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Todays headlines include:

• The federal government has announced it will fund the ATO to keep accepting credit card payments for tax bills until mid-2027, after a backlash from small businesses.
• U.S. death row inmate Christa Pike can now stand and walk short distances, her lawyers said, after she survived Tennessee’s attempt to execute her last week.
• The Australian data centre operator Firmus will no longer list on Austral...

A burning fire truck, police clashing with teenagers and masked protestors calling for change. Over the past few weeks you might have seen these images coming out of France. What started as frustration over education standards at one school in Paris has rippled into a movement across the country and beyond. In today’s podcast we’re going to break down where the French student protests began, why they’ve escal...

Todays headlines include:

• Sydneysiders will soon see police carrying long-arm rifles as part of a new permanent response unit being rolled out across the city.
• Russian strikes on Ukraine have killed at least 28 people, including children, and injured 100 others.
• The U.S. state of Texas has pushed ahead with an execution using the same lethal injection method that failed in the case of Christa Pike in Tennessee.
• And the good ne...

Last week, the Tennessee Department of Correction tried and failed to execute a woman for the first time in 200 years. Despite the fact that she was administered not one but two lethal injections, 50-year-old Christa Pike survived and is now conscious and talking. In today’s podcast, we’ll explain the context to her death penalty, what happened last week and what could come next.

Host: Billi FitzSimons and Zara Seidler<...

Todays headlines include:

• Pornhub’s parent company Aylo has today announced that it is restoring access to the website for adults in Australia.
• Russian health authorities say no one who came into contact with a Siberian laboratory worker who died last week has tested positive for plague. 
• Amazon's Prime Video has locked in exclusive global rights to the Emmy Awards in a six-year deal, ending the ceremony's run on U....

Between 2009 and 2018, Manchester City won three Premier League titles. Last week, an independent commission found that over those same seasons, the club made its owner's money look like sponsorship income and kept some costs off its books. City says that's wrong and has appealed. Today, we're explaining what the commission found, what City says, and what happens next.

Host: Billi FitzSimons and Sam Koslowski
Producer: Rosa Bowd...

Todays headlines include:

• An Australian Defence Force (ADF) member has died and five other soldiers have been injured in a military vehicle rollover at a bushland training area. 
• The Coalition has announced it would cut net overseas migration to 100,000 people in its first year in government if elected. 
• The Greens’ official think tank has proposed investing $25 billion into a publicly owned supermarket chain.&...

Former star of The Bachelor and fitness entrepreneur Sam Wood has been charged with two counts of domestic violence. 

Wood was arrested after police attended a Queensland property on Saturday night. 

Today, we’ll tell you what we know about the allegation against Sam Wood, and we’re also going to have a conversation about the word ‘alleged’.

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Todays headlines include:

• Former Bachelor star and fitness entrepreneur Sam Wood has been charged with domestic violence offences.
• Four football fans remain in hospital after a car ploughed into them as they waited to cheer on their team ahead of the weekend's NRL grand final.
• Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor will take Thames Valley Police to court over allegations that searches of his homes may have broken the law.
• And today’...

You might be a little more tired this morning and it is probably because we lost an hour of sleep yesterday thanks to daylight saving time.

Well, that’s if you’re in NSW, Victoria, the ACT, South Australia, and Tasmania. For those of you in the rest of the country - you don’t need to change your clocks twice a year which seems to be the way the world is moving.

Today, we’re going through the debate that surr...

Todays headlines include:

• A woman in the U.S. state of Tennessee is in a critical condition after she survived two attempts by the Tennessee Department of Correction to execute her.
• Radio host Jackie "O" Henderson's legal fight to recover most of her contract, which is worth up to $100 million, has been delayed by more than six months.
• Sydney Swans player Isaac Heeney has won the club’s “Most Valuable Player”...

On Wednesday morning, a co-pilot on a flight to Israel stabbed the other pilot in an apparent attempt to crash the plane. The aircraft then dropped more than 17,000 feet in less than two minutes. Passengers and crew members managed to get into the cockpit and subdue the alleged attacker – in a move that Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said avoided a 9/11-style disaster. We’ll tell you everything you nee...

Todays headlines include:

• Israeli officials say a co-pilot on a flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv stabbed the other pilot on Wednesday morning in an apparent attempt to crash the plane.
• Australian house prices decreased by 1.1% in September, marking the sixth straight month of falling prices.
• New Zealand's parliament has been dissolved, marking the official start of campaigning ‌for November's national election.
• And the good news:...

Earlier this week, the Reserve Bank of Australia raised the cash rate to its highest level in 15 years, saying the measure was taken to control “elevated” inflation. We’re expecting that the RBA could continue to hike prices in the months to come, as a range of factors influence the prices of goods and services here in Australia. In today’s podcast, we’re going to chat through the RBA”s decision,...

Todays headlines include:

• The Greens have announced NSW Senator David Shoebridge as their new leader.
• Australia’s annual inflation rate rose to 4% in August, according to new data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). 
• U.S. forces are in the final stages of leaving Iraq after more than 20 years, in the last phase of a plan put in place by former President Joe Biden. 
• And today’s good news! Austr...

Two years ago, seven male students at an American university allegedly gang raped a 20 year old woman. No criminal charges were ever laid, but this week prosecutors reopened the investigation.

It comes after the alleged victim filed a lawsuit against Cornell University, saying that it failed to protect her. Today, we're unpacking what's alleged, why no one was charged, and why the case is back on the table.

Host: Elliot Lawry and Z...

Todays headlines include:

• The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) has increased the cash rate from 4.35% to 4.60%.
• OpenAI has published a blog post apologising for one of its agents hacking a Medicare statistics website in June, and for only notifying the Government of the hack in an email to a public inbox in September.
• Listeners are advised this story contains details that may be distressing. The 15 jurors in the trial of former...

The World Health Organisation has released its first-ever blueprint for male contraceptives, spelling out exactly what a safe, effective pill, gel or implant needs to look like. Today, we're unpacking what's actually in the pipeline - including trials happening right here in Australia - and why the WHO thinks new options could reach pharmacies within five to ten years.

Host: Sam Koslowski and Billi FitzSimons
Producer: Orla Mahe...

Todays headlines include:

• UK police have arrested five men who were seen travelling in “suspicious vehicles” towards an army base.
• Treasurer Jim Chalmers and Finance Minister Katy Gallagher have announced the final analysis for Australia’s economy for the 2025/26 financial year. 
• New Zealand’s election campaign is underway, six weeks out from the country’s November poll.
• And today’s goo...