The World Today

The World Today is a comprehensive current affairs program which backgrounds, analyses, interprets and encourages debate on events and issues of interest and importance to all Australians.

Coalition 'blood-bath' sparks soul searching
May 5, 2025 – 0:25:06
Leaders make final election pitches
May 2, 2025 – 0:25:25
Estranged husband testifies in mushroom trial
May 1, 2025 – 0:25:17
Underlying inflation falls within target
Apr 30, 2025 – 0:25:27
Mushroom death trial begins
Apr 29, 2025 – 0:25:17
Parties in final campaign push
Apr 28, 2025 – 0:25:13
Australians pause to remember ANZACs
Apr 25, 2025 – 0:24:42
Australians demand more on health
Apr 24, 2025 – 0:25:20
Trump to 'substantially' cut China tariffs
Apr 23, 2025 – 0:25:24
Catholic world mourns Pope Francis
Apr 22, 2025 – 0:24:42
Easter drownings prompt fresh warnings
Apr 21, 2025 – 0:24:44
Unemployment edges up to 4.1 per cent
Apr 17, 2025 – 0:25:30
Investment house 'churn' in spotlight
Apr 16, 2025 – 0:25:44
Trump influence on Australian election revealed
Apr 15, 2025 – 0:25:25
Housing policies under the microscope
Apr 14, 2025 – 0:25:35
Tariff turmoil continues
Apr 11, 2025 – 0:25:33
Australia caught between giants in tariff war
Apr 10, 2025 – 0:25:23
Coalition releases long-awaited gas modelling
Apr 9, 2025 – 0:25:40
Tariff jitters continue with Trump defiant
Apr 8, 2025 – 0:25:22
ASX sheds billions in tariff plunge
Apr 7, 2025 – 0:25:31
Tariffs smash global markets
Apr 4, 2025 – 0:25:08
Trump tariffs send global shockwaves
Apr 3, 2025 – 0:25:29
World nervously awaits US tariffs
Apr 2, 2025 – 0:25:21
Will the RBA cut rates again?
Apr 1, 2025 – 0:25:15
PM heads west as coalition spruik gas reservation
Mar 31, 2025 – 0:25:17
'Born ready' Albanese calls Federal Election
Mar 28, 2025 – 0:25:32
Supermarket report reveals clear price gap
Mar 27, 2025 – 0:25:31
Inflation eases before RBA meeting
Mar 26, 2025 – 0:25:28
Treasurer teases Budget relief
Mar 25, 2025 – 0:25:31
Calls for spending restraints in Federal Budget
Mar 24, 2025 – 0:25:16
Australia's supermarkets 'most profitable in the world'
Mar 21, 2025 – 0:25:05
Unemployment steady at 4.1 per cent
Mar 20, 2025 – 0:25:18
Israeli PM vows to keep attacking Gaza
Mar 19, 2025 – 0:25:21
Treasurer's warning over trade tensions
Mar 18, 2025 – 0:25:24
Spotlight on 'house of horrors' childcare providers
Mar 17, 2025 – 0:25:19
Putin signals ceasefire interest, Ukraine sceptical
Mar 14, 2025 – 0:25:17
Power prices set to rise for millions
Mar 13, 2025 – 0:25:25
PM calls Trump tariffs "entirely unjustified"
Mar 12, 2025 – 0:25:20
Flood-hit residents count the cost
Mar 11, 2025 – 0:25:28
Ex-TC Alfred response turns to flood watch
Mar 10, 2025 – 0:24:47
Cyclone Alfred impacts ahead of arrival
Mar 7, 2025 – 0:25:41
Cyclone Alfred looms off East Coast
Mar 6, 2025 – 0:25:05
Final preparations underway for Cyclone Alfred
Mar 5, 2025 – 0:25:29
US pauses military aid to Ukraine
Mar 4, 2025 – 0:25:20
'Coalition of willing' needed to defend Ukraine
Mar 3, 2025 – 0:25:20
Trump's awkward AUKUS moment raises eyebrows
Feb 28, 2025 – 0:25:20
Politcal fight erupts over Chinese warships
Feb 27, 2025 – 0:25:21
Monthly inflation hovers at 2.5 per cent
Feb 26, 2025 – 0:25:19
France pushes US for Ukrainian security guarantee
Feb 25, 2025 – 0:25:28
Divided response to $8.5bn Medicare pledge
Feb 24, 2025 – 0:25:20

Recent Reviews

PANDASIMS08

Where is the impartiality?

I am neither of the left or right but when I listen to this program everything seems to have subtle undertones of a leftist agenda. This bias on the ABC has to stop, it’s outrageous that tax payers fund this “neutral” broadcaster. I want to listen to a program that presents both side without sneaking in their own political leanings.
Bikecray

Could be more concise

A decent consolidation of topics but way too much rambling on especially with interviewed guests. Dismayed to hear the story on covid impact in India devolved quickly into and inward facing diatribe on impact to cricket of all things. Would be better advised to discuss what is being done to help India and their citizens deal with the crisis and forget cricket.
LoriWeck

Single story podcast boo

Totally agree with other review! Put the stories together! Give us a news program 30 minuets 45, 60... whatever but 3 minuets turns me away to BBC and I want to listen to ABC! Love your coverage of your territory of the world! Make 2 stars 5! Lori in USA.
wishauntielistened

Still can't get it right

Sigh. The content of the ABC Radio Nation PM is exceptional - well considered reporting that blends Australian and international news. Unfortunately all this good effort is completely spoiled by remarkably inept podcast broadcasting. It seems there is some sort of prediliction towards splitting what is a single broadcast into each of the stories. I understand there may be some listeners who prefer a per-story broadcast, although for me, a single file to be downloaded is much easier to deal with and it's easier to see if I've heard the entire broadcast, rather than searching the dates of each story to see if I've heard all of it. To make matters dramatically worse, the ABC have somehow decided that blending a full broadcast, individual stories and the business news all into one stream is a bright idea! This is remarkably stupid, it makes automating retrieval almost impossible - it now requires digging through a list of broadcasts to find which are the full programs and which are the individual broadcasts. Gosh, this isn't that hard people: create one podcast for the combined programme, and one for the individual stories. This is no more effort than what is done now, and probably more automatable for the production side. Then provide two links.