Vice President Dr Chris Moy joins Nathanael Cooper to tell us more about the decision to ind...
Will China or the US win the ‘competition to win the 21st century’?
June 29, 2021 03:45 - 15 minutes - 14.5 MBThis week The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald have launched a series on the biggest question in geopolitics: US v China – who will win the superpowers’ struggle for world domination. North America correspondent Matt Knott and North Asia correspondent Eryk Bagshaw have been examining the two nations’ power, reach and influence across several criteria to determine which one has the upper hand in the superpower showdown, one that US President Joe Biden has called “the competition to win the 2...
Is Australia on the precipice of another national coronavirus outbreak?
June 28, 2021 02:39 - 10 minutes - 9.99 MBSunday was a watershed day in Australia’s pandemic recovery: cases of community transmission were recorded in four states. It’s the first time so many jurisdictions have recorded community transmission in months. As Greater Sydney continued its two-week lockdown, parts of the Northern Territory entered a snap lockdown and Perth introduced new rules after cases were detected there. Queensland also recorded additional cases of community transmission. Several states have closed their borders. ...
Wiped hard drives, COVID scares and more as the Ben Roberts-Smith defamation trial continues
June 25, 2021 02:40 - 12 minutes - 11.3 MBBen Roberts-Smith’s defamation action against The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age, The Canberra Times and three journalists is nearing the end of its third week. Mr Roberts-Smith, who was accused of being involved in a number of unlawful killings, bullying SAS soldiers, attempting to cover up his crimes and hitting a woman he had an affair with, denies all wrong doing. This week, under cross examination from the media organisation’s barrister, Mr Roberts-Smith denied wiping a laptop was inte...
What is the politics behind NSW's decision to hold back locking down?
June 24, 2021 07:17 - 9 minutes - 8.27 MBLast week New South Wales ended its 40 day streak of no community transmission when a man who drove transport for international flight crew tested positive to coronavirus. In the eight days since that case was confirmed the cluster has grown to 49 cases and Sydney sits on the precipice of another lockdown. Today on Please Explain the editor of The Sydney Morning Herald, Lisa Davies, joines Nathanael Cooper to look at the politics behind these decisions, the economic impacts and how Sydney d...
UNESCO’s Barrier Reef warning is ‘where the rubber hits the road’ for Australia and climate change
June 23, 2021 02:42 - 10 minutes - 9.52 MBThe Australian government says it was blindsided on Tuesday by the United Nations heritage organisation’s warning it is considering listing the Great Barrier Reef as “in danger”. The move could mean the reef loses its status as a natural wonder. Environment Minister Sussan Ley and Foreign Minister Marise Payne responded to UNESCO immediately, saying Australia’s stewardship of the reef was “world class”. But the listing would likely be related to global warming, with Australia under pressure...
Experts confident Australia will have enough doses to vaccinate the population by the end of the year
June 22, 2021 02:59 - 10 minutes - 9.27 MBMonday’s national cabinet meeting, where state and territory leaders met with the Prime Minister, was heavily focussed on the state of the COVID-19 vaccination rollout. With Victoria emerging from its fourth lockdown since the start of the pandemic, NSW battling to contain the latest outbreak, an alarming new case in Queensland and the AstraZeneca vaccine now only being recommended for people over the age of 60, the vaccination of the citizenry is in sharp focus. Today on Please Explain, fe...
Barnaby Joyce reinstated as leader of The Nationals
June 21, 2021 03:26 - 10 minutes - 9.44 MBBarnaby Joyce has been reinstated as the leader of The Nationals and Deputy Prime Minister. In a party room meeting In Canberra this morning Michael McCormack was spilled from the leadership in favour of his predecessor, who had stood down during the Turnbull era over a scandal involving his relationship with a former staff member - a woman who is now his partner and mother to his two small sons. Today on Please Explain, Tory Maguire is joined by chief political correspondent David Crowe to...
Polling shows PM’s rating drop after quarantine, aged care failures
June 18, 2021 03:26 - 10 minutes - 9.8 MBPrime Minister Scott Morrison spent the past week on the diplomatic stage in the northern hemisphere so in the latest round of polling from our new Resolve Political Monitor we asked Australian voters for their views on some of the most pressing global issues the government has to navigate in coming months. Today on Please Explain, the director of Resolve Strategic, Jim Reed joins Tory Maguire to discuss the latest round of polling from the new Resolve Political Monitor. Subscribe to The Ag...
Unions, business butt heads over increase to the minimum wage
June 17, 2021 03:47 - 10 minutes - 9.96 MBAbout 2.5 million Australians will get a pay rise after the independent panel that sets the minimum wage agreed to an increase. The increase will see about $20 a week more go into the pay packets of workers in industries like hospitality, retail and administration. However some workers will have to wait until November to see the increase with the panel deciding some industries had taken longer to recover than others. Retail workers won’t see the increase until September despite many employe...
Australia’s position on China warmly supported at G7
June 16, 2021 05:30 - 11 minutes - 10.6 MBIt’s been a big few days for Prime Minister Scott Morrison, who this morning is in Paris for a meeting with French President Emmanuel Macron. This was after his first face-to-face meeting with the Queen in Windsor, following a few days as a guest on the sidelines of the G7 in Cornwall. At the G7 meeting Australia’s position on China was warmly backed with significant supportive language from the group, which includes the United States and the UK. At Downing Street with British Prime Minist...