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We want to hear from you! Please complete our survey: 2025 ABC News Daily Audience Survey Chip making giant Nvidia’s value hit $5 trillion US last week, a milestone that just a few years ago was unthinkable. Two other tech giants have hit the $4 trillion US mark as excitement about the promise of AI drives investor interest.  But in an uncertain world are the sky-high valuations sustainable, or a...

We want to hear from you! Please complete our survey: 2025 ABC News Daily Audience Survey The Coalition’s climate policies have been under review since its drubbing at the last election. But now that the Nationals have struck first, deciding to abandon a commitment to reach net zero emissions by 2050, there’s big pressure on Sussan Ley’s leadership of the Liberal Party. Will the Liberals follow th...

We want to hear from you! Please complete our survey: 2025 ABC News Daily Audience Survey Zohran Mamdani is a young, Muslim, Democratic socialist who’s a relative political novice.  But he could become the next mayor of New York City, despite a challenge from former Democratic Party governor Andrew Cuomo.  What are his policies and does he present a challenge to the politics of the president Donal...

We want to hear from you! Please complete our survey: 2025 ABC News Daily Audience Survey There’s been hope of a November interest rate cut to coincide with the Melbourne Cup for months, but with inflation rising again, it seems all bets are off. What have the three rate cuts already granted this year done to house prices?  Today, ABC finance commentator Alan Kohler looks at what’s happening in th...

Vast reserves of Australian critical minerals will be mined, processed and exported under a deal the prime minister has struck with US President Donald Trump.  But Australia’s already exporting plenty of zirconium to China and it can be used in everything from bathroom tiles to missiles and nuclear reactors.  Today, Four Corners reporter Angus Grigg reveals how Australian critical minerals could e...

Home invasions, stabbing attacks and carjackings. A wave of serious and violent crimes in Victoria have sparked concern about safety in the state.  But is it right for the federal opposition leader to label Melbourne ‘the crime capital of Australia’? Today, ABC Melbourne Mornings presenter Raf Epstein on what’s going on in the nation’s second most populous state and the divisive political debate a...

Kamala Harris is back on your screens. The former vice-president is out spruiking her memoir 107 Days, which unpacks her 2024 race for the US presidency, but she’s also testing the waters to see if she could run again. Today, 7.30 host Sarah Ferguson on her Australian exclusive, and at times testy, interview with the former vice-president. Featured:  Sarah Ferguson, host of the ABC’s 7.30 program

The cost of medical treatments and dental work in Australia can be exorbitant.  So it’s no wonder more people are accessing their superannuation funds early to pay for things like IVF and desperately dentist bills.  It’s understandable and allowed in certain circumstances, but there are concerns that some providers are exploiting the system.  Today, ABC reporter Celina Edmonds on her investigation...

Donald Trump is on the move and throwing his weight around in Asia. But will the US president have the upper hand when he sits down with Chinese President Xi Jinping later this week? He wants to do a deal on everything from trade to nuclear weapons and he isn't too concerned about China's plans for Taiwan.  Today, ABC global affairs editor Laura Tingle from Kuala Lumpur on why Trump won’t be the m...

Warning: This story contains distressing themes including discussion of child sexual abuse.  ABC journalist Adele Ferguson has spent months investigating Australia’s childcare industry and her findings are devastating.   She’s exposed a broken system, where profit so often comes before the safety of children and where the most vulnerable are abused and mistreated.   Today, Adele on her latest Four...

Ahead of his election Donald Trump promised to deport millions of undocumented immigrants.  The surge by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in cities like Chicago has seen people plucked off the street, pending deportation, with agents even targeting churches and schools.  Today, Caitlin Dickerson, staff writer at The Atlantic, on how the president’s campaign is set to ramp up. Featured:  C...

He’s decided he won’t call himself a duke anymore, but Prince Andrew is still a prince, living in a 30 bedroom mansion on the grounds of Windsor Castle. So, when, if ever, will he be held accountable for his association with the sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and his alleged abuse of Virginia Giuffre, whose harrowing memoir has been released this week.  Today, ABC royal commentator, Juliet Rieden, o...

Anthony Albanese’s meeting with Donald Trump went pretty smoothly, with AUKUS, a minerals deal and the Australia-US relationship all receiving strong backing.  But past comments about President Trump from Kevin Rudd, Australia’s ambassador to the United States, ended up being the biggest point of contention and amusement.  In the prime minister’s first White House meeting with the president, a mul...

Could Barnaby Joyce end up leading Pauline Hanson’s One Nation party? It might be exactly what the MP has his eyes on as talk of his defection from the Nationals intensifies.  Today, Melissa Clarke, political correspondent for Radio National Breakfast, on what Barnaby is up to and why.  Featured:  Melissa Clarke, Radio National Breakfast political correspondent

AI chatbots have come a long way and can be pretty helpful. But do they make good therapists?  More young people are turning to chatbots to seek personal mental health advice. Today, psychiatrist Andrew Clark, who’s been testing the technology, reveals the good, bad and the ugly when a robot becomes a therapist. Featured:  Andrew Clark, US-based psychiatrist

Tesla boss Elon Musk could become the world’s first trillionaire after his net worth surpassed $500 billion this month.  But is there a problem with the concentration of so much wealth in the hands of so few people and what is it doing to our societies?  Today, Professor Carl Rhodes, author of Stinking Rich: The Four Myths of the Good Billionaire, on why we need to stop the rich getting richer.  F...

Just days ago, Donald Trump declared we were in the midst of the historic dawn of a new Middle East. But already the peace plan is in doubt, with the US president warning Hamas will be disarmed, perhaps 'violently' if the group fails to do so on its own. Today, Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib, a Palestinian-American and senior fellow with the Atlantic Council on what Hamas is doing to cling to power. Feature...

Why did the government cave to pressure over its superannuation tax changes for the richest Australians?  The Treasurer Jim Chalmers has revealed two major changes in response to critics, introducing indexing on the $3 million threshold and dropping a plan to tax unrealised gains.  He says the government’s new plan achieves the same objective in making the system more equitable, but how will it wo...

Donald Trump says the war is over. And with the US president now in the Middle East to continue peace talks, there is great hope he’s right. Today, Jonathan Panikoff, director of the Scowcroft Middle East Security initiative at the Atlantic Council, on the release of the hostages and what needs to happen next to ensure the war has ended for good. Featured: Jonathan Panikoff, director of the Scowcr...

We all know Donald Trump is wealthy, but how much richer has he become since returning to the White House at the start of the year?  That’s a question the ABC’s Americas Editor John Lyons posed to the president last month, in a testy exchange that ended with one word from Trump: ‘quiet’.  Today, John Lyons on his Four Corners investigation into Donald Trump’s billions, his family’s business dealin...

Has US President Donald Trump actually brought an end to the war in Gaza? After months of negotiations there’s been a breakthrough, with Hamas agreeing to release the remaining Israeli hostages as part of the first phase of a peace deal. Today, international relations expert Rajan Menon on what we know so far, and whether this could be the end to hostilities. Featured:  Rajan Menon, professor emer...

It’s been more than six weeks since Dezi Freeman allegedly shot and killed two police officers in Victoria and there’s still been no sight of him. While the manhunt continues, police in Western Australia are taking action, swooping on people in the so-called sovereign citizen movement and confiscating their guns. Today, Kaz Ross, a researcher into far-right ideology and extremism, on whether other...

Donald Trump says America is in armed conflict with drug cartels. The US President has ordered the military to strike “narco-terrorists” in boats off the Venezuela coast, with no questions asked. Today, Rachel VanLandingham, a former active-duty judge advocate in the US Air Force and law professor at Southwestern Law School in LA, on just how scary that is. Featured:  Rachel VanLandingham, former...

Andrew Hastie has been seen as leadership material ever since he entered the parliament a decade ago. But are his right-wing beliefs, which have brought the likes of Nigel Farage to prominence in the UK, attractive to enough voters here?  Today, Tony Barry, a former Liberal Party strategist and director at RedBridge Group, on Andrew Hastie’s resignation from the Coalition front bench, and whether...

What happens if a financial planner takes your savings and gambles them away?  They could go to jail, but you won’t be getting your money back. The bookies get to keep the gambling losses, even when it’s the proceeds of crime.  Today, reporter Steve Cannane on his Four Corners investigation into the actions of the betting firms and why the federal government has been slow to take the industry on. ...