Australia's universal health care system, Medicare is considered one of the best in the world. However tonight 7.30 will show how suspected fraud, misuse and billing errors are draining billions from Medicare every year ..read more

Northern Victoria is in the grip of major flooding, with communities isolated and thousands of homes inundated. The region around Shepparton has been heavily impacted. Shepparton Mayor Shane Sali speaks to Sarah Ferguson ..read more

As the global outlook darkens, Treasurer Jim Chalmers is in Washington for meetings with G20 finance ministers as well as the IMF and World Bank ..read more

Some scientists are warning that global warming could be headed for a crucial tipping point - and carbon dioxide is not the only culprit. In recent years, there's also been a surge in the release of methane into the atmosphere - most of it due to natural causes ..read more

Former PM Kevin Rudd is President of the Asia Society and a former diplomat in Beijing. Sarah Ferguson speaks to him about the extraordinary events due to take place in China - which mark the culmination of Xi Jinping's relentless centralisation of power and the possible consequences for Australia ..read more

This weekend, the Chinese Communist Party will host its 20th National Congress where it's expected that Xi Jinping will be voted president for a record-breaking third term ..read more

Nationwide protests in Iran are now in their fourth week provoked by the death of Mahsa Amini, a young woman who died in custody after being arrested by the morality police in Tehran - this is being called Iran's George Floyd moment ..read more

Right now, we're in the biggest debate we've ever had about Australia's green energy future. One of the most provocative voices to emerge is Dr Saul Griffith who is the founder of Rewiring Australia and an advisor to the Biden administration on its recent legislation to drive America's green energy transformation. He thinks Australia's energy transformation should begin in people's homes ..read more

Victoria's anti-corruption commissioner has expressed frustration that he's not able to speak openly. IBAC Commissioner Robert Redlich says the courts are being used to block the release of crucial integrity reports ..read more

Today the nation commemorated the 20th anniversary of the Bali bombings - one of the worst peacetime tragedies in the nation's history. The attack by Islamic terrorists on two bars packed with foreign tourists killed 202 people, including 88 Australians - hundreds more were left wounded and traumatised ..read more