{"podcast":{"title":"ABC News Top Stories","slug":"abc-news-top-stories-6001594","podcast_index_feed_id":6001594,"rss_url":"https://www.abc.net.au/feeds/101858056/podcast.xml","website_url":"https://www.abc.net.au/radio/","image_url":"https://live-production.wcms.abc-cdn.net.au/e095db3b3ea82ec7b474d8295add4336.jpg?src","author":"ABC Australia","episode_count":250,"summary":"ABC News Top Stories delivers the biggest breaking news and headlines from Australia and around the world, updated throughout the day. Get fast, trusted coverage of politics, business, extreme weather, and major national events from the ABC's newsroom direct to your podcast feed. Whether you're catching up on the morning's top headlines or need a quick update between meetings, ABC News Top Stories gives you the essential news of the day. You can also hear the biggest stories of the day explained in-depth in just a few minutes. Follow now for daily Australian news briefings from the ABC, Australia's most trusted news source.","last_synced_at":"2026-09-20T14:20:29.789761+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/abc-news-top-stories-6001594"},"episode":{"title":"Can Ben Carroll save Labor in Victoria?","slug":"can-ben-carroll-save-labor-in-victoria","published_at":"2026-07-28T08:55:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/abc-news-top-stories-6001594/can-ben-carroll-save-labor-in-victoria","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/abc-news-top-stories-6001594","url":"https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/abc-news-top-stories/can-ben-carroll-save-labor-in-victoria/106968936","audio_url":"https://mediacore-live-production.akamaized.net/audio/02/mu/Z/1p.mp3","summary":"Ben Carroll is Victoria's 50th premier, but his rise to the top job did not come without a fight, and he has a battle ahead of him against public opinion in the state. He rose the ranks from a Kmart worker, to become a state MP in 2012 and eventually the leader of the Labor party. But can he distinguish himself from the former Labor leaders Jacinta Allan and Daniel Andrews and turn the polls around for Labor before the next election?","meta_description":"Ben Carroll is Victoria's 50th premier, but his rise to the top job did not come without a fight, and he has a battle ahead of him against public opinion…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":212,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/abc-news-top-stories-6001594/episodes/can-ben-carroll-save-labor-in-victoria/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/abc-news-top-stories-6001594/can-ben-carroll-save-labor-in-victoria.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}