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Smart analysis, lively conversations, and great company. Understand Australia and the world with Nick Bryant.
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New Zealand to consider joining Australia and Fiji in defence alliance
Jul 1000:08:19Tap to summarizeWhen China launched a ballistic missile into the South Pacific Ocean on Monday, it was a rare test of a nuclear-capable weapons system that drew international rebuke.New Zealand will now consider joining a new defence alliance between Australia and Fiji which commits each country to come to the other's aid if either is attacked, as Australia works to counter China's growing influence in the region.
Transcribe →NATO Summit: rare outbreak of unity
Jul 1000:11:42Tap to summarizeNATO leaders wrapped up their summit this week with a joint declaration affirming a unified stance on several issues, including support for Ukraine to make Patriot air defence systems to counter missile attacks from Russia.The surprisingly amicable conclusion followed a more turbulent start.The summit ended with Turkish President RecepTayyip Erdogan presenting a firearm to the leader of each country who attended the event in Ankara.
Transcribe →America at 250: America celebrates and reflects on July 4
Jul 300:24:26Tap to summarizeFor the finale of our America at 250 series, we look at how America is marking July 4.We criss-cross the country, from Donald Trump's Great American State Fair to the town of Normal in Illinois to an attempt at getting Dolly Parton on the show
Transcribe →A visit to the National Indigenous Art Fair
Jul 300:08:25Tap to summarizeOn the eve of NAIDOC Week, the National Indigenous Art Fair is up and running at the Cutaway in Sydney's Barangaroo.Now in its 7th year, the event is bringing together over 100 artists from more than 30 art centres.
Transcribe →Why are Australians abandoning Asian languages?
Jul 300:08:35Tap to summarizeAustralians' lack of understanding of our own region is making the country increasingly vulnerable in a volatile security environment, according to the findings of a parliamentary inquiry released this week.The Federal Inquiry into Building Australia's Asia Capability found that fewer students are learning Asian languages at all levels of our education system, and there is less academic study of the region.That's despite the rising clout of China as a global super power, and India now our largest source of migrants.
Transcribe →Modi is coming to Australia. Who really is he?
Jul 300:22:03Tap to summarizeIndian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is loved by his supporters, loathed by his critics and among the most powerful people on the planet.Next week, he's due to visit Australia, at a time when India-Australia economic and defence relations are deeper than ever.The two countries have much to gain, with increased uranium exports from Australia reportedly on the table.But who exactly are we doing business with?
Transcribe →Despair in Dallas for the Socceroos
Jul 300:06:00Tap to summarizeThe Socceroos have lost a heartbreaking penalty shootout against Egypt in their World Cup round of 32 clash.David Mark dissects the almost 3-hour game where Australia's campaign has come to an end.
Transcribe →The Last Thing: Sam Guthrie
Jun 2600:09:47Tap to summarizeSam Guthrie is a diplomat-turned-international thriller writer.He joins Saturday Extra for The Last Thing, where he talks through his last great read, his last great theatre experience and the last great library he visited.
Transcribe →Why is support for multiculturalism declining?
Jun 2600:14:18Tap to summarizeThis week's Lowy Institute poll showed the largest drop in support for cultural diversity in Australia on record.Multiculturalism has long been hailed as an Australian success story, a global exemplar in integrating migrant communities, the envy of Europe and the US.It follows so soon after Pauline Hanson's rallying cry for monoculturalism to replace multiculturalism.So what's driving this feeling?
Transcribe →Discovering Australia's hidden Chinese past
Jun 2600:14:02Tap to summarizeIt's well known that Australia is a country of migrants, and plenty of historians have traced our multicultural past.But incredibly, until now most Australian history has been written using only English language sources.A new book titled Sinophone Australia is changing that, translating Chinese language newspapers, letters, poems, maps and travelogues to tell a more complex story about Australia's past.
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