The Budget Explained
Labor’s first budget in a decade has been handed down. It’s being touted as a cost of living budget that’s friendly for families. The government’s focus is on childcare, paid parental leave and disast...
25 Okt 202220min
Young, rich, Indian: Meet the UK’s new Prime Minister
The UK's political saga continues with Rishi Sunak named the UK's new Prime Minister overnight. He replaces Liz Truss who was forced to resign just 45 days into the job after her disastrous mini-budge...
24 Okt 202219min
Simon Holmes à Court: how school bullying inspired a political revolution
On election day, a record number of independents seized previously "safe" seats and helped spell the end of the near decade-long Liberal government. It was a teal wave that surged stronger than anyone...
23 Okt 202221min
Allegra Spender on why teal is the new black.
If you tuned in to watch this year’s federal election night coverage, even for a few moments, you would have seen a sea of teal. All the political commentators could talk about was the wave of centre ...
21 Okt 202228min
The Aussie metal band going green
Why has an Aussie heavy metal band gone green? In Hearts Wake have used their passion for ecological advocacy, to push the boundaries of the music industry by recording, releasing and performing their...
20 Okt 202223min
“Never seen anything like it”: Victoria’s flood disaster
Parts of NSW and Victoria are again under water as another big weather system heads for already sodden regions. Flood warnings are in place in NSW, Victoria, Queensland and South Australia. Thousands ...
19 Okt 202218min
Will Alex Jones pay the Sandy Hook families?
Alex Jones is an American radio show host and prominent conspiracy theorist who was last week ordered to pay almost a billion dollars US to the families of the victims of the Sandy Hook school massacr...
18 Okt 202220min
Amber Heard's lawyer speaks to The Briefing
In today’s Briefing we look at a perverse twist of Me Too. The wave of abuse stories has come with a wave of defamation lawsuits. London-based barristers Jen Robinson and Keina Yoshida have written a ...
17 Okt 202222min
