Everyone knows someone with a rental horror story. Rents are skyrocketing across the country and it's becoming increasingly difficult to find somewhere affordable to live.

We're joined by Chantelle Schmidt, who writes for a number of publications including Pedestrian. She's also been sharing her painful rental journey on TikTok. We also talk to Mark McCrindle, founder of McCrindle research who has analysed the data on the
impact of the rental market on young renters.

In this episode of The Briefing, the horror stories Australian renters are facing and what impact it has on the lives of those affected.

Headlines:

• Alcaraz beats Djokovic to win Wimbledon
• Support for the Voice falls again
• LNP wins Gold Coast by-election
• New RBA boss under fire over old comments

 

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Marta Dusseldorp is one of Australia’s best known and loved actors. From stage to screen, and now with production credits to boot. 

Dusseldorp’s latest project, Bay of Fire, premieres tomorrow night on ABC TV and is filmed on the west coast of Tasmania, a place that Dusseldorp herself discovered in the depths of the pandemic. 

In this chat with Jamila Rizvi, Marta explains the impact of the pandemic on Australian artists and takes us on the journey of stepping into a new character. 

*Content warning this episode mentions suicide if you or anyone you know are struggling call lifeline on 13 11 14 

 

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Try: Cardigang: Learn to Knit 

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Everyone's talking about Threads, the new social media platform launched by Mark Zuckerberg's Meta last week. Jan and Tom signed up immediately, as they did when Twitter and Instagram launched.

In this episode of The Briefing, Jan Fran and Tom Tilley discuss why you'd sign up for Threads, whether it will survive and whether we even need ANOTHER social media platform.

 

Headlines:

• Hollywood set to shut down
• Elon Musk launches his own A-I startup
• Kevin Spacey takes to the witness box 
• France is making fashion more sustainable

 

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A 16-week trial over the Whakaari/White Island volcano tragedy has begun in New Zealand after an eruption killed 22 people, including 17 Australians in 2019.

The island’s owners, brothers Andrew, James and Peter Buttle, their company, and two tour operators are on trial for allegedly failing to adequately protect tourists and staff.

Each of the companies faces a maximum fine of $1.4 million, while the brothers charged face a maximum fine of $280,000.

The ABC’s Emily Clark walks us through what’s been happening.

 

Headlines:

• Australia is sending more bushmasters to Ukraine
• The RBA set to meet less to consider the cash rate
• Big news on the right to work from home
• Neurosurgeon Charlie Teo has taken a massive blow
• Aussies nominated in the Emmys

 

 

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Should Japan release millions of litres of radioactive waste water into the Pacific Ocean?  

Everyone remembers the Fukushima nuclear plant being swamped by a tsunami in March 2011. All four of the plant's reactors were written off – and ever since, the reactors have been cooled with recycled water from a new treatment plant. The plant now plans to release the cooling wastewater into the ocean.

In this episode of the Briefing, we're joined by marine biologist Robert Richmond, a professor with the University of Hawaii, who details his concerns with Japan's plans, and what it might mean for the Pacific's ocean ecosystem.

 

Headlines:

• Ben Roberts-Smith is appealing
• White Island eruption trial has begun
• NATO refuses to give Ukraine a timeline on when it can join
• Australians have increased drug consumption

 

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It’s a pretty sci fi concept – being stored upside down in a giant thermos full of liquid nitrogen in the hope that some day, maybe hundreds of years away, technology will bring you back to life. Now cryonics is here in Australia.

Peter Tsolakides is the director of Southern Cryonics in Holbrook, and dozens of people have forked over tens of thousands of dollars to put themselves into deep freeze until science catches up with their big dreams of eternal life. So how does it work, and would that future be, lonely?  

 

Headlines:

• Australia is joining the "climate club"
• Access to medical abortions made easier 
• Robodebt ministers could be sued
• Australians are living longer than ever before

 

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A decision on who will be the next RBA Governor is expected mid-July. So will Philip Lowe remain in the job? Who are the candidates? Will it change how the RBA operates, or are we just looking for a scapegoat following the huge number of cash rate rises.

Jonathan Kearns, former RBA department head joins Tom Tilley to explain.  

 

Headlines:

• Pressure mounts on Scott Morrison to resign
• BetStop: we can soon opt out of online gambling
• $1B defence deal signed with Germany
• Controversy over US sending cluster bombs to Ukraine
• England wins third Ashes test

 

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30-year-old MP Georgie Purcell was elected to the Victorian Legislative Council in November last year - and she’s already shaking up the House.

Georgie, from the Animal Justice Party, stands out from other politicians as she made history with her maiden speech when she decided to own her narrative and share that she was previously a stripper.  

In this chat with Katrina Blowers, Georgie explains what it’s like to be trolled and how she’s more qualified than most of her peers but continues to be an easy target on social media.  

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Queensland has announced plans banning smartphones in state schools from next year bringing them into line with the rest of the country except ACT.

While it seems like a no-brainer given how distracting and harmful smartphones can be to kids and teens, we get the full story with child psychologist Michael-Carr Gregg and Dr Jason Zagami, a senior lecturer at the School of Education and Professional Studies at Griffith University.

 

Headlines begin 11.34

• Users flock to Twitter's rival Threads
• Nine newspapers apologises for a racist ad
• Senior minister forced to delete tweets
• Reynolds threatens to sue Higgins for defamation

 

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Colleen Ballinger, otherwise known as Miranda Sings, has been a YouTuber for over a decade and has recently had some serious allegations made against her, including being a child groomer. In a response to the claims she came out with a 10-minute long apology video where she decided to sing rather than speak, which many have dubbed Youtube’s worst apology video.

Justin Hill host of LiSNTR’s The Streaming Service sits down with Katrina Blowers to unpack the video.

 

Headlines begin 13.28

• AFL investigates photo leak 

• Donald Trump Jnr postpones tour 

• Global temperature records broken 

 

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