The Briefing

Young Aussie artist AViVA is a perfect example of someone you mightn’t have heard of in the mainstream, but who has had her emo/pop songs downloaded billions of times. She’s had nearly 70 million vie...

3 Marras 202121min

Police in Western Australia have found missing four-year-old Cleo Smith. Officers broke into a locked house in the town of Carnarvon, 900 kilometres north of Perth, about 1am local time (4am AEDT) w...

2 Marras 20213min

Gladys Berejiklian stunned the people of NSW on October 1st by announcing her resignation. The state’s Independent Commission Against Corruption had announced it was investigating Ms Berejiklian over ...

2 Marras 202123min

In today’s Briefing, we’ll learn just how much better life could be if we properly understood loneliness... because it’s connected to so many things that go wrong in our lives, like drug addiction, vi...

1 Marras 202123min

When Damien Cave brought his young family to Sydney to set up the New York Times’ Australian Bureau, they encountered the local pursuits of Nippers and surfing – and a completely different approach to...

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Steph Claire Smith isn’t your average model turned fitness influencer. Boasting over one million followers on social media, the 27-year-old uses her platform to champion how healthy doesn't need to be...

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What’s behind the stoush between Australian comedian Hannah Gadsby and the US superstar Dave Chapelle? It’s all about Chappelle’s Netflix comedy special, The Closer. Netflix has stood by its deci...

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The film industry was in shock last week when a director of photography was shot dead on the set of a movie in New Mexico. The shot was fired by Hollywood legend Alec Baldwin. On today’s Briefing w...

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