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In the last week, there have been two major incidents of turbulence hitting commercial flights, causing injury. On Sunday, 12 were injured on a Qatar Airways Doha to Dublin flight while in the air ov…
News Corp and OpenAI, the tech company that created ChatGPT, have signed a multi-year content deal. Under the new partnership, News Corp’s content will be used to respond to ChatGPT user questions. N…
Should kids under the age of 16 be banned from social media? A new campaign called 36 Months is calling for the age at which young people can sign up to social media to be pushed from 13 to 16. The o…
Over the last month, we have brought you a number of episodes about the rising rate of men’s violence against women in Australia. We have spoken about specific cases, about new statistics and about r…
The International Criminal Court’s lead prosecutor has announced he’s applying for arrest warrants for three Hamas leaders, Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and Defence Minister Yoav Galla…
Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi and Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian have died in a helicopter crash. The helicopter crashed in mountainous terrain in northern Iran amid heavy fog, triggering…
Three A-League players were arrested in Sydney on Friday morning over an alleged corrupt betting scheme. A-League is the highest level of professional men's soccer in Australia - and this has the pot…
You may have seen that it is currently Fashion Week.
It’s an exciting time for Australia’s fashion industry - showcasing the talents of some of the country’s best homegrown designers.
But with fashio…
For the first time, someone has been imprisoned in relation to Australia’s alleged war crimes. His name is David McBride. But he didn’t commit those crimes; he was the whistleblower for a 2017 report…
The Government, led by Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, had two big decisions to make: what to spend money on, and where to get that money from.
In today’s podcast we are going to focus on what it an…
The Federal Government has announced a plan to ban the export of live sheep from Australia. It comes after an independent panel urged the Government to introduce a ban.
In today’s podcast, we’ll disc…
Algorithms, child abuse, domestic violence, scams, extremist material, mis and disinformation, and the availability of good journalism on social media - these are all areas identified by the governme…
This week, a Western Sydney Council voted to remove material about same-sex parenting from its library shelves. In the days following the announcement, the NSW Government threatened to reduce its fun…
In a major development in the Israel-Hamas war, Israeli forces have entered the southern Gazan city of Rafah, in an operation they say is aimed at destroying Hamas targets. For the 1.4 million people…
Australian brothers Jake and Callum Robinson, and their American friend Jack Carter Rhoad have been confirmed dead in the Mexican state of Baja California, days after their family first raised the al…
The Federal Government has announced it will wipe $3 billion in student debt and offer payments for some students undergoing mandatory placements. These announcements come a week before the Federal B…
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Last week, we learned the federal government will trial age verification measures aimed at blocking children from watching explicit adult content online, as part o…
Student protests over the Israel-Hamas war have intensified across U.S. college campuses and have now spread to universities here in Australia. Protesters are calling for an immediate ceasefire, and …
The Prime Minister has announced several new measures to combat domestic violence. It comes after new data this week revealed the rate of women killed by a partner in Australia increased by nearly 30…
This week, a hate speech trial against One Nation Leader Pauline Hanson has begun in the Federal Court. It comes after Hanson was accused of racially discriminating against Greens Deputy Leader Mehre…