RN Drive - Separate stories podcast

Nov 20 2024 245 ep. 10 mins 655
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RN Drive takes you behind the day’s headlines, with an engaging mix of current affairs, analysis, arts and culture from across Australia and around the world.

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Class action launched against WA & NSW indigenous child removals

Nov 20 2024 7 mins  
More indigenous children than ever are being removed from their families at a rate almost 11 times that of non-indigenous children.

Why are wrapped potatoes cheaper than unwrapped ones?

Nov 20 2024 6 mins  
Some supermarkets are charging shoppers more for loose fresh produce than produce wrapped in plastic.

Sydney marred by anti-Semitic attacks

Nov 20 2024 6 mins  
Residents of Woollahra in Sydney’s eastern suburbs were violently awakened overnight when cars were set alight and vandalised and buildings defaced with anti-Semitic slogans.

Sydney train strike called off for now

Nov 20 2024 5 mins  
The NSW Premier Chris Minns has confirmed industrial action - for Sydney trains - is off for tomorrow and this weekend following talks with rail union officials at state parliament this afternoon.

Australian teen dies in methanol poisoning tragedy in Laos

Nov 20 2024 7 mins  
A Melbourne family have suffered an unfathomable loss today, with Thai police confirming that Australian teenager Bianca Jones has died in hospital after consuming drinks laced with methanol in Laos.

What do we lose, if we lose privacy?

Nov 20 2024 18 mins  
Lowry Pressly argues that privacy is not just the key to a safe existence, but a meaningful one. He explains how the word oblivion relates to our idea of privacy.

BIG TECH: Is your medical data safe with X and could Google be broken up?

Nov 20 2024 8 mins  
People are uploading their medical scans, including X-rays, MRIs and CT scans to X's artificial intelligence chat bot Grok, with the hope of training the chatbot so well, it eventually could be used as a second medical opinion. What could go wrong?

Future Fund's investment mandate to be overhauled

Nov 20 2024 10 mins  
The investment mandate for Australia's $230 billion sovereign wealth fund is being rewritten, with the federal government wanting the Future Fund to invest in housing, the energy transition and infrastructure.

Forensic Architecture analysis submitted as evidence in genocide case against Israel

Nov 19 2024 11 mins  
South Africa has submitted a stream of documents to the International Court of Justice in the Hague, hoping to prove that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza. It's an accusation that Israel vehemently denies, claiming the assaults are necessary for it to defend itself.

'It will have devastating impacts': regional universities say foreign student visa rules must change

Nov 19 2024 9 mins  
The Coalition has snookered the government by joining with the Greens in opposing a bill that would have placed caps on the number of international students invited to study in Australia.