The fighting may have temporarily eased in the Middle East, but the fallout is still moving through the global economy. Shipping through the Strait of Hormuz remains disrupted, fuel markets are unsettled, and Australia is exposed.

Now, Anthony Albanese is in Singapore trying to secure supply, as the opposition presses the government over how prepared the country really is.

Today, Tony Wood, Energy and Climate Change Senior Fellow at the Grattan Institute, on the state of the Strait, the ongoing risks for Australia, and the politics taking shape around another global shock.

 

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Guest: Energy and Climate Change Senior Fellow at the Grattan Institute, Tony Wood

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The fighting may have temporarily eased in the Middle East, but the fallout is still moving through the global economy. Shipping through the Strait of Hormuz remains disrupted, fuel markets are unsettled, and Australia is exposed.
Now, Anthony Albanese is in Singapore trying to secure supply, as the opposition presses the government over how prepared the country really is.
Today, Tony Wood, Energy and Climate Change Senior Fellow at the Grattan Institute, on the state of the Strait, the ongoing risks for Australia, and the politics taking shape around another global shock.
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Guest: Energy and Climate Change Senior Fellow at the Grattan Institute, Tony Wood
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An independent daily news show. We feature the country’s best reporters, covering the news as it affects Australia. This is news with narrative, every weekday.

An independent daily news show. We feature the country&rsquo;s best reporters, covering the news as it affects Australia. This is news with narrative, every weekday.

Can Singapore help with Australia’s fuel problem?

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Ben Roberts-Smith was once held up as the face of Australia’s war in Afghanistan. This week, he was arrested and charged with war crimes.

Ben Roberts-Smith maintains his innocence.

For journalist Chris Masters, the road to that moment began almost two decades ago, when he travelled to Afghanistan to report on the war up close. Over time, he began hearing whispers that some elite soldiers had crossed a line.

Those whispers turned into a years-long investigation, alongside Nick McKenzie, into allegations that would later be tested in one of the biggest defamation trials in Australian history.

Today, veteran investigative journalist Chris Masters on how that story began, why soldiers finally started talking, and what Ben Roberts-Smith’s arrest means for how Australia reckons with the truth about its war in Afghanistan.

 

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Guest: Investigative reporter and author of Flawed Hero: Truth, lies and war crimes, Chris Masters

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Ben Roberts-Smith was once held up as the face of Australia&rsquo;s war in Afghanistan. This week, he was arrested and charged with war crimes. Ben Roberts-Smith maintains his innocence.
For journalist Chris Masters, the road to that moment began almost two decades ago, when he travelled to Afghanistan to report on the war up close. Over time, he began hearing whispers that some elite soldiers had crossed a line.
Those whispers turned into a years-long investigation, alongside Nick McKenzie, into allegations that would later be tested in one of the biggest defamation trials in Australian history.
Today, veteran investigative journalist Chris Masters on how that story began, why soldiers finally started talking, and what Ben Roberts-Smith&rsquo;s arrest means for how Australia reckons with the truth about its war in Afghanistan.
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Guest: Investigative reporter and author of Flawed Hero: Truth, lies and war crimes, Chris Masters
Photo:&nbsp;AAP Image/Bianca De Marchi

Chris Masters on unravelling the Ben Roberts-Smith story

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Eighteen years ago, Kevin Rudd apologised to the Stolen Generations and said those injustices must never happen again.

But in that same year, Vanessa Turnbull-Roberts was taken from her family at just 10 years old.

Now, as a lawyer and advocate, she says Australia is still taking First Nations children from their families – and that the number in out-of-home care is today higher than the estimated number removed during the Stolen Generations.

Today, Vanessa Turnbull-Roberts on her own removal, the pipeline from child protection to prison, and what it would take to keep First Nations children with their families and communities.

 

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Guest: Human rights lawyer and former ACT Commissioner for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children and Young People, Vanessa Turnbull-Roberts

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Eighteen years ago, Kevin Rudd apologised to the Stolen Generations and said those injustices must never happen again.
But in that same year, Vanessa Turnbull-Roberts was taken from her family at just 10 years old.
Now, as a lawyer and advocate, she says Australia is still taking First Nations children from their families &ndash; and that the number in out-of-home care is today higher than the estimated number removed during the Stolen Generations.
Today, Vanessa Turnbull-Roberts on her own removal, the pipeline from child protection to prison, and what it would take to keep First Nations children with their families and communities.
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Guest: Human rights lawyer and former ACT Commissioner for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children and Young People, Vanessa Turnbull-Roberts
Photo:&nbsp;AAP Image/Jeremy Ng

The Stolen Generations never ended

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It’s been a war of shifting deadlines for President Trump. And now, his latest one expires this morning.

Trump is threatening that if Iran fails to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, the US will strike the country’s bridges and power plants in what he’s calling "Energy Plants Day and Bridges Day” – stating 'a whole civilisation will die tonight' if Tehran ignores his ultimatum.

But indiscriminately targeting infrastructure that civilians rely on to survive could amount to war crimes.

Today, Rachel VanLandingham – a retired Air Force lieutenant colonel and former military lawyer – on whether the US can lawfully target civilian infrastructure, and what it would mean for international law if it did.

 

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Guest: National security law expert and former active duty judge advocate in the US Air Force, Rachel VanLandingham

Photo: EPA/JIM LO SCALZO

It&rsquo;s been a war of shifting deadlines for President Trump. And now, his latest one expires this morning.
Trump is threatening that if Iran fails to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, the US will strike the country&rsquo;s bridges and power plants in what he&rsquo;s calling "Energy Plants Day and Bridges Day&rdquo; &ndash; stating 'a whole civilisation will die tonight' if Tehran ignores his ultimatum.
But indiscriminately targeting infrastructure that civilians rely on to survive could amount to war crimes.
Today, Rachel VanLandingham &ndash; a retired Air Force lieutenant colonel and former military lawyer &ndash; on whether the US can lawfully target civilian infrastructure, and what it would mean for international law if it did.
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Guest: National security law expert and former active duty judge advocate in the US Air Force, Rachel VanLandingham
Photo:&nbsp;EPA/JIM LO SCALZO

'A whole civilisation will die tonight': Is Trump threatening war crimes?

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Can Singapore help with Australia’s fuel problem?

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