Big savings for consumers after RBA move + the hunt for Dezi Freeman

Big savings for consumers after RBA move + the hunt for Dezi Freeman

Dezi Freeman was shot dead by Victorian police early Monday morning. He’d been on the run for almost seven months after shooting and killing two police officers outside the regional Victorian town of Porepunkah in August last year.

Police are now trying to determine if he was helped by anyone else. Freeman considered himself to be a sovereign citizen, so he believed Australian laws didn’t apply to him.

How did he survive for so long on the run, how did he evade police for all that time, and what can we learn from the investigation now underway?

In this episode of The Briefing Natarsha Belling is joined by Macquarie University’s Dr Vincent Hurley, one of Australia leading policing and criminological academics…

Headlines:

  • RBA scraps card surcharges in big win for consumers
  • Jackie O sues ARN Media
  • Iran says there have been no negotiations with US + Further Attacks
  • Celine Dion to return to live performing

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