Synopsis
Saturday Extra brings you a lively array of stories and features covering a range of topics including international politics and business. One single audio file of each program - good for continuous listening.
Episodes
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![80 years since the bombing of Darwin Is disorder the new international order? and The Pick]()
80 years since the bombing of Darwin; 'Is disorder the new international order?' and The Pick
18/02/2022 Duration: 01h24minPlus Gonski funding ten years and is bigger government needed?
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![The Quad counters China Class warfare in Australia and the history of the womens pool]()
The Quad counters China; Class warfare in Australia and the history of the women's pool
11/02/2022 Duration: 01h24minplus what makes a top stock picker and 'dynamic' covid zero in Hong Kong
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![Reserve Bank in the firing line A Foreign Affair and the chequered history of great public libraries]()
Reserve Bank in the firing line; A Foreign Affair and the chequered history of great public libraries
04/02/2022 Duration: 01h24min -
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![The Next Generations Australia and Why the West failed in Afghanistan]()
The Next Generation's Australia and Why the West failed in Afghanistan
17/12/2021 Duration: 01h23minPlus, where the next waves of migration might take us; John Denton, Secretary General of the International Chamber of Commerce, on the role of business in tackling some of the world's biggest problems; and Politicians' Picks - three politicians join us with their recommendations for reading, watching and listening this summer.
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![Cancel culture or rebalance? Plus, A Foreign Affair: Year in Review]()
Cancel culture or rebalance? Plus, A Foreign Affair: Year in Review
03/12/2021 Duration: 01h16minAnd a history of appeasement analogies in defence rhetoric; Plus, can our gum trees withstand climate change?
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![What are the governments strengths and weaknessed heading into next years election?]()
What are the government's strengths and weaknessed heading into next year's election?
26/11/2021 Duration: 01h15minPlus, the geopolitics influencing the unrest in Solomon Islands, the future of Australia's casinos, and the rascals and rebels who shaped the modern tax system.
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![What can Labor bring to the election campaign?]()
What can Labor bring to the election campaign?
19/11/2021 Duration: 01h15minPlus, Anne Applebaum on the Belarus-Poland border crisis; developing and protecting Australia's critical technologies; the tricky science of trigger warnings; and the rise of female share investors.
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![Navigating conflicts of interest Crypto comes of age]()
Navigating conflicts of interest; Crypto comes of age
12/11/2021 Duration: 01h17minPlus, how unshakeable is President Xi Jinping's power? Veterans pull in the harvest, and charting the relationship between two cultures in Western Australia.
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![Banking on green, Macron under pressure and the great resignation?]()
Banking on green, Macron under pressure and the 'great resignation'?
05/11/2021 Duration: 01h15minPlus crisis looms in Ethiopia and our November edition of The Pick: things to read, watch and listen to.
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![Australias pivot to India Facebook rebrands to META and why is submarine building in a shambles?]()
Australia's pivot to India; Facebook rebrands to META and why is submarine building in a shambles?
29/10/2021 Duration: 01h15min -
![PNG faces a Delta crisis and Gareth Evans on 30 years of peace in Cambodia]()
PNG faces a Delta crisis and Gareth Evans on 30 years of peace in Cambodia
22/10/2021 Duration: 01h15minPlus, the aims of the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow, the plan to get one million Australians into tech jobs and Peter FitzSimons on Australia's greatest unknown explorer.
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![Moves towards sustainable housing and the hollowing out of the Australian public service]()
Moves towards sustainable housing and the hollowing out of the Australian public service
15/10/2021 Duration: 01h15minPlus, political and religious developments in the Middle East, the politics of net zero in the regions and Gillian Tett on using anthropology more flexibly.
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![Southeast Asias pandemic waste crisis and George Blake: The happy traitor]()
Southeast Asia's pandemic waste crisis and George Blake: The happy traitor
08/10/2021 Duration: 01h15minPlus, supply chain woes as we head towards Christmas, the Afghan evacuees starting their new lives in Australia and recommendations for reading, watching and listening this month.
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![The diplomatic challenges of AUKUS and Ian Goldin on building a better post-pandemic world]()
The diplomatic challenges of AUKUS and Ian Goldin on building a better post-pandemic world
01/10/2021 Duration: 01h24minPlus, a farewell to Gladys Berejiklian, Lin Hatfield Dodds on systems leadership and steering Australia's oldest charity The Benevolent Society, where you can go to build your digital skills and the history of radio as a tool of female empowerment in Australia.
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![Fresh ideas to fix the housing crisis and a deep dive into changes in China]()
Fresh ideas to fix the housing crisis and a deep dive into changes in China
24/09/2021 Duration: 01h15minPlus, are children orphaned by Covid-19 being left behind? And Australia's changing role in the Pacific.
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![Political ramifications of AUKUS, tackling transitions in the Hunter, and Germany farewells Angela Merkel]()
Political ramifications of AUKUS, tackling transitions in the Hunter, and Germany farewells Angela Merkel
17/09/2021 Duration: 01h15minPlus, Lebanon's crumbling healthcare system and improving adult literacy in Australia
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![20 years on, how MV Tampa and the 9/11 attacks have shaped Australia and the United States]()
20 years on, how MV Tampa and the 9/11 attacks have shaped Australia and the United States
10/09/2021 Duration: 01h16minPlus, upheaval in Japanese politics and the enduring appeal of Roger Federer.
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![Are our hospitals equipped to handle a COVID outbreak? Foreign correspondent Nick Bryant on life at a crossroads]()
Are our hospitals equipped to handle a COVID outbreak? Foreign correspondent Nick Bryant on life at a crossroads
03/09/2021 Duration: 01h14minPlus, the fight to stop Silicon Valley giants from dominating the Australian electronic payments sector. And, recommendations for entertaining and enlightening things to read, watch and listen to this month.
