Podcast Episodes

The companies with the biggest gender pay gaps

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Yesterday, Australia’s biggest employers’ were forced to publicly reveal their gender pay gap. Some of the companies with the biggest gaps may surprise you. …

Published on 1 year, 10 months ago

What we know about the murders of Jesse Baird and Luke Davies

Last Friday, a NSW Police officer was charged with the murder of Sydney couple Jesse Baird and Luke Davies. Although they have charged police officer Beau Lamarre-Condon, who was the former partner o…

Published on 1 year, 10 months ago

Why do politicians yell at each other for an hour in Parliament?

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Question Time - there’s huge interest in this hour of debate that happens every day at 2pm during parliamentary sitting weeks. According to the Parliamentary…

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Why Julian Assange is facing 175 years in prison

This week, Wikileaks founder Julian Assange is back in the news because his final appeal to avoid extradition from the UK to the U.S. is currently underway. Assange is facing 18 charges in the U.S. r…

Published on 1 year, 10 months ago

Are young Australians the ‘lonely generation’?

According to the latest HILDA (Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia) report, young Australians are more likely to experience loneliness and psychological distress than any other age gro…

Published on 1 year, 10 months ago

The push to breath test politicians in Parliament

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There is a push to curb alcohol consumption in Parliament House after two recent incidents involving parliamentarians and alcohol. Earlier this mo…

Published on 1 year, 10 months ago

Putin's biggest critic is dead

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Over the weekend, Alexei Navalny, the most vocal critic of Russian President Vladimir Putin, died in prison. Navalny was in jail serving multiple sentences f…

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Why is Taylor Swift so popular?

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It would have been hard to miss it over the weekend - the Australian leg of Taylor Swift’s Eras Tours kicked off in Melbourne on Friday night. But we have on…

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Australia's warning to Israel about Rafah

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Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has released a joint statement with the leaders of Canada and New Zealand that warns Israel against invading Rafah, …

Published on 1 year, 10 months ago

Is the 'Closing the Gap' initiative actually working?

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This month we've heard two updates on the 'Closing the Gap' initiative, aimed at improving the lives of First Nations people to be more in line with other Au…

Published on 1 year, 10 months ago