FIRST HOUR – ALAN KOHLER
Alan Kohler, ABC Finance Commentator, and founder of the Eureka Report joined Philip Clark on Nightlife to give his take on current economic conditions.Alan believes the RBA kept the cash rate on hold today so they can sit back and see what's happening and believes they won't raise rates again. While there might not be a technical recession due to the levels of immigration, people are going through their own personal recession as the cost-of-living spirals out of control and inequality widens. Alan took your calls on a range of economic issues including wages, cost of living, interest rates and mortgages.
SECOND HOUR – NIGHTLIFE NEWS BREAKDOWN
Peter Bodkin National Chief of Staff at Australian Associated Press joins Philip Clark on Nightlife to look at the day's news in politics. Treasurer Jim Chalmers said that it was a big relief for families with a mortgage, after the RBA kept the cash rate on hold. CoreLogic's latest data shows house prices have continued to rise but albeit a slower pace, and the Federal Government welcomed the news from UNESCO not to list the Great Barrier Reef as "in danger", but have signalled more needs to be done.
SECOND HOUR – NIGHTLIFE TECH
Asha Barbaschow, Editor of Gizmodo Australia joined Philip Clark with all the latest in tech talk on Nightlife. Ash was a guest of Samsung in South Korea, where the new Samsung flip phone, the Galaxy Z Flip 5 was released. In a case that can have serious ramifications, the operator of a self-driving Uber vehicle involved in the first pedestrian fatality, plead guilty in the criminal case. Elon Musk has rebranded Twitter as X, bringing it into line with his other companies such as Space X, X.AI and the Model X Tesla, and the war of the vacuum sticks.
SECOND HOUR – NIGHTLIFE HISTORY
In August of 1918, just three months before the end of WW1, six Australians captured 71 prisoners on the western front battlefields of France. It's an action that's now regarded as critical in precipitating the defeat of Germany. The Battle of Amiens was the most decisive battle of 1918, and it was these six diggers who, by capturing high ground known as the "Chipilly Spur" achieved an objective previous attacks costing thousands of lives had failed to achieve.
Historian, author, and teacher Lucas Jordan has written an account of who these six Australian soldiers were, what inspired their successful act of courage and what happened to them after the war, in a new book called "The Chipilly Six – Unsung heroes of the Great War".
The story of how six Australians captured 71 prisoners on the battlefields of France in WW1
THIRD HOUR – THE MIGHTY CHALLENGE
FOURTH HOUR – ISSUE OF THE DAY
The Matildas made their epic World Cup statement, demolishing Olympic champions Canada 4-0 in a manner that was confident, inspiring, and magnificent. Is this landmark moment for not only for Women's Football and football generally in Australia, but for women's sport in general?
ABC Science is on the hunt to find Australia's favourite native sounds. There are 28 animals to choose from; including the cicada, galah, banjo frog, dingo and barking owls. Polls close closing at midnight on Thursday August 10th.
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