China’s export ban: Can we stop the downward spiral?
Australia’s Trade Minister Simon Birmingham joins this episode of The Briefing as we look at the growing trade tensions between Australia and China, and what Australia is going to do to fix it. This...
17 Marras 202018min
Financial abuse - the hidden epidemic
Financial and economic abuse is a form of domestic or family violence. It can be really hard to identify and to escape from as money is often used as a powerful tool for control or exploitation. The...
16 Marras 202021min
Oregon has decriminalised all drugs: Should Australia follow suit?
Oregon has become the first US state to decriminalize the personal use of all drugs. The "Drug Addiction Treatment and Recovery Act" will allow people arrested with small amounts of hard drugs to avoi...
15 Marras 202018min
The hidden psychology driving us to distraction
What could you accomplish if you knew how to improve concentration and overcome distractions? What if you had the power to stay focused and become “indistractable?” In today's Briefing we're going dee...
12 Marras 202020min
Is the Pfizer vaccine our pathway back to normal life?
After Pfizers exciting announcement this week, the reaction from experts around the world has been positive. We’ve already learnt some important things about the vaccine, and in today’s Briefing we’re...
11 Marras 202019min
The COVID-19 vaccine: Your questions answered
A vaccine being produced by Pfizer may be 90 per cent effective in stopping the transmission of COVID-19 which has created a lot of excitement about getting the deadly virus under control and getting ...
10 Marras 202022min
Do deradicalisation programs work?
Last week, four innocent people died in a terror attack in Vienna, Austria. The 20-year-old perpetrator had already been in jail after trying to join ISIS and was made to participate in a deradicalisa...
9 Marras 202016min
Where to from here: The US election
Joe Biden is officially the US President-elect. Biden called for unity and calm in his victory speech in Delaware yesterday, but the challenges facing America will be very divisive. First and foremost...
8 Marras 202019min
