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Advertisement As the second week of this stint of remote schooling draws to a close, many parents are feeling like they might crumble under the weight of supervising education while also trying to do their own jobs. Australian Institute of Family Studies research from last year’s lockdowns found that in these circumstances 40 per cent of parents are actively caring for their children during work hours, and 21 per cent are actively and passively caring for them. Today on Please Explain, educa...

Advertisement Last week, Furnace Creek in the Mojave Desert in the US may have experienced the highest temperature ever recorded on earth: 54.4 degrees. North America’s recent heatwave has pushed the limits of its infrastructure and shelter in disturbing ways. It prompted climate and environment editor Nick O’Malley and environment reporter Miki Perkins to take a look at how Australia’s suburbs are likely to cope with increasing temperatures. Nick joins Tory Maguire on this episode of Pl...

Advertisement In the wake of last year’s economic plunge, unemployment hit pre-pandemic levels, economic growth was back and Australia became a COVID-19 miracle. Next thing you know, the federal government is doing what it said it wouldn’t need to do again – putting together a support package to help businesses and workers because our two biggest cities are in lockdown. Today on Please Explain, economics correspondent Jennifer Duke joins Tory Maguire to discuss Australia’s economic rec...

Advertisement An unclear definition of what exactly constitutes an essential worker has seen industries as diverse as real estate and telecommunications demand priority access to vaccines. Sydney’s lockdown and growing concern around the virus’ spread to other states has led to widespread confusion about which workers are necessary and which workers aren’t. During last year’s outbreak in Victoria, the state government defined who were essential workers and what were essential businesses...

Advertisement As winter tightens its steely grip and parts of Australia remain under strict lockdown, there’s never been a better time to dig into your book hoards or restock your bookshelf. Today on Please Explain, we explore the pages of some of the finest books that have been released in the last year or so. From a collection of Indigenous short stories to a novel that is narrated in part by Jackson Pollock’s Blue Poles, these books provide the perfect escape when you can’t escape. T...

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Advertisement Australians are giving up smoking in huge numbers – which sounds great – but it’s not all good news for the government. A huge drop in the collection of taxes on cigarettes, alcohol and fuel has punched a huge hole in the federal budget, and now the Treasurer has to come up with a plan to make up the shortfall. Today on Please Explain, senior economics correspondent Shane Wright joins Tory Maguire to discuss how the fall in the number of people smoking is making a big impac...

Advertisement The final report of the federal government’s Earth Systems and Climate Change Hub has found Australia’s tropical rainforests will dry out, marine and land heatwaves will become more frequent and intense, and thunderstorms will dump more rain and worsen floods as the planet heats up. The work of more than 100 researchers, the report said there is “a clear link between climate change and worsening bushfire weather conditions over the past 70 years”, and singled out the World...

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Advertisement A major report by Human Rights Watch has exposed the growing influence of Chinese nationalism at Australian universities. Human Rights Watch interviewed 24 pro-democracy Chinese international students and 22 academics and heard accounts of Chinese state police allegedly attempting to enlist a student to spy on the Australian Muslim Uighur community and academics who spoke of in-class surveillance. The report has prompted university leaders to concede more needs to be done to prote...