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April 21, 2025 • 20 mins
Are you looking for the secret to happiness? Journalist Helen Russell thinks she found the answer after embracing hygge (the Danish art of cosiness), friluftsliv (the joy of the open air), and janteloven (realising you’re no better than others) while living in Denmark. But are these life lessons from one of the happiest places on Earth all they’re cracked up to be?Helen Russell talks to Reged Ahmad about her decade living like a Da...
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April 20, 2025 • 44 mins
Twenty years ago John Hancock had dinner with his mother, Gina Rinehart. He says it’s the last positive interaction he had with her. In an in-depth interview, he explains how his relationship with his mother fell apart and discusses a high-stakes legal case that could threaten the foundations of her empire. Listen and subscribe to the Gina Podcast at theguardian.com/gina
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April 17, 2025 • 32 mins
Just over halfway into the election campaign, Australians have now heard from both major parties on their solutions to the housing crisis. But with the flooding of media messaging, are voters able to tell the difference in what’s being offered? And while there have been missteps on both sides – Peter Dutton pulling his son in front of the cameras, and Anthony Albanese’s awkward moment with Tanya Plibersek – the odds are increasingl...
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April 17, 2025 • 32 mins
With two weeks to go until polling day, the prime minister speaks to Full Story. In this wide-ranging interview, political reporter Josh Butler and Full Story co-host Nour Haydar ask Anthony Albanese about the global upheaval caused by Donald Trump, the epidemic of violence against women and whether he thinks Labor can unseat Peter Dutton
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April 16, 2025 • 19 mins
For many Australians, home ownership is a dream that keeps getting further and further away. Over the weekend, Labor and the Coalition announced policies they say will help more people buy their first home. But will these plans only drive house prices higher?Nour Haydar talks with economist Saul Eslake about why he thinks these policies would make matters worse
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April 15, 2025 • 20 mins
Knee-deep in an election campaign, politicians on both sides have been touring the country trying to win over the public. But how closely are Australians paying attention? In a wide-ranging conversation, social researcher Rebecca Huntley speaks to Nour Haydar about how decreasing participation in society and declining interest in the news are profoundly changing the character of the country – and reshaping our politics
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April 14, 2025 • 19 mins
In just over 80 days of Donald Trump’s second administration, the world already seems to have been remade. Even before the tariffs brought economic turmoil, the world watched as legal US residents were deported, and others arbitrarily detained at the border. And now some Australians are questioning whether they should risk travelling to the US at all. The Guardian’s Washington DC bureau chief, David Smith, tells Reged Ahmad why exp...
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April 13, 2025 • 69 mins
Gina Rinehart has been Australia’s richest person for the last six years in a row. But where does her money come from? In episode three we unpack the bitter rivalries, court battles and family conflicts behind the Hancock fortune – and consider a fundamental question: is Rinehart a mining heiress or is she a self-made mining magnate? We then look at her crowning achievement to date in her time at the helm of Hancock Prospecting – o...
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April 11, 2025 • 30 mins
What happens when things go wrong in the middle of a campaign? Barrie Cassidy and Tony Barry examine Peter Dutton’s surprise backflip on his work-from-home policy, and ask: what can the Coalition do to recover from a bad week? And can they limit the damage quickly? They also discuss leader debates and Donald Trump’s global trade war
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April 11, 2025 • 30 mins
Israeli forces killed 15 Palestinian paramedics and civil defence workers in southern Gaza on 23 March. Bethan McKernan reports on the emerging evidence of what happened
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April 10, 2025 • 25 mins
In past elections, debate about climate policy has been front and centre. Labor and independents campaigned hard on the environment back in 2022. But during the current campaign Labor and the Coalition have focused their messaging almost entirely on cost of living.Nour Haydar talks with deputy editor Patrick Keneally and climate and environment editor Adam Morton about the consequences of climate action fading from the campaign
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April 10, 2025 • 35 mins
As we continue down the path to polling day, it looks increasingly likely we will end up with a minority government. And the Greens could hold the balance of power. Leader Adam Bandt speaks to political reporter Josh Butler and Full Story co-host Reged Ahmad about who he plans to work with in the next parliament, and why Peter Dutton needs to be kept as far away from the Lodge as possible
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April 9, 2025 • 20 mins
The rise to stardom and record-breaking performance of teenage athletics sensation Gout Gout has left many excited about the future of Australian athletics – it has even galvanised a new global fanbase. Before another race at the Australian Athletics Championships, Nour Haydar speaks to Guardian Australia sport reporter Jack Snape about why the stakes could not be higher this week, and what’s next for the high schooler from Ipswich...
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April 8, 2025 • 20 mins
Are you better off than you were three years ago? It’s a question you’ll hear more and more during this cost-of-living election, as Labor and the Coalition try to convince voters they have a plan that will help where Australians are hurting the most.Reged Ahmad talks to economics editor Patrick Commins about why we need bolder reform to make the next decade better than the last
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April 7, 2025 • 30 mins
The new Netflix series Adolescence has become one of the streaming service’s most popular shows. The drama follows the arrest of a 13-year-old boy for the murder of a female classmate, exploring the growing risks of online radicalisation. Nour Haydar speaks with anti-violence advocate Tarang Chawla about fostering healthy masculinity in a digital world awash with misogyny You can support the Guardian at theguardian.com/fullstorysup...
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April 6, 2025 • 56 mins
Gina Rinehart’s father helped changed the course of Australian history when he lobbied to overturn the ban on iron ore exports in the 1950s, laying the foundation for the Hancock family fortune. In her own life, Rinehart campaigned successfully against Kevin Rudd’s mining tax and has made several attempts to gain influence through key media organisations. In episode 2 of Gina, senior correspondent Sarah Martin explores the extent t...
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April 5, 2025 • 27 mins
The parliamentary leader of France’s far-right National Rally party, Marine Le Pen, has been banned from public office for five years for embezzlement, ruining her chance of a presidential run. Angelique Chrisafis reports
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April 4, 2025 • 32 mins
The federal election campaign was barely a week old when Donald Trump rearranged the world trading order. And in Australia, the leaders covered a lot of ground. But in a campaign lacking inspiration, where is the promise of hope? Tony Barry and Barrie Cassidy examine the impact of new tariffs on Australia just four weeks out from the election. They also debate Dutton’s plan to cut public sector workers, and wonder: is it too much t...
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April 3, 2025 • 24 mins
A week in to the federal election campaign and both parties have provided soundbites, but have been light on promises and policy. The prime minister, Anthony Albanese, and the opposition leader, Peter Dutton, are hyper focused on cost of living, but when asked about their plans to offer real relief answers have been hard to come by.Bridie Jabour talks with the editor, Lenore Taylor, the head of newsroom, Mike Ticher, and deputy edi...
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April 3, 2025 • 28 mins
Myanmar’s military junta has been losing territory for months. Will the earthquake and a new ceasefire help it turn the tide? Rebecca Ratcliffe reports
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