Grace Stranger

Nowra, Sydney, Wollongong

Producer at ABC Radio National

Producer @RadioNational Formerly @PoliticoEurope. she/her. Dharawal country

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Articles

How close are India and Pakistan to nuclear war?

2 weeks ago | abc.net.au | Grace Stranger

Last month, long-simmering hostilities between India and Pakistan boiled over in the disputed region of Kashmir sparking the worst military confrontation between the two countries in over five years. For now, a ceasefire is holding but just how secure are the nuclear deterrence protocols of each country and how nervous should the world be right now?
Why are companies quitting Australia's carbon credits scheme?

2 weeks ago | abc.net.au | Grace Stranger |Katie Hamann

More than 100 companies, including Telstra, NRMA, Australia Post and major super funds have left Climate Active in the last 18 months, prompting questions about its merit and survival. Environmental groups say companies are relying too much on these schemes - many with dubious credentials - and delaying genuine action to reduce their emissions. Guest: James Schultz, co-founder of GreenCollar, the latest business to walk away from Climate Active
Nuclear meltdown: The Nationals quit the Coalition

2 weeks ago | abc.net.au | Grace Stranger

After nearly 80 years of unity, the Coalition is going through a break-up. The Nationals Leader David Littleproud announced today that they would be taking space from the Liberals after the election's resounding loss for the Coalition. So what's next for the centre-right of Australian politics?
Russia unleashes 'record' drone strike ahead of Trump-Putin call

2 weeks ago | abc.net.au | Grace Stranger |Katie Hamann

After Vladimir Putin last week snubbed the first direct peace talks between Russia and Ukraine in more than three years, the Russian President has agreed to a one-on-one phone call with US President Donald Trump later tonight. As the low-level peace talks concluded with little result, on Sunday Russia launched one of its fiercest drone bombardments of the war so far.
Australia's glittering history with Eurovision

3 weeks ago | abc.net.au | Grace Stranger

It's been 10 years since Australia's Guy Sebastian took on Europe at the 2015 Eurovision Song Contest. But we have a much longer love affair with the competition, Australia made its debut on the Eurovision stage in 1972 when two Australians - Peter Doyle and Marty Kristian - performed with the New Seekers for the UK, with their song Beg, Steal or Borrow. With Australia out of the competition for the second year running, has the love affair ended?
Queensland archaeologist sounds alarm on PNG kidnappings

3 weeks ago | abc.net.au | Grace Stranger

In the early hours of Monday morning, a group of armed men in Papua New Guinea’s western provinces raided a local village taking eight men, women and school children hostage. It’s a terrifying scenario Professor Bryce Barker is all too familiar with. He was kidnapped in PNG alongside three colleagues while on a research trip in 2023. Now, he is raising the alarm about the crisis unfolding in the country's remote provinces.
'Genius' Virat Kohli retires from Test cricket

3 weeks ago | abc.net.au | Grace Stranger

After a Test career spanning 14 years and 9230 runs over 123 Tests, India’s most successful Test captain Virat Kohli has announced he is hanging up his baggy blue. Kohli announced his retirement on Instagram to the tune of Frank Sinatra’s My Way - a fitting reminder that the fiery 19-year-old who made his international debut in 2008 and went on to lead India to world domination certainly did it his way. Guest: Bharat Sunderasen, Cricket Broadcaster & Writer for the Australian and Cricbuzz
Trump looks to broker peace, trade deals in the Middle East

3 weeks ago | abc.net.au | Grace Stranger

The US president heads to the Middle East tomorrow for talks this week with Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the UAE. He arrives with a crowded agenda of trade deals, ceasefires, oil prices and arms sales. But with the news breaking over the weekend that the US Air Force would be receiving a luxury plane from the Qatari government as a gift, is this the start of peace talks for Trump or an all-expenses paid business trip? Guest: Mina Al Oraibi, Editor-in-Chief of Abu Dhabi-based newspaper The National
China and US agree to 90-day pause on tariffs

3 weeks ago | abc.net.au | Grace Stranger |Katie Hamann

US President Trump described it as a ‘total reset of the trade relationship’ but in the last hour we learned a little more of the substance of the weekend’s negotiations between the United States and China in Switzerland. The duelling powers have agreed to a 90-day pause in their implementation of tariffs on each other’s imports. In a press conference in Geneva, US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said both countries will reduce their tariffs by 115 per cent.
Reports of surge in phone checks at the US border

1 month ago | abc.net.au | Grace Stranger

Latest arrivals stats suggest foreigners are rethinking their travel plans to the United States. It comes amid reports of US border officials seizing and searching travellers personal devicesSo should you be worried if you’re planning a trip and how can you protect your privacy?