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FULL SHOW: losing Qld beaches, why WA loves Labor + bringing back mammoths

2025/3/10
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Hundreds of thousands of people still don't have electricity, as the wild weather from ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred keeps smashing south east Queensland and northern NSW. Understandably, there's a lot of focus on fixing infrastructure. But what about the impact on the coastline itself?

Plus, WA Labor had a massive election win over the weekend. So does the result mean trouble for Peter Dutton come federal election time?

And US scientists are trying to resurrect the woolly mammoth from extinction... by genetically modifying mice.

Listen now:

01:20 -  WA election results

06:06 - Is Peter Dutton in trouble?

13:48 - Ex-TC Alfred update

21:20 - Woolly mammoth comeback

Guests:

  • Zak Kirkup, former WA Liberal leader
  • Dr Darrell Strauss, oceanographer, Griffith University 
  • Dr Emily Roycroft, evolution and genomics expert, Monash University