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Before the coronavirus and it looked strong but there was a caveat, because we had a warm winter and that meant labs in the construction sector are behaving strangely relative to what is ordinarily the case. Hiring was good but not quite as good as the headline number suggested area david headline numbers. David we had the president speaking and then is this good news being bad news with the administration saying we dont have to worry about it very much . Carl we see investors treating it accord...

Joseph Wrights interest in studying dictators and authoritarian leaders began during a concert at a Chilean military academy while he was studying abroad.

Democracy Works host Michael Berkman, director of the McCourtney Institute for Democracy and professor of political science, talks with fellow Penn State political scientist Joe Wright about his new book, "The Origins of Elected Strongmen: How Personalist Parties Destroy Democracy from Within."

Rural fire brigade members express dismay over Queensland's fire service overhaul. Learn why volunteers are urged to fight against the radical changes.

Rural fire brigade members express dismay over Queensland's fire service overhaul. Learn why volunteers are urged to fight against the radical changes.

Rural fire brigade members express dismay over Queensland's fire service overhaul. Learn why volunteers are urged to fight against the radical changes.

Rural fire brigade members express dismay over Queensland's fire service overhaul. Learn why volunteers are urged to fight against the radical changes.

March for Our Lives co-founder David Hogg joins us to discuss his work advocating for gun reform policy and his new project, which aims to help young people win elected office at the state and federal level.

The so-called 'war on drugs' has been waged in the US since at least the 1970s, when then President Richard Nixon signed the Controlled Substances Act and declared drug abuse as “public enemy number one.” In Australia, there have been similar efforts to battle drug trafficking and use. As prescription opioids overtake heroin as a public health emergency, those efforts have expanded to restrict the control and supply of those substances too. First Nations people have been much more ...

An internationally prominent urban planner believes a plan to rejuvenate Mount Coot-tha Quarry should be a project of state significance. And it can be ready by the Olympics, he says.