The first day on the job for 35 new members of Parliament
So, you’ve been elected to Parliament. What next? How do you navigate the 75,000 square metres of Parliament House in Canberra? Where do you get a coffee? And where’s your office? Annika Smethurs...
27 Jun 202220min
A new program for people who have attempted suicide
More than 3,000 Australians take their lives each year and a further 65,000 attempt suicide. A suicide aftercare service developed by Beyond Blue is helping to restore a sense of hope and belonging fo...
26 Jun 202220min
Art Simone says Aussie Drag does it differently.
The incredible Art Simone, fan favourite on Ru Paul’s Drag Race Down Under, joins us on this week’s episode of The Weekend Briefing. In this conversation Jamila and Art cover it all! Everything from...
24 Jun 202229min
Avoiding passport hell
Pandemic restrictions have mostly lifted and Australians are gearing up to travel overseas. But many can’t get their passport to allow them to leave the country. The queues to collect passports are h...
23 Jun 202219min
The game-changing week for trans women in elite sport
It’s been a big week in international sport with FINA and the International Rugby League announcing bans on transgender athletes. It follows an announcement late last year from the International Olymp...
22 Jun 202220min
A new era in Australian space exploration
NASA is preparing to launch three rockets from the Arnhem Space Centre in the Northern Territory, scheduled for the end of this month and early July. Professor Melissa Zwart from Flinders University t...
21 Jun 202218min
Fossil fuel subsidies and the energy crisis
An energy crisis across Australia took us to the brink of blackouts last week. A cold snap; the war in the Ukraine; and escalating global coal and gas prices formed a perfect storm where we were bein...
20 Jun 202221min
Teacher’s Pet: the Chris Dawson trial
It’s January 1982, Lyn and Chris Dawson appear to have the perfect marriage. He's a star footballer and popular high school teacher. She's a devoted wife and mother who worked as a nurse. Lyn Dawson g...
19 Jun 202221min
