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Australia to negotiate defence agreement with EU at G7

1 week ago | abc.net.au | David Marr |Jack Schmidt

Whilst Australia is not a G7 member, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is in Canada for the annual G7 summit for a number of "sideline" talks, including a face-to-face with US President Donald Trump, where AUKUS will be on the agenda. Australia will also hold formal negotiations on joining a new defence agreement with the European Union, as The Guardian Australia's Tom McIlroy reports.
Bruce Shapiro's America: Trump sends troops to LA protests

2 weeks ago | abc.net.au | David Marr |Jack Schmidt

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Bernard Keane's Canberra: Albanese dismisses US call to up defence spending

3 weeks ago | abc.net.au | Jonathan Green |Jack Schmidt

As US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth calls on Australia to significantly increase its military spending, journalist Bernard Keane asks if the US remains a predictable partner in the Asia-Pacific region.
The money behind the Enhanced Games - an "Olympics on steroids"

1 month ago | abc.net.au | Jonathan Green |Jack Schmidt

In May 2026, a resort in Las Vegas will host the inaugural Enhanced Games, where athletes will be free to use performance enhancing drugs. The controversial event is the brainchild of Australian businessman Aron D'Souza, and has gained support from the likes of billionaire Peter Thiel and Donald Trump Jr.Guest: Josh Gabert-Doyon, journalist and podcast producer for Financial Times
Ian Dunt's UK: Starmer vows to 'take back control' of borders

1 month ago | abc.net.au | David Marr |Jack Schmidt

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Donald Trump is not the only leader meddling with maps

1 month ago | abc.net.au | David Marr |Jack Schmidt |Ali Benton

On the day of his second inauguration, Donald Trump pulled out his big black Sharpie and scribbled out the Gulf of Mexico, renaming it the 'Gulf of America'. Restoring Names that Honour American Greatness was the title of his executive order. Donald Trump’s fantasy maps – from annexing Canada and Greenland, to claiming the Panama Canal– have been widely ridiculed. But Trump is one of a number of world leaders challenging the cartographic status quo.
A tribute to Ted Kotcheff and his Oz horror classic 'Wake in Fright'

1 month ago | abc.net.au | David Marr |Jack Schmidt

Ted Kotcheff, director of the 1971 Australian cult classic Wake in Fright has died at the age of 94. David Stratton pays tribute to the Canadian director who captured a distinctly Australian horror story on screen.
Ian Dunt's UK: gender wars escalate and House of Lords reform stalls

1 month ago | abc.net.au | David Marr |Jack Schmidt

Ian Dunt looks at the fallout from the UK Supreme court ruling that the legal definition of a woman is based on biological sex, why Labour's push to remove hereditary peers from the House of Lords has stalled and the Ukraine peace talks are off track. • GUEST: Ian Dunt, columnist with the “i”, co-host of the Origin Story podcast
The folklore of the Stawell Gift: Australia's oldest footrace

2 months ago | abc.net.au | David Marr |Jack Schmidt

The small town of Stawell in regional Victoria is busy preparing for the 143rd running of the Stawell Gift - Australia's richest and oldest footrace. The history of th Gift is full of drama, intrigue, and occasional controversy.
Bruce Shapiro's America: Harvard will not 'yield' to Trump threats

2 months ago | abc.net.au | David Marr |Jack Schmidt

Harvard University will not 'yield' to demands from the Trump administration to roll-back diversity initiatives and 'root out' activists, despite threats of $9bn USD in withdrawn federal grants. Meanwhile, another pro-Palestinian student from Columbia University has reportedly been detained by immigration authorities. • Guest: Bruce Shapiro, Contributing Editor for the Nation, Executive Director of the Dart Centre for Journalism and Trauma at Columbia University