The Briefing

Part two of Jan’s interview with the award-winning Australian comedian, Hannah Gadsby. Hannah’s new book is called “Ten steps to Nanette” and explores her journey growing up queer in Tasmania where ...

12 Apr 202216min

Hannah Gadsby’s new book is called “Ten steps to Nanette” and explores her journey growing up queer in Tasmania where homosexuality was illegal until 1997, her relationship with her career as a comedi...

11 Apr 202218min

The election campaign has officially begun. What now? Annika Smethurst is a Walkley award winning political reporter at The Age, and the author of The Accidental Prime Minister and regular contrib...

10 Apr 202219min

Darcy Vescio has been playing footy since they were five years old. Growing up when there was no such thing as the AFLW, they were forced to give the game away at age fourteen when they could no longe...

8 Apr 202228min

When Will Smith slapped Chris Rock at the Oscars, people all around the world started to ask if Hollywood if finally dying out. The world has shifted and evolved, but has Hollywood? Maria Lewis is...

7 Apr 202224min

NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet visited flood-ravaged northern NSW this week to announce what’s called The Back Home scheme. The state will provide up to $20,000 to residents whose homes have been decla...

6 Apr 202223min

David Pocock was no ordinary rugby player. He has always been a principled changemaker - he painted his rugby boots black when he made his super rugby debut because of his concerns about the sweat sh...

5 Apr 202221min

Money laundering, links to organised crime, private jets and debit cards that let high rollers from China gamble millions… it sounds like the script from a movie - but these are some of the explosive ...

4 Apr 202220min