ABC News Daily is the podcast that helps you understand the issues affecting your world. Every episode, host Samantha Hawley walks through one story with the help of an ABC colleague or expert in under 15 minutes. When you want coverage you can trust, listen to ABC News Daily.
Key topics of recent episodes include the Donald Trump administration, the risk of constitutional crisis, DOGE, Tesla, insurance costs, recession risks, egg shortages, DeepSeek, neo-Nazis, Putin and Xi, the jobs market, anti-Semitism, and the Israel-Hamas war.
From interest rates, real estate and the housing crisis, to scams and US politics, ABC News Daily brings you facts and analysis you need to understand the biggest news stories.
In this election year expect regular updates on Australian politics, with key comments from Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, Treasurer Jim Chalmers and Opposition Leader Peter Dutton as they compete for votes in the 2025 Australian election. The podcast picks apart major policy areas, including energy policy, finance and the Federal Budget.
The podcast covers news from America, with analysis on the Donald Trump administration in the White House. His return to power has big implications for global politics and security and US journalists and experts will explain what's at stake.
As Australians battle a cost-of-living crisis, ABC News Daily looks at the causes of inflation, rising rental costs, house prices, insurance costs and the price of groceries. Key experts in business and finance join Samantha Hawley, explaining the state of the economy, the unemployment rate and the jobs market.
Whether you rent, own an investment house or apartment, or are repaying a mortgage, ABC News Daily offers unique insights and analysis. When there are big moves from the Reserve Bank (RBA) on interest rates, or remarkable reactions in the ASX or the Australian dollar, guest experts, including economists, explain why.
Look into ABC News Daily's archive to find episodes on electric vehicles (EVs), artificial intelligence (AI), the big banks, supermarkets, TikTok, Ozempic, Tesla, Elon Musk, Twitter, Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg, COVID, cyber security, spies, espionage, education, schools, teachers, crime and issues relating to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander (First Nations) Australians.
ABC News Daily follows developments in the Middle East and the war between Israel and Hamas, with insights into the mindset of Benjamin Netanyahu, Palestinians and the role of Iran.
The podcast looks at the latest from Ukraine as Volodymyr Zelensky fights to repel the Russian invaders led by Russia's President Vladimir Putin. As China's Xi Jinping contemplates the future of Taiwan, ABC News Daily will sort fact from fiction. When North Korea's Kim Jong Un fires ballistic missiles, we'll assess the danger his regime poses.
When scammers target superannuation, your tax return and the ATO, you'll hear advice on what you can do to protect yourself.
As climate change fuelled by greenhouse gas emissions increases the risk of natural disasters, including fires and floods, ABC News Daily brings you fact-based analysis.
The future of electricity generation in Australia is being debated, and as claims are made about the merits of nuclear power, come to ABC News Daily for context around its potential role in replacing or augmenting coal and gas power plants and what it could mean for power bills. The podcast covers the future of renewable / green power generation, including the use of wind turbines, solar and hydro electric power.
The podcast looks at key businesses, including Coles and Woolworths, Qantas, the Commonwealth Bank and the construction, resources and manufacturing industries. When they report record profit, battle unions, or raise prices, the podcast pays attention.
ABC experts including Ian Verrender, Alan Kohler, Laura Tingle, Patricia Karvelas, John Lyons, and Annabel Crabb join Samantha Hawley to step through big issues and current affairs.
Allegations of sexism and bullying have been uncovered at Channel Seven, one of the nation’s top media groups, where a so-called second chance club for senior men has thrived. Today, Louise Milligan discusses her Four Corners investigation and why a newsroom’s culture matters to us all. Featured: Louise Milligan, Four Corners reporter
When you go to look something up on the internet, more often than not you’re Googling. The search engine’s ubiquity has earned Google billions and billions of dollars, but now a US judge has ruled that Google became a monopoly illegally. How you search the internet might change as a result, with the forced break-up of the firm one of the options on the table to ensure more competition in the market. So, how did Google rise to the top and stay there? Today, we dissect the biggest tech competition...
Global stock market turmoil this week saw spooked investors dumping billions of dollars in shares, before a rebound restored a lot of the value. There are jitters about the true value of surging stocks on Wall Street, the risk of a recession in the United States and interest rate rises in Japan. Today, the ABC’s chief business correspondent Ian Verrender explains what’s going on and what it means for us and the future of interest rates. Featured: Ian Verrender, ABC chief business correspondent...
Kamala Harris has chosen Tim Walz as her running mate. The 60-year-old Governor of Minnesota has already gone viral for calling Donald Trump ‘weird’, but will he secure Harris victory in November’s US election? Today, political scientist Andra Gillespie on why Harris picked the former school teacher and the swing voters that might be tempted to back the pair. Featured: Andra Gillespie, associate professor of political science at Emory University...
The regional airline Rex had an ambition to break into the lucrative ‘golden triangle’, the busy airline routes between Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane. It got a handful of big jet aircraft and started to take on the established players, Qantas and Virgin. But after just three and a half years, those routes have been scrapped and the airline is in administration. So, what went wrong? Today, aviation expert Ian Douglas on Rex’s downfall and whether Australia could ever support more than two major ...
It hasn’t raised the terrorism threat level for a decade, so why is ASIO increasing it now? The top spy body says a terrorist attack in Australia is now probable, up from possible. More people holding extreme ideologies are leading to a ‘volatile and unpredictable’ security situation. Today, we discuss what’s going on and how we should react, with counter-terrorism expert Lydia Khalil from the Lowy Institute. Featured: Lydia Khalill, program director of transnational challenges at the Lowy Insti...
We all love a trip to Europe in summer, but have you ever felt like you’re not really welcome there? Melbourne woman Claudia had that inkling in Barcelona recently when locals made it clear they wanted her to go home. Today, we look at the growing anger in some of the most popular tourist cities and what is being done to try to ease the pressure. Featured: Claudia, Australian tourist Sebastian Zenker, professor in tourism at the Copenhagen Business School...
Donald Trump is questioning his opponent Kamala Harris’s race, suggesting she started calling herself Black to gain political advantage. The sexism is also remarkable in 2024 with Trump labelling Harris a ‘play toy’ for world leaders. This, after 2021 comments surfaced from JD Vance, where Trump’s pick for vice president derided Democratic Party leaders like Kamala Harris as ‘childless cat ladies’. Remember when we had our own female leader who complained of sexism and misogyny in politics? Toda...
We’ve had 13 punishing interest rate rises that were supposed to quickly kill off inflation. While price rises are not nearly as bad as they were a year or two ago, the main measure of annual inflation has ticked up again. It’s key information to help the Reserve Bank board decide what to do about interest rates when it meets next week. Despite inflation being ‘sticky’, it’s a long way off its peak. So, is the result good enough for rates to remain on hold? Today, economist Cassandra Winzar with...
While Australia’s inflation rate is now well below its peak, voters are still struggling to make ends meet. If you believe the polls, it’s a problem for Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, given an election is due within a year. Voter confidence has taken a dive and Opposition Leader Peter Dutton is making ground on his opponent. Today, the ABC’s Patricia Karvelas on the link between voting intentions and the state of the economy. Featured: Patricia Karvelas, host of RN Breakfast and The Party Room...
When it’s so hard to find a place to live and buying property is out of reach for many young Australians, you wouldn’t believe how many properties are sitting empty. What can be done to stop home owners from leaving prime real estate vacant? Today, the good and bad reasons homes are left vacant and how governments could force owners to get these properties back on the market. Featured: Michael Janda, ABC business editor
Donald Trump plans to increase taxes on Chinese imports to the United States if he wins November’s election. It would escalate a trade war with China and risk a massive disruption to global trade. Would it really bring lost manufacturing jobs back to US towns and cities, or just push up prices? Today, chief business correspondent Ian Verrender explains the potential global impact of Trump’s risky economic plan. Featured: Ian Verrender, ABC chief business correspondent...
Kamala Harris, the US Democratic Party’s likely presidential nominee has started her fight to defeat Donald Trump at the election in November. Among the obstacles in her way are relentless racist and sexist attacks found online and from some Make America Great Again believers and conservative commentators. Today, Professor Nadia Brown, an expert on women and African American studies at Georgetown University in Washington DC, on how the messages of hate cut through. Featured: Nadia Brown, profess...
It was one of the biggest hacks we’ve ever had, but we’ve only just been told of its reach. Almost one in two Australians have had personal data, including potentially sensitive medical information, stolen and it’s up for sale on the dark web. What could scammers do with the information and can you do anything about it? Today, the latest on the MediSecure hack of 12.9 million people’s prescription records. Featured: Ange Lavoipierre, ABC National Technology Reporter...
They dress up as sheriffs and try to take the law into their own hands by intimidating judges and lawyers in the courts. It sounds like something you’d find in America, but it’s happening here. Today, investigative reporter Kevin Nguyen on the growth of the sovereign citizen movement and the danger it poses. Featured: Kevin Nguyen, ABC Investigations reporter
After holding out for weeks, the US President Joe Biden did what his party demanded, dropping out of the race. Assuming Kamala Harris secures the nomination, would Americans vote for a woman of colour and will the move win the US election for the Democratic Party? Today, we speak to a veteran Democratic Party strategist about the frenetic months ahead in the party’s campaign to retain the White House. Featured: Michael Trujillo, veteran Democratic Party Strategist...
He’d lost the confidence of his party and many Americans and faced with the growing prospect of Donald Trump returning to the White House, the US President acted. Joe Biden announced he would not be contesting a second term, endorsing his Vice-President Kamala Harris to take the reins. Today, Washington Post reporter Mariana Alfaro unpacks another historic day in US politics. Featured: Mariana Alfaro, Washington Post political reporter...
Black and Latino voters could play a key role in the upcoming US election, potentially securing Donald Trump’s return to the White House. But why would Latino voters fall in behind Trump, when he plans to launch a mass deportation of illegal immigrants who entered the US through the southern border? Today, Four Corners reporter Mark Willacy explains the role of the economy in November’s election and he takes us to the key swing states where votes from the Black and Latino communities will be key...
Two Russian-born Australians Kira and Igor Korolev are facing espionage charges after being arrested in suburban Brisbane. Kira Korolev had a job in the Australian army and is accused of trying to pass sensitive defence secrets to Moscow. Today, an expert in Russia and national security on the potential spies living amongst us. Featured: Matthew Sussex, adjunct associate professor at the Australian National University
A poor taste joke about the assassination attempt on Donald Trump has ended Tenacious D’s tour of Australia and New Zealand. On stage at a Sydney concert, the comedy rock band’s Kyle Gass revealed his birthday wish was “don’t miss Trump next time”. Now there are tensions within the band with Jack Black saying he was “blindsided” by the comment. Today, ABC News Daily producer Sam Dunn who was in the crowd at the concert, and comedian and co-host of The Chaser Report podcast Dom Knight on the fine...
It’s one of the biggest unions in the country, representing tens of thousands of workers, but can the CFMEU survive amid allegations of corruption and ties to the criminal underworld and bikies? The reporting has raised questions about lawlessness in the construction industry. Today, Richard Willingham, the ABC’s state political reporter in Victoria, takes us through the extraordinary allegations and the fallout. Featured: Richard Willingham, Victoria’s state political reporter...
The US President Joe Biden has called for the political temperature to be lowered after the attempted assassination of Donald Trump. But what comes next in a deeply polarised America and does the weekend attack secure Trump the presidency? Today, we discuss the fallout with a former press secretary for Ronald Reagan, a president who also survived an assassination attempt. Featured: Kim Hoggard, a former staffer during Reagan and George H. W. Bush administrations...
Despite an extraordinary mid-rally assassination attempt, Donald Trump is promising to continue campaigning for his return to the white house. ABC News Daily put out an episode about the shooting and the implications for the campaign yesterday and you can find that in your feed. Today, we’re looking at “Project 2025”, a plan put together by Trump’s conservative allies for his next term in office. Four Corners reporter Mark Willacy has been exploring what a second Trump presidency could look like...
Donald Trump is injured but has survived an assassination attempt while speaking at a rally in Pennsylvania. The shooting has shocked the United States, a country no stranger to political violence and gun crimes. Today, Associate Professor David Smith from the United States Studies Centre at Sydney University, on what has happened and what it means for November's presidential election. Featured: David Smith, Associate Professor in American Politics and Foreign Policy from the United States Studi...
The Paris Olympics start in just a few weeks and sport lovers want to know that all the athletes are competing without drug enhancement. There’ll be a strict testing regime in place, but a dispute has been bubbling away between anti-doping agencies about the handling of 23 Chinese swimmers who returned positive tests three years ago. Today, sport integrity expert Catherine Ordway on whether we can trust that the athletes we see at the Olympic Games are clean. Featured: Catherine Ordway, Sport In...
Joe Biden shows no sign of stepping aside as the Democratic Party nominee in the US presidential race. But he is under pressure to show he has the physical and mental capacity to defeat Republican nominee Donald Trump and serve another term as president. With other potential Democrat replacements staying quiet, it leaves Vice-President Kamala Harris as the most likely to step in if Biden steps aside. So, who is Kamala Harris and could she beat Trump? Featured: Julia Manchester, national politica...
French President Emmanuel Macron called a snap parliamentary election, in a game of chicken with the French people, hoping they’d swerve away from backing right-wing parties which enjoyed support in the European Union vote last month. After two rounds of voting, a coalition of left-wing parties won the most seats. It has blocked the far-right from taking power but left the country with no dominant political force and the prospect of months of negotiations to form a government. Today, Emmanuel Ma...
If you watch or listen to sport on TV or radio, it’s hard to escape a bombardment of gambling ads. One year ago, a committee of Labor, Coalition and crossbench MPs all agreed that gambling ads should be banned during sports broadcasts. But 12 months on, there’s little sign of progress. Today, the push and pushback, when it comes to sports, gambling and politics. Featured: Matthew Doran, ABC political reporter
Inflation is stubbornly high in Australia, making every trip to the shop and paying bills really painful. For those with debt, expectations of an interest rate cut this year have evaporated and another rate rise is a distinct possibility. It’s not how the federal government had hoped the year would pan out. Today, the ABC’s Patricia Karvelas on how high prices are changing political calculations. Featured: Patricia Karvelas, host of RN Breakfast, Q&A and The Party Room podcast...
Labour has won the UK election by a huge margin, with voters kicking the Conservative Party from government after 14 years. One of the key policies the Tories ran on is a version of Australia’s offshore immigration detention policy, which was launched by Prime Minister John Howard in the lead-up to the 2001 election. This is episode four of Who Broke Britain? A special series from If You're Listening with Matt Bevan. ABC News Daily will be back tomorrow....
