Who knew what... and when... about the Optus triple zero outage? Those are the key questions asked this week in parliament following the disastrous outage linked to three deaths. We'll get clarity on the timeline, and hear from the federal government. Then, the French President says he will name a new prime minister in the next 48 hours. Yet he's still under pressure to follow his ex-Prime Minister out the door too. One of his Renaissance party colleagues joins us. In Queensland, mining giant Glencore has accepted a $600 million support package from the state and federal governments to save its ailing sites.And we'll find out why an Australian has been hit with a 14 year prison sentence in absentia by Russia, over his role fighting in the war in Ukraine. Recap the morning's news, politics and global affairs with the Breakfast Wrap.
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Australian creatives turn to gaming as industry enjoys moment in the sun
The success of Adelaide-made 'Hollow Knight: Silksong', which crashed gaming stores on release, and sold more than 6 million copies in a month, has shown what local gaming developers are capable of.The success of the industry, worth $4.4 billion annually, is being celebrated in Melbourne during its International Games week, as more creatives try their hands at producing something more interactive.
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Changing Australia: William Tilmouth and fighting for future generations
In 2011, Arrernte elder William Tilmouth helped form a community-led solution in Alice Springs to improve the prospects of future generations of Indigenous people.He became the founding chair of Children's Ground — a not-for-profit organisation led and run by First Nations people.It set out on a 25-year plan, with a heavy focus on education, to support the next generations of Indigenous children and empower the local community to walk in two worlds.Guest:William Tilmouth, Founding Chair of Children's Ground
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Calls for Ming Dynasty statue to be repatriated to China
If you're a treasure hunter, surely the job is done once you find the chest? Or perhaps when your find gets a tick of approval by the experts. Shayne Thompson and Leon Deschamps have been on a years-long search for answers since uncovering a bronze Ming Dynasty Buddha statue buried in the red sands of Shark Bay in Western Australia.Guests: Shayne Thompson and Leon Deschamps, prospectors from Western AustraliaProducer: Eddy Diamond
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'Not good enough': Labor minister on Optus debacle
Much of the focus of parliament this week has been on the government's response to the Optus triple-0 outage last month which has been linked to at least three deaths.Communications Department officials told Senate estimates Optus sent two emails alerting the department to the outage to an incorrect address, leaving the department in the dark.Guest: Kristy McBain, Minister for Emergency ManagementProducer: Isadora Bogle
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