One of the victims of the Qatar Airport invasive searches
Today’s story starts back on October 2, 2020, when Qatari authorities grounded planes at Hamad International Airport in Doha after a baby was found abandoned in a bathroom. The baby had been dumped ...
18 Marras 202122min
Victoria’s controversial pandemic bill explained
Five million people in Melbourne emerged from lockdown in late October after spending a world record 262 days in lockdown. The Victorian Parliament is expected to pass strict new laws this week to de...
17 Marras 202120min
How has Covid impacted the world's oldest profession?
How has Covid impacted the sex industry? Everyone has had to make changes to cope with the pandemic, but what about when your income is derived from intimacy? Samantha X is an escort and owner of S...
16 Marras 202117min
Freed Britney
A court has finally freed Britney Spears from her conservatorship... where her father controlled almost every aspect of her life for 13 years. This story, which maybe would have been filed under ce...
15 Marras 202119min
What about the children?
On today’s episode of the Briefing …what about the children... do we really understand the impact of covid and lockdowns on children under 12. Counselling services such as Kids Helpline say they’re ...
14 Marras 202120min
Yumi Stynes tears open the sealed section on life
Yumi Stynes is best known as the host of the award-winning podcast and new book Ladies We Need to Talk, where she dives headfirst into the tricky topics women often avoid talking about. Yumi invites h...
12 Marras 202131min
The explosion of phone-based scams
Why is everyone being bombarded with scam texts? We’ve all received a message about a parcel, or a tax bill, a Nigerian prince, or Australian Border Force. So, what’s with the explosion of phone-ba...
11 Marras 202119min
What's with 'Let's Go Brandon'?
'Let’s Go Brandon’ is being called the biggest political meme of the last decade. The crowd at a NASCAR race in Alabama was chanting “F**k Joe Biden”. An NBC reporter, during an interview with the r...
10 Marras 202119min
