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Back to Back Barries: could the antisemitism plan be used to silence dissent?
Barrie Cassidy and Tony Barrie unpack the plan handed to the federal government this week to combat antisemitism. They also look at Trump’s threat to place tariffs on pharmaceuticals, the RBA’s surpr…
Published on 5 months, 3 weeks ago
Newsroom edition: the mushroom trial media frenzy
This week the jury in Erin Patterson’s months-long triple-murder trial returned a verdict of guilty on all charges. But rather than draw a line under a case that has fascinated the public, the verdic…
Published on 5 months, 3 weeks ago
Kumanjayi Walker inquest findings: racism, reform and reckoning
Six years on from the fatal shooting of 19-year-old Kumanjayi Walker and a murder trial that found former NT police officer Zachary Rolfe not guilty of murder or manslaughter, a coroner has handed do…
Published on 5 months, 4 weeks ago
What can be done to make childcare safer?
A week after it was revealed that a Melbourne childcare worker had been charged with sexual abuse offences relating to multiple children, scrutiny of the early learning sector has only intensified. A…
Published on 5 months, 4 weeks ago
Trump’s big beautiful betrayal
Ed Pilkington explains the US president’s ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ and what it will mean for millions of poorer Americans who voted for him last November
Published on 5 months, 4 weeks ago
Mushroom trial: Erin Patterson found guilty
A jury has found Erin Patterson guilty of murdering three relatives and attempting to murder a fourth with a deadly beef wellington lunch almost two years ago. Justice and courts reporter Nino Bucci …
Published on 5 months, 4 weeks ago
Japan’s rice crisis
Home-grown rice is a key part of Japanese culture, identity and politics, dating back thousands of years. So much so that any disruption can spark a wave of consumer anger, reaching even the highest …
Published on 6 months ago
Back to Back Barries: do Labor voters have buyer’s remorse?
Barrie Cassidy and Tony Barry take a look at Anthony Albanese’s support of Donald Trump’s bombing of Iran and ask: will the US - Australia relationship send traditional party supporters elsewhere? Al…
Published on 6 months ago
Guilty ... and not guilty: understanding the Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs verdict
The rapper faced charges often levied at mafia bosses. Anna Betts explains what the jury heard, and Andrew Lawrence tells Nosheen Iqbal what the verdict means for the music mogul
Published on 6 months ago
Newsroom edition: the perils of covering extreme weather during the climate crisis
This week headlines warned of a ‘bomb cyclone’ forming on the Australian east coast. However, the Bureau of Meteorology has stopped short of using that terminology in media commentary and has not off…
Published on 6 months ago