To some Dr Charlie Teo is a risk-taking, lifesaving neurosurgeon, willing to take on the medical establishment in order to offer operations most doctors would refuse. 

Others believe he has given families false hope and performed expensive operations that were never going to have success. 

In this week's Please Explain, The Sydney Morning Herald's Kate McClymont discusses what she discovered in her investigation into Dr Teo.

To some Dr Charlie Teo is a risk-taking, lifesaving neurosurgeon, willing to take on the medical establishment in order to offer operations most doctors would refuse. 
Others believe he has given families false hope and performed expensive operations that were never going to have success. 
In this week's Please Explain, The Sydney Morning Herald's Kate McClymont discusses what she discovered in her investigation into Dr Teo.

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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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The case of Charlie Teo, Australia’s most controversial neurosurgeon

“Our character is essentially Anglo-Celtic and Judaeo-Christian. That's what has made our country attractive to migrants, and we should keep it that way.’’

That was former prime minister Tony Abbott on the position he would like the newly minted Coalition leader Angus Taylor to adopt, saying that for the Coalition to win voters back from One Nation, it needed to take a harder line on immigration and move away from diversity.

Today, political analyst Sean Kelly, on how far Angus Taylor will go, in cracking down on immigration.  And his connection to Tony Abbott.

&ldquo;Our character is essentially Anglo-Celtic and Judaeo-Christian. That's what has made our country attractive to migrants, and we should keep it that way.&rsquo;&rsquo; That was former prime minister Tony Abbott on the position he would like the newly minted Coalition leader Angus Taylor to adopt, saying that for the Coalition to win voters back from One Nation, it needed to take a harder line on immigration and move away from diversity.
Today, political analyst Sean Kelly, on how far Angus Taylor will go, in cracking down on immigration.&nbsp; And his connection to Tony Abbott.

How far will Angus Taylor go to crack down on immigration?

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Investigative reporter Nick McKenzie’s 2024 exposé of the criminal infiltration of the construction sector prompted a slew of investigations among governments and law enforcement agencies around the country.

The conclusions of those investigations reveal the extent of that corruption, and its findings are damning - including that the CFMEU's conduct could have cost taxpayers $15 billion, and the Victorian government knew of the problems but did not fix the problem.

Drug trafficking and shocking sexual exploitation of women on major infrastructure sites - are some of the other claims.

Today Nick McKenzie on the serious questions the government has to answer.

Investigative reporter Nick McKenzie&rsquo;s 2024 expos&eacute; of the criminal infiltration of the construction sector prompted a slew of investigations among governments and law enforcement agencies around the country. The conclusions of those investigations reveal the extent of that corruption, and its findings are damning - including that the CFMEU's conduct could have cost taxpayers $15 billion, and the Victorian government knew of the problems but did not fix the problem. Drug trafficking and shocking sexual exploitation of women on major infrastructure sites - are some of the other claims. Today Nick McKenzie on the serious questions the government has to answer.

The CFMEU ‘crime gang’: A honeypot of money, and a government that looked the other way

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We're bringing you an extra episode of Inside Politics today because Prime Minister Anthony Albanese had an opening in his diary, and he's granted us an audience.

His interview comes off the back of a difficult week, with a state visit from Israeli President Isaac Herzog. Herzog's visit was welcomed by the victims of the Bondi terror attack and their families, but his presence in Australia also sparked protests with shocking clashes between police and protesters in Sydney.

Host Jacqueline Maley and chief political correspondent Paul Sakkal ask Albanese whether the police response was heavy-handed, and whether his invitation to Herzog caused further division.

The conversation also traverses other issues bubbling along in the background, including the Coalition leadership tussle, as well as what policies the prime minister plans to implement this year ahead of May's budget. 

We're bringing you an extra episode of Inside Politics today because Prime Minister Anthony Albanese had an opening in his diary, and he's granted us an audience.
His interview comes off the back of a difficult week, with a state visit from Israeli President Isaac Herzog. Herzog's visit was welcomed by the victims of the Bondi terror attack and their families, but his presence in Australia also sparked protests with shocking clashes between police and protesters in Sydney.
Host Jacqueline Maley and chief political correspondent Paul Sakkal ask Albanese whether the police response was heavy-handed, and whether his invitation to Herzog caused further division.
The conversation also traverses other issues bubbling along in the background, including the Coalition leadership tussle, as well as what policies the prime minister plans to implement this year ahead of May's budget.&nbsp;

Anthony Albanese interview: Police prayer disruption at Herzog protest needs ‘full explanation’

https://api.omny.fm/orgs/88b564ea-a9a6-4751-910a-a5d800019396/clips/d22e5917-0bf2-4ab1-ad4d-b3f000582bf2/transcript

The case of Charlie Teo, Australia’s most controversial neurosurgeon

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