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The Morning Edition
Hosted by The Age and Sydney Morning Herald · EN
The Morning Edition (formerly Please Explain) brings you the story behind the story with the best journalists in Australia. Join host Samantha Selinger-Morris from the newsrooms of The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age, weekdays from 5am.
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Are the Commonwealth Games on their last legs?
Today00:17:26Summary readyThe Victorian government made headlines, for all the wrong reasons, in 2023, when it pulled out of hosting the Commonwealth Games on the grounds that it was too expensive. Now, the Games are on in Glasgow, with many locals barely registering that it’s even taking place in their city, according to our reporter on the ground. Today, senior sports writer Michael Gleeson on whether the competition, which started in 1930 as a means of uniting the colonies and honouring the monarchy, is on its last legs. Subscribe to The Age & SMH: https://subscribe.smh.com.au/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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The downfall of Victorian premier Jacinta Allan
Yesterday00:11:16Summary readyVictorian politics is in turmoil. On Tuesday morning, Jacinta Allan stood down as the state's 49th premier after more than 25 years in parliament. In a bonus episode of The Morning Edition, state political reporter Kieran Rooney discusses what brought Allan down, who has replaced her and what it means for the state election in just four months’ time. Background reading: 'Slow, then fast, the downfall of a premier under siege' The one thing Jacinta Allan left out of her farewell speech is Carroll’s first priority Subscribe to The Age & SMH: https://subscribe.smh.com.au/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Qantas and Alan Joyce – the CEO who can’t let go
Yesterday00:16:53Summary readyThere are not that many company CEOs who the general public knows by name. But Alan Joyce is one of them.In part, it's because of how customers and employees were treated by Qantas, the company he led, during the COVID-19 pandemic.Today, senior reporter Chris Zappone discusses why Alan Joyce is now telling his side of the story.Subscribe to The Age & SMH: https://subscribe.smh.com.au/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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The prime minister, a billionaire’s son and a dinner at a Point Piper mansion
2d ago00:19:34Summary readyThe Labor party is facing fresh scrutiny over where it gets its money.Five days ago, it was the result of revelations that the party collected more than $4 million in gambling donations in five years – a chunk of that while it dithered on gambling reform.And now, another donation has raised eyebrows.Today investigative reporter Lucy Macken on the billionaire’s son who allegedly offered to donate money to the Labor Party at an exclusive dinner aattended by Prime Minister Anthony Albanese – and why it has raised questions.Subscribe to The Age & SMH: https://subscribe.smh.com.au/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Barnaby’s dog, Hanson and the attention economy. Plus, a Labor Party conference
5d ago00:23:01Summary readyIt has been quite the week in federal politics, and our attention has been sucked by two One Nation clangers. First, Barnaby Joyce yelled at his dog on national television, then Pauline Hanson made some incredibly controversial remarks about domestic violence. Meanwhile, our guests for today, chief political correspondent Paul Sakkal and federal political correspondent Natassia Chrysanthos, are tuning in under the fluorescent lights of the Labor Party National Conference in Adelaide. Today’s episode is hosted, as usual, by Jacqueline Maley.Subscribe to The Age & SMH: https://subscribe.smh.com.au/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Trump's 'ulterior motive' in talking about 2020 electoral fraud –again
6d ago00:20:40Summary readyWhy, six years on, is Donald Trump peddling the falsehood that the 2020 election was stolen? And how many Americans now believe it? Today, international and political editor Peter Hartcher discusses what the timing of Trump’s renewed fixation may tells us about his ulterior motives. Background reading - Trump’s three-pronged threat to American democracySubscribe to The Age & SMH: https://subscribe.smh.com.au/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Is Christopher Nolan an 'anti-white racist'? An interpreter of The Odyssey weighs in
1w ago00:16:12Summary readyChristopher Nolan’s $250 million film The Odyssey was always going to inspire – and enrage – fans. That’s what you get when you take on one of the oldest surviving stories in history and refashion the hero at its centre. The New York Review of Books editor-at-large Daniel Mendelsohn is today's guest. The classics scholar discusses what Nolan is trying to tell us with his version and why it's provoked people such as Elon Musk and Donald Trump Jr.Subscribe to The Age & SMH: https://subscribe.smh.com.au/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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The optometrists punished for putting patients before sales
1w ago00:13:22Summary readyIf you’ve ever felt that you are being rushed through a healthcare appointment, you’re not alone.Now a number of optometrists have told our mastheads that they are being pressured to rush appointments, and even skip providing clinical tests, in order to sell, sell, sell.Today, health reporter Rachel Rasker on the optometry chains allegedly prioritising money over patient health.Subscribe to The Age & SMH: https://subscribe.smh.com.au/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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The laxity of rules governing medical devices in Australia is ‘shocking’
1w ago00:19:31Summary readyThere are nearly one and a half million registered medical devices on the market in Australia. Now, you would think that life-saving treatments such as pacemakers, defibrillators and pain pumps would be subject to the same sorts of clinical trials as prescription drugs. Right?Today, investigative reporter Liam Mannix on which devices have attracted the most complaints, and the medical device under investigation by a coroner after a tragic case in a regional town in Victoria.Subscribe to The Age & SMH: https://subscribe.smh.com.au/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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White Lotus: One Nation edition, plus the PM’s landmark AI speech
2w ago00:26:25Summary readyWe switch to sunnier climes this week, to a posh hotel in Sicily. It’s where the TV series White Lotus was filmed, and it’s also where our colleagues at The Australian Financial Review spotted One Nation leader Pauline Hanson poolside with billionaire Gina Rinehart. So what’s Hanson doing in Europe? In today’s episode, host Jacqueline Maley and chief political correspondent Paul Sakkal talk about who Hanson met overseas and how that plays for voters back home in Australia. Also, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese gave a landmark speech this week about the government’s approach to AI.Subscribe to The Age & SMH: https://subscribe.smh.com.au/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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