Imagine a world where we can build bridges to peace and understanding. This podcast shares the powerful stories of peace-seeking leaders and the inspiring initiatives of everyday individuals, including those fostering meaningful allyship with Israel and the Jewish people. Join us as we explore how coexistence and respect foster positive relationships, and that finding our common ground leads us to speaking in "Common Voices."
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Hosted by Michael Safi and Helen Pidd, Today in Focus brings you closer to Guardian journalism. Combining storytelling with insightful analysis and personal testimonies, the podcast takes you behind the headlines for a deeper understanding of the news, every weekday. Today in Focus is unmatched in both scope and depth, delivering analysis and storytelling from right across the planet. With a global network of over 900 journalists and five dedicated editions covering news in the US, UK, Austr ...
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My goal on Impacting Israel is to expose you -- my listeners -- to influential voices impacting Israel in so many different ways. You see, when I’m leading my delegations, I find that the most valuable element for me are the friendships I develop with incredible people. So, I started asking myself, how can I share these voices with others? Maybe I had never heard of these incredible individuals because they usually write or speak in Hebrew. But why not find a platform to introduce other Engl ...
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Move beyond the headlines to see how the past defines our world.
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Radio National Breakfast daily stories separated for easy listening. Radio National Breakfast is Australia's only daily national radio current affairs program, synonymous with agenda-setting news coverage, breaking news and a place where you will hear the most significant stories impacting the lives of all Australians wherever they live. It is a pre-eminent thought leader in Australia.
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Pat Dodson 'encouraged' by government comments on truth-telling process
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8:41The federal government has now signalled it's open to considering a national truth-telling process. Minister for Indigenous Australians Malarndirri McCarthy told the ABC yesterday that the government always said it remained committed to the principles of the Uluru Statement from the Heart, and has an opportunity now in a second term to consider new…
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UN labels Gaza deaths a 'grotesque' symbol of control
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12:35The humanitarian crisis in Gaza continues to reach desperate new lows, with several Palestinians fatally shot or crushed in crowds, as they stormed a United Nations (UN) warehouse in a bid to find food. The UN has condemned the situation as 'engineered scarcity' and says one of the four new food hubs is near where Israeli forces killed 15 humanitar…
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White House appeals US court order to remove tariffs
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7:49A United States court has thrown President Donald Trump's tariff policy into chaos, after ruling he overstepped his authority in imposing sweeping tariffs on countries around the world. The US Court of International Trade has now given the Trump administration ten days to remove the tariffs. The White House has already lodged an appeal, which could…
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Health Minister's advice to Australians as new COVID-19 variant emerges
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10:09Federal Health Minister Mark Butler is strongly encouraging Australians to get their COVID-19 booster, as a new variant sweeps the nation. According to Griffith University, the NB.1.8.1 variant makes up more than 40 per cent of total COVID cases tested in Victoria, around 25 per cent in Western Australia and New South Wales, around 20 per cent in Q…
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Technology journalist Karen Hao, who has been reporting on OpenAI since 2019, compares the company’s unprecedented growth to a new form of empire. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocusBy The Guardian
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Brothers rowing across the Pacific on track to break world record
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7:07Back in March the three Maclean brothers from Scotland set off on their 14,000km journey from Lima to Sydney in a row boat, aiming to for the fastest ever non-stop and unsupported row across the Pacific. Now, they're 48 days and nearly 5,700 kilometres in - rowing through the middle of the Pacific Ocean - and currently closer to astronauts in space…
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Concerns over 'dire' regional mental health services
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8:04Right now, many rural Australians are grappling with the impacts of drought, floods and other natural disasters. But despite the added strain, there's a significant shortfall of mental health assistance available, driving calls for federal and state governments to de-centralise regional mental health services, to give local communities more control…
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Changing Australia: Matthew Pase and reducing your dementia risk
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11:52Dementia affects hundreds of thousands of Australians and is the second leading cause of death. Matthew Pase is among those trying to increase our understanding of the condition and prevent it. He's influenced international dementia prevention guidelines and his work is now delving into the world of sleep, and how it might be used to reduce dementi…
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More than 6,000 claims have now been lodged with insurers after the devastating New South Wales floods, as communities start walking the long road to recovery. And those are the lucky ones, with many more unable to afford insurance before the floods hit. GUEST: Daniel Mulino, Assistant Treasurer. PRODUCER: Max Chalmers…
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It's been a dramatic couple of weeks for the Coalition. First there was the opposition's disastrous result in the federal election and then the spectacular collapse of their decades-long partnership, only for it to patched up the following week. Now there's a new shadow cabinet in place, including a new look finance team. GUEST: James Paterson, Sha…
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NSW floods: Premier Minns pledges to 'put heat' on insurance companies
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7:22A week on from record-breaking floods on the New South Wales Mid North Coast, the painstaking recovery continues. The Insurance Council of Australia has reclassified the event as an insurance catastrophe, meaning the clean up and recovery is expected to be long-term. Guest: Chris Minns, NSW Premier Producer: Jacqueline Breen…
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AEC says results for battleground seats still days away
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8:03The federal election may be weeks behind us now, but the battle for the marginal seats of Goldstein in Melbourne and Bradfield in Sydney is alive and well. A partial recount in Goldstein kicked off yesterday to determine whether the provisional Liberal member Tim Wilson— who's declared victory over Independent Zoe Daniel — is indeed the winner. Mea…
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The Great Australian Charity Cattle Drive travels through Western Queensland
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7:04All roads lead to Rome but over the next few weeks, the road less travelled will be leading to Roma, Queensland.By Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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'Biggest carbon bomb': Greens slam green light for Woodside's North West Shelf
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6:41The Federal Government's has decided to extend Australia's largest oil and gas project, Woodside's North West Shelf, until 2070. It's taken more than six years to reach this conditional approval which has largely been welcomed by business. But some environmental and Indigenous groups are describing it as a "massive climate bomb". Guest: Larissa Wat…
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Business groups welcome extension of North West Shelf gas project
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5:27The Albanese Government's decision to extend the life of the North West Shelf Gas Project another 45 years to 2070 has been lambasted by climate advocates, Indigenous leaders, and scientists. But the business community has welcomed this decision in the hopes that the extension will boost Australia's economic prosperity. Guest: Bran Black, Chief Exe…
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Young Australians facing barriers in bowel cancer diagnosis
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8:37Australia is now leading the world when it comes to cases of early-onset bowel cancer. But while cases are on the rise, young Australians are finding it difficult to be diagnosed due to their age. Guests: Sarah Graham, Bowel Cancer Australia Young Advocate, and Dr Klay Lamprell, Research Fellow from the Australian Institute of Health Innovation at …
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Cholera outbreak hits Sudan amid deepening humanitarian crisis
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6:28More than 150,000 lives have been claimed by the ongoing conflict in Sudan – which began two years ago when the Sudanese army and the RSF (Rapid Support Forces) began a vicious struggle for power. At present, an estimated 14.9 million people need urgent water and sanitation. The country is ‘on the brink’ of a health disaster following an outbreak o…
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Nicola Packer, with Guardian north of England correspondent, Hannah Al-Othman, describes her four-and-a-half-year ordeal after being prosecuted for having an abortion in the UK. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocusBy The Guardian
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WA launches Stolen Generations redress scheme
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8:35Members of Stolen Generations say a new scheme will help deal with the 'evils' of forced child removals, as Western Australia becomes the latest state to offer payment to survivors. Aboriginal people taken from their families before the early 1970s will be eligible for an $85,000 payment, leaving Queensland as the last state without such a scheme. …
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Changing Australia: Amber Brock-Fabel and giving youth a voice
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11:44How well do policy makers listen to today's youth? When Amber Brock-Fabel was 17, she felt the enormity of decisions being made around her - on the pandemic, climate change, mental health and more. Her sense of disempowerment led her to create South Australia's Youth Forum, a place where youth can raise their voices to power and help key decision m…
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As the war in Gaza escalates, what is the way forward? And is there a political solution on the horizon? Some Israelis and Palestinians still support a lasting peace – and the two state solution. Guests: Gershon Baskin is an Israeli peace activist, and an advisor to Israeli and Palestinian leaders. He worked as a negotiator between Israel and Hamas…
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From drought to destructive winds, it seems farmers in parts of South Australia can barely catch a break from devastating weather. This morning the federal government is set to announce a four-year extension to its Future Drought Fund Communities Program to the tune of $36 million.By Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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NSW flood victims say much more help will be needed
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7:33The prime minister has promised there's more support to come for communities devastated by flooding in New South Wales after announcing a one-off $1000 dollar payment per resident on his tour of the flood zone. Residents, farmers and business owners say much more support will be needed, especially for those who've lost everything to flooding for th…
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Britain has relinquished its last colony in Africa, signing a deal with Mauritius that cedes the sovereignty of the Chagos Islands. But it will be allowed to maintain a highly strategic joint American-British military base on one of the islands for the next century, something its five eyes partners, including Australia have welcomed. So what does t…
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Australia records highest rates of early onset bowel cancer in the world
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6:15Australia has recorded the highest rates of bowel cancer in people aged under 50 in the world. New research from the University of Melbourne has revealed an Australian born in 1990 is now up to three times more likely to develop the disease, compared to someone born in the 1950s. Guest: Professor Mark Jenkins, Head of the Colorectal Cancer Unit at …
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Blockbusters help smash US holiday box office record
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7:32The entertainment industry is celebrating a record-setting start to the northern hemisphere summer movie season, with a bumper Memorial Day weekend box office total of an estimated US $326 million. It's been led by Disney's live-action remake of Lilo & Stitch and Tom Cruise's latest Mission: Impossible movie. But more broadly, ticket sales are larg…
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