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Scott Morrison is the 30th Prime Minister of Australia, lover of chicken curries and author of his new book - Plans For Your Good: A Prime Minister's Testimony of God's Faithfulness
Morrison has had his fair share of controversies over the years - Hawaii, his response to COVID and his many ministries.
In this chat with Antoinette Lattouf, Morrison opens up about his time as PM, repenting his sins and his impact on Australians.
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Social media has gone into meltdown after a video from a US college commencement speech went viral.
The footage shows NFL player and Kansas City Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker addressing the female graduates in the crowd, telling them that ultimately, their main and most valuable vocation in life is being a wife and mother.
Butker has sparked a storm of criticism, the NFL even coming out to distance itself from his comments.
In the post #MeToo world and amidst a spike in violence against women in Australia, we’re breaking down and debunking Butker’s comments and why they are so dangerous.''
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This week Chat GPT revealed the next steps in the way their AI interacts with humans. Now the interface can recognise emotions and have more nuanced conversations with the user.
Meanwhile Google has revealed its new AI assistant “Astra” and their plans to scrabble back searches previously lost to Chat GPT by integrating more AI into Google search.
But what is the cost of greater humanising of AI? And is it safe? Tech entrepreneur Ashi Bhat joins The Briefing to unpack the AI rat race.
Headlines:
Peter Dutton wants to slash immigration
Company at the centre of major data hack revealed
ANU and Deakin University move to shut down pro-Palestine encampments
Namatjira responds to Rinehart portrait controversy
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Australia is in the grip of a teacher shortage that is a decade in the making.
New research by McCrindle has revealed more than half of educators are considering leaving the profession.
On top of that, teaching is increasingly becoming an aging profession, with 20% of the workforce to reach retirement age over the next decade.
On today’s briefing, we speak with social researcher and demographer, Mark McCrindle, to explore why this is happening and what’s being done to attract more people to study teaching.
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For over half a century, the US and Australia have operated Pine Gap - a joint top-secret spy base at Alice Springs in the heart of outback Australia
Today, concern is mounting that spies at Pine Gap may be eavesdropping on the Middle East and passing critical information on to the Israeli Defence Force.
This would mean Australia is playing a role in the conflict, raising serious questions about the public’s right to know how our land, resources and geographical advantage is being deployed, especially when it makes us a nuclear target for foreign powers.
Today we’re joined by Alice Springs journalist Alexandra Barwick, host of new ABC podcast Spies in the Outback, to assess the evidence and get a local perspective.
Headlines:
Sydney council reverses same sex parent book ban
Slovakia PM shot in assassination attempt
Labor senator breaks ranks to label Israel’s war in Gaza genocide
Gina Rinehart has demanded the National Gallery of Australia remove a portrait of her
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When you take a gulp of bottled Mt Franklin spring water, you might imagine it comes from a pristine and abundant water source in an exotic wilderness location. But In reality, Coca-Cola has been legally pumping groundwater for free out of a bore on the outskirts of Perth in WA to sell as bottled water for 32 years. And now residents have had enough. They’re worried about the amount of water being extracted without obvious oversight in a region that’s drying out and prone to fire. WA Water Minister Simone McGurk talks to Simon Beaton about what she's doing to hold Coca-Cola to account.
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Last night, Treasurer Jim Chalmers handed down the Budget, aka the economic plan for the next four years and beyond.
On the positive side, he delivered his second consecutive surplus and a bunch of cost of living sweeteners – including a new $300 payment in energy bill relief for every Australian household, which he reckons will help put downward pressure on inflation.
We saw more detail on Treasury’s optimistic new forecast showing inflation will drop below 3% by Christmas, plus the things we knew already about like Stage 3 tax cuts and $3 billion in student debt being wiped.
But on the negative side: critics have described it as a “band aid” budget that relies on a lot of variables for its economic outlook, benefits billionaires and multinationals and could actually make inflation worse.
And while the Treasurer can pat himself on the back for this year’s surplus of $9.3 billion, looks like we’re heading deep into the red next year with a $28.3 billion deficit, followed by a $42.8 per cent deficit in 2025-26.
With an election looming, the year ahead will be critical in determining if he hit the right note between bringing inflation under control without hurting the economy.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin is threatening nuclear war as his invasion of the Ukraine continues.
Putin last week ordered Russian troops to perform military exercises to prepare for the use of tactical nuclear weapons.
Tactical nukes are generally smaller and less powerful than traditional nuclear weapons, but use of such weapons would be catastrophic.
It’s now been more than 800 days since Russia’s massive ground invasion of Ukraine, a military operation supposedly intended to only run for ten days.
In this episode of The Briefing, Benison speaks to Dr Keith Suter, former President of the Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies at the University of Sydney about why Putin would make this new threat now, and just how worried should we be in this moment.
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It’s been a month since the horrific attack at Bondi Junction Westfield, during which a man stabbed 18 people, killing six. Most of his victims were women.
The event was heavily reported on by the media, and in the wake of the tragedy we’ve seen dozens more instances of violent knife crime right around Australia.
It may feel like we’re seeing an increase in these sort of attacks, but is that true? What do the stats tell us? And does more media reporting mean more people want to copy what they see?
Criminologist Xanthe Mallett from the University of Newcastle joins the Briefing to breakdown Australia’s knife crime.
Headlines:
NSW moves on new bail laws for domestic violence offenders
X no longer forced to remove videos of Wakeley church stabbing
Treasurer to announce $9.3 billion surplus in tonight’s budget
#Blockout2024: Celebs lose hundreds of thousands of followers over their silence on Gaza and insane displays of wealth
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Childhood and dementia aren’t two words you’d expect to hear together, but children are dying from this disease at the same rate as they are dying from cancer. One in every 2,900 children are born with childhood dementia, a progressive disease that is caused by rare neurodegenerative genetic disorders
It’s a heart-breaking condition that has historically received little attention and research hours. In this episode of The Briefing Antoinette chats to Meg Maack, Director and CEO of the Childhood Dementia Initiative, about what a new grant will mean for those suffering and their families.
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There’s a critical current in the Atlantic that moves heat, carbon, and nutrients from the tropics, which is cooled and sinks once it reaches the Arctic. The current is important because it helps regulate climate on Earth.
Now this current is slowing, and it’s impact on global climate could be disastrous.
At the same time we’ve seen the end of a hot, dry, El Nino weather pattern, which came after three back-to-back wet La Nina’s....and there’s a strong chance that we could see another La Nina next season too – a frequency and sequence that’s never been recorded before.
So are these two weather systems linked? Could this be a sign that things might be changing faster than expected? Professor Matthew England from the University of NSW joins host Simon Beaton to answer these questions and more.
Headlines:
Inflation could fall to within target range by the end of the year
US steps up condemnation of Israel
Man who received first pig kidney transplant dies
Aussies go wild for Aurora Australis
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For most families, Mother’s Day is about celebrating our mums and all they do for us. But for those whose Mum is no longer around, it can be a pretty tough day.
New research shows this is having a big impact on women, with over 1 million losing their Mum before the age of 44. Now there are fears their grief is being ignored with women reporting higher rates of depression, anxiety, prolonged grief and post-traumatic stress.
So, is their pain being ignored? And what can be done to raise more awareness to make sure they get the help they need? On today’s episode of The Briefing, we talk to Danielle Snelling – the Co-Founder of Motherless Daughters Australia to find out.
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Keiynan Lonsdale grew up in Sydney’s Western suburbs, with 11 siblings and a dream to make it in Hollywood.
From the small screen with shows like ABC’s dance academy to the big screen with Love Simon – he’s ticking off his bucket list.
Now after being in the music industry for 16 years Keiynan is embarking on his first headline tour.
In this chat with Antoinette Lattouf, Keiynan breaks down his latest role in SBS a Swift Street and what it was like to come out on Instagram.
You can find a Swift Street on SBS on demand here
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This year marks the 68th Eurovision Song Contest. Starting out as an expression of unity and goodwill after WWII and a technical experiment to create a live televised music competition across so many borders, Eurovision now features 37 countries, including Australia.
So what happened with our entry for this year? And what else has been most controversial throughout the competition?
In this episode, Bension Siebert and Chris Spyrou unpack the history, the scandals, and what’s been most topical so far in this year’s Eurovision event.
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Once upon a time, women’s magazines had a place on every hairdresser’s bench top, family kitchen table and teenager’s bedside drawer.
That all changed with the advent and surging dominance of online media – and magazine numbers slowly dwindled with dozens of titles axed in Australia.
Now, Cosmopolitan, one of Australia’s favourite magazines for women is making a comeback.
Publisher of Cosmo, Katarina Kroslakova from KK Press, talks to Sacha Barbour Gatt about why Cosmo is making a comeback now and how she plans to make it successful.
Headlines:
Joe Biden says the US won’t supply weapons to Israel for Rafah invasion
The Federal Government wants us to have more babies
TikTok, Meta bosses to be grilled on how they damage society in senate inquiry
Apple cops it over piano crushing ad
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Some true crime content – like The Teacher’s Pet or Up and Vanished has helped lead detectives to suspects, even resulting in convictions on cold cases.
But armchair detectives don’t always get it right – like the TikTok star in Idaho who wrongfully accused a professor of murder.
Take the popular Netflix series Baby Reindeer, based on a wild, but true story. Fans have started to investigate the real-life people characters were based on, despite the writer and director going to pretty great lengths to try to keep their true identities private.
Is online sleuthing here to stay? And can it cause greater harm than good?
In this episode, Sacha Barbour Gatt speaks with Greg Stratton from RMIT, who is currently writing a book about true crime and wrongful convictions.
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Popular rappers Drake and Kendrick Lamar are currently embroiled in a very public spat.
It’s a feud that has a long history, but things have really escalated. Hip hop journo and author Simone Amelia Jordan explains why this feud is more than petty online drama.
Headlines:
US pauses weapons delivery to Israel amid Rafah offensive
Treasurer forecasts a growth in disposable incomes in Budget sneak peak
Stormy Daniels details Donald Trump encounter in hush money trial
World reaches crucial clean energy turning point
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A local council in Sydney has voted to ban books about same-sex parents from its libraries. Six Cumberland City Councillors voted in favour of the ban, while five, including Mayor Lisa Lake, opposed it.
The New South Wales Government has warned it could breach the Anti-Discrimination Act and even threatened to pull the council’s library funding, as a result.
Councillor Steve Christou proposed the ban, arguing that most of the council’s constituents are conservative and religious, and don't want “any form of sexualised experiences” available to children in the library.
But is a same-sex parenting book sexualised content?
In this episode, Bension Siebert speaks with Councillor Steve Christou to find out why he proposed the ban.
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Australia’s birth rate has been in a relatively steady decline since a peak in the early 1960s.
It’s rebounded a small amount after hitting a record low in 2020, but it still sits well below the total fertility rate of 2.1 that’s needed for a population to sustain itself.
Is that a bad thing for Australia? And how does the rest of the world compare?
On today’s deep dive we speak with Professor Amanda Davies from the School of Social Sciences at the University of Western Australia to try to answer those questions.
Headlines:
Parents of slain Aussie brothers speak for the first time
Israel takes control of Palestinian side of Rafah crossing as ceasefire deal stalls
Interest rates staying at 4.35 per cent
TikTok sues to block US law that’d ban the app
Mona’s ‘Ladies Lounge’ could become a toilet or church in a bid to keep men out
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Israeli tanks have reportedly been spotted just 200 metres from the edge of Rafah, less than a day after an estimated 100,000 Palestinian civilians were ordered to evacuate.
Bordering on Egypt, the southernmost city of Gaza has become the last refuge for around 1.4 million Palestinians who have fled the violence and destruction elsewhere.
The impending invasion comes after Hamas agreed to a proposed ceasefire that was declined by Israel, and after the forced the closure of foreign media outlet Al Jazeera - one of the only media broadcasters active from the Gaza strip.
To explain more, Bension Siebert is joined by Antony Loewenstein, an independent journalist, film-maker and author of the best-selling book, The Palestine Laboratory.
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