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With Treasurer Jim Chalmers set to hand down the Federal Budget next week, we thought it would be a good time to dive into the process of how it gets made and how the media reports on it. James Chessell, a Walkley Award-winning journalist and former Managing Director of Publishing at Nine Entertainment, is well-versed in covering budgets. Plus, his former time working as a staffer for Joe Hockey makes him uniquely qualified on the topic. 
Club Picks:
This episode of Politics with Michelle Grattan with economist Chris Richardson. She’s the doyen of political coverage out of Canberra’s Press Gallery, and he’s the go-to guru for anyone looking to make sense of the Budget. Ahead of its release, they set the scene for what’s on the government’s economic plate. 
This piece from 2017 by Dr Denis Muller, a journalism expert from Melbourne Uni, goes into the art of the leak… 
And speaking of leaks, the mother of them all came about in 1980 when then-Ten News political reporter Laurie Oakes got access to the Budget in a dark Canberra car park 2 days ahead of its release… This clip of how it unfolded on air is fun, if only for then Treasurer John Howard’s reaction… 

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This episode of The Daily on the pro-Palestine student protests at Columbia University
Listen to the Eurovision entry from Electric Fields here
Larissa recommends this doco that goes behind the scenes for the 2015 Met Gala
Kate recommends this episode of The NYT's new podcast series called The Interview
Listen to our News Club episode on ultra-fast fashion with AFR fashion editor Lauren Sams
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Producer: Annelise Taylor

This week on News Club, we talk with Lauren Sams, fashion editor at the Australian Financial Review, about the rise of ultra-fast fashion and how businesses like Temu and Shein manage to offer such cheap clothes. In Australia alone, they are on track to record more than $2 billion in sales this year and they’re fast grabbing a huge chunk of market share both here and overseas. But there are plenty of questions about the ethics of what we’re buying from these sites.
Club Picks:
Two videos from the Wall Street Journal - ‘How Temu’s Explosive Growth Is Disrupting American E-Commerce’ and ‘How Shein Built a $66B Fast-Fashion Empire’ - are less than 10 mins each and very informative. 
A 2022 investigation by Wired, ‘Fast, Cheap, and Out of Control: Inside Shein’s Sudden Rise,’ explores the problems facing the company. 
This Money Talks podcast episode by The Economist called ‘Why Amazon should be afraid of Temu’. 
Lauren Sams recommended this book - Fashionopolis: The Price of Fast Fashion and the Future of Clothes.

And here is The Devil Wears Prada clip Kate mentions from The Devil Wears Prada
Host: Kate Watson
Producer: Annelise Taylor

Weekly Wrap is a look at the week in news and what’s coming up. Hosted by the OG team of Claire Kimball and Kate Watson, it's all about helping you stay on top of the news + we give you some talking points for the week ahead.
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The most clicked link in Squiz Today was about the Aurora Australis
Unmade's article on why the Arj Barker story went viral
Kate recommends ABC's Australian Story on Aiden Dix
Listen to our News Club episode on Ozempic

Hosts: Kate Watson and Claire Kimball
Producer: Annelise Taylor

Ozempic, designed for type-2 diabetes treatment, has garnered widespread attention for its potential to aid weight loss in obese individuals. In Australia, where obesity affects 30% of the population, it has sparked significant interest and Novo Nordisk, the company behind it, has seen its share price surge by almost 500% in 5 years. While there are other similar drugs on the market, Ozempic is the OG. Which is why we are delving into it for News Club...
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This podcast on ABC Radio National’s Life Matters program includes an interview with podcaster Claire Murphy. S
The invention of these drugs has had - and will continue to have - economic impacts. This episode of The Economist’s Money Talks podcast goes through that, and the industry that’s booming off the back of them. 
You can’t go far in this discussion without mentioning Oprah Winfrey… The US multi-media legend has had a decades-long struggle with her weight. She’s even made a show about it - Shame, Blame and the Weight Loss Revolution - a clip is here. 
Hosts: Claire Kimball & Kate Watson
Producer: Annelise Taylor

Weekly Wrap is a look at the week in news and what’s coming up. Hosted by the OG team of Claire Kimball and Kate Watson, it's s all about helping you stay on top of the news + we give you some talking points for the week ahead.
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The most clicked link in Squiz Today was about the floods in Dubai
Listen to our News Club ep with Adam Harvey on a reporter's perspective on the Israel-Hamas war
Check out our Shortcut on Iran and Israel
Claire's recommendation is this Vegemite butter recipe
Hosts: Kate Watson & Claire Kimball
Producer: Annelise Taylor