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Future Babble: Why Expert Predictions Fail - And Why We Believe Them Anyway by Dan Gardner

Rob Minshull produces Weekends with Warren and is an avid reader. You can hear Dan Gardner being interviewed by Warren Boland on Sunday 13th Weekends with Warren.








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A scandal every 22 days: ARLC hits back over fresh de Belin Federal Court challenge

The ARLC has suggested that Jack de Belin needs a "reality check" as it argues that the code's no fault stand-down policy is necessary because the sport has been "beset by a series of scandals."







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'Bugger this for a joke': Constance reveals Barilaro slur played role in by-election U-turn

The NSW Transport Minister says he didn't decide to contest federal politics to be called "that type of smear" by his "mate" John Barilaro as he abandons his bid for pre-selection in the Eden-Monaro by-election.




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Government concedes COVIDSafe app unlikely to ever work on older phones

The Federal Government says it has set a record for the fastest app to reach 5 million downloads in Australia with COVIDSafe, but acknowledges it might never work for 10 per cent of smartphone users.




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Police officers to be prosecuted over alleged assault of teen after judge reverses decision

Two South Australian police officers will continue to be prosecuted for allegedly assaulting a 17-year-old boy on the Eyre Peninsula in 2013, after the state's top judge finds the investigation was legal.




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Astronomers discover closest ever black hole to Earth

Black holes usually cannot be seen but astronomers have now discovered one closer to Earth than any that have ever been located before.




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Think Australia could have never fostered a gun culture like America? Think again

Many Australians look at the gun culture in America in disbelief. But examining our shared histories with guns, it was only a few sliding doors moments that stopped us going down that path.



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We've flattened the COVID-19 curve. The next wave of preventable deaths will be caused by suicide, experts say

Imagine trying to eradicate COVID-19 without knowing how many cases there are in Australia. That is the situation mental health advocates say is hampering the fight against suicide.




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'Exceptional athlete and an even better human being': Legendary Indigenous jockey dead at 76

WARNING: This article contains the name and image of a person who has died. A trailblazing Indigenous jockey whose skills and humanity made him a legend has died aged 76.




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'We're sitting ducks': The photo one community never wants to see again

A council on Sydney's southern outskirts calls for changes to bushfire evacuation planning after thousands of people were left like "sitting ducks" in a 15-kilometre traffic jam, as a major blaze threatened the area.




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This real estate agent says she's never seen the market like this. Here's why

Recently, there's been a surge in withdrawals, with people scared of selling in an unstable market as a recession looms and job losses hit. Agents like Rufina have never seen anything like it.




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Fact check: Does being unemployed for a year nearly halve your chances of ever working again?

COVID-19 has resulted in widespread job losses — so what happens next for those who lost their jobs? ACOSS CEO Cassandra Goldie says if you're out of employment for more than 12 months, your chances of ever working again fall by 40 per cent. Is she correct?




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What could long periods of isolation mean for your young child’s development?

Playgroups, playgrounds and visits to see grandparents are key staples in the social lives of many young families. So how will missing these things impact your young child's development and what can you do from home?




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Hobart has never been much of a cycling city, but coronavirus is changing that

Tasmania's spaghetti soup of road shoulders, painted green lanes, shared-use paths and recreational tracks frustrates cyclists on a daily basis, but with usage on the rise advocates are hoping change is on the way.




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'Never give up, never despair': Queen's VE Day address reflects on today's fight against COVID-19

Queen Elizabeth has led tributes to veterans of World War Two, recalling the "never give up, never despair" message of Victory in Europe Day 75 years ago, as coronavirus dampened VE Day commemorations.




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How the Apollo 11 Moon landing was achieved with the vital help of Carnarvon Tracking Station

It is a piece of Australian history never heard how a waitress, a TV repair man and a young Croatian migrant in a remote WA town helped the US win the space race by sending man to the Moon half a century ago.





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NSW makes seven changes for State of Origin Game II against Queensland

NSW makes a massive seven changes for the must-win Origin II in Perth on Sunday, led by the return of James Maloney to the halves while injury forces two changes for Queensland.




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Record $20 million payout for man who suffered severe brain injuries in car crash

Chrys Barker has been confined to a wheelchair and is in need of 24-hour care since being critically injured in a car accident in 2014. He's now been awarded what is believed to be the biggest single personal injury settlement in Queensland.




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Darwin water park push to continue, even though all applications have been rejected so far

The Northern Territory Chief Minister says plans for a water theme park in Darwin are not dead in the water yet, despite his Government formally rejecting all expressions of interest in the project submitted so far.




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Sydney apartments in spotlight as developers ramp up incentives to clear oversupply of stock

Sydney property developers are pulling out all stops by offering special deals including to pay the buyer's mortgage for a year in a bid to lure customers and sell a glut of apartment stock in a downturned market.




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Love Machine nightclub shooting investigators release CCTV footage of car believed involved

Police release CCTV footage of a car believed to be linked to a drive-by shooting at Melbourne's Love Machine nightclub in April, which left two people dead and four others injured.




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Channel Seven loses long-running defamation case over Today Tonight story

An Adelaide woman who sued Channel Seven over a Today Tonight story which portrayed her as a "welfare fraudster" wins her defamation case on appeal, almost eight years after the report aired.




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What's it like going back to the place your life changed forever?

Almost 10 years after being thrown from a motorbike and losing the ability to walk, the ABC's Charles Brice is about to return to the crash site for the first time before handcycling more than 300 kilometres to raise spinal research funds.




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Documents reveal maintenance of Collins Class submarines could be scrapped from SA by 2024

Full-cycle docking of Collins Class submarines could disappear from its current site in South Australia by 2024, Freedom of Information (FOI) documents reveal.




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Residents 'kept in the dark' about fire risk of buildings as audit reveals flammable cladding dangers

An Adelaide business owner says buildings residents are not being informed about dangers posed by potentially flammable aluminium cladding, as an audit reveals dozens of structures are at risk.



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Labor pledges to reverse planned privatisation of Adelaide train and tram network

South Australia's Opposition says it will reverse the State Government's plan to privatise Adelaide's train and tram services if elected in 2022.



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Excerpt from an ABC TV program titled Women Feel Guilty Whatever They Do

A section of an ABC television program titled Women Feel Guilty Whatever They Do, aired on March 27, 1985. It features stay-at-home mother Liz Crawford and working mother Deborah Brennan.









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ABC's editorial director says AFP raids an 'uncomfortable development'

The ABC's editorial director Craig McMurtrie says the raids by the federal police on the ABC's Sydney offices are an uncomfortable development with implications for press freedom.




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Gemma Cosgrave and Steven Arthur died when their car collided with a truck on the Bruce Highway at Cardwell. (Supplied)




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One of several Gold Coast properties raided by police (Supplied: QPS)





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'We working to meet every one of those requirements' Adani Australia CEO Lucas Dow




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'We working to meet every one of those requirements' Adani Australia CEO Lucas Dow





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Albanese responds to Victorian CFMEU's threat to sever financial ties with Labor

Federal Labor leader Anthony Albanese told Afternoon Briefing host Patricia Karvelas he was not concerned by the Victorian construction union's threat to cut financial ties with Labor.





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Kalgoorlie mine workers evacuated from Frog's Leg mine after more than 100 seismic events in one day

The future of one of Australia's most profitable gold mines appears to be on shaky ground after more than 100 seismic events were recorded in a single day.