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New financial year, new rules
It's the start of a new financial year in Australia this week, which means a raft of changes affecting millions of Australians came into effect yeste…
8 months ago
Headlines: Govt appoints new illicit tobacco Commissioner
Today's headlines include:
Australia’s first Illicit Tobacco and E-cigarette Commissioner has been named by the Federal Government.
Large parts of …
8 months ago
The Glastonbury controversies, explained
Over the weekend, Britain’s biggest music festival Glastonbury was held on a farm in south-west England. This year’s edition made more headlines than…
8 months ago
Headlines: Watchdog finds "serious corruption" by senior official
Today's headlines include:
Australia’s corruption watchdog has found a senior Home Affairs official engaged in “serious” corrupt conduct when she he…
8 months, 1 week ago
A legal battle over religious posters in U.S. schools
A group of parents in the U.S. state of Texas have launched a lawsuit to stop the state government from forcing all public school classrooms to displ…
8 months ago
Headlines: Cassius Turvey's killers sentenced to life in prison
Today's headlines include:
Two men have been sentenced to life behind bars over the 2022 Perth murder of teenager Cassius Turvey.
The media regulato…
8 months, 1 week ago
Why the ABC lost an unfair dismissal case
The ABC unlawfully dismissed journalist Antoinette Lattouf by cutting short her week-long radio hosting role, the federal court has ruled. Lattouf wa…
8 months, 1 week ago
Headlines: Jailed Aussie whistleblower's new appeal bid
Today's headlines include:
Jailed whistleblower David McBride has lodged an appeal application to Australia’s highest court, seeking to overturn char…
8 months, 1 week ago
The good news you missed this week
It’s been a particularly tense time around the world, as we've covered on the podcast this week. But we want to bring you something different for tod…
8 months, 1 week ago
Headlines: Monthly inflation eases to 2.1%
Today's headlines include:
Prices rose by 2.1% in the year to May, according to monthly inflation figures from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (A…
8 months, 1 week ago