The new Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is so pro-Donald Trump she’s become known as the “Trump whisperer”. She also just gained an enormous amount of power in a historic landslide election win.

What will this do to Australia, if she encourages Prime Minister Anthony Albanese to strengthen our ties with the United States?

Today, Peter Hartcher on how Australia manages this new relationship with the Japanese prime minister, while heeding calls to decouple from the United States.

The new Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is so pro-Donald Trump she&rsquo;s become known as the &ldquo;Trump whisperer&rdquo;. She also just gained an enormous amount of power in a historic landslide election win.
What will this do to Australia, if she encourages Prime Minister Anthony Albanese to strengthen our ties with the United States?
Today, Peter Hartcher on how Australia manages this new relationship with the Japanese prime minister, while heeding calls to decouple from the United States.

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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.

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Japan’s new PM is the 'Trump whisperer'. Will she compel Albanese to follow suit?

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The government has finally announced its national fuel security plan to help us cope with one of the worst global oil crisis the world has seen.

After meeting with the heads of all states and territories in a special meeting of the national cabinet, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said the government was acting now to be “overprepared" for any worsening of the crisis that has resulted from the war in the Middle East - now in its fifth week, and showing no signs of stopping.

Today, hear federal political correspondent Natassia Chrysanthos on what relief Australians will get out of this plan, and whether the government’s measures will boost inflation.

The government has finally announced its national fuel security plan to help us cope with one of the worst global oil crisis the world has seen. After meeting with the heads of all states and territories in a special meeting of the national cabinet, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said the government was acting now to be &ldquo;overprepared" for any worsening of the crisis that has resulted from the war in the Middle East - now in its fifth week, and showing no signs of stopping. Today, hear federal political correspondent Natassia Chrysanthos on what relief Australians will get out of this plan, and whether the government&rsquo;s measures will boost inflation.

Albanese has a petrol plan. Will it help, or boost inflation?

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In a sudden conclusion to one of Australia’s most intensive manhunts, self-described sovereign citizen Dezi Freeman was shot dead by police on Monday morning.

For more than 200 days, Freeman evaded police after killing two police officers at a rural property in Porepunkah, in Victoria’s High Country, on August 26 last year.

In a bonus episode today, crime reporter Melissa Cunningham on how the deadly saga of Dezi Freeman came to an end.

For all the latest on this story, visit theage.com.au or smh.com.au.

In a sudden conclusion to one of Australia&rsquo;s most intensive manhunts, self-described sovereign citizen Dezi Freeman was shot dead by police on Monday morning.
For more than 200 days, Freeman evaded police after killing two police officers at a rural property in Porepunkah, in Victoria&rsquo;s High Country, on August 26 last year.
In a bonus episode today, crime reporter Melissa Cunningham on how the deadly saga of Dezi Freeman came to an end.
For all the latest on this story, visit <a href="www.theage.com.au">theage.com.au </a>or <a href="https://www.smh.com.au">smh.com.au.</a>

The dramatic end to the hunt for Dezi Freeman 

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When the murky and fast-flowing water surged into their house in northern Victoria, Brian and Glenys Mulcahey were determined. They would save their home of more than 50 years.

In the end, they couldn’t. But what they didn’t know then, during that devastating flood in 2022, was that the worst was still to come.

For Brian Mulcahey was never the same again; the previously active man slid into a state of listlessness, and was later sent to a mental health facility.

Today, regional editor Benjamin Preiss on the link between dementia and natural disasters.

When the murky and fast-flowing water surged into their house in northern Victoria, Brian and Glenys Mulcahey were determined. They would save their home of more than 50 years. In the end, they couldn&rsquo;t. But what they didn&rsquo;t know then, during that devastating flood in 2022, was that the worst was still to come. For Brian Mulcahey was never the same again; the previously active man slid into a state of listlessness, and was later sent to a mental health facility. Today, regional editor Benjamin Preiss on the link between dementia and natural disasters.

After the flood: Exploring the link between disasters and dementia

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Japan’s new PM is the 'Trump whisperer'. Will she compel Albanese to follow suit?

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