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Julian Assange, the founder of Wikileaks, has agreed to plead guilty to a single felony count in relation to charges over disseminating national security material.
The plea deal was in exchange for his release from a British prison, clearing the way for him to return to Australia, and avoiding the need to face charges in the United States.
It brings to an end the 14-year ordeal that saw him spend seven years in the Ecuadorian Embassy in London and a further five years in a British prison fighting US attempts to extradite him.
In this episode of The Briefing we’re joined by Kym Staton, documentary filmmaker and Director of ‘The Trust Fall: Julian Assange', to find out how and why Assange has finally decided to end his campaign for justice and return home.
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Bird flu – or Avian flu – has been detected at a number of chicken farms in Victoria and NSW. The discovery comes in the wake of an outbreak in the US and tests that found humans had symptoms associated with bird flu.
How safe is Australia’s poultry industry, and how safe are our chickens and eggs to eat?
In this episode of The Briefing, we’re joined by Enzo Palombo, Professor of Microbiology at Swinburne University to learn more about how badly our poultry industry will be affected and if humans – like Covid – could be impacted by the growing global crisis.
Headlines:
Government waters down vape ban
Victoria to launch pill testing trial this summer
Princess Anne in hospital
Picassos hung in ladies toilets at Mona
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Weaponised incompetence is a term that's gaining some traction at the moment.
It's a passive-aggressive pattern of behaviour where someone in a relationship, whether it be professional or intimate, either deliberately performs a task poorly or pretends not to know how to do a task in order to avoid responsibility.
Imagine the dynamic of person A is able to iron shirts/stack dishwashers/ do spreadsheets so much better than person B - which leads to Person A doing all the work, often reinforcing the unequal division of labour at home and in the office.
In this episode of The Briefing, psychologist Jocelyn Brewer shares how it can manifest, and how to tell if you might be an unknowing victim.
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Tax time is right around the corner and this year the ATO are cracking down on working from home expenses.
Last year more than 8 million Australians claimed work- related deductions in their tax return, with working from home expenses making up more than half of those claims.
In this episode of the Briefing Ashley Debenham from Etax Accountants joins Katrina Blowers to unpack everything you need to know before you lodge your tax return.
Headlines:
Tough new penalties coming for supermarkets
First poll shows voters split on nuclear
Adelaide Westfield sent into lockdown after teen brawl
2024 Logies nominations announced
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What’s the difference between style and Fashion? Well Victoria Latu can answer that.
She was born in a region now considered Ukraine, interviewed all the stars on the red carpet in LA and along the way became a fashion expert.
In this chat with Antoinette Lattouf, Victoria unpacks her Kylie Minogue like accent and how she navigated the Australian media landscape a women of colour.
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Women’s basketball would be lucky to rate a mention in America, let alone Australia. Yet that has all changed since Caitlin Clark came along.
The 22-year-old is one of the most promising female basketball players in the US, making the transition from college ball to being signed as the number one draft pick for the Indiana Fever this year.
However, her popularity hasn’t been without controversy, fuelled by Clark’s entrance as a white player in a predominantly Black sport.
In this episode, we’re joined by Cat Lynch from Triple M, who’s been following Clark’s journey and is here to unpack the complexities of her story.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin’s first visit to North Korea in 24 years has resulted in the
signing of a partnership agreement for mutual aid if either nation is attacked.Apparently encompassing a whole range of areas, including medical education and scientific pursuits, particular emphasis has been placed on military cooperation with speculation that Russia is in dire need of munitions to continue their war against Ukraine.
In this episode, we’re joined by Politco’s Zoya Sheftalovich, to find out more about the
agreement and just how much Russia are in need of North Korea’s support.Headlines:
Questions remain around the Coalition’s nuclear plan.
Russia signs deals with Vietnam
Climate activists try to vandalise Taylor Swift’s private jet
London cinema cancels screening of movie written entirely by AI after hundreds of complaints
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This week saw a Labor MP’s office vandalized in Victoria in protest of the party’s inaction surrounding the war in Gaza. The protest has sparked outrage from current and former members of government, who say aggressive protest action is taking things too far.
Should protest action be more peaceful, to be more effective? Or is loud and aggressive protest the only way to get wider Australian society to pay attention to major issues surrounding the environment, climate and human rights?
In this episode of the Briefing former leader of the Greens and environmentalist Bob Brown joins Bension Siebert to unpack what an effective protest looks like.
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Peter Dutton has provided Australians with more detail than ever before with how he plans to make the country enter a nuclear power boom.
On Wednesday, the leader of the Opposition announced his plans to build seven nuclear power stations, flagging a major election promise which he hopes will be a “referendum on nuclear energy”.
In this episode of The Briefing, Emeritus Professor Ian Lowe from Griffith University breaks down what the promise would mean for Australia’s energy plan.
Headlines:
Gender Pay Gap in the public sector
North Korea and Russia sign mutual aid partnership
Shoppers are getting their groceries 25% cheaper at Aldi
Peter Dutton reveals the next phase of the Coalition’s nuclear plan
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Planning on heading to the slopes this winter?
A new study has found climate change could forever change Australia’s ski season, with less snow for fewer days.
The traditional season, starting from the June long weekend through to the October long weekend, is 120 days or four months. New research has found due to ongoing changes in our climate the season will be reduced to just 55 days by 2050.
In this episode of the Briefing, Sam Quirke from Protect Our Winters joins Katrina Blowers to learn what needs to be done to curb greenhouse gas emissions and save Australia’s season.
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Yesterday the Reserve Bank of Australia announced that they were holding the cash rate at 4.35% - the same position since November, 2023.
While this decision came as no shock to the majority of economists, it was anticipated that cash rates would be falling by the end of 2024. Is this still the case?
To help unpack the details of our current economic situation, Scott Phillips from the Motley Fool joins us on The Briefing.
Headlines:
Thailand legalises same sex marriage
Netanyahu complains about blocked US weapons as Jerry Seinfeld’s Sydney gig is hit by pro-Palestine protestors again
Justin Timberlake arrested for driving while intoxicated
Maccas to ditch AI ordering system over in the US
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Have you ever thought about the physical places where our most sensitive and private digital information is stored?
Around Australia lie ultra-secure databases that host everything from your medical records and internet passwords to our governments' records and national secrets. Unsurprisingly, given the sensitive nature of this digital information, most of us will never even know where these data centres are, let alone see inside one.
However in this episode, The Briefing will take you right inside a data control centre, and you'll hear from AuCloud CEO Peter Maloney to find out how they keep your data safe from hackers, scammers and foreign intelligence agencies.
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China’s long history of panda diplomacy is back in the headlines.
Governments trading native animals is nothing new and can form a key part of diplomatic relations, but how did trading pandas become an integral part of China’s foreign policy?
In this episode of the Briefing Senior Fellow in the Initiative for U.S-China Dialogue on Global Issues Dennis Wilder joins Sacha Barbour Gatt to explain the political strategies behind the cuddly bears.
Headlines:
Australia's relationship with China “renewed and revitalised”
Virgin flight engine fire on flight to Melbourne
Vladimir Putin to visit North Korea
New research shows news intake is up
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New research released today from Women’s Health Victoria is showing a sad state of affairs for how people see their genitalia in 2024.
The research, which includes a nationally representative YouGov survey of more than 1000 Australians with a labia, found that porn and the 'online world' are having a significant impact on young people's anxiety and shame around their vulva and labia.
In this episode, we speak with the longest serving Dolly Doctor and Labia Library ambassador, Dr Melissa Kang.
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New research has found 69 per cent of Australians access TV via the internet and millions will miss out on watching sport if proposed anti-siphoning laws are not applied to streaming services.
A new study has found 29 per cent of Australians watch TV exclusively through an aerial and 18 per cent of those are considering switching to digital soon. If anti-siphoning laws are not extended to digital services, around half (49%) of people who use free streaming services such as 9Now and 7Plus reported they would simply miss out on watching sport.
In this episode of The Briefing, we’re joined by Free TV CEO Bridget Fair to find out what needs to happen to keep sport and other major television events, on free-to-air TV.
Headlines:
Albanese to meet with Chinese Premier Li
Swiss peace summit sees international support for Ukraine
Robert Irwin threatens to sue Pauline Hanson’s One Nation over cartoon
Royals receive positive coverage over Father's Day
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Sally McMullen and Alexandra Hourigan describe themselves as just two chicks trying to navigate their 20s and their love of online shopping.
The duo turned their friendship and passion of scoring a bargain into Two Broke Chicks - dishing out everything from saving hacks to how to make friends as an adult in their podcast, new book and through socials.
In this chat with Antoinette Lattouf, Sal and Alex share what they think about the bad rap millennials and zillenials get when it comes to Insta inspired spending.
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Animals communicate with one another all the time, but few species have the ability to call each other by individual names.
Dolphins are known to invent their own signature whistle as names, while parrots have also been known to use names with each other – and now new research has found that African elephants have found their own way to call each other by name too.
In this episode of the Briefing, lead author of the study and behavioural ecologist Mickey Pardo joins Bension Siebert to explain how African elephants use rumble sounds to communicate.
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There's been a surprising spike this year in the number of Monkeypox cases internationally and in Australia. In a post-pandemic world, fears of a virus that could spread amongst large groups of people are unsurprising - but are concerns about this latest spike warranted? And what's causing the spike of Mpox to occur?
In this episode, The Briefing's Simon Beaton speaks with expert in infectious diseases, Professor David Tscharke from the Australian National University.
Headlines:
Ukraine signs historic ten year security deal with the US
Chris Dawson loses appeal
Young Aussie Actress cast in upcoming Disney film
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14 high-profile Australian women have joined forces to recreate the famous Calendar Girls campaign to raise awareness of domestic violence.
Inspired by the Calendar Girls 25 years ago who stripped for a nude calendar to raise awareness of cancer, Let’s Get Explicit is trying to keep the conversation going and to raise awareness of domestic violence in Australia.
Politicians like Victorian MP Georgie Purcell, actor Sharon Johal and our own Antoinette Lattouf have been photographed the calendar, depicting prominent Australians in images where they feel empowered, to raise funding for and drive societal change around violence against women.
In this episode of The Briefing, Bension Siebert is joined by to Antoinette to find out why she’s involved, and what the organisers hope to achieve.
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The European Parliament held its elections over the weekend, with provisional results showing significant victory for radical-right political parties across the continent.
As preliminary election results rolled in, French President Emmanuel Macron called a snap parliamentary election in the country later this month, following strong results for his right-wing rival party Marine Le Pen.
In this episode of The Briefing, we take a deep dive into the surge of right-wing parties and policies across Europe, what’s behind the drift to the right, and what the impact might be here in Australia.
Headlines:
Investigations suggests PwC scandal to be beyond just Australia
SA Premier Peter Malinauskas proposes bill to ban all political donations
Former footballer Jarryd Haynes wins appeal against sexual assault convictions
World records broken at Aussie swimming trials
Note: If you'd like to hear our former episode on how companies pay to influence our politicians, head here.
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