It’s the largest institutional emitter in the world. A bigger polluter than 140 countries. And yet its emissions are hidden from sight.

Now a new documentary ‘Earth’s greatest enemy’ is exposing the impact of the US military empire on the planet: the waste, the billion dollar budgets, and the political maneuvering that’s kept it all out of the public eye.

Today, Journalist and filmmaker Abby Martin, on what the world’s biggest war machine is doing to our Earth.



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Guest: Journalist and filmmaker Abby Martin

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It&rsquo;s the largest institutional emitter in the world. A bigger polluter than 140 countries. And yet its emissions are hidden from sight.
Now a new documentary &lsquo;Earth&rsquo;s greatest enemy&rsquo; is exposing the impact of the US military empire on the planet: the waste, the billion dollar budgets, and the political maneuvering that&rsquo;s kept it all out of the public eye. Today, Journalist and filmmaker Abby Martin, on what the world&rsquo;s biggest war machine is doing to our Earth. 
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Guest: Journalist and filmmaker Abby Martin
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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.

Is the US military secretly killing our planet?

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This week, 7am spoke with former Qantas chief executive Alan Joyce, as he returned to public life with a memoir defending many of the decisions he made during his final years at the airline.

Joyce said the company was fighting for survival during the pandemic and that, while mistakes were made, the difficult decisions taken under his leadership were necessary to keep Qantas from going under.

Today, we revisit our conversation with journalist and author Joe Aston, recorded after Qantas was handed a record $90 million penalty for illegally outsourcing 1,800 workers.

It asks what those decisions cost, whether they really were necessary, and whether the airline has actually changed since Joyce’s departure.

The episode originally aired in August 2025.

 

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Guest: Rampart founder and author of The Chairman's Lounge: The Inside Story of How Qantas Sold Us Out, Joe Aston

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This week, 7am spoke with former Qantas chief executive Alan Joyce, as he returned to public life with a memoir defending many of the decisions he made during his final years at the airline.
Joyce said the company was fighting for survival during the pandemic and that, while mistakes were made, the difficult decisions taken under his leadership were necessary to keep Qantas from going under.
Today, we revisit our conversation with journalist and author Joe Aston, recorded after Qantas was handed a record $90 million penalty for illegally outsourcing 1,800 workers.
It asks what those decisions cost, whether they really were necessary, and whether the airline has actually changed since Joyce&rsquo;s departure.
The episode originally aired in August 2025.
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Guest: Rampart founder and author of The Chairman's Lounge: The Inside Story of How Qantas Sold Us Out, Joe Aston
Photo:&nbsp;AAP Image/Dean Lewins

Is Qantas sorry – or just sorry it got caught?

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In America, New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani has turned anger over rent, groceries and childcare into a powerful movement on the left. One with real momentum. 

In Australia, that same anger is increasingly being captured by Pauline Hanson and the populist right, while Labor retreats towards the centre. 

So attention is turning to who in Australia could make a Mamdani-style case for economic change, and to whether the Australian left has the organisation, discipline and ambition to build a movement around them.

Today, freelance writer, political commentator and host of RRR's Spin Cycle Rachel Withers, on the political figure the left is searching for, and whether the conditions exist to produce an Australian Mamdani.

 

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Guest: Writer and political commentator Rachel Withers

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In America, New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani has turned anger over rent, groceries and childcare into a powerful movement on the left. One with real momentum.&nbsp;
In Australia, that same anger is increasingly being captured by Pauline Hanson and the populist right, while Labor retreats towards the centre.&nbsp;
So attention is turning to who in Australia could make a Mamdani-style case for economic change, and to whether the Australian left has the organisation, discipline and ambition to build a movement around them.
Today, freelance writer, political commentator and host of RRR's Spin Cycle Rachel Withers, on the political figure the left is searching for, and whether the conditions exist to produce an Australian Mamdani.
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Guest: Writer and political commentator Rachel Withers
Photo:&nbsp;AP Photo/Heather Khalifa

Who is Australia’s Zohran Mamdani?

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Victoria’s new premier Ben Carroll has announced a royal commission into the state’s building industry.

It follows years of reporting exposing alleged corruption, organised crime links and misconduct within the sector, and years of resistance from the government and former premier Jacinta Allan.

The commission now has the potential to examine what happened and who knew about it, forcing powerful figures in politics, unions and the underworld to answer questions under oath and in public.

Today, The Age investigative reporter Nick McKenzie, on what the royal commission must uncover and the big names who could be called to testify.

 

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Guest: The Age investigative reporter Nick McKenzie

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Victoria&rsquo;s new premier Ben Carroll has announced a royal commission into the state&rsquo;s building industry.
It follows years of reporting exposing alleged corruption, organised crime links and misconduct within the sector, and years of resistance from the government and former premier Jacinta Allan.
The commission now has the potential to examine what happened and who knew about it, forcing powerful figures in politics, unions and the underworld to answer questions under oath and in public.
Today, The Age investigative reporter Nick McKenzie, on what the royal commission must uncover and the big names who could be called to testify.
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Guest: The Age investigative reporter Nick McKenzie
Photo:&nbsp;AAP Image/James Ross

Gangsters, corruption and cover-ups: What Victoria's building royal commission could expose

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Is the US military secretly killing our planet?

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