Should TikTok be banned in Australia?
The US is considering banning Tiktok because of concerns about privacy and Chinese government interference. India banned it last week and now our pollies are taking a long hard look at it. So should T...
9 Jul 202020min
Inside a locked down public housing tower
In today’s episode we look at the Melbourne public housing tower crisis. While the city of Melbourne is back in lockdown and panic buying has returned, what will happen to the 3000 people trapped in p...
8 Jul 202020min
Could our sewage save us from the pandemic?
Experts at the Australian National University have been testing Canberra's sewage water for traces of COVID-19. Testing wastewater is a quick and inexpensive way of tracking the coronavirus and potent...
7 Jul 202018min
How did Melbourne get hotel quarantine so wrong?
Quarantining international travellers has been a huge part of Australia’s successful management of COVID-19, however Victoria faces mass lockdowns in the face of a second wave. On today’s episode we f...
6 Jul 202015min
Why is Australia spending $270 billion on defence in a recession?
In a time of economic hardship should we be spending less on defence rather than more? As we grapple with the decision about extending Job Keeper... the government announced $270b in weapons spending....
5 Jul 202019min
The Facebook ad boycott explained
The #StopHateForProfit campaign is growing, but will it make a difference? Some of the biggest brands in the world have all pledged to suspend advertising on Facebook during July. It’s part of a campa...
2 Jul 202015min
Is law still a boy’s club?
A reckoning is taking place in Australia’s legal profession. The women in the industry say it’s a boy’s club and always has been, despite more than 60 per cent of law graduates today being female. Thi...
1 Jul 202018min
It’s 38°C in Siberia. Will that push us to a global tipping point?
Today on the podcast we take a deep dive on what this means for the planet and what can we do to change it? We’ve known for years that the Arctic is warming at twice the global average and one side ef...
30 Jun 202019min
