Israel’s latest strike in Beirut on Sunday, which killed at least five people and wounded 28, has dramatically escalated existing tensions in the region and left many in Lebanon anxious about what may follow. Beirut-based journalist William Christou speaks to Nour Haydar about the Lebanese government and Hezbollah’s responses to the strike and Israel’s ongoing presence in south Lebanon, despite a ceasefire agreement.
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Why did the BoM website cost a bomb?
New figures released over the weekend show the cost of the Bureau of Meteorology’s website redesign has ballooned to $96.5m. Technology reporter Josh Taylor tells Nour Haydar how this happened, how it compares with other website redesigns and why the environment minister is asking for an explanation
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Ashes Weekly: Australia wins and England collapses in the first Test
Max Rushden is joined by Geoff Lemon, Ali Martin and Jim Wallace to discuss Australia’s humbling defeat of England in the first Test in Perth that ended three days early
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What went wrong at Wieambilla
A Queensland coroner has found that the three members of the Train family behind the 2022 Wieambilla shootings were not terrorists, but instead killed two police officers and a neighbour due to their shared ‘persecutory’ delusions. Queensland state reporter Andrew Messenger speaks to Reged Ahmad about the coroner’s findings into what happened that day and whether anything could have been done to prevent it
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Will Albanese’s caution become his weakness?
Author and columnist Sean Kelly says despite Labor’s overwhelming majority and an opposition largely consumed by its own infighting, there are signs that Anthony Albanese’s government will waste the opportunity handed to them by the Australian people. Kelly talks to Guardian Australia political editor Tom McIlroy about his new Quarterly essay, which examines the Labor party’s move away from idealism towards pragmatism. And the former Rudd and Gillard staffer argues that while Albanese’s caution has won him two elections, it could also become the prime minister’s greatest weakness
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