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I'm Rosie Bloor.

And I'm Jason Palmer.

Every weekday, we provide a fresh perspective on the events shaping your world.

In the past two decades, India has been engaged in a road revolution. There are some pretty

obvious benefits to its massive infrastructure building exercise, but improving rural

connections has also had some more unexpected consequences.

And the superstars of track and field don't get anywhere near the paychecks that, say, footballers do.

Now one of the world's most decorated runners is pushing a new league that aims to raise the bar.

Yeah. pushing a new league that aims to raise the Liberal Party make a stunning turnaround.

This weekend, Australia heads to the polls.

And once again, the incumbent Labor government is getting a lift from MAGA.

Earlier this year, Australia's elections seemed to be headed towards a conservative

coalition win.

Su Lin-Wong, host of our scam podcast and Asia correspondent, is currently in Sydney.

But since Trump returned to the White House, Australians have watched in horror as he's abandoned Ukraine, started a global trade war, and purged tens of thousands of federal employees.

And all of this has given Australia's incumbent Social Democrat government run by the Labour Party a huge boost ahead of the election on Saturday.

Thank you. run by the Labour Party, a huge boost ahead of the election on Saturday. Sue Lynn, earlier this week we saw something similar in Canada, but Australia's a long way from the US.

Why is its politics so shaped by Trump as well?

Yeah, I really enjoyed listening to you and Hal discuss the Canadian

election earlier this week. And as I was listening, I was thinking to myself, look, the reality is

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