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- Sep 19, 2026
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Bugs, blueprints and ballots (opens the original)
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Indonesia’s ambitious free nutritious meals program is plagued by food poisoning, the inaugural Bangsamoro Parliamentary election and research revising Australia's pre-colonial population. Plus, the mind behind the Australian classic ‘Possum Magic’ Mem Fox, Pulitzer-Prize winning journalist Joby Warrick and Melanie Huang Buntine’s “love letter to the personal computer”.
Water, waves and wonder: 13 September, 2026 (opens the original)
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A deep dive into the newly expanded BRICS+ summit, the breakdown of the Indus Treaty, and the world's store of gold. Also, the extraordinary life of Australia's first indigenous military officer, the mysterious world of Echidnas, and a French astrophysist making waves. Then on The Year That Made Me, Australian author Sandy 'AJ' Mackinnon on a life full of spontaneous adventure.
Shein's opaque origins and Samuel Beckett's diary: 6 September, 2026 (opens the original)
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Introducing Extra Intrigue a new monthly segment on the global affairs stories you might have missed. Plus, fast fashion giant Shein floats on the Hong Kong share market, the woman behind NASA's new telescope, and author Rosalie Ham on the Year that Made Me.
Syria's new order and Andrew Upton's chickens: 30 August, 2026 (opens the original)
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Syria's shifting fortunes, a new Australia-Japan defence pact, and the promise (or peril) of AI-powered democracy. Plus Andrew Upton, Lily Shearer, Jim Henson's imaginative legacy, and Danny Estrin's moving race against time to tell a story worth sharing.
History markers, future predictions and the poetry of the present: 23 August, 2026 (opens the original)
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Taiwan prepares for the predicted 2027 invasion by China, hunger stones in the dry river-beds of Europe remind us of the devastation of drought, medical hope from the Clinical Trial of the Year, and on The Year That Made Me, former cricket Bharat Sundaresan shares his love of cricket... and poetry.
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