The Quicky7 Jul 2025

Melbourne's Anti-Hate Taskforce & Inside Trump's 'Alligator Alcatraz'

After a weekend of allegedly anti-Semitic attacks in Melbourne, the Victorian government is launching a new anti-hate taskforce... but what will it actually achieve?

Plus, we explain Alligator Alcatraz, Trump's latest migrant detention facility in the Florida Everglades that's surrounded by swampland, alligators and controversy.

And in headlines today Erin Patterson has spent her first night in prison as a convicted murderer, now potentially facing spending the rest of her life behind bars; The findings of the inquest into the death of Aboriginal man Kumajayi Walker has been handed down, the coroner finding the officer who shot him was racist and that couldn't be ruled out as contributing to his death; The search continues for ten girls and a camp councillor after their camp site was hit by flash flooding in Texas; Qantas says they have been contacted by a hacker claiming they are behind the theft of millions of customers personal details

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Hosts: Taylah Strano & Claire Murphy

Guests: Dennis Altman, Vice Chancellor's Fellow and Professorial Fellow for the Institute for Human Security and Social Change at La Trobe University.

Audio Producer: Lu Hill

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