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EPISODE · Apr 23, 2026 · 54 MIN

Sting takes us back to his childhood in new musical

from The Radio National Hour · host Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Sting, the rock legend who fronted The Police, is now in Brisbane performing a musical he wrote based on his childhood experiences in a 1950s English, shipbuilding town. The Last Ship takes Sting back to the yard where his father and grandfather worked right up until it's last days. One of Australia’s leading experts on Motor Neurone Disease, Dr Dominic Rowe, discusses his new research revealing that if you live in Tasmania or South Australia, you have a higher chance of dying from this devastating disease which kills two Australians every day The high stakes, multi-million dollar Kyle and Jackie-O court case has a new twist. New radio figures show the pair’s explosive exit from the airwaves has barely shifted the ratings.

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Sting, the rock legend who fronted The Police, is now in Brisbane performing a musical he wrote based on his childhood experiences in a 1950s English, shipbuilding town. The Last Ship takes Sting back to the yard where his father and grandfather worked right up until it's last days.  One of Australia’s leading experts on Motor Neurone Disease, Dr Dominic Rowe, discusses his new research revealing that if you live in Tasmania or South Australia, you have a higher chance of dying from this devastating disease which kills two Australians every day  The high stakes, multi-million dollar Kyle and Jackie-O court case has a new twist. New radio figures show the pair’s explosive exit from the airwaves has barely shifted the ratings.

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