Saturday Extra - Separate Stories Podcast
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Sinopsis
The Saturday Extra separate stories podcast makes it easy to pick out your favourite part of the program. Saturday Extra brings you a lively array of stories and features covering a range of topics including international politics and business.
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Dervla Murphy: a travel writer remembered
27/05/2022 Duración: 10minA look back at the life of Dervla Murphy, Ireland's most intrepid and fearless travel writer who died at the age of 90 this month. The Waterford based author wrote over 25 books and travelled all over the world. Dervla rose to fame with her first book Full Tilt - Ireland to India with a bicycle published in 1965.
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A Foreign Affair
27/05/2022 Duración: 29minForeign Minister Penny Wong has visited Fiji, telling the Pacific Island Forum that Australia had neglected action on climate change, and pledged economic support. Her visit coincides with the Chinese Foreign Minister's tour of Pacific nations. What are the regional challenges for the new Labor government?
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The Liberal Party's move to the right
27/05/2022 Duración: 16minWhy has the Liberal Party edged towards the right over recent decades? And after its election loss, will it move further right or closer to the centre?
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Will the China-Russia relationship stand the test of time?
27/05/2022 Duración: 17minWhile there appears to be a burgeoning friendship between Moscow and Beijing, China is invested in a stable international system whereas Russia thrives on disorder and uncertainty says The Lowy's Bobo Lo.
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Is the war in the Ukraine the final straw in a looming food crisis?
27/05/2022 Duración: 10minWheat prices have soared by 50 percent this year, which could see more than 1.4 billion people with not enough food.
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Life after politics
20/05/2022 Duración: 17minThis federal election will mark the end of a number of political careers, either through retirements or the will of the voters. So what's life like afterwards?
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Mining towns want plan for energy transformation
20/05/2022 Duración: 12minCommunities in Australia's coal and gas heartlands say they need greater federal support and policy to mange the energy transition and make the most of economic opportunities.
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Election day analysis with Peter Lewis and Gabrielle Chan
20/05/2022 Duración: 14minOn federal election day 2022, we examine the drivers of voters in the cities, regions and rural Australia.
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Who is a better economic manage?
20/05/2022 Duración: 10minEconomist Saul Eslake tracks the two major parties economic performance over the past 30 years
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Election express on polling day!
20/05/2022 Duración: 12minBass in the north- east corner of Tasmania is brutally known as the 'ejector' seat. In the ten federal elections since 1993 only one sitting member has ever been re-elected. Corey Martin, editor of the Launceston Examiner is your guide. And Pawan Luthra, editor and publisher of Indian Link returns to Election Express in Parramatta for his analysis of issues and voting intentions in the Australian Indian community
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A new collection of writings from the Australian poet Judith Wright
13/05/2022 Duración: 14minMost famous as a poet, Judith Wright was also a very fine writer in prose, and a new book "Judith Wright: Selected Writings, edited by Georgina Arnott" explores her writing and he life as an early environmental activist, champion of indigenous writers and someone who went against the fray in exploring Australian identity.
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Election Express
13/05/2022 Duración: 16minNewspaper editors with a local perspective on the election. This week, Lee O'Connor from the Coonamble Times in central NSW discusses the vast electorate of Parkes. It's a safe National Party seat but there are changes in the electorate that can't be ignored. And Maree Ma from Vision China Times discusses how voters might be influenced by the Australia-China diplomatic feud.
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The fight for the Senate
13/05/2022 Duración: 21minMuch of the federal election coverage has been focused on the contest between Scott Morrison and Anthony Albanese. But who's winning the fight for the Senate? And what could different results mean for Australians?
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Jessica Irvine explains how young people can budget their way to financial security
13/05/2022 Duración: 15minAnd what financial incentives are young people being offered by the two major parties ahead of the election?
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Sri Lankan turmoil deepens
13/05/2022 Duración: 11minThe five-time former Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe has been reappointed to try and stabilise the island nation as the political and economic crises in the country deepen.
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Spies and showbiz
06/05/2022 Duración: 18minAt first glance, the worlds of espionage and show business may seem like opposite ends of a spectrum. One is all about secrecy, while the other is all about the limelight. But for centuries, there has been crossover between these two worlds — with a number of entertainment industry luminaries trying their hand at spying.
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Election Express
06/05/2022 Duración: 13minElection Express takes you around the country to the regions and communities to talk to newspaper editors about what's making headlines. This week, Pawan Luthra discusses the political wooing of the Indian vote in key seats and issues influencing voters.
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An endgame in Ukraine
06/05/2022 Duración: 19minWhat happens post-war in the Ukraine, perhaps even a post-war when the Russians lose which seemed as unlikely as the invasion itself.
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What will the election mean for housing?
06/05/2022 Duración: 14minAs home ownership slips out of reach for many younger Australians and low income earners, will the polices announced this week on the election campaign help? And what's the history of shared equity housing schemes?
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The Marcos comeback
06/05/2022 Duración: 13minNext week, millions of Filipinos will head to the polls to elect a new president. Incumbent Rodrigo Duterte will step down after his single term in office expires. But the leading contender to succeed him may be an even more controversial figure. The frontrunner is Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr — the son of ousted dictator Ferdinand Marcos.