Skip to main content

ABC News Daily

Program: ABC News Daily

Presented by

Samantha Hawley

ABC News Daily is the podcast that helps you understand the issues affecting your world. Every episode, host Samantha Hawley walks through one story with the help of an ABC colleague or expert in under 15 minutes. When you want coverage you can trust, listen to ABC News Daily.

Listen for free on ABC Listen app.

ABC News Daily is the podcast that helps you understand the issues affecting your world. Every episode, host Samantha Hawley walks through one story with the help of an ABC colleague or expert in under 15 minutes. When you want coverage you can trust, listen to ABC News Daily.

Listen for free on

Episodes

Sorted by latest

Life sentence for mushroom killer Erin Patterson

Erin Patterson, the so-called mushroom murderer, will spend at least the next 33 years in jail with parole a possibility but not a certainty when she’s 81 years old.

Published: 4h agoMon 8 Sep 2025 at 6:00am

Erin Patterson leaves court

Duration: 19 minutes 22 seconds

Will Trump kick-start a seabed mining bonanza?

America’s next mining venture could be deep below the sea’s surface, removing nodules on the seabed full of the metals vital for the green energy transition.

Published: 18h agoSun 7 Sep 2025 at 4:00pm

Polymetallic nodules on seabed

Duration: 16 minutes 14 seconds

Trump’s 'gaudy' golden White House

Donald Trump’s been so busy upending the norms of democracy, igniting trade disputes and failing to end wars, it’s hard to see how he’s had time for renovations.

Published: ThuThu 4 Sep 2025 at 4:00pm

Trump in the Oval Office

Duration: 15 minutes 19 seconds

Another IVF mix-up exposed

Every year tens of thousands of Australians turn to IVF to start or grow a family. But is it an industry that can be fully trusted given recent revelations of embryo and sperm mix-ups and women giving birth to strangers’ babies?

Published: WedWed 3 Sep 2025 at 4:00pm

Duration: 15 minutes 8 seconds

Why Putin’s obsessed with seizing Donbas

Since the fanfare surrounding Donald Trump’s face to face peace talks with the Russian President, perhaps unsurprisingly, the war continues in Ukraine.

Published: TueTue 2 Sep 2025 at 4:00pm

Vladimir Putin

Duration: 15 minutes 6 seconds

Who’s helping alleged police killer Dezi Freeman?

It’s one man against the might of the Victorian police force as accused police killer Dezi Freeman remains on the run. On Monday, Victoria Police suggested someone might be helping the fugitive and they should contact police.

Published: 1 Sep 2025Mon 1 Sep 2025 at 7:16am

Dezi Freeman

Duration: 14 minutes 31 seconds

Do we need laws to stop AI taking your job?

Could artificial intelligence be key to improving Australia’s living standards? A Productivity Commission report suggests the roll out of the technology could inject more than a hundred billion dollars into the economy over the next decade.

Published: 31 Aug 2025Sun 31 Aug 2025 at 4:00pm

An empty office

Duration: 15 minutes 32 seconds

Why Alan Kohler loves 5% home deposits

For a long time to buy a home in Australia you needed a 20 per cent deposit or you’d have to pay a big lender's mortgage insurance fee. It’s asking a lot, given house prices in our major cities are around the million-dollar mark or more.

Published: 28 Aug 2025Thu 28 Aug 2025 at 4:00pm

Duration: 14 minutes 12 seconds

Who is Dezi Freeman, the accused police killer?

Victorian police officers had gone to execute a search warrant on a Wednesday morning in a sleepy alpine village.

Published: 27 Aug 2025Wed 27 Aug 2025 at 6:15am

Police on the scene in Porepunkah

Duration: 17 minutes

The attacks Iran ordered in Australia

The spy agency ASIO has revealed Iran orchestrated at least two antisemitic attacks in Australia last year and now all ties with Tehran have been cut.

Published: 26 Aug 2025Tue 26 Aug 2025 at 7:00am

Fire damage at Adass Israel Synagogue in Melbourne

Duration: 15 minutes 11 seconds

Discover more podcasts

Download the ABC listen app to hear more of your favourite podcasts

Footer