Rn Drive - Separate Stories Podcast

Australia's newly-sworn in Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has spent his second day in the job attending the QUAD security dialogue in Tokyo - meeting with the leaders of the United States, Japan and India. Beijing's swift move to send a letter of congratulations to the new government, parting with close to two-and-a-half years of giving the cold shoulder, suggests an openness to improving relations. Guest: John McCarthy, former Australian Diplomat

A good photo can capture the mood of a moment, but a great photograph tells us something deeper: it layers history and emotion and can change our understanding of the world. When Covid broke out in New York, Philip Montgomery was in the public hospitals and the funeral homes, capturing the moment. When protests broke out over the death of black men and women by police violence, Philip was there to cover it and was shot with rubber bullets for his troubles. In the Drawing Room, he talks about his new monograph and exhibition, American Mirror.

New Prime Minister Anthony Albanese wants to use the Quad meeting to send a message to the world. But how will Australia's new approach to climate change, while also maintaining its regional friendships and alliances, be received throughout the region?

The rise of the Greens and the teal independents, who stood on a platform of demanding more action on climate change, is consistent with voters putting climate change at the top of their election priorities. What does that mean for coal and gas in Australia?

Global health authorities are starting to raise the monkeypox alarm, with cases springing up in non-endemic countries like the US, Spain and Australia. Earlier today, Belgium announced a 3-week mandatory quarantine, the first nation to do so.

ABC's Chief Election Analyst unpacks Saturday's 'seismic shift' in Australia's political landscape.

The election result delivered a clear mandate to the Government to establish a federal integrity commission. Doing so was a dominate part of Labor's campaign, Anthony Albanese pledging to introduce legislation to establish one before the end of the year. Guest: Helen Haines, Independent Member for Indi

Australia's newly sworn in 31st Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will seek to outline the party's more ambitious climate policy at the Quad leaders meeting in Tokyo. The electorate's desire for stronger action on climate change was highlighted by the increase in climate conscious independents and Greens MPs on the crossbench. Guest: Chris Bowen, Incoming Climate Change and Energy Minister

His beautiful voice and remarkable cover versions brought him a devoted following online, but it's his own songs that have turned Teddy Swims into a burgeoning superstar, with a sound that's a throwback to the classic moments of soul. In the Drawing Room, Teddy Swims talks about his path to music and the promises he's made and kept, to himself and to his friends.

This week we're asking the tough questions on Election 2022 - from the policies, to the people and the unpredictable moments caught on camera.

Earlier this week, the US Congress held its first hearing in 50 years into unidentified flying objects, but authorities are still holding their cards close to its chest about what they might know.

Happy election eve! We've made it to the end of a gruelling six-week campaign, relatively unscathed...but maybe a little worse for wear! To help unravel the week that was here's Associate Editor and columnist for the Australian Jenna Clarke and Political reporter at Guardian Australia and bulldozer junior, Paul Karp.

How much say should corporations have in our fundamental rights as a society? And whether or not you agree with the stands they take, are there dangers in letting businesses be in a position to dictate our moral choices? In the Drawing Room, Professor Carl Rhodes discusses his book, Woke Capitalism, and the problems that occur when governments cede the debate around issues like climate change and equal rights to businesses who might talk a good game, but have their own interests at heart.

We've seen very clearly in this election campaign how transgender rights has become a divisive issue for the Liberal party following the controversial comments by the Liberal candidate for Warringah Katherine Deves. Now some young trans people are working to reclaim the narrative with a new 15-part documentary series, called TransAthletica, that's about to be released on the social media platform, TikTok.

Australia's unemployment rate has dropped to its lowest level since then - since 1974. Meanwhile abroad as stagflation makes investors feel jittery we've seen the shares on Wall Street record the biggest drop in almost two years. So what are the repercussions for here?

The National Party's Member for Gippsland has defended his decision to remain in the party, despite widely publicised friction with the federal party's leader. Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce is seen as an asset in parts of the country but has been notably absent from others as the party seeks to hold onto Nicholls, one of the safest seats in the country. Guest: Darren Chester, Nationals Member for Gippsland

The Opposition has released its election costings, a plan that would see budget deficits increase by $7.4bn over four years. Labor's Shadow Treasurer Jim Chalmers argues that's a modest increase while the Prime Minister Scott Morrison says more restraint is needed. Guest: Katy Gallagher, Shadow Finance Minister

Every year there are a handful of books that cross from literary masterpiece into cultural touchstone. Hanya Yanagihara's second novel, A Little Life, was one of those novels and catapulted her onto the world stage. Her latest work, To Paradise, takes readers into relationships in the present, the future and an alternate imagined past of America and looks at how the country's image of itself stacks up to the reality.

The UK Government overnight announced plans to introduce laws which would override a key part of its Brexit deal with the European Union, The Northern Ireland Protocol. UK foreign Secretary Liz Truss has labelled aspects of the Protocol recklessly destabilising and irresponsible. The EU has responded to UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson's threats of unilateral changes by warning Brussels would respond with all measures at its disposal - potentially meaning trade measures and tariffs could be applied. Guest: Duncan Morrow, Professor of politics at Ulster University

The wild west of crypto trading is now becoming more accessible for traditional investors, after the first home-grown electronic transfer funds launched last week. While the market debut was heralded as a watershed moment, it couldn't have come at a worse time, with bitcoin trading at a six-month low, and high-profile stocks losing more than half their value.