A flurry of numbers relating to climate change have been tossed around all week.

But what do they mean?

Today, environment and climate reporter Bianca Hall and climate and energy correspondent Mike Foley on what impact the government’s climate emissions target for 2035 will have on all of us.

A flurry of numbers relating to climate change have been tossed around all week.
But what do they mean?
Today, environment and climate reporter Bianca Hall and climate and energy correspondent Mike Foley on what impact the government&rsquo;s climate emissions target for 2035 will have on all of us.

The Morning Edition (formerly Please Explain) brings you the story behind the story with the best journalists in Australia. Join host Samantha Selinger-Morris from the newsrooms of The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age, weekdays from 5am.

The Morning Edition (formerly Please Explain) brings you the story behind the story with the best journalists in Australia. Join host Samantha Selinger-Morris from the newsrooms of The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age, weekdays from 5am.

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The Morning Edition brings you the story behind the story with the best journalists in Australia. Join host Samantha Selinger-Morris from the newsrooms of The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age, weekdays from 5am.

The Morning Edition brings you the story behind the story with the best journalists in Australia. Join host Samantha Selinger-Morris from the newsrooms of The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age, weekdays from 5am.

A primer on Australia’s climate target

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Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says Australia's ISIS brides - the women trying to return home with their children from Syria - are not getting help from the government, but it seems there is more to the story.

Joining Jacqueline Maley to discuss is senior writer Michael Bachelard, who has followed the story for years, and chief political correspondent Paul Sakkal.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says Australia's ISIS brides - the women trying to return home with their children from Syria - are not getting help from the government, but it seems there is more to the story.
Joining Jacqueline Maley to discuss is senior writer Michael Bachelard, who has followed the story for years, and chief political correspondent Paul Sakkal.

Return of 'ISIS brides' raises many questions about what it means to be Australian

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Tony Wright, the associate editor of The Age, has been writing for 50 years. He is the master of what we call the political sketch. Sketches are akin to a verbal cartoon, and when done well, capture a moment in politics.
Today, we bring you Wright's latest sketch, titled: 'Nation’s worst government? Jane Hume’s hyperbolic historical claim'.

Read Wright's columns, and sketches, by clicking here.

Tony Wright, the associate editor of&nbsp;The Age, has been writing for 50 years. He is the master of what we call the political sketch. Sketches are akin to a verbal cartoon, and when done well, capture a moment in politics. Today, we bring you Wright's latest sketch, titled: 'Nation&rsquo;s worst government? Jane Hume&rsquo;s hyperbolic historical claim'.
Read Wright's columns, and sketches, by <a href="https://www.theage.com.au/by/tony-wright-hve1u">clicking here</a>.

The Sketch: Tony Wright on 'Nation's worst government? Jane Hume's hyperbolic historical claim' 

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We are in a dangerous new nuclear age, according to a growing number of world leaders. The signs are not just in Russia’s threats to use itsnuclear arsenal, or China’s steady build-up of its nuclear capabilities.

The signs are also plain to see in a singlesentence, buried in an otherwise dull strategic document, released last month by the Trump administration.

Today, international and political editor Peter Hartcher on Donald Trump’s nuclear ambitions. And why Australia must begin thinking about acquiring its own nuclear weapons.

We are in a dangerous new nuclear age, according to a growing number of world leaders. The signs are not just in Russia&rsquo;s threats to use its nuclear arsenal, or China&rsquo;s steady build-up of its nuclear capabilities.
The signs are also plain to see in a single sentence, buried in an otherwise dull strategic document, released last month by the Trump administration.
Today, international and political editor Peter Hartcher on Donald Trump&rsquo;s nuclear ambitions. And why Australia must begin thinking about acquiring its own nuclear weapons.

Trump won’t shelter us. But does Australia really need nuclear weapons?

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A primer on Australia’s climate target

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