The Briefing

Headlines:
Minns enters the tax reform chat, as Chalmers and Taylor spar over CGT
Putin arrives in China to meet Xi Jinping, days after Trump leaves
Trump threatens Iran again, a day after calling off another strike
Hillsong’s Houston has another problem with porn on Twitter
Kylie Minogue’s second cancer diagnosis revealed in doco
Deep Dive:
The war in Iran has taken all attention away from the ongoing, four-year-long war between Russia and Ukraine. Now the tide is turning against Putin, with Ukrainian drone strikes reaching Russian cities and Russia’s army losing territory.
In this episode of The Briefing, Natarsha Belling is joined by Dr. Malcolm Davis, defence expert at the Australian Strategic Policy Institute.
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Wednesday Headlines:
DFAT seeking confirmation on the welfare of Aussies on board flotilla reportedly taken by Israel
Questions about BOM efficiency after Gold Coast rainfall
Australia's 'biggest diphtheria outbreak’ in decades spreads into Qld, SA and WA
SA politicians walk out of One Nation leader’s maiden speech
Axing carparks in apartments could make them cheaper
Deep Dive: A recent social media exchange between American airline JetBlue and a customer has sparked not only a broad conversation about how companies are watching us, but also a lawsuit.
We know that our clicks are being tracked when we browse for things online and that data is being collected and used to set prices ... but this could be the first time it’s been openly admitted to.
In this episode of The Briefing, Sacha Barbour Gatt is joined by marketing expert Professor Nitika Garg who explains exactly what surveillance pricing is and how it’s being – and could be used - against us.
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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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