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Please Explain

From the newsrooms of The Age and SMH, Please Explain gives you a daily insight into the stories that drive the nation.

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Since the Cold War ended more than 35 years a...

: 22 minutes : 22-Apr-2026

Treasurer Jim Chalmers is slated to make a bi...

: 20 minutes : 21-Apr-2026

There’s been something of a revolt in women...

: 19 minutes : 20-Apr-2026

Just picture it: under the cover of night, po...

: 14 minutes : 19-Apr-2026

A fire at a Geelong oil refinery - one of two...

: 37 minutes : 16-Apr-2026

Seven weeks into the US-Israel war with Iran,...

: 24 minutes : 15-Apr-2026

As our journalist James Massola put it, his n...

: 19 minutes : 14-Apr-2026

For years, Prince Harry and Meghan, the Duche...

: 22 minutes : 13-Apr-2026

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has been slam...

: 19 minutes : 12-Apr-2026

The new leader of the Nationals, Matt Canavan...

: 53 minutes : 09-Apr-2026