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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
Bougainville’s rocky path to independence
In 2019, the people of Bougainville overwhelmingly voted in favour of independence. Once controlled by Britain, Germany, Japan, Australia and Papua New Guinea, some see the reopening of a massive cop…
Published on 6 months ago
The Melbourne childcare sexual abuse charges: what we know so far
The childcare sector has come under intense scrutiny in the wake of a Victorian worker being charged with dozens of child sexual abuse offences. While the allegations are yet to be tested by the cour…
Published on 6 months ago
Does the Liberal party need to change its values to survive?
The opposition leader, Sussan Ley, is in a battle to raise the Liberal party from the electoral ashes and remake it into something that can win again. And that includes fixing its women problem. Guar…
Published on 6 months ago
What does Zohran Mamdani’s triumph tell the Democrats?
He is now the Democratic candidate for the New York City mayoral race. After running a highly successful and viral campaign culminating in him defeating establishment rival Andrew Cuomo, are there le…
Published on 6 months, 1 week ago
The thrift stores dividing Australian shoppers
As the cost-of-living crisis takes hold, more people are turning to op shops for secondhand clothes. Among the thrift shops is Savers, a US for-profit that is dividing opinions. It claims to offer a …
Published on 6 months, 1 week ago
Back to Back Barries: could Albanese be the next Hawke or Howard?
George Megalogenis joins Tony Barry in the studio this week to discuss why Donald Trump is unlikely to drag Australia into war, whether the prime minister could win back-to-back landslides, and how i…
Published on 6 months, 1 week ago
Newsroom edition: the risks for Australia in backing US military action
Anthony Albanese and the foreign affairs minister, Penny Wong, have endorsed the US bombings of three Iranian nuclear facilities, arguing the targeted strikes were necessary to prevent the regime dev…
Published on 6 months, 1 week ago
Antoinette Lattouf wins against the ABC
What started as five casual radio presenter shifts has turned into one of the most closely watched court battles in Australian media. In 2023, Antoinette Lattouf was removed as a fill-in host of an A…
Published on 6 months, 1 week ago
Can you trust your sunscreen?
An investigation by consumer group Choice has found that several leading Australian sunscreens don’t provide the level of protection they say they do. The findings, which have been disputed by manufa…
Published on 6 months, 2 weeks ago