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With a focus on international politics and business, Geraldine Doogue talks to expert commentators about the things that matter to Australians.
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Will the gamble pay off or has the President set the country on course for political chaos? 
Israel and Hezbollah have been trading threats and rockets across their shared border. 
The 10-year agreement was signed on the Tiwi Islands between the federal and NT governments, all four of the NT's Aboriginal land councils and the peak body representing remote housing in the NT, Aboriginal Housing NT.
From the Triathlon Hour podcast to Ladies in Black: recommendations of good reads, podcasts and screen highlights with Richard Scolyer and JaneMcAdam.
Analysis of recent overseas experience and proposed nuclear projects suggests an Australian nuclear power program would be vulnerable to delays and cost blowouts.
Tech giants will be forced to take stronger action against child sexual abuse and pro-terrorism material on their platforms. 
It's been described by some as a ‘demonic pelican’, but its scientific name is Haliskia peterseni. 
The Lowy Institute has launched a lecture series in honour of Allan Gyngell, the first Executive Director of the think tank and one of Australia’s most respected foreign policy thinkers. 
 Swapping screen time for ‘real time’ is the mission of a new popular club in the Netherlands.The Offline Club puts on events in cafes, churches and town halls where people pay to leave mobile phones at the door to hang-out, chat, play board games, do craft, and read in peace. 
Aged care is set to face a tech revolution. New research from Flinders University shows that smart homes can be used to help older people maintain independence through user-friendly, customized wearable devices, robotic assistants and sensors. 
Chinese Premier Li Qiang is in Australia for the first Chinese leader-level visit in more than seven years. The overall tone of the visit is set to be one of co-operation, but tensions will not be far beneath the surface.
After months of legal wrangling the G7 has agreed on a mechanism to use frozen Russian state-owned assets to help Ukraine. 
Despite predictions of big wins for the far-right, former Italian PM Enrico Letta is hopeful for the incoming EU parliament, as voting gets underway across the 27 nations of the union.
Innovative Australian bridge-building company InQuik, which started in Goulburn in regional NSW, has signed a huge deal with US steel giant Commercial Metals.
Australian actor Anthony LaPaglia makes his Sydney stage debut in Arthur Miller's masterpiece, Death of a Salesman.
Will team USA's victory over powerhouse Pakistan be the moment America falls in love with cricket?
The Federal Government is being urged to develop a National Relocation Strategy for communities at risk of climate related natural disasters. The number of Australians who will require partial or total relocation to more viable sites will increase in the coming decades.
Narendra Modi has been re-elected as Prime Minster for a third term in India. However, the Modi charm failed to secure his party, the BJP, a majority - so how will this effect Modi's upcoming term?
It’s been called the rarest album in the world: the sole physical copy of an unreleased album recorded by hip hop collective the Wu-Tang Clan, which will be showcased next month at the Museum of Old and New Art in Hobart.
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s pledge to bring back mandatory national service for 18 year olds has been widely condemned as a ‘bonkers' election gimmick which would create a 21st century ‘teenage dad’s army’.
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P

RUDD. The minute you mentioned getting his insightful opinion you lost us. He needs to be treated with extreme caution. One does wonder how much he says / reports to China on ?

Sep 29th
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P

Probably no espresso bars in the country ? Hence moving back into the city. Hmmmm.

Jun 21st
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