Why are truck drivers shutting down Canada's capital Ottawa?
As many as 1000 trucks have converged on Canada’s capital, Ottawa. The Freedom Convoy 2000 has rallied to protest mandatory vaccines for Canadian truck drivers who ferry goods to and from the United ...
10 Feb 202224min
The fallout from Grace Tame and Brittany Higgins’ Press Club address
Grace Tame and Brittany Higgins addressed the National Press Club in Canberra yesterday to highlight the plight of victims of sexual assault. Amy Remeikis, the Guardian’s federal political corresponde...
9 Feb 202224min
Is Denmark providing us a glimpse of our post-Covid future?
Denmark has become the first European country to lift ALL covid restrictions... except international arrivals who’ll need to be double-vaxxed. Authorities say the virus no longer qualifies as a ‘cri...
8 Feb 202221min
The fallout from the Citipointe College scandal
A Brisbane Christian college has backflipped on its policy that required parents a sign a contract, that said children could be expelled based on their sexual orientation or gender identity. We’re j...
7 Feb 202221min
Australia's first Winter Olympic gold medallist, Steven Bradbury
The Winter Olympic Games kicked off over the weekend in Beijing in China. Politics will be bubbling beneath the surface, with Russian President Vladimir Putin attending the Games alongside Chinese ho...
6 Feb 202217min
Dr Norman Swan on sudden fame and pandemic politics
Dr Norman Swan's COVID-19 analysis has made him one of the most recognisable media identities in the last two years. But where did this highly articulate, bespectacled doctor with a Scottish accent ...
4 Feb 202226min
Hillsong and the Seven Mountains Mandate
We learned this week Hillsong founder and global leader Brian Houston is stepping down to fight charges that he concealed his father’s alleged sexual assault. We discuss what this means for Hillson...
3 Feb 202222min
IVF backflip exposes crisis in elective surgery
When state governments pause elective surgeries - to free resources to handle covid cases - it’s a huge deal to people waiting for those surgeries. Elective surgeries include any procedure that doesn’...
2 Feb 202221min
