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News Weakly – 29th June, 2024

A weekly round-up of the top news stories in Australia, and around the world; punched in the head until they make sense.

Written and presented by journalist & comedian Sami Shah.

TOP STORIES OF THE WEEK

Julian Assange saved by Barnaby Joyce’s sobriety!

Also, Biden's future is debatable! 

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Sami Shah is a multi-award-winning comedian, writer, journalist, and broadcaster. Sami previously co-hosted the ABC Radio Melbourne Breakfast program with Jacinta Parsons and presented RN Saturday Extra. He produced and hosted multiple documentary series on ABC RN’s Earshot on race, free speech, and religion. Sami’s autobiography, I, Migrant, was nominated for various national literary awards. He's also written an urban-fantasy novel Boy of Fire and Earth, and a non-fiction exploration of religion, The Islamic Republic of Australia. His full-cast audio drama The Missed is available exclusively on Audible and has won multiple awards.

Sami is a lecturer in journalism at the University of Melbourne’s Centre for Advancing Journalism, and is the Ambassador-at-Large for PEN Melbourne.

Theme music "Historic Anticipation" by Paul Mottram

Sami Shah is a multi-award-winning comedian, writer, journalist, and broadcaster.

For more: http://thesamishah.com

Theme music 'Historic Anticipation' by Paul Mottram

This podcast is written, hosted, and produced by Sami Shah.

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