Today's headlines include: 

• Nationals leader Matt Canavan has announced he will try to move to the lower house at the next election, not due until 2028.
• Days out from the U.S. midterms, a Democrat in the state of Michigan has formally endorsed a Republican candidate for the Senate.
• Bruce Lehrmann is set to stand trial for rape next year.
• And today’s good news! The country of Barbados has successfully stopped the transmission of HIV from mother to child, according to the World Health Organisation.

Host: Lucy Tassell and Emma Gillespie
Producer: Rosa Bowden

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This is the story of thousands of uni students. They were promised that if they pulled all-nighters, did the internships and put in the extra hours, there’d be a job waiting at the end. But for many young Australians, the graduation gown came off, and the job never came. Last month, the Australian Bureau of Statistics revealed youth unemployment has climbed to 11.1%, the highest it’s been since 2021, when we were grappling with the pandemic. On today’s podcast, we’re going to unpack why young people are being hit so much harder when it comes to unemployment, why it’s not just you struggling to land a job, and how it’s part of a much bigger shift in the job market. Hosts: Avegail Matutina and Billi FitzSimons Producer: Orla Maher Video editors: Avegail Matutina and Imogen Abbott

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Today's headlines include: 

• Erin Patterson has lost her appeal against her murder convictions and instead been re-sentenced to life behind bars without the possibility of parole.
• A man could spend life behind bars after allegedly seeking out military and explosives information in preparation for a terrorist attack.
• Hong Kong leader John Lee has apologised for last year’s deadly apartment tower blaze that killed 168 people in the city’s northern Tai Po district.
• And today’s good news: A surgeon has removed a man’s cancerous prostate while sitting in a different hospital, in the first known robotic telesurgery between two U.S. locations.

Host: Lucy Tassell and Elliot Lawry
Producer: Imogen Abbott

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Next week, Americans will head to the polls for the midterm elections, giving them the chance to vote for the people representing them in Congress. Ahead of that, TDA editor-in-chief Billi attended a Trump rally in Texas to ask young people what they're thinking, feeling and voting for during these elections.

In today's episode, we'll explain what to know about the midterms, and hear from Billi about her experience in Texas.

Hosts: Zara Seidler and Elliot Lawry, with a special guest appearance by Billi FitzSimons

Producer: Imogen Abbott

Executive Producer: Orla Maher

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Today's headlines include: 

• Two high-speed trains have crashed into each other in central Spain, killing at least 68 people and injuring around 80 more.
• South Australia’s Royal Commission into AI has opened up for consultation from the public on the tech’s impact on society.
• Police have closed their investigation into the overdose death of U.S. actor Hayden Panettiere following a coroner's finding that it was accidental.
• And today’s good news! The Wheelchair Rugby League World Cup will begin in Wollongong on Friday.

Host: Lucy Tassell and Emma Gillespie
Producer: Imogen Abbott

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In 2016, 4,724 students enrolled in drama for NSW's Higher School Certificate. Last year, it was 3,192.

And it's not just NSW, the share of Year 12 students taking drama has fallen in every state and territory that publishes the data. The curtain hasn't come down on the subject, but the cast list has been getting shorter.

Today, we look at what researchers, teachers and education departments say is behind it.

Hosts: Sam Koslowski and Emily Donohoe
Producer: Rosa Bowden

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Today's headlines include: 

• Australia’s annual inflation rate rose to 4.3% in September, according to new data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS).
• Australia's biggest listed casino company has been hit with a $260 million fine.
• Exit polls have pointed to a deadlock in Israel’s first election since October 7 2023.
• And today’s good news: A world-first mission is aiming to clean up space junk from earth’s orbit.

Host: Emma Gillespie and Lucy Tassell
Producer: Avegail Matutina

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White Fox, Ghanda, Bec & Bridge, LSKD.

These are the names of some of the biggest fashion brands in Australia. They’re also apparently some of the least ethical.

That’s according to a new report which ranked Aussie fashion brands based on how they treat workers and the planet.

In today’s podcast we’re going to take you through everything the report found, and what the brands included had to say about it.

Host: Elliot Lawry and Zara Seidler

Guest: Jason Daniel, LSKD Founder and CEO

Producer: Rosa Bowden

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Today's headlines include: 

• The Government is trialling giving people the ability to text Triple Zero. If effective, the change would allow people to contact emergency dispatchers in times when a voice call might not be practical.
• Conservative Brazilian Senator Flavio Bolsonaro says police have asked him to turn in his passports, days after the country’s election saw his opponent Lula da Silva return to office.
• Dementia is causing more than one in 10 deaths in Australia, prompting urgent calls for more resources to tackle the disease.
• And today’s good news: Four runners have broken the world record for the fastest crossing of Australia’s east coast on foot, raising over $300,000 to help end child trafficking in the process.

Hosts: Lucy Tassell and Emma Gillespie
Producer: Rosa Bowden

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Two years ago, a concrete canopy collapsed at a train station in Serbia and killed 16 people. On Sunday, the students who protested over it helped bring down a party that’s been in power since many of them were in primary school.

Today, we’ll unpack how youth-led demonstrations mobilised to form a political movement, ultimately becoming a government-in-waiting, and why the rest of Europe is watching.

Host: Emma Gillespie and Zara Seidler
Producer: Rosa Bowden

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Today's headlines include: 

• Emotional tributes have flowed in Canberra for Independent MP Dr Helen Haines, repeatedly described by her colleagues as the "very best of us".
• A multi-state storm band and an unusual weather system has delivered a days-long deluge to parts of Australia with more rain to come.
• Early voting is underway for the New Zealand election which is shaping up to be the closest contest in a generation.
• And today’s good news: Scientists are celebrating 80 years since one of the world’s most important fossil finds was made in South Australia’s Flinders Ranges.

Host: Zara Seidler and Emma Gillespie
Producer: Rosa Bowden

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