A reckoning is taking place in Australia’s legal profession. The women in the industry say it’s a boy’s club and always has been, despite more than 60 per cent of law graduates today being female. This gender based discrimination and hostile work environment is a leading reason why women step away from the legal profession. So what is going on and what can be done to fix it? Today's guests are Kate Eastman, Senior Counsel, Employment and human rights barrister and Jessie Tu, who was formerly in the legal profession.

 

In today's news headlines:

• Victorians facing jail, $11,000 for NSW visit as lockdowns return
• Guy Sebastian’s former manager arrested for allegedly defrauding the singer of $1.15m
• Dyson Heydon no longer a Barrister as police launch probe
• ATO website crashes as Aussies rush to withdraw second $10,000 from super

 

In today's Briefing we ask: How women are treated in the legal profession? Who has known about this behaviour? Why did it take this long for a female Chief Justice to instigate an inquiry in to what went actually went on at the highest court in the land?

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Today on the podcast we take a deep dive on what this means for the planet and what can we do to change it? We’ve known for years that the Arctic is warming at twice the global average and one side effect is that the frozen ground that melts and refreezes each year is permanently shrinking. What’s got scientists really worried is that it is no longer thawing gradually and is allowing masses of carbon that have been locked in frozen dirt to escape. Dr Sarah Perkins-Kirkpatrick is from the Climate Change Research Centre at UNSW joins us on todays episode to answer our questions.

 

In today's news headlines:

• Victorian virus hotspots to be locked down at midnight, international flights suspended
• Queensland borders reopening on July 10 for all but Victoria
• European Union says 14 countries welcome to visit, including Australia
• TikTok blocked by India over security concerns

 

In today's Briefing we ask: What does a heatwave in Verkhoyansk in Siberia mean for the planet? What if anything can we do to change it? Why are we seeing more severe consequences of global warming in the Arctic compared to other areas? What are the physics of ice and global warming? What is permafrost? If we don't stop this how much greenhouse gas could escape through the thawing of permafrost? Can we stop or reverse global warming?

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Stock market horror stories and how to avoid the same mistakes!

 

First time investors have been pouring into the market since the coronavirus crash. Today we find out what can go wrong and how to avoid the same mistakes.

 

The Covid crisis has created some wild scenes on the stock market and for people that couldn’t bet on sport anymore the stock market became a very enticing option.  

 

We speak to Scott Phillips CIO of Motley Fool and host of a great finance podcast called The Motley Fool Money, and first time Aussie share trader Jack Ball

 

In today's news headlines:

• Suburban lockdowns inch closer with a staggering 75 new Covid-19 cases in Victoria

• $1.35 billion for new cyber army to stop digital attacks
• New data says jobs are out there, but Aussies aren’t applying for them

 

In today's Briefing we ask: What can go wrong and how to avoid the same mistakes

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Tensions have been particularly bad since Australia led the charge on a global inquiry into the origins of the Coronavirus. Earlier this year editor of the Global Times called us the “chewing gum stuck on the soles of China’s shoes” and a poll from last week shows Australians are worried about China. On todays episode we speak to Will Glasgow, the Australian’s China correspondent and China expert and author (Hidden Hand: Exposing How The Chinese Communist Party Is Reshaping The World) Clive Hamilton.

 

In today's news headlines:

• Crisis deepens in Victoria as Premier threatens suburban lockdowns
• In a rare move, Donald Trump deleted a tweet after backlash
• More people than ever are loving PM Scott Morrison, Newspoll finds

 

In today's Briefing we ask: Where is Australia’s tense relationship with China heading?

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Welcome to a special weekend edition of The Briefing with guest Julie Bishop

In today’s episode we catch up with Julie Bishop the former Foreign Minister and one of Australia’s most successful female politicians.

• What she’s been up to post politics?
• Adapting to technology to keep running a business
• Did Australia do the right thing by leading the call for an independent inquiry into the origins of the Coronavirus?
• Working with Donald Trump, and the way he’s handles the Black Lives Matter Protests
• How do we go about tackling racism in Australia?
• Has she changed her mind about being a feminist?
• Her third career in life - the private sector

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Australia has won the bid to host the biggest women’s sporting event in the world, the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup. On today's episode we speak to Matildas star striker Hayley Raso straight after the announcement. It will be the first World Cup hosted across two football confederations with Australia and New Zealand hosting 32 teams. The Matildas and the Women's League have built up a huge following in the past 10 years and now they will be able to vie for the World Cup on home soil

 

In today's news headlines:

• Qantas may cut more jobs if Trans-Tasman travel doesnt happen
• CovidSafe fail: App yet to trace a new contact
• Arts Rescue Package Panned

 

In today's Briefing we ask: what is the value of hometown advantages? What does training look like in the next few years? What does today’s announcement mean to young female players?

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The data is in! Employing and promoting women makes a company more productive and more profitable, so why aren’t all businesses doing more of that? In this episode we brief you on a brand-new report that makes the unequivocal business case for gender equality in Australia’s top companies. While women make up half of the workforce there are far fewer women in leadership positions than men. Our guests are Libby Lyons (Director of the Workplace Gender Equality Agency) and Karen Lonergan (Head of People and Culture at property development company Stockland).

 

In today’s headlines:

• $250m rescue package for the arts
• World heading for 10 million Covid-19 cases as Australia battles its own outbreak
• Finally confirmation on how to pronounce Arnott’s Nice biscuits

 

In today’s Briefing we ask: If more gender balanced leadership means higher profits why aren’t more companies doing this?

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Last week the government announced they want to make some uni degrees cheaper and others a lot more expensive.  On today's episode Annika Smethhurst explains the proposed changes, plus we speak with the Education Minister Dan Tehan and his former cabinet colleague Julie Bishop about this.

 

In today's news headlines:

• Novak Djokovic tests positive to Covid-19 after hosting controversial tennis tournament
• Panic buying re-starts in Victoria due to harsh lockdown fears
• AFL star Eddie Betts’ heartbreaking racism plea to Aussies

In today's Briefing we ask: How does fee-supported places work today? What courses will be affected by the proposed changes? What does a current year 12 student about to attend university think? Will more students study overseas as a result of the changes? Are the stereotypes of arts degrees being frivolous unfounded? What evidence is there that lowering university course costs leads to extra demand? How were the cost changes arrived at? How will the proposed changes affect student diversity?

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Could now be the perfect time for a WAXIT and Western Australia to break away from the rest of the country? There’s long been the undercurrent of a breakaway movement in WA, re-appearing when the borders closed for COVID-19 so what does it mean now? In today's episode we find out what one of WA’s most influential people think of Waxit, former Foreign Minster and WA Leader Julie Bishop, and we’ll speak with leader of the Western Australian Party Julie Matheson.

 

In today's news headlines:

• Former High Court justice Dyson Heydon inquiry
•  75% of Aussies ‘forgetting’ Covid-19 risks
• World hits one million Coronavirus cases in eight days, amid scary vaccine prediction
• Degree fee hike may see unis take on more humanities and arts students

 

In today's Briefing we ask: What does an exit mean? Who is driving the secessionist sentiment? Why would WA want this? What would some members of WA like to see changed to remain in the federation? What does the WA population think? What role has the pandemic played to exacerbate this movement? What would be the process to do a WAXIT?

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Victoria has reimposed coronavirus restrictions and extended its State of Emergency after its highest number of new cases in months.

 

On Todays episode we take a look at what led to this spike, and whether this is the right course of action for the state.

 

Catherine Bennett, Professor of Epidemiology at Deakin University helps us understand this tipping point.

 

In todays news Headlines:

• Victoria reimposes coronavirus restrictions after the highest number of new cases in months
• World reaches a grim Covid-19 milestone
• No second wave of Covid-19 from US Black Lives Matter protests
• K-Pop fans and TikTokers claim to have virtually hijacked Trump rally

 

In todays Briefing we ask:

Has Victoria’s Premier done the right thing by revising restrictions? How is this transmission occurring? Is the focus on how people are interacting in households rather than big events like protests? Will the protests also contribute to these unrelated sporadic cases? Is it down to the individual or is it something the state can intervene in? Will we be able to get on top of this second wave in Victoria or is this something bigger?

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