In this episode of Please Explain Daily, national editor Tory Maguire and health reporter Rachel Clun talk us through the Covid-19 vaccine rollout that begins in earnest today.

In this episode of&nbsp;Please Explain Daily, national editor Tory Maguire and health reporter Rachel Clun talk us through the Covid-19 vaccine rollout that begins in earnest today.

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.

Will the vaccine rollout mean the beginning of the end for the pandemic?

A few years ago, Australia earned the unenviable title of allergy capital of the world. 

This could well have been true, with a World Allergy Organisation review finding Australia had the highest rate of food allergies for children under five.

But since then, something happened to turn allergy advice on its head, and parents have been introducing allergens to children at a far younger age than they used to.

So, where are we at now? 

Explainer reporter Jackson Graham is here with us today to discuss whether the new strategy has worked.

A few years ago, Australia earned the unenviable title of allergy capital of the world.&nbsp;
This could well have been true, with a World Allergy Organisation review finding Australia had the highest rate of food allergies for children under five.
But since then, something happened to turn allergy advice on its head, and parents have been introducing allergens to children at a far younger age than they used to.
So, where are we at now?&nbsp;
Explainer reporter Jackson Graham is here with us today to discuss whether the new strategy has worked.

What causes food allergies and can we now prevent them?

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Shootings in a warring criminal underworld is not a particularly new thing for cities such as Sydney.

This type of violence exploded almost two decades ago with the advent of the gang, Brothers For Life, whose method of choice claimed the lives of multiple gang members  and seriously injured innocent people in the crossfire.  

But the violence did slow down once major gang figures had either been killed or placed behind bars. 

That is until recently, when, as crime reporter Perry Duffin writes, once again, there’s been a spate of gangland hits killing innocent people or minor criminals by an “honourless” underworld.

For Perry Duffin's latest story, read 'Blood on the streets: gangland shooting sparks fears of tit-for-tat war'.

Shootings in a warring criminal underworld is not a particularly new thing for cities such as Sydney.
This type of violence exploded almost two decades ago with the advent of the gang, Brothers For Life, whose method of choice claimed the lives of multiple gang members&nbsp; and seriously injured innocent people in the crossfire.&nbsp;&nbsp;
But the violence did slow down once major gang figures had either been killed or placed behind bars.&nbsp;
That is until recently, when, as crime reporter Perry Duffin writes, once again, there&rsquo;s been a spate of gangland hits killing innocent people or minor criminals by an &ldquo;honourless&rdquo; underworld.
For Perry Duffin's latest story, read<a href="https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/two-men-shot-on-busy-sydney-street-identified-as-alleged-underworld-associate-and-lawyer-20250526-p5m23o.html"> 'Blood on the streets: gangland shooting sparks fears of tit-for-tat war'</a>.

How the latest spate of Sydney shootings ignore 'mob rules'

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Renowned author Colm Tóibín's international bestseller Brooklyn deals with the agonies of trying to adapt to the customs of a strange new land. When we meet main character Eilis Lacey 20 years later, in Tóibín’s latest novel, Long Island, she again grapples with the pull of her home country Ireland.

So what does Tóibín make of our yearning to belong, and how it can twist us internally? How it can drive otherwise rational people to damn entire groups of people?

In this special episode, Tóibín, who is in Australia for the Sydney Writers’ Festival and the Melbourne Writers Festival, toys with these themes in a discussion on migrants, Donald Trump and the new Pope. And the times when even he can’t find the right words, in his own life.

Renowned author Colm T&oacute;ib&iacute;n's international bestseller Brooklyn deals with the agonies of trying to adapt to the customs of a strange new land.&nbsp;When we meet main character Eilis Lacey 20 years later, in T&oacute;ib&iacute;n&rsquo;s latest novel, Long Island, she again grapples with the pull of her home country Ireland.
So what does T&oacute;ib&iacute;n make of our yearning to belong, and how it can twist us internally? How it can drive otherwise rational people to damn entire groups of people?
In this special episode, T&oacute;ib&iacute;n, who is in Australia for the Sydney Writers&rsquo; Festival and the Melbourne Writers Festival, toys with these themes in a discussion on migrants, Donald Trump and the new Pope. And the times when even he can&rsquo;t find the right words, in his own life.

'Brooklyn' author Colm Tóibín on belonging

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Will the vaccine rollout mean the beginning of the end for the pandemic?

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