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Why Australia's Prime Minister is rooting for song and dance to be accepted as essential to the Australian way of life. Synopsis: Every first Friday of the month, The Straits Times' foreign editor Bhagyashree Garekar chats with ST’s correspondents in the Asia-Pacific, the US and Europe. They talk about life as it goes on, amid the screaming headlines and bubbling crises.  In this episode, she chats with ST’s correspondent in Australia, Jonathan Pearlman. Highlights (click/tap above): 1:00 Why the rugby-loving Australian PM Anthony Albanese cares about the arts 3:15 How big is the arts scene Down Under? 5:55 'DJ' Albo’s plans to raise the arts quotient 8:08 Is there a profit motive? 10:00 No more 'starving' artists? Read article: https://str.sg/ikT2 Produced by: Bhagyashree Garekar (bhagya@sph.com.sg), Ernest Luis, Hadyu Rahim and Fa’izah Sani Edited by: Hadyu Rahim and Fa’izah Sani Follow Letter From The Bureau Podcast every first Friday of the month on our Asian Insider Podcast channel here: Channel: https://str.sg/JWa7 Apple Podcasts: https://str.sg/JWa8 Google Podcasts: https://str.sg/wQsB Spotify: https://str.sg/JWaX SPH Awedio app: https://www.awedio.sg/ Website: http://str.sg/stpodcasts Feedback to: podcast@sph.com.sg Read Bhagyashree Garekar’s articles: https://str.sg/whNo Read Jonathan Pearlman's articles: https://str.sg/whNJ Read ST's Letters From The Bureau: https://str.sg/3xRd Register for Asian Insider newsletter: https://str.sg/stnewsletters --- Discover more ST podcast channels: In Your Opinion: https://str.sg/w7Qt Asian Insider: https://str.sg/JWa7 Health Check: https://str.sg/JWaN Green Pulse: https://str.sg/JWaf Your Money & Career: https://str.sg/wB2m ST Sports Talk: https://str.sg/JWRE #PopVultures: https://str.sg/JWad Music Lab: https://str.sg/w9TX Discover ST Podcasts: http://str.sg/stpodcasts Discover BT Podcasts: https://bt.sg/pcPL --- Special edition series: The Unsolved Mysteries of South-east Asia (5 eps): https://str.sg/wuZ2 Invisible Asia (9 eps): https://str.sg/wuZn Stop Scams (10 eps): https://str.sg/wuZB Singapore's War On Covid (5 eps): https://str.sg/wuJa --- Follow our shows then, if you like short, practical podcasts! #STAsianInsider

Alphabet is shutting down its Everyday Robots project - another casualty of job cuts at Google’s parent company and the latest in a long list of failed hardware ventures. It was launched in 2019 with an aim of designing armed robots that could help out in domestic and office settings; taking on light custodial work like sorting trash and cleaning tables. What does that mean for the smart cleaning industry? Are humans more cost effective than robots in the sector? On Mind Your Business, Lyn Lee Foo and Ryan Huang find out more Jonathan Quek, Founder and CEO of Globotix, a Singapore-based robotics startup, that is exploring how A.I. can revolutionise the cleaning industry.  This podcast is produced and edited by Anthea Ng (nganthea@sph.com.sg)

Analysts are mixed on growing speculation of a new successor being groomed to take over North Korean leader Kim Jong Un following his 10-year-old daughter's public appearance in recent days. This comes at a time amid reports of a ‘grave’ food situation in the country.  Oh Joon, Professor of United Nations studies at Kyung Hee University and Former South Korean Ambassador to Singapore and the UN weighs in. [Find Us on Podcast Platforms] Awedio | Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Spotify | Amazon Music | OmnyStudio [Contact Us] Presenter: Lynlee Foo Producer: Yeo Kai Ting (ykaiting@sph.com.sg) [More Podcast from MoneyFM89.3] Breakfast with Lynlee Foo, Ryan Huang and Rachel Kelly Your Money with Michelle Martin The Afternoon Update with Hongbin Jeong Drive Time with Elliott Danker, Timothy Go & Chua Tian Tian Friday Night LIVE with Neil Humphreys & Dan Koh Glenn van Zutphen on Saturday Mornings with Neil Humphreys News Headlines from The Straits Times presented by MONEY FM 89.3 Financial Updates from The Business Times presented by MONEY FM 89.3 Budget Preview by KPMG Money Fact

Henry Loh, Head of Asian Credit on the Asian Fixed Income Team at abrdn discusses how prevalent the issue of greenwashing is for Asian green bonds, how investors should go about filtering for quality, and the type of yields to expect.

New electric vehicle (EV) charging points are slated to be installed in one-third of Housing Board car parks by the end of 2023, as the shift towards greener transport gathers speed. Transport Minister S. Iswaran said that some 2,000 EV charging points are set to be installed in more than 700 HDB car parks by the end of the year. Goh Chee Kiong, CEO at Charge+, a leading integrated EV charging solution provider for Singapore and Southeast Asia shares his insights on how the shift towards greener transport in Singapore is gaining momentum.

David Kuo, co-founder, The Smart Investor shares how high interest rates could go with further rounds of hotter than expected inflation data, especially from Europe and the US.

Are plans to produce 30 per cent of our nutritional needs by 2030 a far goal for land-scarce Singapore? As they say - take one step at a time, or in this case, taking one tree at a time - Chocolatier & Founder, 2am:dessertbar Janice Wong is determined to plant a thousand cacao trees right here on this island - in the name of food security. She shares more. [Find Us on Podcast Platforms] Awedio | Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Spotify | Amazon Music | OmnyStudio [Contact Us] Presenter: Lynlee Foo & Ryan Huang Producer: Yeo Kai Ting (ykaiting@sph.com.sg) [More Podcast from MoneyFM89.3] Breakfast with Lynlee Foo, Ryan Huang and Rachel Kelly Your Money with Michelle Martin The Afternoon Update with Hongbin Jeong Drive Time with Elliott Danker, Timothy Go & Chua Tian Tian Friday Night LIVE with Neil Humphreys & Dan Koh Glenn van Zutphen on Saturday Mornings with Neil Humphreys News Headlines from The Straits Times presented by MONEY FM 89.3 Financial Updates from The Business Times presented by MONEY FM 89.3 Budget Preview by KPMG Money Fact

Singapore is ramping up efforts to grow its tech talent to meet the demands of a fast-growing digital economy. But has there been enough consideration to ensure no one gets left behind? Carol Soon, Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of Policy Studies and Vice-Chair of the Media Literacy Council weighs in on how better our little red dot can navigate the digital era. [Find Us on Podcast Platforms] Awedio | Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Spotify | Amazon Music | OmnyStudio [Contact Us] Presenter: Lynlee Foo Producer: Yeo Kai Ting (ykaiting@sph.com.sg) [More Podcast from MoneyFM89.3] Breakfast with Lynlee Foo, Ryan Huang and Rachel Kelly Your Money with Michelle Martin The Afternoon Update with Hongbin Jeong Drive Time with Elliott Danker, Timothy Go & Chua Tian Tian Friday Night LIVE with Neil Humphreys & Dan Koh Glenn van Zutphen on Saturday Mornings with Neil Humphreys News Headlines from The Straits Times presented by MONEY FM 89.3 Financial Updates from The Business Times presented by MONEY FM 89.3 Budget Preview by KPMG Money Fact

Recently, the Monetary Authority of Singapore and the Reserve Bank of India launched the linkage between Singapore’s PayNow and India’s Unified Payments Interface. This cross-border development will enable customers of participating financial institutions in Singapore and India  to send and receive funds between bank accounts or e-wallets across the two countries in real-time. Jeremy Tan, CEO, Liquid Group shares his insights on what it means to be the first non-bank financial institution as a participant of the agreement as well as the benefits of this partnership.

Jordan Stuart, US equities portfolio manager, Federated Hermes, discusses why after a slump in 2022, biotech stocks especially small caps are attractive options to diversify into for their uncorrelated traits.