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July 31, 2025 24 mins

Friday Headlines: ASIO boss says foreign spies targeting defence employees working on AUKUS, 91 people killed by Israeli fire waiting for aid as US envoy arrives in Israel for ceasefire talks, MMA fighter Conor McGregor loses appeal to overturn a civil rape case, Australia's towns with most Airbnb's and Bonnie Blue doco ‘1000 Men and Me’ causes outrage.

Deep Dive: Imagine if you couldn’t brush your teeth, put on your mascara or gel your hair because the products you wanted to use weren’t accessible to you.  

This is the reality for 20% of our population who live with disability, but only 4% of products are accessible, according to a global study on the accessibility of personal care products.  

In this episode of The Briefing Helen Smith is joined by Storm Menzies, founder of ByStorm Beauty, to explain the importance of accessible beauty tools for both mental and physical wellbeing.  

Further listening: Nest of Traitors - Episode 1 - Operation Liver and ‘I'm not a predator’: OnlyFans' Bonnie Blue defends Schoolies sex plan and What a survivor of sexual violence thinks of Bonnie Blue

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