Covid’s Omicron variant is running riot across the country. Some of our listeners, who are nurses, told us about the strain they’re under. Dr Stephen Parnis works in three Melbourne emergency departments - and is the former vice president of the Australian Medical Association. Dr Stephen tells us what it's like in the hospitals right now. Nurses are at breaking point, doctors are working around the clock.....and it's only going to get worse, before it gets better. On today's Briefing - the Omicr...
Jan 11, 2022•19 min•Season 3Ep. 3
The world is watching Australia deal with Novak Djokovic, the number one men’s tennis player on the planet. Novak wants to compete in the Australian Open next week – and potentially win a record-breaking tenth Aus Open title. The Morrison government wants him deported – it says he hasn’t complied with Border Force requirements to secure the necessary visa. Djokovic sued – and won. But will the federal government let him win.....? The Guardian’s Paul Karp has followed the Djokovic saga since day ...
Jan 10, 2022•15 min•Season 3Ep. 2
Covid’s Omicron variant is running riot across Australia. Tens of thousands of people are testing positive, throwing our Christmas and summer holiday plans into chaos. We asked our listeners to send in their questions and asked Dr Paul Griffin, infectious disease expert and microbiologist at Brisbane’s Mater Hospital, to answer them. On today’s Briefing….your Omicron questions answered. Todays Headlines Djokovic to face court over visa Australians urged to prepare to catch Omicron Five to eleven...
Jan 09, 2022•23 min•Season 3Ep. 1
More Australian Open exemptions under scrutiny; and the US marks the first anniversary of the deadly Capitol riots See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jan 06, 2022•3 min
Todays Headlines Millions eligible for booster shot from today Canberra foots the bill for 84 million rapid tests QLD beaches still closed due to wild seas Big Bash teams to enter a hub Follow The Briefing AND DON'T FORGET TO SIGN UP FOR THE BRIEFING NEWSLETTER. LINK IS IN OUR BIO ON INSTAGRAM Instagram: @thebriefingpodcast Facebook: TheBriefingNewsAU Twitter: @ TheBriefingAU See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
Jan 06, 2022•3 min•Season 2Ep. 305
Todays Headlines Fears of 100,000 cases a day by the end of January WA slams border shut to Tasmania and ACT Employment numbers surge Australia bags shock win at ATP Cup Follow The Briefing AND DON'T FORGET TO SIGN UP FOR THE BRIEFING NEWSLETTER. LINK IS IN OUR BIO ON INSTAGRAM Instagram: @thebriefingpodcast Facebook: TheBriefingNewsAU Twitter: @ TheBriefingAU See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
Jan 02, 2022•3 min•Season 2Ep. 304
Happy New Year to all our listeners. We look forward to joining you in 2022!! Todays Headlines New isolation rules in place Experts worried health system will be overwhelmed by omicron Ghislaine Maxwell likely to appeal guilty verdict Tsitsipas supports Djokovic's ATP withdrawal Follow The Briefing AND DON'T FORGET TO SIGN UP FOR THE BRIEFING NEWSLETTER. LINK IS IN OUR BIO ON INSTAGRAM Instagram: @thebriefingpodcast Facebook: TheBriefingNewsAU Twitter: @ TheBriefingAU See omnystudio.com/listener...
Dec 30, 2021•3 min•Season 2Ep. 303
Todays Headlines Quarantine to be cut to seven days amid changes to isolation requirements Welfare payments to get a boost WA police arrest a man linked to assault of 7-year-old girl Djokovic pulls out of ATP cup Follow The Briefing AND DON'T FORGET TO SIGN UP FOR THE BRIEFING NEWSLETTER. LINK IS IN OUR BIO ON INSTAGRAM Instagram: @thebriefingpodcast Facebook: TheBriefingNewsAU Twitter: @ TheBriefingAU See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
Dec 29, 2021•3 min•Season 2Ep. 302
Todays Headlines NSW overhauls quarantine protocols States struggle with PCR testing Black Jack claims line honours Follow The Briefing AND DON'T FORGET TO SIGN UP FOR THE BRIEFING NEWSLETTER. LINK IS IN OUR BIO ON INSTAGRAM Instagram: @thebriefingpodcast Facebook: TheBriefingNewsAU Twitter: @ TheBriefingAU See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
Dec 28, 2021•3 min•Season 2Ep. 301
Our 300th episode for the year!!!!! Todays Headlines Cricket bosses confident Sydney test will go ahead despite Covid dramas States and territories under pressure to secure urgent testing kits Perth NYE events canned Australia on the verge of Ashes series victory Follow The Briefing AND DON'T FORGET TO SIGN UP FOR THE BRIEFING NEWSLETTER. LINK IS IN OUR BIO ON INSTAGRAM Instagram: @thebriefingpodcast Facebook: TheBriefingNewsAU Twitter: @ TheBriefingAU See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy inf...
Dec 27, 2021•3 min•Season 2Ep. 300
Todays Headlines Covid rule changes in NSW and SA Homes under threat from two raging bushfires in WA The Queen pays tribute to Archbishop Desmond Tutu England's Ashes hopes hanging by a thread Follow The Briefing AND DON'T FORGET TO SIGN UP FOR THE BRIEFING NEWSLETTER. LINK IS IN OUR BIO ON INSTAGRAM Instagram: @thebriefingpodcast Facebook: TheBriefingNewsAU Twitter: @ TheBriefingAU See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
Dec 26, 2021•3 min•Season 2Ep. 299
Ways to celebrate Christmas in a Covid safe way amid a surge in cases A new finger prick test to tell when we're due for a booster shot The number of people claiming unemployment benefits drops to early 2020 levels Follow The Briefing AND DON'T FORGET TO SIGN UP FOR THE BRIEFING NEWSLETTER. LINK IS IN OUR BIO ON INSTAGRAM Instagram: @thebriefingpodcast Facebook: TheBriefingNewsAU Twitter: @ TheBriefingAU See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
Dec 23, 2021•3 min
Interstate Covid testing requirements under review Another vaccine to become available in Australia within weeks The first of six children killed in the Tasmanian jumping castle tragedy being laid to rest Follow The Briefing AND DON'T FORGET TO SIGN UP FOR THE BRIEFING NEWSLETTER. LINK IS IN OUR BIO ON INSTAGRAM Instagram: @thebriefingpodcast Facebook: TheBriefingNewsAU Twitter: @ TheBriefingAU See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
Dec 22, 2021•3 min
Todays Headlines New modelling predicts hundreds of thousands of daily Covid cases unless authorities act now Quarantine-free travel to New Zealand delayed again Locals council's deemed the weak link in Australia's national security Covid hits the AFL Follow The Briefing AND DON'T FORGET TO SIGN UP FOR THE BRIEFING NEWSLETTER. LINK IS IN OUR BIO ON INSTAGRAM Instagram: @thebriefingpodcast Facebook: TheBriefingNewsAU Twitter: @ TheBriefingAU See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
Dec 21, 2021•3 min•Season 2Ep. 296
Todays Headlines Emergency National Cabinet meeting called as Australia battles Omicron Covid variant Tennis legend Rafael Nadal tests Covid positive Good news for those planning an Aussie getaway with flights cheaper than they have been in years And, Australia claims a stunning two-nil lead in the Ashes Follow The Briefing AND DON'T FORGET TO SIGN UP FOR THE BRIEFING NEWSLETTER. LINK IS IN OUR BIO ON INSTAGRAM Instagram: @thebriefingpodcast Facebook: TheBriefingNewsAU Twitter: @ TheBriefingAU S...
Dec 20, 2021•3 min•Season 2Ep. 295
Todays Headlines How Christmas could be a super-spreader event Specialist NSW police to investigate Tasmanian jumping castle tragedy New rules forcing power companies to dumb down power bills Australia is poised to take a two-nil lead in the Ashes Follow The Briefing AND DON'T FORGET TO SIGN UP FOR THE BRIEFING NEWSLETTER. LINK IS IN OUR BIO ON INSTAGRAM Instagram: @thebriefingpodcast Facebook: TheBriefingNewsAU Twitter: @ TheBriefingAU See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
Dec 19, 2021•3 min•Season 2Ep. 294
Dinesh Palipana works as a doctor in one of Australia’s busiest hospital emergency rooms. If this wasn’t impressive enough, Dinesh also had to learn how to do the immensely physical work of medicine with a spinal cord injury. In this chat with Jamila Rizvi, Dinesh recounts the harrowing accident that left him quadriplegic in 2010, how he’s learnt to meet the demands of his job without the use of much of his body, and why he feels like the luckiest person alive. THE WEEKEND LIST with Linda Marigl...
Dec 17, 2021•34 min•Season 2Ep. 293
Australians will go to the polls in 2022 to elect a federal government. There are so many critical issues dominating the news: Covid-19 and its many variants; inflation; house prices; unemployment; education; health; and climate change. Dan Ilic, an Australian comedian, started a crowdfunding campaign to fund Times Square billboards to embarrass Prime Minister Scott Morrison and the Commonwealth Government over their inaction on climate change. His original campaign aimed to raise $12,500 to fun...
Dec 16, 2021•25 min•Season 2Ep. 292
2021 has certainly thrown us some curveballs. Covid’s Delta outbreak (and then Omicron), lockdowns, protests and vaccine mandates, the Royal family and their many sagas, and who could forget the Tokyo Olympics. In this episode of The Briefing Tom Tilley and Katrina Blowers look back on the big issues of 2021, how they impacted us, and what they viewed as the critical issues we should keep an eye out for, in 2022. Todays Headlines WA tightens travel restrictions as NSW cases increase Treasurer to...
Dec 15, 2021•23 min•Season 2Ep. 291
Booster jabs will be offered to everyone over 18 in England from this week. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson addressed the nation and said: "No one should be in any doubt, there is a tidal wave of Omicron coming." Johnson said the target to offer a booster to all adults by the end of January will be brought forward by a month. The British government is hoping to vaccinate a million people a day by Christmas. Hans van Leeuwen is the Europe correspondent for the Australian Financial Review. He...
Dec 14, 2021•19 min•Season 2Ep. 290
New Zealand has introduced a very radical plan to ban smoking for the next generation. Legislation, which comes into effect next year, means those who are aged 14 and under today will never be legally able to buy tobacco. The legal smoking age will increase every year, with the plan to create a smoke-free generation of Kiwis. Chris Bullen is Professor of Public Health at the University of Auckland. Prof Bullen joins us to talk about the measures to help phase out smoking including reducing the l...
Dec 13, 2021•20 min•Season 2Ep. 289
Teachers are walking out of classrooms across the country. They’re protesting in the streets. The pandemic meant they had to completely re-think the way they interacted with their students. And they’ve had enough. Louise Phillips, Associate Professor from the Faculty of Education, Southern Cross University, and other researchers from around the world, have conducted a study to get to the bottom of the problem….and it’s not good news. Teachers have had enough. We don’t value our teachers, nearly ...
Dec 12, 2021•19 min•Season 2Ep. 288
Luke McGregor is refreshingly honest, totally uncomfortable and hilariously funny. You might known him as one half of the writing and acting team behind the ABC’s hit TV series Rosehaven, or from his awkward candidness as the presenter in Luke Warm Sex. In this chat Luke tells Jamila Rizvi what it was like getting bullied at school, why he keeps doing comedy despite suffering crippling panic attacks, plus he recounts his experience getting naked at a nudist colony. THE WEEKEND LIST: Listen: Priv...
Dec 10, 2021•37 min•Season 2Ep. 287
Mitchell Rice was dismissed by his employer Queensland Rail on the basis of having used a legally prescribed cannabis product to treat his medical conditions of anxiety and insomnia. He’s suing. Mitchell says he developed the conditions from a combination of extensive shift work for Queensland Rail, as well as caring for his terminally ill mother. Despite evidence from Rice’s medical practitioner declaring that the medication would not affect his capacity to work safely, as long as the medicatio...
Dec 09, 2021•23 min•Season 2Ep. 286
In today’s Briefing, we go back to a story we did two weeks ago about the inventor of bitcoin. A Florida court has ruled that Craig Wright, the Aussie who says he invented the blockchain currency, won’t have to pay half of his coins to his late business partner... David Kleiman. Klieman’s family were suing Wright for half of the 70B$ of bitcoin controlled by bitcoin inventor Satoshi Nakamoto... a pseudonym Wright says is him. The jury found Wright does not owe Kleiman’s family half of the coins....
Dec 08, 2021•24 min•Season 2Ep. 285
Do you find yourself infinitely browsing? Never able to make a commitment? To a movie? A partner? A job? Pete Davis is a writer and civic advocate from Falls Church, Virginia. His Harvard Law School graduation speech, “A Counterculture of Commitment,” has been viewed more than 30 million times. His new book is “Dedicated: the Case for Commitment in an Age of Infinite Browsing”. He explains WHY you can’t make a choice of a movie...why you end up scrolling all night before going to bed in frustrat...
Dec 07, 2021•23 min•Season 2Ep. 284
Northern Territory Chief Minister Michael Gunner broke down last month talking about death threats he and his family had received from online trolls protesting about the territory’s Covid vaccine mandates. The debate has included people like Tucker Carlson and Russell Brand. So how did global Covid trolls arrive in the top end? Nicholas Hynes is a reporter with the ABC in Darwin. He joins us to explain how and why the Gunner government’s policies have made global headlines....and if there’s any ...
Dec 06, 2021•22 min•Season 2Ep. 283
Everyone knows someone who’s been swayed by internet conspiracies…misinformation about the Covid vaccine, covid conspiracies? 5G, fluoride. Was it QAnon? Far right groups? Parts of YouTube, Reddit or the more subversive forums like 4chan or 8chan or 8kun In this Briefing... we learn more about what ties these internet conspiracy groups together... how dangerous it’s becoming... and what if anything we can do about it. Van Badham is an Australian playwright and author who has written a book QAnon...
Dec 05, 2021•20 min•Season 2Ep. 282
Carly Findlay is an author and appearance activist who lives with a rare skin condition called ichthyosis, which makes her skin scaly and red. What this means is that Carly has to put up with a lot of silly, inappropriate and downright rude questions from strangers. In this chat with Jamila Rizvi, Carly explains what it’s like to be trolled for how you look, how she’s coped with ableism during the pandemic, and why she sees disability as a culture to be proud of. THE WEEKEND LIST: Read: Killerno...
Dec 03, 2021•33 min•Season 2Ep. 281
There are landmark court trials littered through US history….Michael Jackson’s two trials and OJ Simpson. The Ghislaine Maxwell trial is poised to join them as a watershed hearing in front of the world’s media. We cross to Seven’s US Bureau Chief Ashlee Mullany who is attending the court case in New York. We’ve already heard explosive claims and we’re only in the first few days of hearings. Maxwell is accused of procuring teenage girls for the convicted child sex offender Jeffery Epstein, who to...
Dec 02, 2021•21 min•Season 2Ep. 280
