Controversy has been rife in the Australian casino industry for a number of years, and now Covid has come along and left the industry reeling. Can casinos expect much in terms of growth over the next few years?

Stephen Mayne, director of the Australian Shareholders Association and business journalist joins us.

This week protests outside the national parliament calling for Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare’s resignation descended into civil unrest. The main reason cited for the protests is the 2019 decision to switch diplomatic allegiances from Taiwan to China, but there's more to the story than meets the eye.

Nearly 2000 women will take part in a virtual investing competition designed to encourage women out of research mode and into practicing trades. Each entrant will be given $1000 virtual dollars to improve their confidence and skills – without financial risk. The competition reflects ASX research which found that more women are entering the share market than ever before.

Guests:

Molly Benjamin, founder, The Ladies Finance Club

Stephanie Harrison, competition entrant

Psychological research has found that trigger warnings do not reduce negative reactions to disturbing material, and new Australian studies have found that the opposite occurs in some people – that negative or stressful feelings may be prolonged by the warnings.

Guest: Victoria Bridgland, PhD Candidate, College of Education, Psychology, and Social Work, Flinders University

After suffering a dismal and unexpected defeat at the last federal election, all eyes are focussed on the policies and strategy of the federal Labor party ahead of next year's election.  What will this election campaign be fought on?

Thousands of people stuck in limbo at the border between Poland and Belarus have become pawns in a geopolitical stoush. Atlantic staff writer Anne Applebaum gives her account of the humanitarian and political crisis unfolding at the border and why she thinks autocrats are 'winning', more broadly.

Australia has identified 63 critical technologies deemed vital to the national interest and will work with likeminded countries in developing and protecting breakthrough science, quantum and cyber technology, industrial capacity and supply chains.

Guests: Rachael Falk CEO, Cyber Security Cooperative Research Centre and Vikram Sharma CEO, QuintessenceLabs

In a new book titled Many Maps, Charting Two Cultures Bill and Jenny Bunbury explore the complex interaction between Aboriginal Australians and their European colonisers in Western Australia over 170 years.

Throughout the Covid pandemic Australian farmers have struggled to find enough workers to help with harvesting. In a unique collaboration former army personnel have banded together to help farmers assit bringing in their record wheat crops.

The Commonwealth bank has announced its 6.5 million customers will be able to buy and sell blue-chip crypto currencies on its platforms. Does this mark a turning point for the often maligned crypto currencies?