How privacy law is taking over from defamation suits
Journalist and former presenter of Media Watch, Richard Ackland, looks at how Australia's privacy laws are being used in place of expensive defamation cases in the wake of the Brittany Higgins/Linda Reynolds case, and how that might impact journalism going forward.Guest: Richard Ackland AM, journalist, publisher, lawyerProducer: Ali Benton
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Where does Nepal go from here?
A flash revolution toppled Nepal's government earlier this month, as protests from young people over a social media ban quickly escalated into violence and the 73-year-old leader fleeing the country. An interim prime minister, Sushila Karki, has been appointed to lead the country back to stability. Will she succeed? Will Nepal?Guest: Biswas Baral, Editor of The Kathmandu PostProducer: Alex Tighe
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Bruce Shapiro's USA: More Kirk fallout tests America's commitment to free speech
Returning: Jimmy Kimmel. Not returning: the dozens of academics fired for comments on Charlie Kirk. America's love of free speech is being tested by Kirk's assassination, and Trump's speech at the memorial included the line, "I hate my opponent, and I don’t want the best for them."Guest: Bruce Shapiro, Contributing Editor with The Nation, and Director of the Global Center for Journalism and TraumaProducer: Jack Schmidt
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Donald Trump is letting US corporations off the hook - Public Citizen report
US President Donald Trump was elected on a law and order platform, but consumer and public affairs watch organisation, Public Citizen, Trump’s administration has withdrawn or halted enforcement actions against 165 corporations, and at least a quarter of them are in the tech sector. Guest: Rick Claypool, Research Director, Public Citizen, author, “Corporate Clemency - How the Second Trump Administration Is Halting Enforcement Against Corporate Lawbreakers” (Public Citizen, March 2025) And “Deleting tech enforcement - Trump 2.0 Is Dropping Lawsuits and Investigations Against the $1 Billion-Spending Technology Sector” Producer: Catherine Zengerer
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Ritual: the world’s first collection of Muslim-Australian poetry
Poetry has been part of Muslim expression since ancient times; from the 8th century, poetry flourished in Arabic, Persian, and later Urdu and Turkish. Rumi, the 13th-century Sufi mystic, is still celebrated all over the world. Now, for national poetry month, the Sweatshop Literacy Movement has just published the world’s first collection of Muslim-Australian poetry, which aims to capture what it means to be a Muslim-Australian today, and reflect how poetry can transcend politics.Guest: Zainab Syed, poet and Editor (with Sara M. Saleh and by Manal Younus) of Ritual, published by Sweatshop Literacy Movement, and Adrian Mouhajer, Lebanese-Australian writer and editor from Lakemba in Western Sydney. Producer: Catherine Zengerer
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