RN Drive - Separate stories podcast

The Australian Human Rights Commission has quote "gone AWOL" in acknowledging and speaking out against anti-semitism in Australia. 

Those are the words of Liberal MP Julian Leeser who today delivered a speech - on social cohesion - to the Cook Society in Melbourne.

He also said if the Human Rights Commission, an institution quote "charged with protecting Australians from racism and hate, is not fulfilling its mandate" then its funding should be in question. 

Contemporary circus is no longer about animals, strongmen and clowns. It's a new kind of tradition, one that comes with arguably more intellectualism. 

Around 9 million Australians have a Flybys card in their wallet, while Woolworth’s reward program boasts more than 14 million members.

A budget surplus in NSW will now be "a miracle".

That's according to the Treasurer Daniel Mookhey, with the state set to receive its lowest share of GST revenue since its introduction more than 20 years ago. New South Wales and Queensland are the only two states to lose money, while Victoria and Western Australia are the biggest winners.

This week has not brought good news for clean energy targets with the Green Energy Market reporting on Monday that New South Wales was less than halfway to its emission reduction goal for 2030.

Solomon Islands will go to an election next month, but there are growing concerns about the number of women on the ballot.  

More than 500 experts from around the world have called on French President Emmanuel Macron in an open letter, to “end the over-exploitation of frogs” used in French cuisine.

A comet the size of Mount Everest branded the "devil" comet is set to streak across our night skies in the coming weeks.

With the US Defence budget just one per cent higher than last year, defence spending has drastically slowed down.   

That means the US Navy is expected to order just one Virginia-class nuclear-powered submarine in the next fiscal year, instead of two.  

That's not good news for Australia which, under the AUKUS security deal, is expected to receive three second-hand Virginia-class submarines throughout the next decade. So will these boats arrive in time?

It sounds like something out of a nightmare - two hours into a flight over the Tasman Sea the plane you’re travelling in suddenly drops sharply out of the air.

The California prison system is a tough place, overcrowded and violent, but a small group of prisoners get together and record their stories. Uncuffed is a podcast made on the inside, for the outside world to hear.

There’s something pretty special about freshly baked goods, the aroma of sweet treats filling the air, particularly if they’re homemade and shared across a kitchen table.

Over the next four decades, the number of Australians aged 80 and over is expected to grow to 3.5 million.  

But here's the problem - over that same period, the number of working Australians aged between 15 and 64 is expected to decline. 

It begs the question, who will pay for the spiralling aged care costs?

As the world's most popular cryptocurrency, Bitcoin, achieves record prices, the ASX is also reaching new highs.

The Federal Government has today announced a $4 billion agreement with the NT government to try to tackle overcrowding and homelessness in indigenous communities.

Privatised roads and hefty road tolls - this is often described as a Sydney problem.

But with 90 per cent of Australians living in cities, is this an issue we should all be thinking about? What role should private networks play in our growing cities in the future?  

Sydney motorists are expected to fork out $195 billion in tolls between now and 2060, with more than half of the burden coming from the WestConnex project.

Having accurate numbers of cattle is critical so we know the amount of emissions the sector is producing.  But one researcher thinks our estimates could be out by millions.

Ondara joins Andy in the studio for a chat about the reason he listens to songs without words, and his use of falsetto in his music. He plays his songs 'Seminar in Tokyo' and 'Lebanon'.

When it comes to household staples, you tend to be a creature of habit - the same biscuits bought for decades or perhaps the same cereal. But over time have you noticed a change in these products? Do things seem a bit smaller in size?

It's called shrinkflation - where manufacturers reduce the size or quantity of a product for short-term financial benefits. 

From toothbrushes to menstrual products…from maple syrup to tyres for farming vehicles…these are just a number of everyday products expected to soon become cheaper with federal plans to abolish hundreds of 'nuisance' tariffs.