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Shortly after 4am on Friday, the quiet hush of a synagogue in inner Melbourne was broken by what sounded like a sledgehammer, ripping through the place of worship.
Glass flew, and one congregant, who was inside the building at the time studying religious texts, was injured.
Police have now declared what was an attack that left much of the inside of the building gutted, with twisted steel littering the floor, was likely a terrorist act.
Today, regional editor Benjamin Preiss, on how he felt about attending synagogue the day following this attack, and how it’s impacted his community.
And later, senior writer Michael Bachelard, on how Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu has weighed in on the incident, saying that Labor is partially to blame.
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When journalists from The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald put a call out to hear from women who’d experienced medical misogyny, they were inundated with stories.
More than 500 women responded, within only 48 hours. Many said they’d had their serious diagnoses missed, at the hands of doctors and other medical professionals. Others said they’d been condescended to, or told that what they were feeling was in their head. Some said they’d only narrowly survived, as a result.
Today, health editor Kate Aubusson and senior writer Wendy Tuohy, on the invisible epidemic that has its roots in Ancient Greece, but has become, says Tuohy, like the medical version of everyday sexism.Subscribe to The Age & SMH: https://subscribe.smh.com.au/
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Prime Minister Anthony Albanese should retire. Not right now, but a “decent interval” after the next election, if he wins it.
So says Sydney Morning Herald and The Age columnist Niki Savva, who joins Jacqueline Maley this week to talk about the government’s prospects of re-election, how well Peter Dutton has performed as Opposition leader and whether the Teal Independents have fulfilled their promise in the 47th parliament.
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We know that many of Donald Trump’s preferred picks for his presidential cabinet sound like the set up for a joke. This is what happens when you nominate a vaccine skeptic to lead the Department of Health and Human Services, and a wrestling impresario to become education secretary.
But which of Trump's picks should we actually be worried about? And why?
Today, Nick Bryant, a former BBC foreign correspondent and author of The Forever War: America’s Unending Conflict with Itself, on who is poised to cause the most damage. And how far it could spread.
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Last night, in a shock televised announcement, South Korean president Yoon Suk Yeol declared emergency martial law.
It sent some South Koreans running to their homes, to be with their families. Unsure of what this move would mean. While many others fled to the National Assembly, in protest, even as police and the military surrounded the country’s parliament.
In a bonus episode today, North Asia correspondent Lisa Visentin, on how this bizarre situation unfolded and why such an extreme measure was deployed by the president.
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South Korea crisis - President lifts martial law in humiliating U-turn. BBC News. South Korea President Yoon says he will lift martial law. BBC News.Subscribe to The Age & SMH: https://subscribe.smh.com.au/
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Federal Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek and Greens environment spokesperson Sarah Hanson-Young had allegedly agreed on a massive reform that would establish a federal environmental protection agency. Which they thought would pass through the senate. But then, in an 11th hour meeting, the deal was scotched, according to multiple sources, by prime minister Anthony Albanese.
Today, climate and energy correspondent, Mike Foley - who broke this story - on whether Albanese’s captain’s call was personal; a knock to his long-time political rival. And whether it counts as a betrayal of Labor’s election promise.Subscribe to The Age & SMH: https://subscribe.smh.com.au/
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For the last eight years in Syria, a civil war, borne out of the Arab Spring protests, had come to something of a standstill.
The frontlines were largely frozen, with Syrian president Bashar al-Assad having control of the major cities, while militant groups wrestled for primacy in the regions.
That is, until the attack on the weekend, from a rebel force with origins in Al Qaeda.
So what happens now?
The last time Assad had his territory and military rule threatened in such a fulsome way, Russia came to his rescue, in a brutal campaign that involved the use of chemical weapons on Syrians.
Today, digital foreign editor Chris Zappone on the story behind the rebel group that took the city, why they want to topple Assad, and what role his allies might play again.
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It’s been nearly five months since investigative journalist Nick McKenzie broke one of the biggest stories of the year, and exposed what he calls “an unholy alliance” between gangland figures, and one of the most powerful labour unions in the country.
He revealed that the CFMEU had become a fiefdom in which bikies and former stand-over men, among others, were given positions of power on building sites - many of them government-funded projects. The culture they created was toxic. Right up the east coast of Australia, the threat of violence was real and omnipresent.
Today, Nick McKenzie, on the battle for control of the construction industry, which will be the focus of a court hearing next week. And whether the people in power, who allegedly turned a blind eye to the alliance, will ever be held to account.Subscribe to The Age & SMH: https://subscribe.smh.com.au/
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This week was the last sitting week of the parliamentary year, and there is speculation the Prime Minister will call an election early in 2025, meaning it might have been the last parliamentary session of the Albanese government, full stop.
So what legislation did the government get through this week? And more broadly, how well positioned is it, going into an imminent election campaign?
Joining Jacqueline Maley to discuss is chief political correspondent David Crowe.
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Political scandals in the Philippines have long resembled overcooked soap opera storylines. This is the place, after all, where the wardrobe of the former first lady, Imelda Marcos, was discovered, on the day she fled the country, to contain nearly 900 handbags, and around 3,000 pairs of shoes. While half her country lived in poverty.
Still, when the current Vice President of the Philippines announced, over the weekend, that she had engaged a hit man to kill her country’s President, it caused many to take pause. Some have argued it's a tactic, to distract the public from fighting for democratic reform.
Today, international and political editor, Peter Hartcher, on why this assassination plot is no mere distraction. And what problems it could create for Australia.
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Even for those who aren’t political junkies, it’s been a dramatic couple of weeks in Parliament House.
In a stunning capitulation to the Government, the Greens blinked, after nearly a year-long conflict with Labor over housing. But then, in a move that puzzled many, Labor dumped, or delayed, signature bills.
If Anthony Albanese calls an early election in the new year, this could be the final sitting week of Labor’s first term in government. And the last chance to get things done.
Today, national affairs editor James Massola, on whether the Government’s losses outweigh its wins. And if it could be the first incumbent federal government in 93 years, to serve only one term.
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It's been nearly 20 years since a group of nine Australians were arrested in Bali, for attempting to smuggle $4 million worth of heroin.
And now seemingly out of nowhere, five members of this group, who became known as the infamous Bali Nine, have been thrust into the spotlight after a news report said they would be returned to Australia as soon as Christmas.
So what's changed the fate of the remaining five so dramatically?
Today, senior writer Michael Bachelard, our former Indonesian correspondent, on the group that once ignited a firestorm of debate around capital punishment, drugs and the ethics of our own police force. And what political and cultural factors might determine their fate.
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On the day Donald Trump won the American presidential election, a number of women contemplated a radical response. They just might swear off men. They might not date them, have sex with them, get married to them, or have their babies.
Maybe that would teach the men of the United States who have, like their president-elect and vice-president elect, made a habit of denigrating women. And put their leaders on notice; that they will not be stripped of their reproductive rights without a fight.
Today, senior columnist Jacqueline Maley, on the social trend that started in South Korea, and has now spread to the United States. And whether it just might come here next.Subscribe to The Age & SMH: https://subscribe.smh.com.au/
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This week, the federal Opposition ruled out co-operating with the government on legislation to cap the number of international students coming to study at Australian universities.
Both Labor and the Coalition say that international student numbers need to come down, to ease pressure on housing and infrastructure. But Opposition Leader Peter Dutton said Labor’s bill was flawed because it favoured the big Group of eight universities at the expense of regional unis.
Dutton promised the Opposition will impose bigger cuts on international students than Labor, and he said that the best way to bring down migration numbers is to vote for the Coalition at the next election.
So what will the central issues of the next election be? When is it likely to be?
Joining Jacqueline Maley to discuss is political correspondent Paul Sakkal and federal politics reporter Natassia Crysanthos.
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A new geopolitical order has been slowly rearranging itself, beneath our feet. Though many of us might not have been looking closely enough to notice it. It’s a new, so-called “axis of evil”, made up of China, Russia, Iran and North Korea.
For the first time since the Cold War ended, these four autocracies are working together in an aggressive military partnership. In the latest instance, it’s to fight a proxy war against Ukraine.
Today, international and political editor Peter Hartcher, on how a Donald Trump presidency might impact the West’s fight against this “axis of evil”. And the events in the last week that illustrate what Australia and its allies are up against.
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Health officials have warned us of the potential health risks of vaping for a while now. But, a joint investigation by The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age and 60 Minutes has uncovered an even bigger problem. Organised criminals, infuriated pharmacists and a government struggling to crack down on vaping, particularly among young Australians, are at war.
Today, investigative journalist Eryk Bagshaw, on whether this perfect storm is creating a new generation of nicotine addicts. And undoing decades of work by health officials, who have, until now, caused cigarette usage to plummet.Subscribe to The Age & SMH: https://subscribe.smh.com.au/
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On the same radio station that Alan Jones wielded his extraordinary power, his arrest played out live on air.
Just after 8am, during the middle of his old radio spot, investigative journalist Kate McClymont broke the news that the former broadcaster - who was the most successful and feared of his time - was in the custody of police.
McClymont, whose work sparked the police investigation, revealed in our mastheads last year that the controversial broadcaster allegedly indecently assaulted, groped or inappropriately touched multiple young men.
Today, Kate McClymont brings us the latest on this significant development and what happens from here.
And just a warning, this episode contains descriptions of alleged sexual assault.
Support is available from the National Sexual Assault, Domestic and Family Violence Counselling Service (1800RESPECT) on 1800 737 732.
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Women in Afghanistan have had their freedoms crushed by the Taliban, which has enacted rules that chip away at their basic human rights.
They’ve long been banned from studying, working, going to a salon or a gym.
But over the last few months, the regime has cracked down even further, by implementing a raft of new “vice and virtue” laws.
Women are now forbidden from speaking or even praying in public. They’re also not allowed to show their bare faces in public, or to be heard singing or reading aloud. Even from inside their own homes.
Today, Australian National University scholar Susan Hutchinson, and human rights lawyer Azadah Raz Mohammad, on what these new laws have made life like for women in Afghanistan. And the global push by countries, including Australia, to hold the Taliban to account.
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'If we can't speak, why live?' - BBC meets women after new Taliban law. Malala: what’s happening to Afghan girls and women is ‘gender apartheid’, MSNBC.Subscribe to The Age & SMH: https://subscribe.smh.com.au/
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In recent Facebook ad scams, con artists tricked a Queensland retiree into selling her house, swindled a GP who believed he was investing in a fixed-term deposit scheme and stole about $700,000 from a new father.
A months-long investigation by our papers has heard from devastated victims, cyber-fraud investigators and scamming syndicate insiders, including scammers themselves.
Today, investigative reporter Aisha Dow on how networks of sophisticated criminal groups deploy social media ad campaigns to fish for new victims, fleecing Australians and other victims worldwide.
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As much as we can know anything these days, we can probably say the next election is going to be very close.
But what about the Greens, often called the third party of Australian politics? How are they faring with the Australian public? Have they successfully rebranded from being the party of the environment to being a broader based movement?
National Affairs Editor James Massola and Federal Political Correspondent Paul Sakkal joins Jacqueline Maley for Inside Politics.
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