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Laura Tingle's Canberra and James Bradley's oceanic love affair

7:30's Chief Political Correspondent Laura Tingle reflects on a weekend of powerful protests denouncing violence against women.

Published: 21h agoMon 29 Apr 2024 at 12:00pmwith Phillip Adams

Illustrations of a koala, lighthouse, books and a radio on a blue background.

Duration: 54 minutes 3 seconds

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Laura Tingle's Canberra: Albanese's attendance at women's march backfires

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese's attendance at a rally against gendered violence has backfired as one of the rally organisers claimed he lied about not being asked to speak at the event.

Published: 21h agoMon 29 Apr 2024 at 12:00pmwith Phillip Adams

Sarah Wilson turns away in tears as Anthony Albanese addresses a rally outside parliament house

Duration: 13 minutes 53 seconds

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Exploring the world through the ocean with James Bradley

Could the ocean offer us a way to make ethical and emotional sense of the past, and help us re-imagine our relationship to the world? Australian writer James Bradley thinks so.

Published: 21h agoMon 29 Apr 2024 at 12:15pmwith Phillip Adams

Duration: 38 minutes 2 seconds

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ANZAC day: Remembering Australia's lost generation and the contribution of women in war.

Two historians remember those who served in the First World War. Ross McMullin delves deep into lives of three outstanding individuals; each so full of promise, but tragically, their potential would never be realised.

Duration: 54 minutes 7 seconds

Published: ThuThu 25 Apr 2024 at 12:00pmwith Phillip Adams

Ross McMullin's 'Life so full of promise'

In his latest book, Life so Full of Promise: further biographies of Australia lost generation , Historian Ross McMullin documents and remembers the lives of three outstanding young Australians who served and lost their lives in World War 1.

Duration: 30 minutes 39 seconds

Published: ThuThu 25 Apr 2024 at 12:00pm

Melanie Oppenheimer on the commemoration of Australian women in war

The tradition of the ANZAC is almost always gendered male (and white). But what about women? They served and died for their country. Historian Melanie Oppenheimer believes they are yet to receive the commemorations they are due.

A black and white photograph of hundreds of women dressed in white marching a street lined with people.

Duration: 22 minutes 42 seconds

Published: ThuThu 25 Apr 2024 at 12:00pmwith Phillip Adams

Yossi Beilin and Hiba Husseini on a possible two state solution plus the Anzac story on the Greek island of Lemnos

About a year ago, longtime friends lawyer Hiba Husseini and former politician Yossi Beilin released a plan to lay the groundwork for a two-state solution to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict.

Duration: 54 minutes 7 seconds

Published: WedWed 24 Apr 2024 at 12:00pmwith Phillip Adams

Feature articles

The gold-smuggling Indonesian pilot who produced one of the country's most provocative girl bands

Indonesia is one of Australia's closest neighbouring countries, and yet how much is really known about its intricate past? Some of those gaps are being filled through the rediscovery of old music records.

Black and white photo of four different band members who are young Indonesian women holding guitars and a drum

Published: ThuThu 25 Apr 2024 at 10:41pmby Catherine Zengerer and Sophie Kesteven

'Used and exploited': These historians want Australians to rethink the convict era

Colonial Australia was a brutal place for convicts, but it was more political than previously thought.

An 1800s illustration of several men dressed as women destroying a fence, as others watch

Published: 30 Mar 2024Sat 30 Mar 2024 at 3:33amby Nick Baker

Why an ancient Egyptian queen who wore eyeliner was the 'original beauty influencer'

People once wore eyeliner for more than just its aesthetic, with Ancient Egyptians believing it could protect them from the 'evil eye'. Now, people are using it to connect them to their heritage.

Portrait of a middle-aged Arab woman with long brown thick hair, who is wearing a long black and white dress

Published: 25 Jan 2024Thu 25 Jan 2024 at 2:57amby Sophie Kesteven and Taryn Priadko

In 1926, hundreds of students boarded a ship for a controversial experiment. It changed their lives

In 1926, hundreds of US students set off on one of the world's first study abroad adventures, docking in nearly 50 ports around the world. But it wasn't without its critics.

Black and white photograph of a boat docked in Yokohoma.

Published: 21 Dec 2023Thu 21 Dec 2023 at 4:21amby Ann Arnold and Sophie Kesteven

Phillip Adams, presenter

Phillip Adams is a prolific and sometimes controversial broadcaster, writer and film-maker.

Published: 4 Dec 2023Mon 4 Dec 2023 at 5:52am

In Bed With Phillip

Phillip Adams has presented Late Night Live on RN since 1991. To thank our listeners, the LNL team have revisited the ten thousand interviews in our vault, and picked out the very best.

Published: 5 Jun 2014Thu 5 Jun 2014 at 5:31am

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