Should we be worried about 'flu-rona'?
Everyone knows someone who’s been floored by the flu. And many say this flu virus is the worst they’ve ever experienced. They say they feel way worse than when they had covid. Medical experts are wor...
30 Touko 202220min
Menstruation leave in Australia
Menstruation is having a bit of a moment in Australia. Victoria and South Australia made tampons and pads free last year. The federal government poured $58 million into endometriosis from this year’s...
29 Touko 202222min
Laura Henshaw is making us healthier
Laura Henshaw looks like a model. But when she speaks? She defies all those stereotypes about what a woman who has been beautiful for a living might be. Laura started modelling at nineteen and when sh...
27 Touko 202232min
Greensland: the rise of the Greens at election 2022
Everyone’s talking about the Labor Party’s big win in last weekend’s election. But the Greens too, have had an incredibly successful campaign, looking to pick up at least three seats in the House of ...
26 Touko 202223min
The Liberal Party's problem with women
Women voted to send Scott Morrison a message on Saturday: the Liberal Party has a problem with women….and his government was going to pay for it. Today’s Briefing takes a deep dive on how - and more...
25 Touko 202223min
Could the Biloela Tamil family finally be on their way home?
Asylum seekers Priya and Nades came to Australia separately by boat from Sri Lanka a decade ago. They met in detention and were given bridging visas before moving to Biloela, a small town in central ...
24 Touko 202221min
How much power will the 'teal independents' have?
The big story out of the weekend’s federal election is the so-called ‘teal independents’. Six women elected in key Liberal seats by campaigning for more action on climate change, greater focus on int...
23 Touko 202219min
What happened to the Liberal Party with Annika Smethurst
The election is done and dusted..... Anthony Albanese has claimed an historic win – becoming only the fourth Labor leader to take the ALP to government from opposition. On today’s Briefing, we’re j...
22 Touko 202219min
