Who we do and don’t trust
Edelman’s annual Trust Barometer has revealed that the government and the media are among the least trusted by Australians. Whereas trust in business to take on social and structural issues, like clim...
13 Feb 202320min
Why Australians need to get serious about sun protection again
Australia has the highest skin cancer rates in the world - with one person here diagnosed with melanoma every 30 minutes. Last year alone, 17,000 people were diagnosed. Social media is adding to the p...
12 Feb 202320min
Jan Fran questions everything (and so should you)
Jeanette Francis, better known as Jan Fran, is one of our brilliant hosts of The Briefing podcast. Jan recently returned to the show after having her beautiful baby boy. Jan Fran is a Lebanese-Austr...
10 Feb 202336min
It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s a...Chinese spy balloon?
Last week a massive white balloon drifted across U.S. airspace before being shot down by the Air Force. But where did it come from? The US believes China was spying on its military camps with the 200f...
9 Feb 202320min
Birth Part 3: Australia’s maternity crisis
Rural regions in Australia are facing major maternity shortages as services in rural hospitals are forced to close. Pregnant women are travelling for hours to get care – some fearing they may have to ...
8 Feb 202323min
Birth Part 2: Is IVF the answer?
The first baby born through IVF was in 1978 and since then the treatment has dramatically changed how the family unit can look. It has also given same sex couples more options when it comes to creatin...
7 Feb 202321min
Birth Part 1: The rise of solo mothers by choice
Women across Australia are continuing to choose to become solo mothers by choice, using assisted fertilization (IVF, donor) because of factors like age and social infertility. We’re joined by solo m...
6 Feb 202320min
Swipe right: making dating apps safer
Safety on dating apps has been at the centre of a government roundtable as the number of domestic violence cases across Australia continues to rise. App companies, domestic abuse survivors and pol...
5 Feb 202319min
