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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. that aims to raise the bar. First up, though.

A few days ago, we heard about Canada's election, where unity against Trump helped 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 Labor Party a huge boost ahead of the election on Saturday.

Su Lin, earlier this week we saw something similar in Canada, but Australia's a long way from

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