There’s been a worrying rise in police killing and injuring people in the line of duty. Including the recent tasering of 95-year-old great grandmother Clare Nowland. Hearing about such cases on the news is a nightmare for Leesa Topic, whose 22-year-old daughter was shot dead by NSW police outside a Hungry Jacks in 2015, in a response condemned as “entirely inappropriate” by a coroner.

Leesa and Terry Goldsworthy, an Associate Professor in Criminology at Bond University, join us to explain what’s happening within the Australian police force. 

Headlines:

• Prince Harry finishes eight hours of testimony  
• Controversy over Higgins pay out
• Economy in dire straits
• LIV and PGA golf tours merge
• Nazi symbols to be banned

 

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Porn addiction isn’t a clinical diagnosis, but psychologists are seeing more and more people whose lives are dictated by when they can get their next dopamine hit from porn.  

You’ll hear from a man we called “Julian” and how porn addiction took over his life. He was so desperate to get help that he turned up to an alcoholics anonymous meeting for support. We also speak with Jane O’Keeffe, consulting psychologist for sex and porn addiction at South Pacific Private.

In this episode of the Briefing, what to do if you or someone you love has a porn addiction.

Headlines:

• Prince Harry makes historic court appearance  
• The RBA raises rates again
• Australian surfer avoids Indonesian jail
• Commonwealth bank pays spam fine
• BoM declares El Niño alert

 

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Kathleen Folbigg has been released from prison after serving 20 years for murdering her four children. Yesterday, she received the pardon she’s been waiting for, for over two decades. 

We’re joined by Matthew Agius, science reporter at Cosmos Magazine and the Science Briefing, who explains how and why the decision has been made – and what it means for other court cases with similar findings 

In this episode of The Briefing, Kathleen Folbigg’s long journey to freedom.

 

Headlines:

• Judge makes damning findings against Ben Roberts-Smith  
• US: Mike Pence enters the presidential race
• AFL to launch new investigation into Hawthorn
• PwC names staff involved in tax scandal

 

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The number of male teachers in Australia has been steadily declining for decades. In Queensland for example, in the past two decades, the number of female teachers in the state’s schools increased by a staggering 230 times the number of males.  Studies suggest if the decline continues male primary school teachers will extinct by 2050.

We’re joined by Angelo Gavrielatos is the President of the NSW Teachers Federation; and Joel, a male teacher who is watching first-hand the decline in numbers of male teachers and the impact the decline is having.  

 

Headlines:

• Bruce Lehrmann speaks out
• Indian train crash caused by signalling failure
• New poll on Voice to parliament
• David Warner plans to retire from test cricket

 

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The drama of the Roy family has captured the worlds attention, been compared to Shakespeare and created it’s own fashion wave. Why has Succession created so much hype and is it deserved? In this bonus episode of the Briefing, we’re joined by Michael Lucas, screenwriter for Offspring and The Newsreader, to find out what makes Succession such a successful show.

 

 

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Comedian Peter Helliar has done it all, from the jungle to co-hosting the Project, to even being declared dead.

I’m A Celebrity Get Me Out of Here was never a reality television experience that had tempted Helliar. But after his resignation from The Project - alongside Carrie Bickmore and Lisa Wilkinson - the time was right to say yes to something totally different.

In this chat with Jamila Rizvi, Helliar is circumspect. Not the usual laugh-a-minute guy you’re used to seeing on screen. 

 

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Ben Roberts-Smith, former SAS soldier and Victoria Cross recipient lost his defamation case against Nine newspapers yesterday, with the judge finding Roberts-Smith committed war crimes.

We sit down with LiSNTR Executive Producer Ellen Leabeater who was the Series producer for Guardian Australia’s podcast Ben Roberts-Smith v the media and followed the 100 day trial.

 

Headlines:

• New revelation in the AFL Hawthorn racism scandal.  
• BHP has admitted to underpaying nearly 30,000 workers
• Bali is trying to crackdown on disrespectful tourists
• BOM is forecasting a dry winter

 

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Today student debts will increase by 7.1% for more than three million Australians thanks to indexation. The average national student debt is $24,770.75 and will be increased by an extra $1758.72 .

We speak to the creator of the HECS-HELP system Bruce Chapman about whether he thinks the current system should remain as is, and former student Hanna who’s furious at the increase.

 

Headlines:

• RBA governor cops criticism for housing comments
• PwC to name and shame partners
• Government to crackdown on tobacco
• The Office is getting an Australian adaptation
• Queensland takes down the Blues in Origin I

 

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Elizabeth Holmes was "the world's youngest self-made female billionaire" with her company Theranos, which promised to detect conditions such as cancer and diabetes needing only a few drops of blood. In 2014 her company was valued at US $9bn, but by 2018 Theranos had collapsed. In 2022 convicted by a jury in California on four counts of fraud and was sentenced to 11 years and three months in prison.

Now in May 2023 Holmes is finally going to prison, we speak with retired biotech executive Anne Kopf-Sill who knew Holmes, about why it took so long?

 

Headlines:

• AFL racism investigation wraps up
• New revelations from Dawson trial
• Lehrmann drops News Life lawsuit
• NATIO to remove PFAS from products
• Crown fined $450m

 

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In senate estimates last week, the AFP commissioner Reece Kershaw mentioned how Gen Z needs more praise in the workplace. It turns out he’d misquoted some research; we find out from organisational psychologist Amanda Ferguson how generational praise has changed and what the research really says. 

 

Headlines:

- WA Premier Mark McGowan resigns

- PWC stands down nine partners over ATO scandal

- Chris Dawson on trial for carnal knowledge as a teacher

- Seven has already decided on Kochie’s replacement

- Melbourne nightclub under investigation 

 

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