The federal budget explained
The federal budget is usually handed down in May, but this year it was delayed while the government focused on the coronavirus outbreak and rethought their approach to an economy in big trouble. The g...
6 Okt 202018min
Has Sweden’s controversial coronavirus plan worked?
While countries like China, Italy, France, Spain were taking strict lockdown measures when the Pandemic struck, Sweden went out alone with a very different approach. People were still out in cafes, ch...
5 Okt 202019min
Is it time to ditch daylight saving?
On today’s episode we get the latest sleep science on daylight saving. A peak medical body says daylight saving is bad for us, and the EU has voted to stop doing it from 2021. So is it time for Austra...
4 Okt 202018min
What Trump’s tax returns reveal
Donald Trump reportedly claimed $US70,000 in haircuts as part of millions in business expenses that have helped reduce his federal tax bill to just a few hundred dollars. An investigation by the New Y...
1 Okt 202019min
Who is Lawyer X? And why might she spend the rest of her life in hiding?
Today we find out about the woman at the centre of one of the biggest crime scandals in Australian history. Last year it was revealed that Lawyer X was Nicola Gobbo: a prominent Melbourne lawyer who r...
30 Sep 202020min
Do private schools have a culture problem?
What’s going on inside some of Australia’s most expensive schools? What kind of culture is being promoted? Should private schools review their culture? Are the high marks, fancy uniforms and big gymna...
29 Sep 202020min
What caused Australia’s worst mass whale stranding?
For the last week, there has been an epic struggle of life and death on a remote wild part of the Tasmanian coast. 470 long-finned pilot whales were discovered beached around Macquarie Harbour and Oce...
28 Sep 202020min
Why Julian Assange could be facing a 175 year sentence
175 years in a US prison: that’s the sentence Australian Wikileaks founder Julian Assange could be facing. Julian is currently in London with legal proceedings underway to decide whether or not he is ...
27 Sep 202019min
