RN Drive - Separate stories podcast

A US election post-mortem with journalist and author of 'An American in Oz' Sara James and former Australian ambassador to the US Kim Beazley. 

President Trump has boasted he could end the war in Ukraine in 24 hours but presumably to do that he’d have to be able to get Russia’s President Vladimir Putin on the phone.

Just days after federal police raided the offices of PwC as part of an ongoing investigation into the firm’s tax leaks scandal, a final report from a joint inquiry into the structure of the big four consulting firms has been tabled in parliament.

President-elect Donald Trump has said he plans to make America “the crypto capital of the planet” and “bitcoin superpower” once he takes office next year. GUEST: Paul Mozur, Global Tech Correspondent, New York Times

The federal government has announced today that it wants to ban children under 16 from social media with it set take the issue to National Cabinet on Friday.

Donald Trump's legal issues could go away now he's been re-elected president: legal experts 

The black balls which shut down beaches in Sydney last month and stumped authorities are "disgusting" lumps of human faeces, drugs and PFAS chemicals, according to detailed analysis by researchers. 

Hong Kong publisher and pro-democracy campaigner Jimmy Lai has been in a Hong Kong jail since his 2020 arrest and is now on trial for allegedly breaching national security law. 

Writer Sonya Voumard's new autobiography details life with constant tremors in her hands -  a movement disorder called Dystonia. 

Trump claims victory in historic US election, with election key priority for voters

A new America under Donald Trump

With 92% of the vote counted Republican nominee Donald Trump now has a clear path to victory … and the predicted Blue Wall looks likely to crumble.    GUEST: Bruce E Cain is a Professor of Political Science at Stanford University.

“Not the path we were hoping for”: hopes fading for a Democrat win in US election 

More than 82 million ballots were cast during early voting periods before Election Day and now all eyes are on five of the seven crucial swing states as Harris and Trump try to claim the 270 electoral votes needed to win.  GUEST: Matt Bevan, Host of the ABC's If You're Listening: America’s Last Election live from Washington, D.C. 

According to a report from the Australian Taxation Office, Australians are missing out on billions of dollars in lost and unclaimed money, with a significant portion tied up in superannuation accounts. GUEST: Matt Linden, Executive General Manager of Strategy at the Super Members Council

The federal government has lost a crucial High Court battle over a law requiring former immigration detainees to be monitored by ankle bracelets and live under a curfew.

How Silicon Valley entrepreneurs and American tech billionaires have wielded their power and influence in the US election. 

Tens of millions of Americans have already cast their ballots as Democrat and current Vice President Kamala Harris and former president and Republican nominee Donald Trump make last-ditch campaign efforts in the seven battleground states to gain a final edge with voters. GUEST: Don Watson is a former political adviser and speech writer for Paul Keating, and the author of the Quarterly Essay 'High...

There's no relief in sight for mortgage borrowers .. with the Reserve Bank keeping interest rates steady at 4.35%.  

Parts of Queensland and the Northern Territory are set to swelter through above 40 degree days as mass of heat moves eastward from the central desert in what could very well be a taste of what’s to come this summer.

The incredible story of the artist Shen Jiawei who went from painting propaganda in China, to a mural depicting the negatives of communism in Australia.  

Who do you trust the most? Your professions ranked by global survey

The new Queensland government has officially shut down the state's Truth-Telling and Healing Inquiry just a few months into it's three-year process. 

One of the world’s most famous rock climbing destinations, located in western Victoria, is facing a major climbing ban after cultural surveys found evidence of indigenous rock art and artefacts. 

Defence axes major satellite program before it gets off the ground