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RN Drive takes you behind the day’s headlines, with an engaging mix of current affairs, analysis, arts and culture from across Australia and around the world.

Episode Date
National rallies opposing violence against women, the search for a missing doctor in Gaza and Haiti's transitional council sworn in
Apr 26, 2024
Calls for a national roundtable on domestic violence, the architectural eyesores and icons explored and a lookback at military recruitment over the years
Apr 25, 2024
UN calls for investigation into reported mass graves in Gaza, ABF apologises following damning report into workplace culture and crunch time for UN talks on plastics
Apr 24, 2024
A criminal trial takes Donald Trump off the campaign trail, confusing 'sale' tags at supermarkets and skateboarding teen wins prestigious sports award
Apr 23, 2024
Calls for X to put down church stabbing footage, are child-free zones appropriate? and can MPs job share?
Apr 22, 2024
Israel strikes back against Iran, the tech wearable saving farmers and Australia is in the midst of a baby drought and that could be a bad thing
Apr 19, 2024
Calls for Australia to increase aid budget, saving beloved species through 'assisted evolution' and could a sugar tax reduce the health burden of obesity?
Apr 18, 2024
Defence spending boost to focus on amphibious capability, Solomon Island's China experiment tested at the ballot box and the HECs debts "enslaving" our youth
Apr 17, 2024
Church stabbing designated as terror attack, Banducci threatened with contempt over senate performance and a chance meeting leads to love
Apr 16, 2024
Judge finds against Bruce Lehrmann in defamation suit, Iran raises the stakes with missile assault and how to talk to your children about tragedy?
Apr 15, 2024
What industry and universities need to help build a future Australia, the surprise discovery of Priscilla Queen of the Desert after decades in the wilderness and the Friday Wrap
Apr 12, 2024
ACCC to have more visibility over mergers, opposition slams discussion of Palestinian recognition as 'dangerous' and why are young Australians having less sex?
Apr 10, 2024
Japan poised to join AUKUS as second pillar partner, Alice curfew extended, scientists baffled by extreme heat and is moving to the country worth it?
Apr 09, 2024
Calls for more boots on the ground after another WA boat arrival, how warnings of famine in Gaza are measured and should religious organisations be tax exempt?
Apr 08, 2024
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Apr 05, 2024
Taiwan rocked by massive quake, research suggests Australia on track for 'mega droughts' and are pensioners who rent being dudded by income testing?
Apr 03, 2024
Australian aid worker among seven killed in suspected Israeli airstrike, calls for rethink of 'robotax' debts and did Amazon warrior women really exist?
Apr 02, 2024
Israelis take to the streets demanding fresh elections, Russia targeting Ukraines power infrastructure and is Easter a Holy Day or holiday for you?
Apr 01, 2024
Fiji ejects Chinese police embedded with local forces, Alice Springs curfew sparks anger and is our hand wringing over population growth misplaced?
Mar 28, 2024
NT government introduces youth curfew in Alice Springs,
Mar 27, 2024
A stinging rebuke for Israel after the passage of UN ceasefire resolution, 'grey divorces' on the rise and a breakthrough for sufferers of psoriasis
Mar 26, 2024
WA's emissions on the rise, young drivers more likely to crash their own cars and the weird and wonderful items we leave on public transport
Mar 25, 2024
and are prefab homes the answer to our housing crisis?
Mar 22, 2024
Surprise bounce in unemployment figures, Tasmania's political candidates make big pitch on housing ahead of state poll and scientists celebrate the birth of a new puggle
Mar 21, 2024
Government signals more delays for religious discrimination reform, scary claims about the impact of pornography on young minds, and what will Australia look like by 2064?
Mar 20, 2024
The Nationals and Greens unite in bid to break up supermarket duopoly, Victoria crackdowns on 'unexplained wealth' and housing targets not on track
Mar 19, 2024
Uber settles multi-million taxi class action, regulation gap raising risk of lethal battery fires and why doctors are prescribing parkruns over pills
Mar 18, 2024
CSIRO rebuke for Peter Dutton over nuclear criticism, the case for four year terms and a pay rise for aged care workers
Mar 15, 2024
Allegra Spender's grand plan to overhaul our tax regime, Polio Paul dies after nearly seven decades in an iron lung and the rejuvenating power of 'third places'
Mar 14, 2024
Jewish Liberal MP slams Human Rights Commission for going 'awol' on anti-Semitism, NSW talking tough on 'absurd' GST carve-up and the French delicacy that has scientists hopping mad
Mar 13, 2024
Proposed changes could see wealthy pay more for aged care, could US Navy budget cuts put AUKUS in peril and how to find the 'Devil comet' in your night sky
Mar 12, 2024
'Nuisance' tariffs axed, Allan Fels on the heavy tolls of Sydney's roads, heat stressed trees come crashing down and could our national cow count be out by 10 million?
Mar 11, 2024
Australian automotive lobby defends emissions standards campaign, print magazines make a comeback and NRL star Shaun Lane on the power of journalling
Mar 08, 2024
Nikki Haley bows out of the GOP presidential race, Australian sports 'haters' out of the closet and have we entered the Anthropocene yet?
Mar 07, 2024
Greens urge government to become property developers, selfie culture cited in rising drownings stats and how do you throw out precious childhood momentos?
Mar 06, 2024
Are you being gouged? Banks on notice over surcharges, new research expands our understanding of 'touch' and are Chinese made cranes spying on us?
Mar 04, 2024
Israeli aid convoy turns deadly, Meta drops a media bombshell and another bleaching for the Great Barrier Reef
Mar 01, 2024
Speculation swirls around identity of 'traitor' MP, NT contemplates granting dementia sufferers access to VAD and Gillian Triggs on her unexpected career
Feb 29, 2024
Qld's COVID vaccine mandate declared illegal, pause on massive housing development following discovery of endangered dragon and a rethink of Tuvalu's security pact
Feb 28, 2024
A new Universities Accord proposes to double student numbers, alarming levels of antibiotics residue in Tassie wild fish and AI's outsized carbon footprint
Feb 26, 2024
Ukraine marks two years since Russia's invasion, NSW on track for $60 billion natural disaster bill every year and your favourite regional Chinese restaurants
Feb 23, 2024
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Feb 22, 2024
Julian Assange's last chance at avoiding extradition to the US, kinless seniors and Macquarie Island bird numbers soar
Feb 21, 2024
Putin adversary Bill Browder on his plans for a 'Navalny Act', eating green now part of dietary guidelines and a very hungry black hole
Feb 20, 2024
Dozens of men shot dead in PNG Highlands, Australia's bid for 'chip' sovereignty and the very rich on a quest for eternal youth?
Feb 19, 2024
Reports Egypt quietly preparing for an influx of Gazan refugees, a wage rise for the Wallaroos and would an ethics institute fix our corporate fails?
Feb 16, 2024
Victorian police think outside the box to prevent youth crime, how to get a pay rise and why Ken Henry is so angry about our tax system?
Feb 15, 2024
Universities sound alarm over international enrolments, why Victoria's power outages are proof of energy resilience and is private health insurance worth the expense?
Feb 14, 2024
WA GST blowout prompts calls for carve up review, 1,000 aged care neglect complaints every month and the rise of the 'grandparent economy'
Feb 13, 2024
If not now, when? Pressure grows on the government over negative gearing, one third of Aussie kids can't read well and Trump puts the boot in NATO (again)
Feb 12, 2024
Joe Biden's memory woes, precious but few houses for flood affected Lismore and wholesale cheating or a level playing field, welcome to the 'Enhanced Games'
Feb 09, 2024
Australia's sporting chance in the Pacific, fears cars are tracking and reporting our every move and planning for a 'Buddhish' end of life
Feb 08, 2024
Companies with 'too much power' to blame for inflation, African diaspora targeted over grandmother's killing and Pakistanis head to the polls
Feb 07, 2024
Planning for the great wealth transfer, fewer children finishing school or going to Uni and are supermarkets really raking in super profits?
Feb 06, 2024
Chinese Australian writer sentenced to death in Beijing, the toxic traps of complimentary medicine and AFP interrogated over investigation of autistic teen
Feb 05, 2024
Thousands of livestock in limbo off WA coast, politicians to debate our right to disconnect and the cult of Amanda Palmer
Feb 02, 2024
Medicare turns 40, negotiations continue for Gaza hostage release and defunding threats for legal NGO
Feb 01, 2024
Alleged Fijian torturer to appointed to ADF top brass, ideologies increasingly dividing the young and a looming vape waste crisis
Jan 30, 2024
Chinese property giant Evergrande humbled with liquidation order, X acts to prevent spread of Tay-Tay deep fakes & growing concern about asbestos in landscaping products
Jan 29, 2024
Australia Day: a day for play & protest, Sydney hosts its first pop-up 'cooling hub' and which Australian creature has the most painful sting?
Jan 26, 2024
ACCC given new powers to investigate supermarkets, ABS figures show surge in women imprisoned for burglary & are the government's changes to stage 3 taxes fair?
Jan 25, 2024
Tax cuts for 'middle-Australia', Trump triumphant in New Hampshire primary & Alabama's morbid experiments with the death penalty
Jan 24, 2024
Russian hacker named, shamed & sanctioned over Medibank hack, schools embrace AI learning and nickel prices collapse
Jan 23, 2024
Albo calls a cost of living caucus, Hawaii switches off its last coal fired power plant & how's the humidity where you are?
Jan 22, 2024
Jim Maxwell marks his half-century on air, meet the Excel World Champion & Australia's last coal fired power plant set to closer sooner than predicted
Dec 15, 2023
Kathleen Folbigg's murder convictions quashed, a breakthrough for sufferers of debilitating morning sickness & is extending the life of your dog ethical?
Dec 14, 2023
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Dec 13, 2023
COP28 at risk of 'phase-out' flop, university applications plummet & the weapons negotiator who found his conscience
Dec 12, 2023
Not a numbers game: government announces migration review, NSW ignites the heritage vs progress debate & a Wiradjuri language renaissance in Cowra
Dec 11, 2023
Deadly heatwaves creeping across the nation, the best weird science of 2023 and Hawke minister Brownie on why sport and politics have always mixed
Dec 08, 2023
Sweeping review of NDIS flags new care model, how to talk about chronic illness does the Palestinian Authority still have any?
Dec 07, 2023
Govt rushes ahead with preventative detention laws, China accused of 'rafting' boats in disputed waters & do you still send Xmas cards?
Dec 06, 2023
Fossil fuel delegates overrun COP28, niche histories, and the world's largest iceberg is heading your way
Dec 05, 2023
The Aussie jobs being lost to AI, leaked docs suggest Israel ignored Hamas warnings and everything you didn't know about glass
Dec 04, 2023
This Ned Kelly is not a criminal, the Rozelle interchange snarl & what does Sydney’s record-breaking rainfall sound like?
Dec 01, 2023
An apology for survivors of the Thalidomide disaster, the Govt plows ahead with preventative detention and why is a petrostate hosting COP28?
Nov 29, 2023
'Cozzy livs' declared word of the year, the High Court explains its indefinite detention ruling and New Zealand set to scrap globally recognised tobacco laws
Nov 28, 2023
NSW becomes the last state to introduce Voluntary Assisted Dying, Mike Pezzullo's service terminated & a new deal for the Murray Darling Basin
Nov 27, 2023
Banks set to block dodgy transfers, a new streaming platform for Aussie and NZ screen classics & the Gaza ceasefire holds, for now
Nov 24, 2023
Private school funding from the public purse, Open AI says Sam's the man & discovery of new bacteria offers hope for eczema sufferers
Nov 23, 2023
Israel-Hamas agree to ceasefire & hostage exchange, helping people to help themselves & antimicrobial resistant clouds
Nov 22, 2023
Australia's emissions targets lagging on eve of COP28, the generational divide of the cost of living crisis & the ultimate comfort food, 'cup noodle' turns 65
Nov 21, 2023
Optus CEO walks after catastrophic outage, Argentina embraces Trump styled president, and are you falling for the Black Friday sales hype?
Nov 20, 2023
Former immigration detainees to wear ankle bracelets indefinitely, Nestory Irankunda's meteoric rise & do you understand television classifications?
Nov 17, 2023
Government rushes through new surveillance law for stateless people, alarming rise in head injuries & massive ‘Tassie devil’ captured exploding in space
Nov 16, 2023
Israeli soldiers invade Gaza's Al Shifa hospital, India's capital choked with toxic smog & is it time to rethink our immigration intake?
Nov 15, 2023
Allan Fels claims price gouging by big supermarkets, Iceland braces for volcanic eruption & should children skip class to protest global events?
Nov 14, 2023
Criticism of Australia's call for Gaza ceasefire, elusive echidna rediscovered in Indonesia & hailed SMR project cancelled over costs
Nov 13, 2023
Australia signs climate change resettlement deal with Tuvalu, Charley Crockett & Qld trials a four day school week
Nov 10, 2023
Government in a bind after another High Court ruling, insults fly during Trumpless GOP debate & Aussie lawyers issue plea for Gaza ceasefire
Nov 09, 2023
Optus outage cripples communications nationwide, Pakistan begins deporting Afghan refugees & what Milton Dick tells kids about democracy
Nov 08, 2023
Albanese bids China adieu and heads to the Pacific, RBA lifts interest rates & would you east sea urchin pasta?
Nov 07, 2023
Panda diplomacy, advertisers shun the Melbourne Cup & nations agree on "loss & damage" fund
Nov 06, 2023