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The G7 meeting in Canada will be overshadowed by events in the middle east. John Kirton breaks down the significance of a meeting at this fragile moment. Lewis Pugh on swimming around Martha's Vineyard for the 50th anniversary of Jaws, to highlight the threat of extinction facing sharks. 

Its been six months since Bashar Al Assad fled Syria for exile in Moscow, where to next for a country that spent half a century under authoritarian rule. And can we rehabilitate our towns and cities to make them livable once again for the animals that once thrived prior to human habitation.

It is  Reconciliation Week and WA has announced a redress scheme for members of the stolen generation. Narelda Jacobs' father was a part of the stolen generation. We preview the snap Presidential election called after six months of political turmoil in South Korea. And can you imagine living on the most remote inhabited island in the world? Kelly Green chose to move to Tristan da Cunha twelve year...

Karen Mundine from Reconciliation Australia gives her report card on the state of reconciliation in Australia as we mark 25 years since 250,000 people crossed the Sydney Harbour Bridge. More than 30years ago, Suzanne Chick discovered that writer Charmian Clift was her birth mother - she and her daughter  Gina Chick talk about the ongoing ripple effect of that discovery on their lives.

We will meet three people with dangerous careers this week on Sunday Extra: Land mine clearer Shaun Pinner whose colleagues Nick Parsons and Chris Garrett died in Ukraine this week, zoo keeper Erna Walraven who worked at Taronga Zoo for 32 years and paramedic Sally Gould all share their experiences on Sunday Extra this week.

The results of the Federal election were mixed for the Greens although they still hold the balance of power in the Senate. Former Greens leader Richard Di Natale gives his thoughts on what they should do with that power. 50 years ago, the Khmer Rouge took power in Cambodia and the legacy of that murderous regime remains. And we take a look at Frankenstein and other stories about monsters.

A special post election program with guests Maxine McKew and Warren Entsch giving their analysis of the election results. Host of Insight on SBS Kumi Taguchi explores issues of identity and her troubled relationship with her Japanese father in The Year That Made Me. 

Geraldine Doogue and Noel Debien report from Rome on the funeral of Pope Francis, we preview the critical election in Canada and also a preview of Australia's Federal Election, in particular the potential changes in the Senate. 

The very first Federal election in Australia in 1901 resulted in a minority government, how did it fare and other parliaments since then with very slim majorities? And Anne Summers looks back at what has changed for women in Australia in the fifty years since she wrote Damned Whores and Gods Police.

Australia has the highest per capita amount of super in the world, but with the share market volatility, should we be doing superannuation differently? And the AEC explains how they work out who goes where on the ballot. It is not as high tech as you might think. 

Sunday Extra looks at the implications of minority government after the next election, and actor and author Tasma Walton is our guest on The Year That Made Me. And the weird and wonderful history of hi-vis, and the sandwich that conquered Australia.

It is fifty years since Malcolm Fraser took up the leadership of the Liberal Party. Margaret Simons examines his legacy in the light of the upcoming Federal election. What is behind the protests filling the streets of Turkiye and Serbia. And we find out just what America is thinking with social researcher Jon Krosnick.

Today's questions answered on Sunday Extra: Could a Trump Presidency result in less nuclear weapons in the world, is the lazy bureaucrat really a thing, who is the king of Bougainville and which Australian museum has an exhibition up for an international award? 

Its hard to believe that it is 5 years since the start of the COVID pandemic. Former Chief Medical Officer Paul Kelly reflects on the decisions from the early days of the pandemic. It is also 20 years since the start of YouTube. We look back on its evolution with Mark Bergan and meet Rob Kenney who has gained nearly 5 million followers to his 'Dad, how do I...' channel. 

This week on Sunday Extra: John Green explains why tuberculosis remains persistent and Bruce Beehler explains the strategies to bring the American Chestnut back. Tracey Westerman explains how she has adapted psychology to meet the needs of her Indigenous clients and we get the latest from the WA election and Cyclone Alfred.

This week on Sunday Extra, why concerns around undersea cables could be over-hyped, Marcus Zusak on 20 years since 'The Book Thief' was published and Ferenc Puskás the football legend who coached Ange Postecoglou. Plus, Pia Miranda on the Year That Made Me. 

This week, crisis in the Cook Islands over a deal with China, how multilateral organisations survive US withdrawal and a true crime tour of Adelaide. And Bill Shorten joins us for The Year that Made Me.

This week, Vanuatu's High Commissioner on climate resilience, the history of craft being used for subversive acts of political protest and interrogating the Gates Foundation and it's billionaire founder. Plus some young singers trying to change your mind about opera. 

Sunday Extra presents a mix of national and international affairs, analysis and investigation.

Pope Francis is the first pope to write a memoir, and Richard Dixon shares the challenges of translating a papal memoir into English. Zimbabwe has become the 128th nation to abolish the death penalty which is good news for those on death row. And we get a report card on the first 100 days of the Prabowo Presidency in Indonesia. There have been a few surprises. And geologist, barrister and tunnelli...

Today is Australia Day, or as some people call it Invasion Day or Survival Day. But in India it is Republic Day. A panel of Indian Australians discuss what the two national days mean to them. Rebecca Daniher, daughter of the Australian of the Year Neale Daniher and Young Australian of the Year Katrina Wruck talk about what this honour means to them. We also discuss the anti-Semitism strategies in...

The Summer Season of Sunday Extra features our favourite interviews from 2024.

The Summer Season of Sunday Extra features our favourite interviews from 2024.

The Summer Season of Sunday Extra features our favourite interviews from 2024.

The Summer Season of Sunday Extra features our favourite interviews from 2024.