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Sir Gerard Brennan served as the 10th Chief Justice of the High Court of Australia, the highest judicial position in the country. He was involved in several landmark cases, including the famous Mabo v Queensland (No 2) (1992) decision. This case overturned the concept of "terra nullius" (land belonging to no one) and recognised the native title rights of Indigenous Australians for the first time u...

Behrouz Boochani was locked in Naura for more than half a decade after fleeing the Iranian Revolutionary Guard (IRGC). Now, that group will be designated a terrorist organisation by the Australian government. Meanwhile, in the United States, the Trump administration is sacking librarians and deleting public archives. Oxford librarian Richard Ovenden, is the author of "Burning the Books: A History...

Ian Dunt looks at Nigel Farage's scare campaign on migration in the UK, Al Jazeera plus' Managing Director, Dima Khatib, speaks out about the huge number of journalists Israel has killed in Gaza, and, as the price of gold hits new heights, LNL traces its history and its continuing allure.

Liberal leader Sussan Ley condemned the weekend's anti immigration protests, but CLP Senator Jacinta Nampijinpa Price supported them. Meanwhile the government has signed a $400million deportation deal with Nauru. Plus what is Project Esther and why do they think Hamas has infiltrated Australia?  And a new history argues that the dandy was often a working-class irritant, subverting class structures...

The 2025 federal election marked the most significant electoral defeat in the history of the Liberal–National Coalition, with the party reduced to just 43 seats. The result was widely attributed to strategic missteps, internal divisions, and a failure to connect with a changing electorate. Almost four months on, where does the future lie for the Liberal Party?  GUESTS: Judith Brett, Emeritus Profe...

Robyn Williams looks back at fifty years of broadcasting The Science Show on ABC Radio National. Plus, why the tech tycoons of Silicon Valley love the philosophy of French literary scholar Rene Girard.   

From the USA, Bruce Shapiro on the latest deportation attempts against Kilmar Ábrego García, the FBI raid on John Bolton, and the twentieth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. Then to Palestine, where the leader of the Palestinian Authority, Mahmoud Abbas, is 89 and deeply unpopular. As Australia and other Western states move towards a recognition of a Palestinian state, what could that future Pales...

Anna Henderson from SBS World News looks at the Nationals' attempt to repeal their net zero emissions target and what that means for the Coalition's energy and environment policy credibility. Sudan is facing the worst humanitarian crisis in the world, with 25 million people hungry and the largest number of displaced people as their civil war has no end in sight. And, three years since the federal...

Drawing on her expertise in mental health and trauma studies, Palestinian psychiatrist, Doctor Samah Jabr, explores how the trauma of displacement and conflict continues to shape Palestinian lives. And why wool became one of the most important commodities for militaries across the globe.

John Menadue has been at the heart of Australian public life for over fifty years, working for the Whitlam, Fraser and Hawke governments. He oversaw the effective end to Australia's White Australia Policy, was CEO of Qantas and set up the Centre for Policy Development. In the media he ran The Australian for Rupert Murdoch, launched the online weekly New Matilda and founded the influential public p...

Columnist Ian Dunt on the UK & European scramble to support Zelenskyy and Ukraine at the White House, after Trump's meeting with Putin in Alaska. After two years behind bars, the former PM of Pakistan Imran Khan remains defiant, but at what cost? Plus, should lost buildings be rebuilt, replicated, or left in ruins?  

Laura Tingle assesses the meeting between Presidents Trump and Putin and where President Zelenskyy fits in the negotiations. A world-first bilateral climate mobility program, will see Tuvalu citizens have the right to apply for Australian visas. Plus the curious and often hilarious origins of British surnames. 

A new documentary looks at how the evangelical movement began in the US, spread to South America, paved the way for the presidency of Jair Bolsonaro and now poses the threat of a national theocracy. And the last letters of French Resistance fighters before they were executed by the Nazis in World War Two

Acclaimed US journalists and podcast collaborators with The Atlantic Hanna Rosin and Lauren Ober join David Marr in-studio to discuss the MAGA women who love Trump, the state of the media in post-insurrection America, and the importance of complex human storytelling in journalism.  Guests: Hanna Rosin and Lauren Ober, co-hosts of the podcast We Live Here Now . Hanna is also Senior Editor at the At...

Bruce Shapiro looks at the man behind Donald Trump's immigration policy, Stephen Miller. The increasing pressure on Egypt to take action on Gaza. Plus how deer went feral. 

Australia has announced its recognition of Palestinian statehood, joining a growing number of countries supporting a two-state solution. And historian Shayne Breen, traces the 40,000 years of Aboriginal exploration, land settlement and hunting practices in Tasmania

US debt is now at a level that some economists call "the death zone". Donald Trump is hoping his tariffs will help, but Satyajit Das thinks disaster is looming.  Plus a century since Adolf Hitler wrote Mein Kampf  in prison, John Kampfner  looks at its impact in Germany and beyond. 

Eighty years since Hiroshima a nuclear expert says deterrence policies are no longer enough to deal with the increasing prospect of nuclear escalation. Plus inside London's exclusive clubs - how much have they changed since they were the illegal gambling dens of the eighteenth century? 

Ian Dunt looks at the backlash to UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer's intention to recognise Palestine. The bombs have stopped on the Thai-Cambodia border but how long can peace last? Plus why the global trade of beef and livestock remains a source of risk and anxiety forty years since the mad cow disease outbreak. 

After nearly ten years, Late Night Live has changed its tune. Annabel Crabb reflects on the lessons for Australian politicians after the Sydney Harbour bridge walk for Gaza plus Anne Applebaum on Ukraine's corruption issues and the next round of ceasefire talks with Russia.

Israel is using AI to track and target Hamas operatives - and those around them. Ukraine is efficiently deploying cheap drones against the military might of Russia. Both conflicts show us how quickly warfare is changing, according to acclaimed New Yorker writer Dexter Filkins. And just when you thought you knew the story of the Titanic, we hear about an overlooked group of passengers. There were e...

The Director of Pompeii Archaeological Park Gabriel Zuchtriegel shares some of the latest discoveries from the buried Roman city, as new areas are excavated for the first time.  Plus, the Australian adventures of Hollywood writer Zane Grey, who hunted sharks and other game fish in 1930s Australia. 

Bruce Shapiro on how the ghost of Jeffrey Epstein is haunting US President Donald Trump. Editor-in-chief of the Jerusalem Post, Zvika Klein, on the disappearance of the Left in Israeli politics. Plus, the fight to preserve Iraq's magnificent marshlands, drying out due to climate change. 

Annabel Crabb looks at why the Coalition is refusing to condemn the starvation of people in Gaza by Israel and why they are walking away from net zero. And acclaimed Irish journalist Fintan O'Toole examines Donald Trump's presidency, seven months in. 

Former Liberal leader John Hewson says after two years the National Anti-Corruption Commission has failed in its mission to properly investigate allegations of systemic corruption. Plus how US President Theodore Roosevelt's sons introduced the panda to the West.