Virginia Giuffre, one of Jeffrey Epstein's longtime accusers, is suing Prince Andrew, saying the royal sexually assaulted her when she was 17. Giuffre, who now lives in Australia, filed a civil suit in the Manhattan federal court. She claims she was forced to have sex with Prince Andrew on three occasions at properties owned by Epstein. Adam Klasfeld is a journalist and managing editor at Law & Crime,he also hosts a law/crime podcast called ‘Objection’. Adam joins us to talk about the case a...
Aug 22, 2021•21 min•Season 2Ep. 190
In 2011, Turia Pitt was competing in an ultramarathon through Western Australia's Kimberley region, when she was trapped in a bushfire. She suffered burns to 65 percent of her body. Turia defied doctors’ expectations to not only survive but to thrive. Today she is a best-selling author, podcaster, motivational speaker and mum. She sits down with Jamila Rizvi to talk about how her accident set her on a new path of success, rehabilitation, building a family and how she’s beaten her crippling fear ...
Aug 20, 2021•33 min•Season 2Ep. 189
Australian comedian Sam Simmons was feeling like the rest of Aussies in lockdown....a little bored, lonely and sad. So, he decided to do something about it. He’s taking calls from random strangers each day – what he calls ‘talksies’, and he’s changing peoples’ lives. Between midday and 1pm AEST each day, he takes calls on 0431 281 879. On today’s Briefing, what an extroverted introvert does in lockdown. T ODAY'S HEADLINES PM Morrison says Aussies will reunite for Christmas Glimmer of hope for NS...
Aug 19, 2021•19 min•Season 2Ep. 188
The Taliban has stormed back to power in Afghanistan. The images of people falling from aircraft this week have left the world in shock. Heston Russell is a retired major who served in four tours to Afghanistan with the 2nd Commando Regiment. He joins us to talk about what it means to ex-servicemen and women who now watch on as their dedication and commitment amounts to nothing. Glenn Kolomeitz is a lawyer and former Lieutenant Colonel, who also served in Afghanistan. He represents more than 700...
Aug 18, 2021•19 min•Season 2Ep. 187
The Taliban stormed into the Afghan capital Kabul at the weekend, just days after allied troops retreated from the city. We're joined by Sharif Safi, co-founder of the Kabul Peace Forum, an Afghan man in Kabul facing a grim reality. He's been in Kabul this week ...and is speaking to us from his home just outside the city. He’s in hiding and fearing for his life. T ODAY'S HEADLINES Taliban promise rights for women, no support for terror in new Afghanistan ADF teams to western NSW as regional Covi...
Aug 17, 2021•16 min•Season 2Ep. 186
Australia had its first recession in almost 30 years last year, as the Covid-19 pandemic wreaked havoc around the world. We made a quick recovery, but is the Delta variant and the lockdowns it’s causing around the nation putting that at risk? Federal Treasurer Josh Frydenberg joins us to explain the economic impact of Delta and what the government’s doing to support livelihoods and help us open back up. T ODAY'S HEADLINES Several dead following chaotic scenes at Kabul airport as UN intervenes Me...
Aug 16, 2021•20 min•Season 2Ep. 185
The Sydney Delta outbreak paralysing Australia’s largest city started in the East, so why is it in the west and south-west that the impact’s been felt the hardest? Is it the culture? The landscape? Or a combination of both? We’re joined by Bashar Hanna, long-time Fairfield resident and President of Australian Mesopotamian Cultural Association; and Professor Ben Harris-Roxas, Associate Professor/Senior Lecturer in community health at UNSW, who lives in one of the locked-down areas. How and why ha...
Aug 15, 2021•22 min•Season 2Ep. 184
Amani Haydar lost her mother in a brutal act of violence, perpetrated by her father, in March of 2015. She was five months pregnant with her first baby at the time. The horror of that experience shaped Amani’s own perception of how she wanted to mother, and how she had been mothered. Amani spent much of the two years between her mother’s death and her father’s trial, in a daze. She said she hated her father for what he’d stolen from her and that her pain might have become unbearable were it not ...
Aug 13, 2021•28 min•Season 2Ep. 183
Millions of Australians are in lockdown and wondering how they’re going to survive, mentally and financially. We asked our social media followers to send in their questions and we asked an expert to answer them. Dr Jo Mitchell is a clinical psychologist from Melbourne. Dr Jo provides practical and tangible advice on how we can navigate the weeks ahead. Join us on the Briefing couch as we discuss ways to manage the ever-increasing pressure of lockdowns. T ODAY'S HEADLINES Canberra enters first lo...
Aug 12, 2021•20 min•Season 2Ep. 182
The United Nations’ International Panel on Climate Change has released its latest report on the future of the planet – and it’s not good news. Professor Will Steffen is a climate change expert and researcher at the Australian National University, Canberra and Councillor on the Climate Council. Professor Will takes us through what the new report means for Australia – and what Australia should be doing to reduce emissions. Are we right to point the finger at big polluters like China and India? Sho...
Aug 11, 2021•21 min•Season 2Ep. 181
China has trumpeted their suppression of Covid-19 since the virus first emerged within their own borders and are now locking down on Delta, but are they doing as well as they seem? Bill Birtles is the ABC’s China correspondent and up until last year he was living in Beijing. He was in Wuhan, at the virus’ ground zero, as Covid spread around the world. Bill’s back in Australia but still covering China - we thought we’d check into find out whether a recent flare up of delta cases... will force chi...
Aug 10, 2021•20 min•Season 2Ep. 180
The world watched on as Australia’s Ariarne Titmus and the USA’s Katie Ledecky prepared to battle it out in the women’s 200m and 400m freestyle events at the Tokyo Olympics. Ledecky is regarded as the greatest female swimmer of all time. Could the 20-year-old Ariarne Titmus beat the queen of the pool. Yes!! Ariarne joins us this morning from Howard Springs in the Northern Territory where she’s spending two weeks in Covid quarantine. T ODAY'S HEADLINES UN warns crucial climate threshold closer th...
Aug 09, 2021•19 min•Season 2Ep. 179
Being the son of a rugby league legend didn’t quite fit with Brandon Jack. His new book ‘28’ delves deep into the search for his own identity while living a life that was imagined for him. He didn't really fit that life. The book is so much more than a football memoir….it’s a snapshot of the professional sport psyche. It’s full of vivid details of life at the fringe, and memories of binge-drinking into oblivion as an escape during his playing days at the Sydney Swans. Brandon talks about many of...
Aug 08, 2021•19 min•Season 2Ep. 178
Podcast aficionados will know Jacob Stanley as the co-host of Just The Gist with Rosie Waterland. But before his media life, he was the Head of Learning and Development at the beauty juggernaut Mecca, traveling the world for makeup. For the past year and a half, he’s been podcasting on the road as he chasing his travel bug nomadically around Australia. He talks to Jamila Rizvi from the canopies of a Far North Queensland rainforest about his adaptable travel, the beauty industry, losing loved one...
Aug 06, 2021•24 min•Season 2Ep. 177
Are you concerned about media experts getting lots of media airtime to talk about Covid-19. but getting it wrong, often being way too pessimistic? It feels like it’s impossible to filter out all the white noise to get to the facts we need to make an informed decision. Dr Nick Coatsworth was the Deputy CMO for six months, he’s an infectious disease expert and the Director of Medical Services, Canberra Health Services. He wrote an op ed piece recently calling out his colleagues and other experts f...
Aug 05, 2021•22 min•Season 2Ep. 176
News broke this week that a US company had made a $39 billion bid for Australian firm, Afterpay. It is the biggest business deal in the history of the Australian Stock Exchange. A company that is created and then grows massively in a short amount of time is called a ‘unicorn’. Jonathan Shapiro and James Eyers are reporters for the Australian Financial Review and the authors of ‘Buy Now, Pay Later’, a new book on the Afterpay phenomenon. They join us to explain how and why so much wealth been cre...
Aug 04, 2021•19 min•Season 2Ep. 175
T ODAY'S HEADLINES PM unveils vaccine threshold, admits need for restrictions NSW sets vaccination goal for lifting restrictions Wuhan back in lockdown amid Delta chaos Olympic finals for Kookaburras and Boomers Payphones to become free Follow The Briefing Instagram: @thebriefingpodcast Facebook: TheBriefingNewsAU Twitter: @ TheBriefingAU YouTube : http://bit.ly/TheBriefingSUBSCRIBE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
Aug 03, 2021•21 min•Season 2Ep. 174
The Tokyo Games has been Australia’s most successful Olympics in the pool ever, with nine gold medals. In Rio, five years ago, we won three. In London, we won just one. The Australian swimming team has always been about the men – but in Tokyo, eight out of nine medals were won by female swimmers... which got us to number two in the world... behind the US with 11 gold... and 30 medals in total compared to our 20. Seven’s Nathan Templeton was poolside all week. He was the first person they spoke t...
Aug 02, 2021•18 min•Season 2Ep. 173
Ampol is sponsoring Surf Lifesaving Australia. The giant oil company says its money will go to saving lives and its name will appear on the sleeves of surf club members on beaches right across Australia this summer. The wider surfing community says the clubs should not be taking money from oil companies that contribute to global warming. Sean Doherty is Chairperson of Surfrider Australia. He says he understands why Surf Lifesaving Australia is taking the money, but it’s not a good look. Social m...
Aug 01, 2021•18 min•Season 2Ep. 172
Osher Günsberg is a familiar face on Australian television, having hosted Australian Idol, The Bachelor franchise and Masked Singer Australia. However, off-screen, Osher is a much more complicated and complex man. He talks openly with Jamila Rizvi about his struggles with alcoholism and depression, finding spiritual connections in changing his name, his family life both now and growing up; as well as giving us in inside into The Bachelor. THE WEEKEND LIST with Tait McGregor: Watch: Gossip Girl r...
Jul 30, 2021•26 min•Season 2Ep. 171
There is so much information circulating about Pfizer, AstraZeneca and vaccines in general. No one knows what to believe. Dr Nick Coatsworth is former Deputy Chief Medical Officer….and Executive Director of Medical Services at Canberra Hospital. He features in the federal government’s ads urging us to get vaccinated. We invited our listeners to send in their questions and Dr Nick has answered them. Here are the answers to the questions that need asking. T ODAY'S HEADLINES Troops called onto Sydn...
Jul 29, 2021•20 min•Season 2Ep. 170
One of our listeners asked us to do an episode on the Friendlyjordies story. Friendlyjordies is Youtube star, Jordan Shanks - a 31-year-old from Sydney. He started his satirical YouTube channel eight years ago, has half a million subscribers and has racked up 135m views. He’s part comedian part political commentator Friendlyjordies published a series of videos personally attacking the NSW deputy premier John Barilaro. Shanks is now being sued for defamation and his producer, Kristo Langker, has ...
Jul 28, 2021•22 min•Season 2Ep. 169
Australia is currently in the middle of a massive timber shortage. It means the booming construction industry has had to hit the brakes. Angela Lillicrap, Chief Economist with the Housing Industry Association explains the reasons for the shortage; Mark Swadling from Sydney’s Swadling Timbers explains what it means for the industry; and Andrew Page, a builder tells us what it means for tradies and their customers. Small businesses across Australia are already on their knees in the wake of the pan...
Jul 27, 2021•19 min•Season 2Ep. 168
Donald Trump is back on the hustings in the US. He’s talking up his chances of reclaiming the White House. So, how likely is he to run again in 2024? Does he have the money? Does he have the support? Could one of his family members bump him from the top of the ballot paper? Ron Elving, is Senior Editor and correspondent on the Washington desk for NPR News. He breaks down the likelihood of Trump running again in 2024. What are the obstacles and could legal action derail Trump's campaign. T ODAY'S...
Jul 26, 2021•20 min•Season 2Ep. 167
Next month, Independent NSW MP Alex Greenwich will introduce a voluntary assisted dying bill to the state’s parliament. Under the proposal, adults with a terminal illness that will cause death within six months, can access assisted dying with the approval of two doctors. Like recently adopted legislation in South Australia and Queensland, health practitioners can conscientiously object or decline to participate in assisted dying for any reason... including religion. Alex joins us to talk through...
Jul 25, 2021•17 min•Season 2Ep. 166
Comedian Nazeem Hussain became a household name after reaching the final of I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here , made his American TV debut sharing a screen with Bill Nye and has a comedy special on Netflix. But Nazeem never meant to become an international comedy success as Jamila Rizvi finds out. The two talk about Nazeem’s heritage, growing up in Melbourne’s Muslim community and reconnecting with his Sri Lankan roots; life as a dad and rubbing shoulders with A-Listers like Kevin Hart and Dav...
Jul 23, 2021•28 min•Season 2Ep. 165
The Tokyo Olympics is finally here! The pandemic meant the Games were delayed by a year….and there were times this year when it looked like they might not go ahead. We meet two young Australians hoping to win gold in their respective sports. Australian Hockey midfielder, Renee Taylor; and Australian freestyle BMX rider Natalya Diehm have trained for years for the opportunity to compete at the Olympic Games. Today’s Briefing is an opportunity to meet two young Aussies giving all for their country...
Jul 22, 2021•22 min•Season 2Ep. 164
The Australian music industry is on its knees. Artists and promoters have had gigs and festivals cancelled as a result of the most recent Covid lockdowns. Reuben Styles, one half of Peking Duk, joins us to talk about the impact on local artists. Many are desperate to get back to what they do best….and to make matters worse, they’re seeing sports venues packed to the rafters. As a means to make a difference, the famous Australian music family, Alberts, has created Alberts Impact Ventures’ fund to...
Jul 21, 2021•23 min•Season 2Ep. 163
Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews has highlighted NSW’s role in seeding the outbreak that’s led to Victoria’s current lockdown and many Melburnians have expressed anger at Sydney for not containing the outbreak. We’re joined by the much-loved Melbourne musician Rebecca Barnard who is furious because the local music industry was just starting to find its feet again. Raffael Epstein from ABC Melbourne says the argy bargy between the two cities is a snapshot of our overall frustration. We all want s...
Jul 20, 2021•20 min•Season 2Ep. 162
UFOs are back on the radar in the US. On June 25, the Director of National Intelligence did put out a report on UFOs... but they call them something slightly different. The report was titled... Preliminary Assessment: Unidentified Aerial Phenomena. The report looked at 144 sightings.... and follows on from a move by the department of defence in April last year to declassify three UAP videos taken by Navy pilots. Professor Chris Impey, a Professor in Astronomy at the University in Arizona, author...
Jul 19, 2021•20 min•Season 2Ep. 161
