The Prime Minister of the UK Keir Starmer has announced his resignation – meaning Britain is preparing for its seventh leader in just ten years. 

Starmer, who won in a landslide victory for the Labor party only two years ago, has been haemorrhaging support from the public and the party for months.

The man likely to replace him: Andy Burnham.  

Today - host of the News Agents Emily Maitlis on Starmer’s downfall, who Burnham is, and how he’s poised to take power. 

 

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Guest: Host of The News Agents Emily Maitlis

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The Prime Minister of the UK Keir Starmer has announced his resignation &ndash; meaning Britain is preparing for its seventh leader in just ten years.&nbsp;
Starmer, who won in a landslide victory for the Labor party only two years ago, has been haemorrhaging support from the public and the party for months.
The man likely to replace him: Andy Burnham.&nbsp;&nbsp;
Today - host of the News Agents Emily Maitlis on Starmer&rsquo;s downfall, who Burnham is, and how he&rsquo;s poised to take power.&nbsp;
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Guest: Host of The News Agents Emily Maitlis
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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.

Emily Maitlis on the fall of Keir Starmer and the UK’s next PM

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In Western Australia, police have just started trialling technology that can identify people as they walk past. 

A marked police van will scan faces outside major events, cross-checking them against a watchlist of people wanted by authorities. Police say it’s targeted and that innocent people have nothing to fear. But once this kind of surveillance is switched on, the question becomes how far it spreads, and who decides when it stops. 

Today, UNSW cyber security expert Professor Richard Buckland, on the scope creep of live facial recognition technology, and the danger of normalising police powers before the public understands them.

 

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Guest: UNSW cyber security expert Professor Richard Buckland

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In Western Australia, police have just started trialling technology that can identify people as they walk past.&nbsp;
A marked police van will scan faces outside major events, cross-checking them against a watchlist of people wanted by authorities. Police say it&rsquo;s targeted and that innocent people have nothing to fear. But once this kind of surveillance is switched on, the question becomes how far it spreads, and who decides when it stops.&nbsp;
Today, UNSW cyber security expert Professor Richard Buckland, on the scope creep of live facial recognition technology, and the danger of normalising police powers before the public understands them.
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Guest: UNSW cyber security expert Professor Richard Buckland
Photo:&nbsp;WA Police

Police trial live face-scanning technology: what could possibly go wrong?

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Anti-abortion activists say it was the most successful pro-life campaign in Australia - last week a bill to overturn abortion access after 25 weeks was voted through the upper house of South Australia’s parliament.

It didn’t make it through the lower house, but women's advocates are still sounding the alarm amid a growing push against reproductive rights - led, in part, by One Nation.

Pauline Hanson, once a supporter of a woman’s right to choose, has changed her tune, as her colleague Malcolm Roberts pushes for the party to adopt a blanket abortion ban.

Today, writer, peer-support worker, and reproductive health advocate Hannah Bambra
on the local and international forces looking wind back abortion access in Australia

 

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Guest: Writer & reproductive health advocate Hannah Bambra

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Anti-abortion activists say it was the most successful pro-life campaign in Australia - last week a bill to overturn abortion access after 25 weeks was voted through the upper house of South Australia&rsquo;s parliament.
It didn&rsquo;t make it through the lower house, but women's advocates are still sounding the alarm amid a growing push against reproductive rights - led, in part, by One Nation.
Pauline Hanson, once a supporter of a woman&rsquo;s right to choose, has changed her tune, as her colleague Malcolm Roberts pushes for the party to adopt a blanket abortion ban.
Today, writer, peer-support worker, and reproductive health advocate Hannah Bambra on the local and international forces looking wind back abortion access in Australia
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Guest: Writer &amp; reproductive health advocate Hannah Bambra
Photo:&nbsp;AAP Image/Dean Lewins

“Too many abortions”: The growing push to wind back reproductive rights

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In 2017, billionaire businessman Sanjeev Gupta rescued the Whyalla steelworks from administration, becoming known as the “saviour of steel”.

There was hope in this small South Australian town that steelmaking – and the thousands of jobs tied to it – would survive. But since then, Gupta has lost control, the South Australian government has forced the steelworks into administration, and taxpayers are now underwriting the rescue to the tune of $2.4 billion.

Now, the sale of the steelworks is in its final stages, but the question of whether Whyalla becomes the green steel town politicians promised, or whether public money is being used to keep an ageing steelworks alive, remains.

Today, investigative journalist and former host of the ABC’s Media Watch Paul Barry, on the billionaire who brought Whyalla to the brink – and what it would really take to save the town.

This episode was originally published in January, 2025.

 

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Guest: Investigative journalist and former host of the ABC’s Media Watch Paul Barry

Photo: AAP Image/David Mariuz

In 2017, billionaire businessman Sanjeev Gupta rescued the Whyalla steelworks from administration, becoming known as the &ldquo;saviour of steel&rdquo;.
There was hope in this small South Australian town that steelmaking &ndash; and the thousands of jobs tied to it &ndash; would survive. But since then, Gupta has lost control, the South Australian government has forced the steelworks into administration, and taxpayers are now underwriting the rescue to the tune of $2.4 billion.
Now, the sale of the steelworks is in its final stages, but the question of whether Whyalla becomes the green steel town politicians promised, or whether public money is being used to keep an ageing steelworks alive, remains.
Today, investigative journalist and former host of the ABC&rsquo;s Media Watch Paul Barry, on the billionaire who brought Whyalla to the brink &ndash; and what it would really take to save the town.
This episode was originally published in January, 2025.
&nbsp;
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Guest: Investigative journalist and former host of the ABC&rsquo;s Media Watch Paul Barry
Photo:&nbsp;AAP Image/David Mariuz

Paul Barry on the billionaire who failed Whyalla

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Emily Maitlis on the fall of Keir Starmer and the UK’s next PM

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