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Are you being ripped off at the bowser? Fuel suppliers are now being investigated for 'anti-competitive conduct' and a new fuel supply task force has been established amid the global oil crisis. 

And Annaliese Holland was once opposed to voluntary assisted dying. Now, the 26 year old feels very differently, and is preparing to end her life.

She opens up about life with a rare autoimmune condition, why she's not scared of death and how she hopes her story might help others. 

Listen now: 

01:00 - What is Australia doing about fuel security?

06.10 - Annaliese Holland's story

Guests:

• Annaliese Holland

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Annaliese Holland has chosen the day she will die.

At 26, she has been living with a very rare autoimmune condition for years, suffering in pain and having to be fed through a tube.

Within months Annaliese will end her life through voluntary assisted dying, wrestling back control of the one thing that's certain: her death.

In this chat with Dave, Annie explains what it's been like coming to terms with mortality so young, the thoughts that still bring her to tears, and her advice to other young Australians about living a full life and planning to die. 

And this episode gets into some very heavy topics so if you need to chat, there's Lifeline: 13 11 14.

Guest: 

• Annaliese Holland

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Australia is in Donald Trump's bad books again, this time for not sending ships to help with the war in Iran. So should we be worried?

And getting scammed online isn't just for boomers: in fact, new stats make it seem like young people might be even more vulnerable. 

Plus: after 25 years, Kyle and Jackie O are done. So what happens now? 

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01:12 - The latest on the war in the Middle East

12:28  - The young people caught up in cyber crime

21:30 - The end of Kyle and Jackie O

Guests:

• Dr Stuart Rollo, postdoctoral research fellow, Centre for International Security Studies, University of Sydney
• Tim Burrowes, Publisher of media industry publication Mumbrella

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When you disclose things about yourself in a job application, can that information be used against you? With a new study on workplace discrimination revealing 7 in 10 employers exclude candidates based on things like mental illness and disability, we hear what your rights are. 

And thousands of young people in Australia are juggling parenthood with finishing high school, studying and trying to land a job. So what's it like having a baby when you're still a teenager?

Plus, journalists have been trying to expose the identity of the illusive street artist Banksy for years. Now a team of Reuters journalists say they've done it. 

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01:31 - Workplace discrimination

13:31 - Teenage pregnancy

18:57  - Who is Banksy? 

Guests:

• Yolanda Robson, Director, Young Workers Centre
• Simon Gardner, Reuters Journalist and Global Head of Editorial Safety

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Fears are growing for the safety of the Iranian women's football team, after 5 of the 7 women granted asylum in Australia left the country. 

And with the war in the Middle East now in its third week, we unpack the latest American strikes on Kharg Island. Will it worsen the cost and availability of fuel in Australia? 

Plus, Pauline Hanson is in South Australia ahead of the state election, where One Nation's success or failure is being closely watched as a test of its popularity nationwide. 

Also: IV drip therapy. Is it worthwhile, or a waste of money? 

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01:38 - Why did the US bomb Kharg Island?

05:16 - What happens now for Iran's female footballers?

14:57 - Skipping school to meet Pauline 

20.06 - Is IV drip therapy legit? 

Guests:

• Tina Kordrostami, Iranian Australian advocate and City of Ryde councillor 

• Emily Burch, dietician and lecturer, Southern Cross University

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Has feminism gone too far? Is misogyny getting worse? 

It turns out your answer to that question might might come down less to your gender, and more to your age. 

A survey of younger and older Australian men and women has found some pretty big differences in opinions on gender, feminism and misogyny. 

So what's going on? 

And how do Australian attitudes compare to what people in other parts of the world think? 

On this week's deep dive, we hear from young Australians on these topics, dig into some data that suggest younger men and women have more conservative views than their parents, and talk to two different researchers about some trends they both reckon are pretty alarming.

Guests: 

• Dr Sara Meger, researcher and senior lecturer
• Dr Lisa Portolan, author and researcher

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Six members of the Iranian women's football team were granted asylum in Australia this week. We unpack the politics, fears and impossible choices the women had to make.

And in breaking news, it was another good week to be a baby boomer in Australia: the generation that's mostly kicking back and enjoying retirement is now collectively worth $6 trillion, a third of all the wealth in Australia. 

Plus, do people care about ballet and opera? After Timothée Chalamet's got massive backlash, we're asking: was his take completely off the mark or does he have a point?

Host Dave Marchese is joined by AAP reporter Dominic Giannini and performer Etcetera Etcetera. 

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Is Australia running out of fuel? With the war in the Middle East disrupting the global supply of oil, the government is asking people not to panic-buy. We take stock of servo prices all over Australia right now, and ask: are prices going to go even higher?

And Sidemen creator Vikkstar takes hack behind the scenes of his YouTube career. We hear how his obsession with making content affected his health, what he thinks of "addictive" algorithms and why his latest hustle has left him feeling a bit of impostor syndrome. 

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02:03 - The price of petrol where you are

05:10 - Does Australia have enough fuel? 

13:20 - Becoming one of the world's biggest YouTubers

Guests:

• David Leaney, international supply chain expert, Australian National University
• Vikkstar, YouTuber and content creator

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Vikkstar is one of the biggest names in YouTube.

He's got tens of millions of followers and is part of the massive YouTube group the Sidemen.

So how did he go from making quick videos in his bedroom as a kid to doing collabs with Mr Beast?

In this week's long chat, Vikkstar sits down with Dave to talk about how his hobby turned into a full-time job, how he's dealt with social media addiction and what he thinks is the future of YouTube.

Guest: 

• Vikkstar, YouTuber and content creator

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Should we be worried about AI warfare? Anthropic, a major AI company, didn't want their product used by the US Department of War, but OpenAi were happy to take over for them. 

And is misogyny getting worse? From tradwives to MAFS, new data shows attitudes to feminism are going backwards among Gen Z. 

Listen now:

01:43 - Anthropic vs the US government vs OpenAi

16:05 - Unpacking the latest misogyny data

Guests: 

• Neil Renic, ethics lecturer, University of New South Wales
• Dr Lisa Portolan, author and researcher

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