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Sunday Extra is RN’s live Sunday morning broadcast, looking to the week ahead and also incorporating Correspondent’s Report,Ockham’s Razor and Background Briefing.
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Sunday 5 Feb 2017
The ABC's foreign correspondents share the stories behind the news.
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The mayor of Whyalla says she's confident the city's steelworks will find a new buyer and avoid becoming a 'ghost town'.
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What is your earliest childhood memory? Dr John Bradshaw seems to have memories of when he was just months old — but agrees that most of us can’t go back further than two years of age.
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The 13-year-old Brisbane schoolboy committed suicide after years of being bullied at schools for being different. Did Tyrone Unsworth's school let him down?
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The leaking of the terse Trump-Turnbull phone conversation is one of many difficult moments in the Australia-US relationship.
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Why is women's sport suddenly so popular?
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Chloe Esposito won the gold medal in the women's modern pentathlon at the 2016 Olympic Games. She says the year that made her was 2012
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This week's bird is the silver eye. It's only 10 to 12 centimetres from bill to tail, so it's a little bird. But it usually travels in groups and its call travels well - so it's hard to miss! There are some regional variations in the plumage, but all Silvereyes have an olive-green head and a bright, silver ring that surrounds the eye.
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With rising right wing populism, a new session of parliament about begin, and the infamous leaked phone call between Prime Minister Malcom Turnbull and U.S President Donald Trump, we pose the question: Is Malcolm Turnbull the right leader for the times?
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Sunday 29 Jan 2017
The ABC's foreign correspondents share the stories behind the news.
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Whyalla's industrial base has diminished from the peak of the 60s and 70s and the city now faces the prospect of losing its remaining steelworks. Can the city be re-invented and revitalized?
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When you lose weight, where does it go? Surfing scientist Ruben Meerman explains how fat leaves our bodies and enters the cosmos.
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Summer series: Six babies are born still every day in Australia. Up to a third of those deaths might be preventable, but experts say fatalistic and outdated attitudes are holding back progress. Hager Cohen investigates.
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When former Canberra Raiders captain Alan Tongue ended his playing days he simply picked up a bag of balls and started working with troubled youth.
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This week's mystery tweeter is the native budgerigar.
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Is Russia still America's number one strategic foe?
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Phillip Farmer taught high school history for three decades and one of his students was Saturday Extra host Tom Switzer.
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Revisit the week's top news stories with a panel of experts and news hounds.
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Monday 23 Jan 2017
The Sydney Theatre Company looks back on the year in politics.
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Sunday 22 Jan 2017
Summer series: The death of a young indigenous boy sparked a town riot at the court house, and the search for answers as to why he died. Sarah Dingle reports.
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25 years after String of Pearls was released, the Australian musician talks about the year that changed her life.
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Sunday 15 Jan 2017
The feminist writer talks about rising above personal and professional attacks.
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Riding a bicycle from England to Greece, Alan Kohler discovered ambition.
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Working for the Discovery Channel led to a year living in Marrakech, Morocco.
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A revealing and honest talk with his father proved to be a liberating experience for the young Toby.
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Sunday 8 Jan 2017
The award-winning journalist talks about her formative years.
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So many things changed for the writer during that year, especially after he 'came out' as gay.
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Comedian, actor, writer and satirist John Clarke talks about the year that made him.
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Australia's netball champion on high-pressure and high-performance.
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Sunday 1 Jan 2017
The sudden death of her husband, 'Crazy John' Ilhan left Patricia with a difficult choice.
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A contemplative moment taking in the majesty of nature on top of a mountain in Tasmania, sent the artist on a journey to trace the break up of the supercontinent Gondwana.
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A question asked of her on a live television program became a defining moment in the author's life.
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This former writer for Dr Who changed television history by making Daleks 'fly'.
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