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Church stabbing designated as terror attack, Banducci threatened with contempt over senate performance and a chance meeting leads to love

An engaging mix of current affairs, analysis, arts and culture from across Australia the world.

Published: with Andy Park

RN Drive's Andy Park stands on a red background
Duration: 1 hour 20 minutes

What happens now a terror-related incident has been declared?

Authorities have declared a violent attack at a church last night a terror-related incident. What does that mean and what happens from here?

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Composite image of NSW Premier Chris Minns and a police officer at a media conference.
Duration: 9 minutes 16 seconds

Finding love in unlikely places

Having lost his wife to cancer, now retired 75-year-old farmer David Morris had given up on love.  Then Shirley came into his life.

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David and Shirley Morris look into each others eyes on their farm
Duration: 8 minutes 16 seconds

Rhetoric Rules: The art of arguing

Where arguing was once an art form, today it seems more like a free-for-all pub brawl. So is it time we go back to basics? Can ancient rhetoricians teach us how to get along again? Professor Robin Reams on 'The Ancient Art of Thinking for Yourself '

Published: with Andy Park

man and woman arguing on couch, close up of hands
Duration: 25 minutes

Australian experts say our fear of Artificial Intelligence is holding our economy back

Artificial Intelligence experts say the federal government is approaching the technology with a fear mentality and needs to do more to help integrate it into the economy. 

Published: by Katie Hamann

Figurines with computers and smartphones are seen in front of the words "Artificial Intelligence AI" in this illustration.
Duration: 8 minutes 3 seconds

Iran takes lessons from Russia's war in Ukraine

For many watching Israel over the weekend, Iran’s attack seemed unprecedented. But for Volodymyr Zelenskyy the type of weapons used and the barrage style of attack were all too familiar.

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A city late at night with three streaks of light going up in the air.
Duration: 10 minutes 34 seconds

Woolworths CEO threatened with jail time over Senate appearance

A fiery senate inquiry has seen the head of Woolworths, Brad Banducci, asked multiple times about his company's financial figures as part of an investigation into the supermarket sector. 

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Man in suit speaks inside senate committee room
Duration: 10 minutes 41 seconds

'Sleeping giant' black hole discovered in the Milky Way

Scientists from the European Space Agency’s Gaia mission have detected a sleeping giant hiding in the constellation Aquila, less than 2,000 light-years from Earth.

Published: by Katie Hamann

An artist's impression of the Gaia telescope mapping stars in the Milky Way.
Duration: 4 minutes 44 seconds

Australia set for new Environmental Protection Agency

As the Great Barrier Reef succumbs to one of the worst coral bleaching events on record today the environment Minister Tanya Plibersek has unveiled details of a much anticipated national, independent environment watchdog.  

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Plibersek looks serious as she speaks to a camera in a corridor of parliament house.
Duration: 7 minutes 25 seconds
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