
Alan Kohler on robots and the future of work
21/12/2025 | 23min
The continuing rise of artificial intelligence was one of the big stories of 2025. But how long until humanoid robots, with an AI brain, step into the limelight and take our jobs?This week, Sam Hawley is joined by ABC presenters and journalists to discuss their best stories and interviews from the past year. Today, ABC finance presenter and commentator, Alan Kohler, looks at Elon Musk's robot ambitions, how robots could be the new slaves, and what it could mean for all of us.Do we need a Universal Basic Income, can we tax robot and AI companies to pay for it and why professional sports player may be one job that's safe for a while yet.

Is Bondi the start of a new era of terror?
18/12/2025 | 16min
What actually works to prevent terrorist attacks and is Australia up to challenge in a complex threat environment?The Prime Minister says new laws to tackle antisemitism will include powers to deport so-called hate preachers and a new criminal charge for those advocating "racial supremacy".He’s also been pressured into adopting in-full the recommendations from the Special Envoy's Plan to Combat Antisemitism.Today, the Lowy Institute's Lydia Khalil on how to stop the next terror attack.Featured: Lydia Khalil, extremism and counter terrorism expert and the director of the transnational challenges program at the Lowy Institute

Albanese’s 'wicked' antisemitism problem
17/12/2025 | 19min
Catastrophe has a way of shaping leaders. Winston Churchill during World War Two, George Bush during 9/11 and Scott Morrison during the Black Summer bushfires.It may define Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s leadership too, as he comes under pressure to respond to the antisemitism crisis and the Bondi Beach terror attack, in which 15 people were killed.Today, the chief political correspondent at The Conversation, Michelle Grattan on whether Anthony Albanese can rise to the challenge.Featured: Michelle Grattan, chief political correspondent at The Conversation and a professorial fellow at the University of Canberra

Everything we know about the Bondi shooters
16/12/2025 | 17min
Who could do such a thing? It’s the question Australians are asking after Sunday’s mass shooting at Bondi Beach.How did they radicalise? Who did they associate with? And what drove them to plan and execute the worst terror attack in Australia’s history?Today, investigative reporter Sean Rubinsztein-Dunlop on what we know about the shooters and the unresolved questions for our security services.Featured: Sean Rubinsztein-Dunlop, ABC investigative reporter

Jewish leaders’ call to action after the Bondi massacre
15/12/2025 | 15min
Sydney’s Jewish community is in shock after Sunday's mass shooting at Bondi Beach.It was an act of terrorism that Jewish leaders long feared. So, in the depths of their sorrow, how are they coping and what are they asking for?Today, Rabbi Mendel Kastel from support group Jewish House, whose brother in law Rabbi Eli Schlanger was killed in the attack.Also, Liberal MP Julian Leeser, who is Jewish himself, on where Australians outraged at this attack should direct their anger.Featured: Rabbi Mendel KastelJulian Leeser, Liberal MP



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