The Briefing

Headlines:
47-year-old man faced court after being charged over alleged murder of wife and two children
PM Anthony Albanese addresses AI images slamming tax changes
Five dead after Mosque shooting in US
Bunnings bomb threat in Brisbane
Shakria to be paid nearly $90 million AU
Deep Dive:
A bombshell new report has revealed a concerning amount of alcohol sold at Australian bottle shops is contaminated.
The top drug and alcohol experts found unsafe levels of methanol and plastics during testing and are now calling for a crackdown on retailers and also better regulation.
In this episode of The Briefing, Natarsha Belling is joined by Dr Nicholas Taylor from the National Drug Research Institute who explains how dangerous this contamination is and the deadly side effects.
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In part two of our chat with the deputy leader of the Liberal Party, Senator Jane Hume, we get into her party’s migration policy and what the “right mix” of migrants looks like in Australia.

After announcing welfare would be limited to citizens in its budget reply, the Coalition has been asked whether it’s failed in its promise to not become ‘One Nation Lite’ and if its future could include Pauline Hanson’s party.

Hume responds to those questions, as well as Sussan Ley’s claims that the Coalition is worse off now than it was when she was dumped.

Listen to part one here.
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Tuesday Headlines:
Elon Musk loses high profile lawsuit against Open AI
Australians among those on-board Israeli-seized Gaza flotilla
Sydney triple murder a suspected domestic violence incident
Global scramble underway to try to stem Ebola outbreak
Social media ban preventing Aussie teens from accessing news
Two men arrested over stunt at Punch the monkey’s enclosure
Deep Dive: The Coalition has spent the last year in the political wilderness, battling an increasingly influential One Nation and a failure to present genuine and clear policies.
Last week, opposition leader Angus Taylor issued his budget reply speech, with a focus on taxes and migration as a way to win back disaffected voters.
In this special two-part interview, Sacha Barbour Gatt speaks with the deputy leader of the Liberal Party, Senator, Jane Hume, about whether this budget platform will be the one to claw them back votes and re-cement them as a meaningful opposition to Labor.
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Headlines:
Opposition promises to scrap Labor's tax changes
US President Donald Trump's new threat for Iran
Passenger detained and banned from Qantas after allegedly biting attendant
Thousands queue across the globe for SWATCH watch
Deep Dive:
Over the weekend the World Health Organisation declared an Ebola outbreak in the Republic of Congo and Uganda as a ‘public health emergency of international concern’, following the recent Hantavirus cruise ship crisis, which has left many asking if Australia is prepared for another pandemic?
Have we learnt any lessons from COVID-19 and what is needed to make sure that next time the Government gets the balance right?
In this episode of The Briefing, Natarsha Belling is joined by Paul Griffin, a microbiologist and director of infectious diseases at Mater Hospital, who explains why trust in the public health system is vital for prevention.
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In the second part of this special two-part deep dive, we continue to learn about the investigation that exposed a global online rape academy.
It wasn’t hiding on the dark web either, but in plain sight on forums and websites accessible by anyone with an internet connection.
So far, we’ve heard from CNN’s Kara Fox about the early days of her team’s probe, and in this episode, we learn how they tracked one of these abusers to his hometown in Poland – and what happened next.
You can read Kara and her team’s investigation piece here.

Listen to part one here.
Pt 1: Exposing a global ‘rape academy’
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