If you pay tax, this story will make your blood boil. We explain how PwC, a firm that’s received hundreds of millions of tax payer funds, shared confidential information with corporations trying to pay less tax in Australia.

Find out how this happened and why it took so long to hit the headlines with Carl Rhodes, Professor of Organization Studies at the University of Technology Sydney.

 

Headlines:

• Tasered 95 yr old Clare Nowland dies 
• Tina Turner dies at 83
• WA student in custody after school shooting 
• US: Ron DeSantis announces presidential run

 

 

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Last week Q&A presenter Stan Grant announced he was leaving the ABC after constant racial abuse, and a lack of institutional support.

Torres Strait Islander Rhianna Patrick who is a Briefing host and also a former ABC journalist, speaks to The Briefing about her time and experience at the ABC and discovering what she calls ‘workplace trauma.’  

 

Headlines:

• Convicted paedophile and entertainer Rolf Harris has died
• Victorian budget features a new Covid debt tax
• Netflix is cracking down on password sharing

 

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China has been the world’s most populous country since 1950, but last month according to UN demographers India has now surpassed China. India is now home to nearly a fifth of humanity and is continuing to grow. How did this happen and what does it mean for geopolitics? Emeritus Professor in Asian Studies at the University of Adelaide Purnendra Jain joins us to explain the significance. 

 

Headlines:

- India’s PM touches down in Australia

- US signs security pact with Papua New Guinea

- Stan Grant has hosted final episode of Q&A

- Casual workers are worse off

- NZ loses to Australia over Manuka honey

 

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Young men are the main victims of sextortion in Australia, according to new data to be presented by the eSafety Commissioner in parliament. Sextortion is when a person is extorted for money under threat of having nude images released to family, friends and beyond.

Last year around 60% of reports received by the eSafety scheme were reports of sextortion, we go inside with an eSafety commissioner investigator.

 

Headlines:

• Crackdown on Buy Now Pay Later services
• Tasered elderly woman now receiving end of life care
• Stan Grant has received an apology from ABC managing director 
• The race to pay off HELP before indexation

 

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Kayla Itsines went from training clients in her parents’ backyard to touring around the world hosting sold out boot camps. 

But since then she’s become a mother of two and is tackling the idea of ‘bounce back’ culture. 

In this chat with Jamila Rizvi, Kayla explains how she is doing the high wire act of new-mum juggling and her approach to fitness since discovering her own vulnerabilities. 

 

THE WEEKEND LIST:

Watch: The Diplomat on Netflix 

Eat: Chocolate Dipped Brown Butter Tahini Cookies from Ambitious kitchen 

Do: Sydney Comedy Festival 

Eat: Air fryer carrot chips 

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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has officially dropped restrictions that prohibit gay and bisexual men from donating blood. The ban was implemented in 1983 for men who have sex with men due to the AIDS epidemic.  

In today’s episode of the Briefing, we discover that since the early 80s, scientific advances and more testing has led to the ban on LGBT men and transwomen donating blood being lifted. We’re joined by Darian Aaron from GLAAD, a US LGBTQ advocacy organisations; and Thomas Buxereau from Australia's 'Let Us Give’ campaign.  

So what’s happening in Australia, why hasn’t the ban been lifted here?  

 

Headlines:

• Man charged with arson after deadly NZ blaze
• The G7 meets in Japan
• USA: TikTok banned in Montana
• Nadal announces retirement plan

 

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11,500 Hollywood television and screenwriters are on strike, they’re determined to get better pay and conditions and want safeguards in place against AI. The studios say they can’t hand out pay rises as investors are no longer gung-ho about streaming.

We go inside the strike with writer Josh Gondelman who used to work on Last Week Tonight with John Oliver to find out exactly what’s going on.

 

Headlines:

• Prince Harry and Meghan in “near catastrophic car chase”
• Melbourne truckdriver granted bail
• Quad meeting officially cancelled
• Falls Festival canned
• Sherpa climbs Everest for record 27th time

 

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Snapchat has introduced an AI chatbot that users can ask any question and receive an answer in extreme detail. Users can customise the chatbot’s name, design a Bitmoji avatar for it and it sits alongside conversations with real friends.

Snapchat’s chatbot may feel less transactional but AI ethics expert Julian Koplin says the new technology can be misleading.

 

Headlines:

• Search for bodies resumes at NZ hostel
• Biden could visit Australia next week
• 30 to 34-year-olds under worst cost of living pressure
• Support for Voice slips
• Gillard says she 'got it wrong' on same-sex marriage

 

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Anti-crime groups have taken to the streets going door to door targeting suspected thieves in the Queensland town of Rockhampton. The vigilante groups formed on social media despite police warning them that vigilantism is not the answer to community crime.

Indigenous leaders and police are worried, Dr. Terry Goldsworthy, an associate professor in criminal justice and criminology explains why.

 

Headlines:

• PFAS class action settles 
• A national anti-scam centre is set to open in July
• Thailand’s opposition challenges military rule 
• Turkiye election is too close to call
• Martha Stewart on the cover of Sports Illustrated

 

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New Netflix show Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story has hit the number one spot on the streaming service and gives the back story of the British Queen Charlotte.

The show has been sparking conversation about whether or not she was the first black Queen. British historian Cindy McCreery joins Jan Fran to explain why.

 

Headlines:

• Two charged over neo-Nazi rally
• Road death toll climbs despite national strategy
• Education fees have almost tripled since 2023
• Turkiye could have a new president
• Will Australia compete in Eurovision 2024?

 

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