EPISODE · Apr 30, 2026 · 54 MIN
LIV and let die — Saudi Arabia calls time on its billion dollar golf experiment
from The Radio National Hour · host Australian Broadcasting Corporation
The Antisemitism and Social Cohesion Royal Commission has handed down its interim findings, calling for better police protection of Jewish communities and events and a review of counterterrorism protocols. The CEO of the NSW Jewish Board of Deputies Michele Goldman says its a good first step. It was the play-thing of a cashed up Kingdom, now after tipping billions into the breakaway golf tournament, Saudi Arabia is pulling its funding from LIV. So, if the big money goes, will the players stay and will they be welcomed back? Former pro-golfer Nick O'Hern says the franchise idea was always going to be a hard sell. A cancer diagnosis is life-changing. UNSW academics Louise Chappell & Na’ama Carlin and the late Siobhan O’Sullivan collaborated to write a new book Being Patient inspired by their own diagnoses and experiences. The argue that cancer sufferers need to stop being 'nice' or 'good' patients and invite their doctors to speak frankly about life and death.
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The Antisemitism and Social Cohesion Royal Commission has handed down its interim findings, calling for better police protection of Jewish communities and events and a review of counterterrorism protocols. The CEO of the NSW Jewish Board of Deputies Michele Goldman says its a good first step. It was the play-thing of a cashed up Kingdom, now after tipping billions into the breakaway golf tournament, Saudi Arabia is pulling its funding from LIV. So, if the big money goes, will the players stay and will they be welcomed back? Former pro-golfer Nick O'Hern says the franchise idea was always going to be a hard sell. A cancer diagnosis is life-changing. UNSW academics Louise Chappell & Na’ama Carlin and the late Siobhan O’Sullivan collaborated to write a new book Being Patient inspired by their own diagnoses and experiences. The argue that cancer sufferers need to stop being 'nice' or 'good' patients and invite their doctors to speak frankly about life and death.
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