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RN Drive - Full program podcast — 85 episodes

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Football diplomacy: PNG joins NRL competition and is it okay to record medical appointments?

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The mysterious salps washing up on a Tasmanian shores and the perils of giving school children prizes

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Is Australia's coal country ready to embrace nuclear and the life saving gift of adult swimming lessons

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Angst and jubiliation on the streets of Syria and who gets the dog (cat, rabbit) when relationships break down?

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Australia's net migration still below pandemic levels and the pronuciation bugbears of 2024

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Australia shifts postition on IsraelI occupation in UN vote and just how good are you at detecting misinformation?

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France's government on the verge of collapse and would you want to know when you were going to die?

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Biden pardons son, Trump threatens 100pc tariffs, plastic treaty talks collapse and what's a workaholic?

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Effort to pass promised legislation goes down to the wire and is Black Friday a con?

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Biden brokered ceasefire begins in Lebanon and does an anxious parent make an anxious child?

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Human Rights Commission launches framework to end racism and the govt pushes ahead with unpopular social media ban

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As the cost-of-living bites, some people are selling their IDs and is it really worth posting that bad review online?

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Netanyahu threatened with arrest and the great coral spawn of 2024

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Regional universities bracing for uncertain future and where are our homes among the gumtrees?

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Australian jailed for seven years in Hong Kong and the wholesome schoolies celebrations

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Coalition to block international student cap and cash is no longer king

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Donald Trump announces more appointments, Myer's Christmas windows launch cancelled and is a minister for loneliness needed?

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Concerns social media ban will leave disabled teens without a voice

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More than 50 tremors recorded in NSW Hunter and why is 'sorry' the hardest word?

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In the fight against mis and disinformation who is arbiter of truth?

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The transition begins for team Trump and what are Australia's most popular sports?

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Govt to pursue a social media ban for under 16s and Trump's legal battles likely to be put on ice

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Donald Trump wins the 2024 US Presidential election

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Queenslands Truth Telling Commission shut down and Don Watson's fear and loathing on the eve of US polls

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Calls grow for MPs to give up lounge perks and Hello Kitty turns 50

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Why Australians shouldn't feel smug about US politics and the suprising health benefits of WW2 sugar rations

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Optus accused of 'unconsciounable' treatment of vulnerable customers and vale Matt Peacock

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NACC to reconsider Robodebt rejection and China's halloween crackdown

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COVID review exposes trust deficit and do the PM's Qantas perks pass the pub test?

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Telcos flick the switch on 3G and is the US Electoral College democratic?

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K-pop, Lydia Thorpe and are book clubs a loneliness cure?

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ASIC sues QBE, The King heads to COGM and is your employer spying on you?

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The Muslim Vote challenges Blaxland and more Australians retiring with debt or not at all

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New guidelines for PFAS levels in drinking water and a significant victory for sacked Qantas ground workers

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Why Yahya Sinwar's death doesn't mean peace for Gaza and

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More tar balls wash up on iconic Sydney beaches and is it ethical to own twenty properties?

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High Speed Rail back on the agenda and is dynamic pricing just misunderstood?

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Government flags crackdown on debit card surcharges and vale George Negus, a giant of Australian journalism

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Millions committed to fight bird flu threat and are we ready to try again for an Australian Republic?

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Vitamin D deficiency on the rise and should young people be taxed less?

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Small business insolvencies surge and Australia's Universities losing their lustre

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Ken Henry calls out our 'cognitive dissonance' over climate threat and Cathy Wilcox on the art of the skewer

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Former Israeli PM Ehud Olmert on a new path to peace in the mid-east and concerns about doctor fast tracking

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Planning begins for dreaded arrival of H5N1 and the password fails leaving us all vulnerable

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Palestinian protestors told to stay at home on Oct 7 and female jockeys on the rise

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The ABC faces a reckoning after release of racism review and Queensland's election race begins

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Lebanese Australian protestors investigated for Hezbollah flags and the UK turns off it's last coal fired power plant

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Netanyahu's New York snub and are we too hard on campervanning nomads?

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In or out? Still no clarity on the Government's plans for negative gearing and getting your kit off for art

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Government slammed of coal expansions and the misfortune of malapropisms

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Taiwan makes a pitch for UN membership and why experiencing nostalgia is good for you

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Supermarket giants feel the sting of scrutiny and a massive surge in people dipping into super for medical procedures

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Rex Patrick joins the Jacqui Lambie network and are online algorithms really delivering us true love?

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Govt help to buy schemes show mixed success and is it ever okay to lie on your CV?

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Israel suspected of launching brazen attack on Hezbollah and Michelle Rowland on gambling reform

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Help To Buy push sinks in the Senate and why you should care about US politics

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Libertarian party wins big in NSW Council elections and scientists unpack mysterious nine day earthquake

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Proposal to weigh children in school panned and could the Taliban be about to ban cricket?

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Greens MP defends decision to join anti-war protests and the law finally catches up with Apollo Quiboloy

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New suicide prevention strategy shifts focus to causes and the govt looks for ban social media for children

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The veteran suicide Royal Commission delivers its final report and could crematoriums power our homes?

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Protecting our favourite surf breaks, concerns about looting at Sudan's National Museum and down on the track at Birdsville

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Australia's great gas dilemma and master of the zinger, Bill Shorten, quitting politics

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Chinese students taking up Australian studies and the twelve simple questions to test brain health?

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Govt accused of being 'gutless' over EPA laws and former CFMEU leaders launch anticipated legal action

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Cartoonist Michael Leunig embracing 'exhilaration' of redundancy and the boss who wants to hold his workers 'captive'

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Concerns Australians being preyed upon by 'vulture fund litigants' and the little boy who broke the vase

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Labor wipeout in the Top End and calls for speed limit reductions to halt surging road toll

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Kamala's nomination confirmed, hospitalities Me Too moment and is the pen mightier than the keyboard?

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Elon's big mouth killing Tesla's vibe and penguins in mourning

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National Cabinet agrees on NDIS reforms and a MAGA devotees' journey to the other side

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No blood. no job testing under scrutiny and Aussie Olympic cyclist ditches us for the Mother Country

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$135 million donation to fight childhood cancer and what does healthy soil sound like?

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Scientists identify peak ageing years, music from Khruangbin and just how are breakdancers scored?

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AOC threatens legal action over 'Raygun' petition, NSW Libs despair over nomination debacle and surgeons told to put the knee knives away

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Betting giants learning tricks from big tobacco, the messy truth about AI and Ukraine puts boots on the ground in Russia

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Parents still selling sexualised images of their children, Japanese banjo and how good are books?

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Calls for clarity over on a Future Made in Australia, Qlds nationalization gamble and tourists shun Paris Olympics

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PM accused of 'walking away' from Makarrata, a sharemarket rout and Cameron McEvoy upends the swimming establishment

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Dramatic prisoner exchange between Russia and the west, how food influences your mood and the social media Olympics

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New guidelines for GPs on stopping antidepressants, consent education now compulsory in NSW and farewell Tony Gustavsson

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Virgin extends lifeline to Rex, disability advocates 'devastated' with RC response and the warped world of school fundraising

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Legionnaires alarm in Melbourne, Paris pooh-poohs Seine swim over pollution concerns and no, cortisol is not making you fat

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Greens claim Australian made drone gun exported to Israel, mother jailed for forcing daughter into murderous marriage and Qld's Double Island set for a makeover