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Thursday 9 October 2025 QANTAS is among nearly 40 global companies hit by a major cyber-attack. Gold pushes through $US4,000 an ounce Bad news for renters, with housing costs on the up Tesla releases cheaper versions of its electric vehicles. Join our free daily newsletter here. ... Show More

Coles is doing pretty well in the battle of the grocery giants - but that doesn't tell the whole story. Behind the scenes, there's an enormous amount of work being done on sustainability. So how does a supermarket giant balance the need for sustainability with smart business deci ... Show More

This is the Fear and Greed Afternoon Report - everything you need to know about what happened in the markets, economy and world of business today, in just a few minutes. ASX flat Gold hits $US4,000 an ounce Aust-Singapore deal NDIS fraud Dolly Parton’s health fears Find out more: ... Show More

The Liberals leader, Sussan Ley, and the Nationals leader, David Littleproud, have reached a new agreement, presenting a united front and announcing a new shadow frontbench. But with the Liberals facing a mammoth task ahead, and net zero commitments up in the air, could this mark ... Show More

What closed-doors conversations led to the 2010 coalition? What were the coalition years like? How did it all go wrong for the Liberal Democrats in 2015? Rory and Alastair are joined by Nick Clegg to discuss all this and more. If you'd like to hear the second episode RIGHT NOW, i ... Show More

Today, Newscast hears from Kemi Badenoch who has made it into the final two of the Conservative leadership race.Kemi speaks to Adam and Chris about her early life in Nigeria and her political journey, she reflects on her reputation for being direct in interactions with colleagues ... Show More

In 2019, Boris Johnson’s Conservatives upended decades’ of traditional voting behaviour, as lifelong Labour seats in the north and midlands fell to the Tories. But with Brexit delivered and Johnson gone, the Tories are being challenged from the right by a resurgent Reform, as Luk ... Show More

From Downing Street to Silicon Valley: Nick Clegg on Politics, Tech, and the Digital Future.In this special episode of The Geopolitics of Business, Sam Gyimah sits down with Nick Clegg, former UK Deputy Prime Minister and Meta’s former President of Global Affairs, for a wide-rang ... Show More

Do MPs say one thing in public, and another in private? This week, Beth Rigby, Harriet Harman and Ruth Davidson ask what’s been going on with the two MPs suspended from the Labour party over WhatsApps messages containing offensive comments.   Andrew Gwynne and Oliver Ryan both lo ... Show More

Labour is no longer backing a candidate in the Rochdale by-election. Party spokespeople had been out to bat for local councillor Azhar Ali up until Monday afternoon - saying his comments about the Hamas attacks on Israel were informed by an online conspiracy theory and "didn't re ... Show More

In this conversation, Lisa interviews Dustin Grage about Tim Walz, the governor of Minnesota. They discuss Walz's tenure as governor, his handling of COVID-19, his radical social policies, his response to the George Floyd riots, his questionable ties to China, and his history of ... Show More