New Year’s resolution already failed? Here’s why
The Briefing1 Feb 2024

New Year’s resolution already failed? Here’s why

Up to 80 percent of new years resolutions fail by the end of January. So what is our obsession with starting fresh in the new year?

Dr Gordon Spence from the University of Sydney sits down with Sacha Barber Gatt to reveal what tools you can use to help change your habits and why so many people become unstuck.

Headlines:

US to launch air strikes on Iran-backed militia group

AEC releases the who's who of political donations

Universal music has been taken off TikTok

Chinese spy pigeon is set free by Indian authorities

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