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A daily news podcast, The Briefing gives you the latest headlines, discussion and explainer interviews, all in under 20 minutes. Bringing you the news you need to know at 6am and 3pm Monday to Friday, and profiles across the weekend, The Briefing is Australia's go-to news podcast for your commute, coffee or exercise.
Hosted by a cast of rotating journalists including Sacha Barbour-Gatt, Katrina Blowers, Antoinette Lattouf, and Bension Siebert.
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Part 1 - The truth about Temu
Amid a cost of living crisis, who can resist the invitation to “shop like a billionaire” at bargain-basement prices?
Online juggernaut Temu is Australia’s most popular free app, offering a vast vortex of low-cost merchandise from fashion and homeware to toys and electronics.
But amid the thrilling rush of retail therapy lie some serious questions: Where does this stuff come from? What are conditions like for those at the bottom of the supply chain? And what about the environment?
On this episode of The Briefing Sacha talks to Sarah Rogan, senior labour rights campaigner at Oxfam.
Headlines:
More than 600 feared dead in PNG landslides
WA Premier describes murder of mother and daughter as ‘chilling’
Hamas launches rockets at Tel Aviv for the first time in months
Donald Trump booed at Libertarian convention
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Abbie Chatfield on pretty privilege and the value of a hoe
Abbie Chatfield is an Australian media personality, television host, radio presenter and podcaster. She is best known for her appearances in reality television as both a contestant and host, she is also the host of Listnr podcast “its a lot.”
In this episode of The Weekend Briefing Abbie tells Antoinette about the crime of bad change room lights, oversharing, unexpected fans and why she could never go on Farmer Wants a Wife.
WEEKEND LIST
TO WATCH OR NOT TO WATCH - Bridgerton
TO DO - Check you credit cards statements
TO DO - Theatre shows and cheap tickets in your city
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Have we heard the last of Sean 'Diddy' Combs?
Earlier this week, Sean “Diddy” Combs admitted to physically assaulting his former girlfriend, Cassie Ventura, back in 2016, after brutal footage of the attack started circulating online.
After his fall from grace as one of the most successful and best-selling rap artists, will Diddy be cancelled? Or will we continue to hear his music online and on-air?
Tim Burrowes is the founder of the media and marketing news website, Unmade. In this episode, he speaks with Sacha Barbour Gatt, unpacking when and why companies boycott artists with serious allegations and convictions, and the effectiveness of cancel culture.
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Can you catch a tic from TikTok?
There’s been a huge increase of Functional neurological disorder or FND in teenage girls since the pandemic and the rise of TikTok.
FND occurs when there’s miscommunication between the body and brain and can often look a lot like tourettes, where people suffer from impulsive tics.
Sacha Barbour Gatt is joined by Dr Amanda Maxwell, a clinical psychologist specialising in tics, to unpack why we are seeing a spike in the number of cases of FND.
Headlines:
Details of serious injuries suffered by Singapore Airlines passengers revealed
Chinese military conducts drills around Taiwan
Cassie Ventura, Diddy’s ex, speaks out
Australia’s biggest ever lotto winner nabs $150 million
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The real reason AstraZeneca dumped its vaccine
AstraZeneca has withdrawn their Covid 19 vaccination after admitting it can cause rare blood clots.
This month marks 50 years since the global rollout of the world’s first major vaccination program – with new research showing vaccines have saved over 154 million lives.
Professor Margie Danchin is a paediatrician at the The Royal Children's Hospital and joins Sacha Barbour Gatt to explain the benefits and the side effects of vaccines.
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Why some are celebrating the death of Iran's president
Iran’s president Ebrahim Raisi and the foreign minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahain have both died during a helicopter crash earlier this week.
What do these untimely deaths mean for the power structure in Iran, and to relations in the middle east? And why are some people happy to see the end of President Ebrahim Raisi’s leadership.
In this episode, Antoinette Lattouf speaks with Middle East politics expert Professor Shahram Akbarzadeh to better understand the situation, and what we can expect to happen next.
Headlines:
Rishi Sunak announces snap UK general election
Norway, Ireland and Spain to recognise Palestinian state
Australian passengers on Singapore Airlines flight hit by turbulence start arriving home
Mattel to make Mary Fowler Barbie
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