Victorian police have been accused of using too much force against against climate activists at the IMARC mining conference in Melbourne. Plus, Twitter will soon ban all political ads on its platform. Will Facebook follow suit? And if you've had an eating disorder, you're going to be able to access a lot more treatment. The Government has announced extra Medicare-subsidised mental health and dietician sessions for people living with eating disorders.

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An Australian man has been unmasked as an influential player in a new AI industry that harvests the content of real women to create fake influencers who push porn. 

And a stabbing during a church service on Monday night in Sydney's south-west has been labelled as a "terrorist attack". 

Plus, Woolies CEO Brad Banducci got told off for spouting "bullshit" in today's Senate inquiry into supermarket pricing. 

Guests:
Dr John Coyne, defence strategy expert, Australian Strategic Policy Institute
Nicola Henry, professor, RMIT

Who are the AI pimps pushing porn?

Bruce Lehrmann's defamation case is now over, with a judge on the Federal Court finding that, on the balance of probabilities, Lehrmann did rape Brittany Higgins at Parliament House in 2019. It means Lehrmann has failed against Network Ten and Lisa Wilkinson, after a trial that dragged on for months.

And over the weekend, Iran launched hundreds of drones and missiles at Israel, with the strikes marking the first time Iran has targeted Israel directly from its own soil. So what does this mean for conflict in the Middle East? 

Plus, Australia is still reeling after six people were killed at a shopping centre in Bondi Junction in Sydney on Saturday in a stabbing attack. Today, the attacker's parents spoke out, as new details about the victims were released.

Guests:
Jamie McKinnell, court reporter, ABC
Javed Ali, associate professor, University of Michigan
Melissa Mackay, reporter, ABC

Why Bruce Lehrmann lost

It's the Friday Shakeup and we're talking about squatting. Jordan van den Berg (aka @purplepingers) has put landlords on edge while promoting a list of vacant homes around Australia. 

And a Tasmanian court has found Mona's Ladies Lounge is discriminatory. How did the artist respond? Whatevs.

Plus, Adelaide has asked everyone to stop calling it Radelaide and that's just not how nicknames work. 

Host Dave Marchese is joined by housing advocate Jake Toohey and writer/director Eliza Reilly.

The Shakeup: squatting, a lounge of ill-repute and nicknaming rights

A new approach to preventing UTIs is showing promising results. For chronic suffers, this oral spray could be the alternative to antibiotic over-prescription.

And Cleveland Dodd was 16 years old when he was found unresponsive in his cell in Perth’s Casuarina Prison. This week, an inquest into his death has detailed the bleak conditions faced by teens like Cleveland inside the maximum-security youth unit. We unpack the revelations so far.

Plus, the Vatican has released a 20-page document all about human dignity but it’s the comments that call gender fluidity an “affront to human dignity” that have some people pretty angry. So where does this leave LGBTQIA+ Catholics?

Guests:
Cason Ho, reporter, ABC
Matthew Boon Meng Ng, member, Acceptance
Dr Malcolm Starkey, immunologist, Monash University

UTI? There’s a spray for that

Tesla's worldwide sales were down last quarter for the first time in years, and it's got a lot of people questioning why, and whether its owner Elon Musk has anything to do with it.

Plus, the official recognition of a Palestinian state – no Australian government has ever done it. But Penny Wong's just announced she's thinking about it.

Also, have you ever wished you could dip into your superannuation for money to buy a house? Some new research has found that the idea might not be as good as it sounds for anyone under about 40.

Guests:
Dr Andrew Thomas, lecturer in International Relations and Middle East Studies, Deakin University
Nick Bonyhady, technology writer, Australian Financial Review

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