Badness: an ex top cop on why some people are evil
As a detective, Gary Jubelin used to sit on one side of the interview room table facing murderers, child abductors and rapists. Now he’s sitting on the other side: disgraced, forced out of the police ...
6 Sep 202222min
Japan reboots its nuclear reactors
Japan is planning a dramatic shift back to nuclear power more than a decade on from the Fukushima disaster. Prime Minister Fumio Kishida announced last week Japan will restart idle reactors and develo...
5 Sep 202219min
How your friends impact your bank balance
A new study has found friendships between rich and poor can reduce poverty. The study looked at thousands of social media connections and found if poor children grew up in neighbourhoods where 70% of ...
4 Sep 202222min
Johnny Ruffo & Jamila Rizvi have something surprising in common
Johnny Ruffo is an Australian singer, songwriter, dancer, actor, television personality and now a newly minted author, with his memoir No Finish Line. Johnny auditioned for X-Factor Australia in 2...
2 Sep 202227min
Where the big money is
Could your next job be in tech? Job shortages are hitting the Australian economy hard, mostly in lower-skilled lower-paid jobs. One sector is bucking the trend; the tech sector is growing, with the nu...
1 Sep 202222min
The Chris Dawson guilty verdict explained
In one of the most anticipated courtroom verdicts in living memory, Chris Dawson was this week found guilty of murdering his wife Lynette more than 40 years ago. A packed court heard Dawson murdered h...
31 Aug 202215min
Could the teal wave crash upcoming state elections
At May’s federal election, six so-called teal independents defeated six sitting Liberal MPs. Teal is a mix of green and blue - so voters saw the six candidates as having conservative views, while supp...
30 Aug 202220min
What they found in the drugs: Canberra’s pill testing trial
Back on July 19th, Australia’s first fixed pill testing site opened in Canberra’s city centre. The pilot program is running two nights a week for six months. Pill testing was one of the recommendation...
29 Aug 202219min
