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RN Drive's Andy Park stands on a red background
Duration: 1 hour 19 minutes 57 seconds

What would it take for Australia to recognise the state of Palestine?

The UN Security Council will tonight hold an emergency meeting to discuss a devastating Israeli air strike on a camp which killed at least 45 displaced Palestinians in the Gazan city of Rafah.

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Izzat Abdulhadi
Duration: 9 minutes 38 seconds

Should corporate taxes be lower in Australia?

Federal Minister for Industry and Science, Ed Husic, has today flagged it’s on the table for Labor to free up investment capital for the Future Made in Australia Act.

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Husic is indoors, mid-speech, wearing dark blue suit and orange tie, making a point with right hand.
Duration: 11 minutes 32 seconds

Does Australia need to introduce national service?

Less than a week into an election campaign, UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s first major election policy has drawn attention from around the world. 

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Rishi Sunak stands in a blue suit speaking behind a lectern in the rain in the street
Duration: 6 minutes 56 seconds

The Canva Rap Fail

It’s one of the rising stars of global tech, but the online design firm Canva has been making headlines around the world for a publicity event that made headlines for the wrong reasons.

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Canva
Duration: 7 minutes 19 seconds

Universities to hold talks over caps on foreign student numbers

Australian university chiefs are set to hold talks with their Chinese counterparts as tensions simmer over the Federal Government’s proposed cap on foreign students.

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Students walk around the University of Sydney campus on a rainy day.
Duration: 10 minutes 36 seconds

Working toward reconciliation by remembering the past

In a project which has brought together many people from different backgrounds, a memorial telling the past history of first contact with the Butchulla people on the Fraser Coast in Queensland has won the Premier's Reconciliation Award.

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butchulla warrior memorial
Duration: 6 minutes 31 seconds

Are you being sold fake flake? New study finds threatened species on the fish and chip menu

A new study which has dug into the DNA of fish being sold has found that one in ten fillets bought at takeaway shops and markets is actually from a threatened species.

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Cooked fish and chips with lemon
Duration: 4 minutes 34 seconds
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