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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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Tamil asylum seeker family released into community detention, but what happens next?
June 15, 2021 03:40 - 8 minutes - 8.14 MBA Tamil family who fled civil war in Sri Lanka by boat in 2012 and 2013 and have been in immigration detention on Christmas Island since 2019 have been released into community detention in Perth. The Murugappan family, whose two daughters were born in Australia, were removed from the Queensland town of Biloela following unsuccessful asylum claims and had remained on Christmas Island until their youngest daughter, Tharnicaa, became ill. The family will now undertake detention in the communit...
‘An intense moment’: Ben Roberts-Smith breaks down while giving evidence
June 11, 2021 01:08 - 9 minutes - 8.61 MBVictoria Cross recipient Ben Roberts-Smith’s defamation action against The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age, The Canberra Times and three of our journalists has nearly concluded its first week. This week Roberts-Smith’s barrister has made his opening statement saying corrosive jealousy and lies were behind the war crimes claims levelled at the soldier, while lawyers for the media organisations have said his claims as to how the incidents he is accused of occurred are inherently implausible. I...
How Australia’s most wanted man is wrapped up in one of the world’s biggest crime busts
June 10, 2021 03:34 - 9 minutes - 9.14 MBA global law enforcement operation involving officers from the FBI, the Australian Federal Police and state law enforcement agencies has led to more than 220 people being arrested on 526 charges across Australia, while 3.7 tonnes of drugs, 104 weapons and $45 million in cash have allegedly been seized. The operation came as a result of intelligence from a compromised encrypted communications app relied on by senior underworld figures. Crime reporter Fergus Hunter has been covering the story...
NSW Blues get set to face off against Queensland’s Cameron Munster show for Origin 1
June 09, 2021 03:09 - 8 minutes - 7.41 MBThe State of Origin series kicks off on Wednesday bringing the annual state vs state, mate vs mate battle to Townsville after lockdown restrictions in Melbourne meant the game couldn’t take place there. The match will see the Queensland Maroons attempt to hold onto the trophy after defeating New South Wales in the third game last year 20 to 14. Today on Please Explain, sports reporter Michael Chammas joins Nathanael Cooper to tell us what we can expect from the game. Subscribe to The Age &...
Frosty relations between the ABC and the government show no signs of warming
June 08, 2021 04:49 - 11 minutes - 10.3 MBIn a wide-ranging Senate estimates hearing on Monday, ABC managing director David Anderson revealed the public broadcaster had agreed to pay $100,000 to Industry Minister Christian Porter’s lawyer Rebekah Giles to settle his defamation case. Mr Anderson was recalled to face questioning from senators about Mr Porter’s defamation action against the ABC, after appearing earlier this year. He also faced questions around any influence the government had in the decision to hold back a Four Corner...
How to navigate the complicated tax deductions around working from home
June 07, 2021 03:34 - 10 minutes - 9.62 MBWhile working from your dining table or spare bedroom removes the commute and has lifestyle benefits and cost savings, there are often higher costs associated with electricity bills, internet usage, home-office equipment, furniture and stationery. With tax time just around the corner, it’s a good opportunity to consider what you might be entitled to claim as a deduction when you are filling out your tax return. Today on Please Explain, senior economics writer Jessica Irvine joins Nathanael ...
Australia's highest stakes defamation trial
June 04, 2021 02:05 - 12 minutes - 11.1 MBThe highest stakes defamation trial in Australia's history starts in the Federal Court on Monday. Victoria Cross recipient Ben Roberts-Smith is suing The Age, The Sydney Morning Herald and some of our journalists over our reports he allegedly committed war crimes in Afghanistan and sought to cover them up since then. Roberts-Smith will be the first witness in the eight-week trial. On today's Please Explain, The Age Editor Gay Alcorn is joined by The Age investigative journalist Nick McKenzi...
Students are getting worse at maths but will a curriculum change fix the problem?
June 03, 2021 03:01 - 12 minutes - 11.5 MBMathematic experts from around the country have expressed concern over a draft plan to fix the national maths curriculum saying it will make it worse by devaluing traditional learning techniques over vague, untested fads. The group wrote an open letter to the national curriculum authority expressing concern over the ambiguity and shallowness of the draft plan as well as pointing out errors creating tensions with teacher’s groups who argue the new curriculum will help students apply maths ski...
Why is the Wuhan lab-leak theory of COVID-19 gaining so much traction?
June 02, 2021 05:08 - 11 minutes - 10.7 MBThe so called Wuhan lab theory about the origin of COVID-19 has gained enormous and mainstream traction in the past month, not least thanks to US president Joe Biden calling for a full investigation into it. We’re still incredibly early on our path to understanding how the coronavirus which has ground the world to a near halt came to be. Today on Please Explain, Tory Maguire is joined by science reporter Liam Mannix, who says he is concerned the noise around the lab theory might be over-inf...
New Zealand back in the tent on issues around China
June 01, 2021 00:31 - 8 minutes - 7.98 MBPrime Minister Scott Morrison has returned from a a two-day visit to New Zealand following the annual leaders’ meeting with his Kiwi counterpart Jacinda Ardern. The meeting, held in Queenstown, was dominated by discussions about the coronavirus pandemic and the impact it has had on the Indo-Pacific region and the tourism sector that has been ravaged by travel restrictions, as well as China’s growing influence and economic coercion. National affairs editor Rob Harris travelled to New Zealand...
Blame shifting over Victoria’s latest COVID outbreak reaches fever pitch
May 31, 2021 03:29 - 12 minutes - 11.5 MBAs Victoria lives through day three of a full lockdown it’s been promised will last a week, the blame shifting over who is responsible for the latest COVID outbreak and who should pick up the bill has reached a fever pitch. The reality is complicated - The first known case picked up the virus in hotel quarantine in South Australia. But there are serious questions over the vaccine rollout, the management of aged care facilities and the Victorian contact tracing capability. Today on Please Ex...
The other reveals from Senate estimates that haven’t made the mastheads
May 28, 2021 02:46 - 9 minutes - 9.04 MBThe Senate estimates process is like a carnival for political rounds reporters. Ministers and public servants in their topic areas get grilled, sometimes in deeply uncomfortable ways, for hours about what’s been happening in their portfolios. This week there were debates about what constitutes “taxpayers’ money”, which ministers had their legal fees covered, and whether the Prime Minister’s most trusted public servant was about to jump ship. Today on Please Explain, federal politics bureau ...
‘Groundhog day’: Victoria in lockdown again
May 27, 2021 03:58 - 8 minutes - 8.07 MBVictorians will be sent into lockdown again after the number of positive coronavirus cases climbed to 26 overnight and the number of exposure sites surged to nearly 80. The lockdown was announced by acting Premier James Merlino on Thursday morning and goes into effect from 11.59pm for seven days. Today on Please Explain, The Age’s city editor Bianca Hall joins Nathanael Cooper to explore the latest lockdown measures and what brought Victoria to this point. Subscribe to The Age & SMH: https...
ALP facing existential crisis after Upper Hunter by-election result
May 26, 2021 03:57 - 10 minutes - 9.77 MBLast Saturday in a NSW state parliament by-election in the Hunter Valley the ALP secured just 20 per cent of the primary vote. Usually by-elections go against the incumbent government. NSW Labor leader Jodi McKay is now fighting for her political life but the impact is also being felt in Canberra. Today on Please Explain, state political editor Alexandra Smith joins Tory Maguire to discuss the existential crisis the Australian Labor Party appears to be facing. Subscribe to The Age & SMH: h...
Far reaching Crown casino royal commission may not discover full extent of criminal woes
May 25, 2021 03:13 - 11 minutes - 10.3 MBEmbattled casino operator Crown may have been infiltrated by criminals to a degree greater than previously thought after evidence of possible money laundering in its bank accounts as recently as February. At the royal commission in Victoria into Crown’s operations on Monday, it was revealed possible money laundering had been found in 14 bank accounts that hadn’t been examined in last year’s inquiry in NSW that found the group unfit to hold a licence. Today on Please Explain, business report...
'Utterly frightening' - why is China's relationship with Australia so scary?
May 24, 2021 03:49 - 9 minutes - 8.78 MBToday on Please Explain, Tory Maguire is joined by Peter Hartcher to discuss what’s next for Australia’s relationship with an increasingly energetic Chinese leadership. Subscribe to The Age & SMH: https://subscribe.smh.com.au/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Diana cover-up - Royals in uproar over '95 BBC interview investigation
May 21, 2021 04:13 - 11 minutes - 10.3 MBPrince William has launched an unprecedented Royal spray at the BBC over the way it procured and conducted an interview with his mother Princess Diana 25 years ago. Tory Maguire is joined by Europe correspondent Bevan Shields to examine the fallout. Subscribe to The Age & SMH: https://subscribe.smh.com.au/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
What is driving Australia’s vaccine hesitancy?
May 20, 2021 05:03 - 11 minutes - 10.7 MBWith the horror year of 2020 behind us, a light at the end of the coronavirus tunnel looked brighter at the dawning of 2021. Restrictions around the country were slowly lifting, new cases were dropping and a rollout that would see the entire country fully vaccinated by the end of the year had been announced. But that vaccination program has been bungled with less than 2 million people receiving the jab after three months, and a small number of adverse reactions to AstraZeneca, Australia’s pr...
Polling reveals Australians hesitant to get vaccinated, support border closure
May 19, 2021 03:42 - 13 minutes - 12.2 MBThe results of the first tracking survey from the Resolve Political Monitor has found measures from the federal budget were generally well received, and didn’t have any impact on the government’s electoral chances. It has also found Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s rhetoric on the pandemic and keeping the borders shut is working for him. Closed borders are very popular, while a lot of Australians are not keen on being vaccinated against COVID-19. On this episode of Please Explain, Tory Magui...
‘Abject failure’ of vaccination program for people with disabilities
May 18, 2021 03:06 - 8 minutes - 8.25 MBFewer than 1000 people with disabilities living in residential care have received the COVID-19 vaccination, leading to a senior counsel at the disability royal commission to describe the rollout as an “abject failure”. Since the program began in March, 999 people with disabilities in residential care have received a vaccination, while 1527 workers have been vaccinated. In some states, fewer than 10 people in residential homes have been vaccinated. Today on Please Explain, federal health rep...
What closing international borders is costing states and businesses
May 17, 2021 03:35 - 12 minutes - 11.4 MBThe federal budget Treasurer Josh Frydenberg handed down last week contained within it an assumption that has seriously thrown business leaders and state governments - that even with the vaccine rollout this year, Australia’s international borders would remain shut until well in to 2022. NSW Treasurer Dominic Perrottet is demanding some kind of certainty over borders reopening, linked to milestones in the vaccine rollout. Even the former deputy chief medical officer, Dr Nick Coatsworth is c...
Gaza, Israel, TikTok - the latest on the Middle East crisis
May 14, 2021 04:05 - 9 minutes - 9.14 MBFollowing weeks of unrest between Israelis and Palestinians violence dramatically escalated on Wednesday with one of the most ferocious aerial exchanges killing more than 100 people. Israel carried out hundreds of air strikes in Gaza while Palestinian militant groups fired multiple rockets at Tel Aviv and Beersheba. On Friday morning, Israeli Defence Forces announced they had deployed air and ground troops to attack the Gaza Strip escalating tensions even further. Today on Please Explain, ...
Make it the Last Pandemic - WHO asks for more power in the COVID war
May 13, 2021 03:45 - 12 minutes - 11.5 MBIn a wide ranging report released on Wednesday night entitled Covid-19: Make it the Last Pandemic, the Independent Panel for Pandemic Preparedness and Response made a number of recommendations to battle the current global health situation and ensure it doesn’t happen again. Among the recommendations is giving the World Health Organisation more power to announce disease outbreaks without first getting permission from the host country and that wealthy nations should donate vaccinations to poor...
'The age of the pandemic:' Can the economy be reformed to be more resilient?
May 12, 2021 05:00 - 21 minutes - 19.9 MBTreasurer Josh Frydenberg has delivered his third federal budget - in which the government has run up eye watering amounts of debt while making serious investments in areas including aged care, child care and mental health. Today on Please Explain, Tory Maguire is joined by chief political correspondent David Crowe and senior economics correspondent Shane Wright for their insight into the 2021 federal budget. Subscribe to The Age & SMH: https://subscribe.smh.com.au/ See omnystudio.com/list...
What next for Jack de Belin after jury fails to reach unanimous verdict
May 11, 2021 04:05 - 14 minutes - 12.9 MBAfter a two-and-a-half week retrial in the New South Wales District Court, footballer Jack de Belin and Callan Sinclair face the prospect of a third trial on charges of sexual assault after the jury was unable to reach a unanimous verdict. The pair are accused of raping a woman in the early hours of December 9, 2018, and first faced trial on five counts each of aggravated sexual assault at the end of 2020. That trial also ended in a hung jury. On Monday, the jury in the second trial found ...
Can The Star help Packer’s Crown Resorts out of its regulatory woes?
May 10, 2021 02:55 - 9 minutes - 8.93 MBThe Star Entertainment group has proposed a $12 billion merger with James Packer’s Crown Resorts. Star thinks its track record of operating casinos in Sydney, Brisbane and The Gold Coast puts it in a great position to help Crown out of its regulatory woes. In February, Crown was found unfit to operate its new casino at Sydney’s Barangaroo after evidence of money-laundering in its casinos and other probity failures emerged in the long-running Bergin inquiry. Today on Please Explain, Tory Mag...
Report on Victoria’s hotel quarantine failure reveals a culture of cover-up
May 07, 2021 04:34 - 12 minutes - 11.6 MBToday on Please Explain, Tory Maguire speaks with The Age's state political editor, Annika Smethurst, who wrote that shock findings from a leaked report on the failures of the Victorian hotel quarantine system will only add to the breakdown of trust between Australians and the people we choose to lead us - trust that had actually grown in 2020 during the height of the pandemic crisis. Subscribe to The Age & SMH: https://subscribe.smh.com.au/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
The curious incident of Stuart MacGill’s alleged kidnapping
May 06, 2021 04:44 - 8 minutes - 7.93 MBNSW Police arrested four men on Wednesday over the alleged kidnap and assault of former international cricketer Stuart MacGill. It's alleged Mr MacGill was confronted in Cremorne by the brother of his partner on April 14 before being forced into a vehicle and driven more than 60 kilometres to a property, where three men allegedly assaulted him and threatened him with a firearm. He was dumped by his alleged kidnappers later in Belmore. Six days later, the incident was reported to police, who...
Australia accused of abandoning its citizens in India
May 05, 2021 04:09 - 9 minutes - 9.11 MBThe COVID-19 situation in India is getting more grim as each day passes, and Australia’s response - cancelling all flights from there and threatening Australian citizens with jail if they try to come home, has certainly caused enormous distress to the Indian community here. Around 9000 Australians have registered with DFAT that they want to return from India, which has now reached 20 million cases and more than 200,000 deaths - figures widely believed to be massively under reported. Today o...
How loud are 'the drums of war' beating between China and Australia?
May 04, 2021 03:43 - 9 minutes - 8.59 MBIn a speech to special forces soldiers last year, Major-General Adam Findlay told his troops they must prepare for the high likelihood of conflict with China. Major General Findlay, who was the commander of the special forces at the time but has since stepped down, said China was already engaged in grey zone conflict, or conflict that occurs in the area between war and peace. The leak of the speech he made comes as the Department of Home Affairs secretary warned the “drums of war” were beat...
‘The vulnerable are being ignored’: are native title benefits being squandered by mismanagement?
May 03, 2021 04:00 - 9 minutes - 8.5 MBMillions of dollars of mining royalty payments are feared to have been squandered and special administrators are scrambling to unravel a maze of entities associated with one of the country’s most prominent native title organisations. The Adnyamathanha Traditional Lands Association (ATLA), was set up in 2001 to look after the interests of some 3000 Adnyamathanha people over 41,000 square kilometres in the Flinders Ranges in South Australia. Today on Please Explain, Tory Maguire speaks with i...
‘What do we want our children to know’: curriculum review focuses on Australia’s own ancient history
April 30, 2021 05:16 - 13 minutes - 12.5 MBToday on Please Explain, the Herald’s Education Editor Jordan Baker joins Tory Maguire to look at the reaction to recommended changes to school curriculum. Subscribe to The Age & SMH: https://subscribe.smh.com.au/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Frydenberg outlines major shake up to government budget policy
April 29, 2021 04:00 - 13 minutes - 12.8 MBAhead of the next federal budget, Treasurer Josh Frydenberg has used a speech in Canberra to outline the government’s intentions to drive the unemployment rate below five per cent, after previously setting the target at six per cent, a level not seen since the mining boom in the mid-2000s. Mr Frydenberg said next month’s budget was designed to continue to drive unemployment levels lower, arguing higher workforce participation inevitably increases tax receipts which supports the budget bottom...
PM’s speech at Christian group lights up social media
April 28, 2021 04:01 - 12 minutes - 11.4 MBA recording of Prime Minister Scott Morrison discussing his deeply held Christian faith at a conference in Brisbane last week burst on to social media with quite a bang on Monday. Mr Morrison discussed the role of what he called “the evil one” in social media, and how he practices “laying on of hands” when meeting with the public. On this episode of Please Explain, Tory Maguire discusses religion in politics with chief political correspondent David Crowe, who wrote that it would have been b...
Can Latrell Mitchell be the voice of change against racism in the NRL?
April 27, 2021 03:49 - 10 minutes - 9.2 MBTwo men from the New South Wales mid-north coast have been charged after allegedly sending NRL star Latrell Mitchell abusive and racist messages on social media earlier this month. After receiving the messages, the 23-year-old Rabbotoh’s star alerted his management and asked them to involve authorities leading to detectives from the fixated persons unit charging a 22-year-old from Mitchell’s hometown of Taree and a 25-year-old Lake Munmorah man with using a carriage service to menace, harass...
India’s COVID-19 second wave and its impact on reopening the region
April 26, 2021 03:27 - 9 minutes - 8.8 MBThe second wave of COVID-19 has hit India hard. With daily new infection rates of more than 300,000, hospitals are completely overrun, the country’s oxygen supply is in peril and there are fears the real death toll is much greater than reported. Today on Please Explain, Tory Maguire speaks with world editor Michelle Griffin about the devastating impact of this second wave for India, and the far reaching consequences for the reopening of the Asia-Pacific region and the rest of the world. Sub...
How will COVID affect this year’s Oscars?
April 23, 2021 04:41 - 10 minutes - 9.36 MBOn Sunday evening in the US, Monday morning Australian time, the 93rd Academy Awards will get underway. This year’s Oscars come as America’s film industry wrestles with the continuing effects of the pandemic which delayed movie releases and shut cinemas. Many of the best-picture nominees aren’t as high-profile as previous years with some released onto streaming services. Today on Please Explain, David King speaks with LA-based Culture Editor-at-Large Michael Idato about how the 2021 Oscars...
Australia lags as the world looks to new 2030 climate targets
April 22, 2021 03:07 - 11 minutes - 10.4 MBThis week Prime Minister Scott Morrison gave a speech to the Business Council of Australia in which he seemed to edge closer to committing Australia to meet a net zero emissions by 2050 goal. The government has committed $500 million to developing renewable energy, including controversial carbon capture and storage technology. But it still faces international pressure for more action, pressure which is expected to ramp up this week at the virtual greenhouse summit headed by US President J...
What does the Resolve Political Monitor reveal about Australian voters?
April 21, 2021 04:59 - 15 minutes - 14.2 MBThis week The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald launched the Resolve Political Monitor. RPM is a broad and deep set of survey research about how our political leaders and parties are travelling with voters. The results have been published in a new data centre where readers can explore many different metrics broken down by segments including age, geographical area and gender. On this episode of Please Explain, Tory Maguire joins chief political correspondent David Crowe and Resolve Strategic...
Australian journalists caught up in political games with China
April 20, 2021 03:23 - 11 minutes - 10.2 MBFor the first time in five decades there are now no Australian news outlets with a correspondent in the People’s Republic of China. Mike Smith, from The Australian Financial Review, fled his Shanghai home late last year after he and ABC reporter Bill Birtles came under an unacceptable level of pressure from Chinese authorities. His new book, The Last Correspondent, describes his dramatic exit from the country as well as what life is like for people in a country that's seen huge political an...
The Sydney Morning Herald celebrates 190 years of publication
April 19, 2021 04:51 - 9 minutes - 8.97 MBToday, The Sydney Morning Herald is 190 years old. The newspaper, then known as The Herald, first rolled off the presses six years before the crowning of Queen Victoria. Nearly two centuries later we have the largest audience of any Australian newspaper, in print and online. On this episode of Please Explain, Tory Maguire and the Herald’s editor Lisa Davies discuss how The Sydney Morning Herald has combined fierce protection of its journalistic heritage with the innovations that a modern ne...
Afghanistan withdrawal: What was accomplished and was it worth it?
April 16, 2021 03:26 - 9 minutes - 9.13 MBIt will be 20 years in September since then-Australian prime minister John Howard pledged open ended support for US military action in Afghanistan after the September 11 terror attacks. In that time, 41 Australian soldiers have died in the longest war Australia has ever fought. There are currently 80 Australian military personnel still there, but after US President Joe Biden announced he would withdraw American forces, Prime Minister Scott Morrison has followed suit. On this episode of Ple...
Countdown to Tokyo Olympics: how will COVID affect the Games?
April 15, 2021 03:31 - 10 minutes - 9.88 MBWe’re 100 days out from the opening ceremony of the Tokyo Olympics and the list of things we still don’t know about what the games will look like is long. Japan’s vaccine rollout has been slower than games organisers would like, and there has been a recent surge in cases. Questions also hang over the possible vaccination of the Australian team. On this episode of Please Explain, Tory Maguire speaks with North Asia correspondent Eryk Bagshaw about the state of the Tokyo Olympics. Subscribe...
Christine Holgate stands up to PM over watches scandal
April 14, 2021 02:39 - 10 minutes - 9.58 MBFormer Australia Post Chief Executive Christine Holgate, who sensationally lost her job last November after it was revealed she had gifted four Cartier watches to some of her executives two years prior, yesterday grabbed her chance to speak out on the issue with both hands. In a Senate Estimates hearing Ms Holgate accused Prime Minister Scott Morrison of bullying her out of her job, said that during the scandal she had become suicidal, and that the chair of Australia Post should resign. Tod...
Why are there numerous inquiries into Ben Roberts-Smith?
April 13, 2021 05:26 - 13 minutes - 12 MBToday on Please Explain, Tory Maguire is joined by deputy editor of The Age, Michael Bachelard, to discuss the investigations into Australia's most decorated soldier, Ben Roberts-Smith. Subscribe to The Age & SMH: https://subscribe.smh.com.au/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Prince Philip’s death: UK in mourning amid pandemic lockdown
April 12, 2021 03:35 - 11 minutes - 10.1 MBPrince Harry has arrived in the United Kingdom ahead of his grandfather Prince Philip’s imminent funeral. The news coverage since the 99-year-old’s death on Friday has been so intense the BBC had to remove its online complaints form after a deluge of feedback over its extensive programming. In contrast, just 30 royal family members will be allowed to attend the Duke of Edinburgh’s funeral at the historic St George’s Chapel later in the week under COVID-19 rules. Today on Please Explain, na...
Our treatment of Indigenous people ‘speaks to the very heart of who we are as a country’
April 09, 2021 04:13 - 10 minutes - 9.25 MBIn April 1991 federal court judge James Henry Muirhead handed his final report from the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody. The report made more than 300 recommendations to prevent the abnormally high number of deaths of Indigenous people during arrest, pursuit, remand or in prison. Since the royal commission another 470 Indigenous people have died in custody including five in March this year. Today on Please Explain Nathanael Cooper talks to Gamilaroi women Brooke Boney abo...
RBA under fire: is a review needed into the practices of Australia's central bank?
April 08, 2021 03:53 - 11 minutes - 10.9 MBDespite its essential service to the country, the Reserve Bank of Australia is rarely acknowledged apart from when it changes official interest rates - largely thanks to three decades of economic growth before last year’s recession. But now the RBA has come under fire from leading economists and monetary policy experts who believe the bank held interest rates too high for too long ahead of the pandemic, contributing to the challenging economic circumstances the country now faces. On this ep...
Is Myanmar heading into another civil war?
April 07, 2021 05:03 - 12 minutes - 11.3 MBAfter nearly a decade of democratic rule, a military coup in Myanmar on February 1 saw the government overthrown and a state of emergency imposed for one year. The military is now in charge of the country for the first time since 2011. The coup aligned with a general election, which the country’s de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi’s NLD party won by a landslide. The military seized power as a new session of parliament was set to open, claiming widespread voter fraud. Today on Please Explain N...
Remembering the legacy of iconic fashion designer Carla Zampatti
April 06, 2021 02:59 - 10 minutes - 9.78 MBOn Saturday, Australian fashion industry icon Carla Zampatti died after suffering a serious fall on March 26. Leaders of fashion, politics and the media have paid tribute to the trailblazing pioneer of Australian fashion who’s career spanned more than five decades. Her designs have been worn by the likes of Nicole Kidman and Cate Blanchett, former prime minister Julia Gillard and celebrated chef Nigella Lawson is a fan. Today on Please Explain, Nathanael Cooper and fashion editor Melissa Si...