Two time Miles Franklin Award-winning author Alex Miller is 88, but with 17 books under his belt and more writing on the way, he’s showing no signs of slowing down. On this episode of Read This, host Michael Williams sits down with Alex to discuss his latest book The Deal, which revisits the life of Lang Tzu, a character in his critically acclaimed novel The Ancestor Game.

Two time Miles Franklin Award-winning author Alex Miller is 88, but with 17 books under his belt and more writing on the way, he&rsquo;s showing no signs of slowing down. On this episode of&nbsp;Read This, host Michael Williams sits down with Alex to discuss his latest book&nbsp;The Deal, which revisits the life of Lang Tzu, a character in his critically acclaimed novel&nbsp;The Ancestor Game.

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Read This: Alex Miller Finally Lets His Friend Die

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It’s an uncomfortable fact our government doesn’t like to face: 25 years on from the Tampa affair, we’re still paying a tiny island micro-nation hundreds of millions of dollars to keep immigration detention alive.

One of the ways we’re doing that is by helping to prop up Nauru Airlines – a company riven with financial, governance and safety issues.

Today, independent journalist Nick Feik on how our relationship with a foreign commercial airline is compromising the Australian government’s own regulators, departments and procurement processes in the name of immigration detention.

 

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Guest: Independent journalist, Nick Feik

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It&rsquo;s an uncomfortable fact our government doesn&rsquo;t like to face: 25 years on from the Tampa affair, we&rsquo;re still paying a tiny island micro-nation hundreds of millions of dollars to keep immigration detention alive.
One of the ways we&rsquo;re doing that is by helping to prop up Nauru Airlines &ndash; a company riven with financial, governance and safety issues.
Today, independent journalist Nick Feik on how our relationship with a foreign commercial airline is compromising the Australian government&rsquo;s own regulators, departments and procurement processes in the name of immigration detention.
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Guest: Independent journalist, Nick Feik
Photo:&nbsp;Nauru Airlines

The absurd lengths Australia goes to keep Nauru Airlines flying

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One of the defining themes of Donald Trump's presidencies has been his war against the media.

Last week, he banned journalists from three media outlets from the White House, saying he’s had enough of the negative stories about him. This week, those outlets sued him over the ban.

And just last year he proved no one’s off limits,  taking media mogul Rupert Murdoch to court in a ten-billion-dollar lawsuit that’s still playing out – all over another story he didn’t much like.

Today, journalist and author Gabriel Sherman on the battle of the titans between Donald Trump and Rupert Murdoch – and who really holds the power in this twisted transactional relationship.

 

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Guest: Journalist and author Gabriel Sherman

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One of the defining themes of Donald Trump's presidencies has been his war against the media.
Last week, he banned journalists from three media outlets from the White House, saying he&rsquo;s had enough of the negative stories about him. This week, those outlets sued him over the ban.
And just last year he proved no one&rsquo;s off limits,&nbsp; taking media mogul Rupert Murdoch to court in a ten-billion-dollar lawsuit that&rsquo;s still playing out &ndash; all over another story he didn&rsquo;t much like.
Today, journalist and author Gabriel Sherman on the battle of the titans between Donald Trump and Rupert Murdoch &ndash; and who really holds the power in this twisted transactional relationship.
&nbsp;
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Guest: Journalist and author Gabriel Sherman
Photo:&nbsp;EPA/Samuel Corum and Kevin Lamarque via AP

Trump and Murdoch: The enemies who need each other

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Australia in 2066 will be older, richer, and – according to the treasurer – transformed by artificial intelligence.

The latest intergenerational report says, despite an aging population, our real incomes will be 55 percent higher by 2066. And Jim Chalmers says AI will get us there.

But the same report says younger Australians aren’t seeing the same gains in income, wealth and home ownership as the generations before it. So what does this report really say about our future – and how much of it is political wishful thinking.

Today, Vice Chancellor’s professor and Chief Societal Economist at the University of New South Wales, Richard Holden on what Australia could look like in 40 years – and where the economics end and the politics begin.

 

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Guest: UNSW Chief Societal Economist Richard Holden

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Australia in 2066 will be older, richer, and &ndash; according to the treasurer &ndash; transformed by artificial intelligence.
The latest intergenerational report says, despite an aging population, our real incomes will be 55 percent higher by 2066. And Jim Chalmers says AI will get us there.
But the same report says younger Australians aren&rsquo;t seeing the same gains in income, wealth and home ownership as the generations before it. So what does this report really say about our future &ndash; and how much of it is political wishful thinking.
Today, Vice Chancellor&rsquo;s professor and Chief Societal Economist at the University of New South Wales, Richard Holden on what Australia could look like in 40 years &ndash; and where the economics end and the politics begin.
&nbsp;
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Guest: UNSW Chief Societal Economist Richard Holden
Photo: AAP Image/Mick Tsikas

A richer Australia in 2066 – but for who?

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Read This: Alex Miller Finally Lets His Friend Die

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