QAnon: where do conspiracies go to die?
The Briefing3 Feb 2021

QAnon: where do conspiracies go to die?

The world watched on as the QAnon conspiracy theory circled over the White House during the Trump years.

Trump has gone, what now for the QAnon believers and their claims?

We’re joined by New York Times writer and editor Stuart Thompson who spent three weeks in a QAnon chat room. What he learned will make you wonder what the QAnon conspiracists truly believed.

In today's headlines:

  • Aus Open in chaos after Covid finding in Melbourne quarantine hotel

  • Japan releases plan for Tokyo Olympic Games

  • PM chides Coalition MP Craig Kelly after fiery clash with Labor MP Tanya Plibersek

  • RBA says interest rates to remain low until 2025

  • Dragons backflip on Folau deal after backlash

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