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• What does PCR stand for? PCR stands for polymerase chain reaction and is a test that amplifies DNA to diagnose diseases, infections, etc.

• Difference between minimum wage and award wage. If you are not covered by an award in your job, then you fall under the minimum wage.

  • Fair Work Ombudsman | List of awards

  • Fair Work Ombudsman | Minimum wages

Our global segment is bursting with news you won’t want to miss:

• The upcoming Glasgow Commonwealth Games 2026 is aiming to reduce 1,000,000 pieces of plastic from entering the ocean before the start of the games.

  • Positive News | The Commonwealth Games relay taking aim at ocean plastic

• United Airliens flight to Spain forced to turn back over suspect bluetooth device name.

  • NPR | United Airlines flight to Spain pulls U-turn, apparently over Bluetooth device name

• The Big Issue (Australia) celebrates 30 years! The first issue was sold on 16 June 1996 on the steps of Flinders Street in Melbourne.

  • ABC News | The Big Issue celebrates three decades in Australia with special edition

  • The Big Issue | Special 30th Anniversary Edition

  • Wikipedia | The Big Issue (Australia)

• June is Pride Month.

  • Minus 18 | What is LGBTQIA+ Pride Month?

• FIFA World Cup - The Socceroos play their first game against Türkiye in Vancouver, Canada.

  • YouTube SBS News | Socceroos prepare for final World Cup warm-up match

  • FIFA | Australia team fixture

  • ABC News | FIFA World Cup fans set for $200 train tickets for 15 minute trip to MetLife Stadium

• Kane Evans, ex-NRL player comes out. Only the second openly gay player in NRL after Ian Roberts come out in 1995.

  • The Guardian AU | Former NRL player Kane Evans finally ‘free’ after coming out as gay

  • The Guardian AU | Former Brisbane Lion Leigh Ryswyk becomes first AFL player to come out as gay

  • SBS News | The Australian athletes championing LGBTIQ+ pride in sport

• Wencee has been listening to Mythical Kitchen - Last Meals. The episode he spoke about in this segment was the Hugh Jackman last meal. He gave the podcast a 4.3 out of 5 Blurtstar rating.

  • Spotify | Mythical Kitchen - Last Meals podcast

  • YouTube Mythical Kitchen | Last Meal with Hugh Jackman

• The Kegsta introduces us to entrepreneur and TV host Mark Bouris podcast called Straight Talk. He rated it 3.8 out of Blurtstars on the show. However, listening to more episodes, he now rates it out 4.2 of 5 Blurtstars.

  • Spotify | Straight Talk

  • Apple Podcasts | Straight Talk

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• What does MRFF stand for? Medical Research Future Fund

  • Australian Health Department | Medical Research Future Fund

• Paul Keating quote that he learnt from a mentor, Jack Lang, was “in the horse race of life, always back self interest because if nothing else you always know that self interest is trying hard.“

• What does RSV stand for? Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV).

  • Immunisation Coalition | Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) Statistics

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Our global segment is bursting with news you won’t want to miss:

• Snake swims from Ibiza to islet and threatens endangered lizard.

  • The Guardian AU | ‘This is a tragedy’: swimming snakes open new front in battle with Balearic lizards

• And for some positive news. Greenland’s underwater seaweed forests could be an overlooked natural carbon sink.

  • Positive News | Greenland sheds new light on underwater carbon sink

• And more positive news. In Australia minimum wages have gone up! And by more than inflation.

  • ABC News | Fair Work Commission annual ruling lifts minimum wage by 6 per cent and award rate by 4.75 per cent

WARNING: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander viewers are warned that the following segment may contain discussion, images and voices of deceased persons.

• Reconciliation week, 27 May 2026 - 3 June 2026.

  • Official National Reconciliation Week

  • SBS On Demand | Reconciliation Week: All In

• NITV focussed on David Gulpilil in the lead up to Reconciliation Week.

  • YouTube NITV | Journey Home, David Gulpilil

  • YouTube NITV | David Gulpilil stars in the Tracker

• Newly created university, Adelaide University (merger of the University of Adelaide and University of South Australia) has appointed Adam Goodes as its first indigenous ambassador.

  • SBS News | Adam Goodes says education was at the heart of his success. Now he's giving back with a new role

  • Adelaide University | Leading with firsts: Adam Goodes appointed inaugural Adelaide University First Nations Ambassador

  • Adam Goodes founder of Go Foundation

• Nathan Stafford the lawnmower man makes short videos of him mowing lawns, clearing out cluttered homes. Most of the time he’s helping people from low socio-economic backgrounds.

  • Official Nathan Stafford lawns and gardens

  • Instagram | Nathan Lawns and gardens

  • YouTube | Nathans Lawns and Gardens

  • Fund raising for Heart Kids

  • YouTube Mark Bouris Straight Talk | Nathan Stafford: Why This Lawn-Mowing Star Helps People Doing It Tough

• The Voice, John Farnham, has a tribute concert happening later in 2026. Who is John Farnham, how did get into the music industry? Find out more by listening to this segment.

  • Wikipedia | John Farnham

  • Official John Farnham website

  • YouTube - John Farnham | Sadie the Cleaning Lady

  • John Farnham | You're The Voice - Isolated Vocals - 1987

  • Information about the tribute concert for John Farnham

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Wencee had homework from last week and the question was: are bogans called bogans in New Zealand? The answer is…yes they are.

Our global segment is bursting with news you won’t want to miss:

• Vale Neale Daniher - campaigner of Motor Neurone Disease, helped raise over $140 million dollars for MND research.

  • ABC News | Motor neurone disease campaigner and former Australian of the Year Neale Daniher dies

  • YouTube ABC News | Neale Daniher, fmr AFL player and MND campaigner, dies

• Reconciliation week - 27 May 2026 to 3 June 2026 with the theme of “All In”.

  • Official Reconciliation Week

• Alan Jones indecent assault case update.

  • MSN News | Jones’ butler makes ‘significant’ claim: court

• At the recent Cannes Film Festival, Javier Bardem criticised machismo and violence against women, pointing to figures like Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin, and Benjamin Netanyahu as examples of toxic masculinity.

  • Variety | Javier Bardem Says Tide Is Turning on Hollywood Speaking Up for Palestine: Those Making Blacklists ‘Will Be the Ones Suffering the Consequences’

  • YouTube Global News | “Are we f--king nuts?”: Javier Bardem calls out Trump, Putin, Netanyahu for “toxic masculinity”

  • Far Out Magazine | Javier Bardem calls out Hollywood figures silent on Palestine: “Pro-genocide”

• UK poll shows majority of people spend less than 3 hours a week in nature.

  • Guardian UK | Half of UK adults say they spend less than three hours a week outside in nature

  • UK Government | Access to green and blue space in England

• The new european sport this spring is….sweating! Summer hasn’t started yet, and Europe is already sweltering.

  • AP News | Parts of Europe swelter in record May heat as deaths at amateur sports events spur warnings

  • Severe Weather Europe | Heat Dome Update: Europe Braces for Record-Breaking Late May Heatwave

  • Euro News | What is a heat dome? Why Europe is sweltering under record-breaking May temperatures

  • Weather Atlas | Massive Heat Dome Engulfs Europe as Record-Breaking May Temperatures Spread Across the Continent

We had a pre-recorded chat with Dr Marija Taflaga where we discuss the recent Farer by-election, Angus Taylor, chances of One Nation picking up federal seats at the next election.

Australian National University | Profile - Dr Marija Taflaga

ANU - Australian Studies Institute | Democracy Sausage with Mark Kenny podcast

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• Wencee taste tested Margaret River Brewing Co South West Coast IPA. It has an IBU of 55 and high alcohol content of 6.7% ABV. He rated it 86 out of 100 Blurtstars.

  • Margaret River Beer Co | River Dog - South West Coast IPA

  • Crafty Pint review | Margaret River Beer Co River Dog IPA

• The Kegsta reviewed Bad Shepherd’s Peanut Butter Porter. A brewery in Cheltenham, Melbourne. This beer has an IBU of 22 and high alcohol content of 6.4% ABV. He rated it 84 out of 100 Blurtstars.

  • Bad Shepherd | Peanut Butter Porter

  • Crafty Pint Review | Bad Shepherd Peanut Butter Porter

Our global segment is bursting with news you won’t want to miss:

• A Kiwi tourist takes a splash in the Trevi fountain in Rome. Cops a €500 fine

  • Stuff NZ | The moment Kiwi tourist dives into Rome's Trevi Fountain

• A Kiwi gets a life ban on Qantas flights after biting a flight attendant.

  • The Guardian AU | Passenger detained and banned from Qantas after allegedly biting attendant on flight from Australia to US

• Masterpieces from the great artists Monet, Picasso and Van Gogh are touring in several suburbs of London. The idea behind the tour is to allow these works of art to be available to people who aren’t able to attend the National Gallery.

  • Positive News | Monet for nothing: the famous artworks cheering up UK high streets

• A recent discovery in Thailand reveals the largest dinosaur fossil ever found in Southeast Asia.

  • BBC News | Giant new dinosaur identified from fossils in Thailand

• Thailand reduces visa-free holiday period from 60 to 30 days for many countries. All to combat illegal activities by Thai tourists.

  • ABC News | Thailand cuts visa-free stay period for more than 90 countries, citing crimes by foreigners

• The federal government announced the yearly budget on 12 May 2026. Who are the winners and losers? We are all losers because the gas industry didn’t get taxed raised on the export sales. Also NDIS gets massive cuts. Aged care, financial abuse survivors and health are amongst some of the winners.

  • ABC News | Federal budget 2026: Winners and losers

  • YouTube - A Rational Fear | The Liberals still have a boner for coal 🪨 CSIRO data shows renewables are HALF the price

• What is the source of Australians income ? Is it only from salaries or does it include investments, trusts and other sources of income? Find out more here.

  • ABC News | How everyone is making money, and what it means for their tax

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The Kegsta clarified that carbon actually stopped being created 100 million years ago, not in the late 1800s.

Our global segment is bursting with news you won’t want to miss:

• Can ‘slow’ crafting combat tech addiction? Rather than reach for your phone to pass the time, why not take up knitting, crochet, pottery, or any of the myriad of other crafting activities out there.

  • SBS News | 'You're building something tangible': The offline trend pulling people off screens

• Canvas, an educational online learning platform, was hacked and has affected high schools as well as universities around the world, including many dozens institutions here in Australia.

  • The Conversation | Hackers just stole data from 9,000 schools and unis around the world. How can we protect student privacy?

• A state school in Victoria is using play learning with Ozobots to teach children about renewable energy. The program is teaching children coding and problem solving using the little Ozobots.

  • ABC News | Small robots used to help students consider careers in renewable energy

  • Official Ozobot

• A six month China-Chile joint expedition exploring the deep trenches of the Pacific Ocean has resulted in new discoveries of new species and also new understanding of chemosynthesis and tectonic movements deep under water. Researchers from other countries were also involved.

  • Chinese Academy of Sciences | China-Chile Deep-sea Mission Marks intl Advance

• Can a Chinese sports brand take on the behemoth Nike and Adidas? Follow this story about a small Chinese company that started in the 90s and where they are now.

  • BBC News | The Chinese sports brand taking on Nike and Adidas

• The Kegsta reviewed Billie Eilish Hit Me Hard and Soft: The Tour. He rated the show 3.6 out of 5 Blurtstars.

  • YouTube Billie Eilish | HIT ME HARD AND SOFT: THE TOUR (LIVE IN 3D) | Official Trailer

  • YouTube Billie Eilish | HIT ME HARD AND SOFT: THE TOUR (LIVE IN 3D) | Official Trailer #2

• Wencee reviewed Urzila which is available on iView for free. Urzila Carlson leads alongside Bron Lewis, Anisa Nandaula, Carlo Ritchie, and Andy Saunders, with cameos from Sam Pang, Julia Morris, Anastasia and many others. He rated the show 4.7 out of 5 Blurtstars.

  • ABC iView | Urzila TV series.

  • YouTube iView | Urzila is diagnosed with "early onset Karenism"

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Our global segment is bursting with news you won’t want to miss:

• Does A.I. get it right all the time? Hell no. Here are some examples when it doesn’t.

  • Vice | All the Times That AI Was Humiliated This Weekend

  • YouTube HuskIRL | Learned something new

  • Gizmodo | If You Make Fart Music, ChatGPT Will Be the Most Supportive Girlfriend You Could Ask For

  • Futurism | ChatGPT’s “Honest Reaction” to a “Song” Composed Entirely of Gas-Passing Noises Will Make You Question Whether It’s Honestly Evaluating Your Other Brilliant Ideas

• Struggling Boston marathon runner helped across the line by two fellow competitors.

  • BBC News | 'Superstar' runners praised for helping exhausted man finish marathon

  • YouTube | Boston Marathon Runner about to Crawl to Finish Line

• Positive news on the fossil fuel front. In 2025 renewables met all new electricity needs, globally.

  • Positive News | The world hit a major energy milestone

• First conference for the transition away from fossil fuels to renewables was held in Santa Marta, Columbia. Especially pertinent during the current oil crisis as a result of the US-Israel war against Iran, now is the time to focus on moving towards renewables.

  • National Tribune | Landmark Santa Marta climate talks can use energy crisis as turning point to end fossil fuels

  • Amnesty International | Santa Marta conference unlocks historic political momentum for just transitions that must translate into rights-centric action

  • Climate Council | From Belém to Santa Marta: The first global conference on phasing out fossil fuels, explained

• Plainly visible from space, a corner of Spain is home to the world’s greatest amount of greenhouses.

  • The Guardian AU | Visible from space: why Spain has the world’s biggest concentration of greenhouses

  • NASA | Almería’s Sea of Greenhouses

• Australia was the first in the world to limit or ban social media for under 16 year olds in late 2025. Six months later many more countries are following in our footsteps.

  • Wikipedia | Social media age verification laws by country

  • ABC News | Indonesia will ban social media for children under 16

  • Electronic Frontier Foundation | Act Now to Stop California’s Paternalistic and Privacy-Destroying Social Media Ban

• Worried about who has your data, your online privacy and who is tracking you? The mega US tech companies are dominating our lives, but it doesn’t have to. Read the following story on how to move to better alternatives.

  • The Guardian | Leave big tech behind! How to replace Amazon, Google, X, Meta, Apple – and more

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• New Zealand has suffered some very severe flooding causing much damage in Wellington.

  • RNZ | Weather: State of emergency declared for Wellington

  • RNZ Instagram | Wellington pharmacist talks about the floods and damage to his pharmacy

• Upcoming film features an AI-generated performance of Val Kilmer. Before his passing, Kilmer gave consent for the producers of As Deep As The Grave to recreate his likeness and performance using AI.

  • ABC News | Makers of As Deep as the Grave defend use of AI-generated Val Kilmer in movie

  • YouTube JoBlo Movie Network | Official Trailer As Deep As The Grave

• Ontario, Canada introduced laws for employers to advise job applicants within 45 days of their final interview if they failed to secure the job.

  • Positive.News | Canada has banned employers from ghosting job candidates. Will the idea catch on?

A BBC investigation shows suspicions of insider trading linked to many of president Trump public announcements since his return to the presidency in 2025. Read this article for details of the events.

BBC News | The insider trading suspicions looming over Trump's presidency

Trump posts AI generated image of himself depicted as Jesus. What the hell? Why hasn’t there been a bigger backlash for this blasphemy?

CNN | Did Donald Trump just commit ‘blasphemy’?

Plummeting polls for New Zealand Prime Minister ended up in a “no confidence” vote against him in parliament. He survived the vote, but does that mean he is still safe?

RNZ | As it happened: Christopher Luxon survives National leadership vote, refuses to take questions

And in Hungary, there has been a change in government after 16 years of hard right rule by Viktor Orbán. The Tisza party won with a 53% vote and are keen to get into power to start reforming the country.

BBC News | Orbán's era was over in a flash and Hungary's next PM is a man in a hurry

The Strokes get political at Coachella by playing a montage of photos and videos of world leaders who have been overthrown by the CIA (proven or suspected of).

Guardian News AUS | The Strokes use Coachella set to denounce US foreign intervention

Variety | The Strokes End Coachella Set With Video Condemning U.S. and Israeli Bombings in Iran and Gaza

YouTube bilmem video | The Strokes - Oblivius - Live at Coachella 18 April 2026

Listen for the best, or worst, jokes that made us chuckle or laugh out loud.

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Who is the original writer of the song Horses by Daryl Braithwaite? We discovered it was written by Rickie Lee Jones and Walter Becker.

Wencee reviewed Moffat Beach Brewing Co - Josh Porter Strong Pale Ale. This beer was brewed in honour of Josh Porter, an SAS Trooper, who tragically died during military training in 2006. Wencee rated this beer a score of 80 Blurtstars out of 100.

Moffat Beach Brewing Co | Josh Porter Strong Pale Ale

The Crafty Pint | Moffat Beach Josh Porter Strong Pale Ale

ABC News | Beer honouring Black Hawk crash victim and SAS trooper Josh Porter to flow at Australian barracks

Kegsta taste tested Bonehead Brewing - Sweet Pea Melbourne Dark lager. A Kensington brewery that opened its doors in 2016. The Kegsta rated the beer 75 Blurtstars out of 100.

Bonehead Brewing | Sweet pea Melbourne dark lager

Our global segment is bursting with news you won’t want to miss:

• Melbourne International Comedy Festival celebrates its 40th anniversary and some of the acts will tour around Australia after this festival ends.

  • Melbourne International Comedy Festival

• Oil is not the only supply impacted by the Iran War. Helium and aluminium are also severely affected as these are produced in the Gulf States.

  • CBS News | It's not just oil — the Iran war is disrupting helium and aluminum supplies. Here's the impact.

• The US president knows no boundary. This week attacking the Pope for God’s sake!!

  • AP News | Trump says he won’t apologize to Pope Leo and explains his reason for posting much-criticized meme

• The wheels have fallen off a Mercedes EV SUV series! Well, it’s the electric G-wagon series that has been recalled, affecting just over 3700 vehicles.

  • engadget news | Mercedes-Benz recalls some G-Wagon EVs due to risk of wheels falling off

The Canadian province of British Columbia has permanently kept daylight savings starting on Sunday, March 8, 2026.

• British Columbia news | Permanent daylight saving time

Researchers from philanthropic research organisation Project CETI recorded on video the pre-birth, birth and post-birth of a sperm whale. Using drone footage, AI analysis tools and many other technologies, they were able to study in detail the birth of the sperm whale.

• Guardian News | Scientists film whale giving birth while other whales work together to help her

• Project Ceti | A whale is born

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Our global segment is bursting with news you won’t want to miss:

• Lap around the moon mission. We blurt about the Artemis II lunar mission and how it is progressing.

  • NASA | Artemis II

  • NASA | Artemis II gallery

  • ABC News | Artemis II crew about to smash record for the farthest humans have ventured from Earth

  • YouTube NASA | Artemis II Launches Astronauts to the Moon (Official NASA Recap)

  • YouTube Star Talk | The Missions Bringing Us Back to the Moon

• Are you trapped doom scrolling on your phones most days? Check out these tips to help peel you away from the phone screen.

  • Positive News | End the endless scroll: seven ways to take back control of your digital life

  • One Sec | App (Android, IOS and browser extension) that manages your doom scrolling.

• Renewables has gathered pace over the decades. We talk about the speed of progress during that time.

  • Positive News | Amid an energy crisis, the renewables juggernaut gathers pace

Here are some events on this day, 6 April.

• Britannica | George Eastman releases first flexible film rolls

• Olympics | 6 April 1896: the 100m opens the first Olympic Games of the modern era

• Waltzing Matilda played in public for the first time.

Births:

• Oscar Piastri was born on this day.

• Raphael - Italian painter and architect is born.

Deaths:

• Hudson Fysh - Aviator, businessman and co-founder of Qantas died on this day.

• Raphael - Italian painter and architect passes away.

Here are a number of interesting facts about cows.

The Fact Site | 31 Fun Facts About Cows For Kids

Space junk is sadly a by-product of our travels into space. Here is a site that shows all the space junk that has gone up into space.

The Data Drop | Beyond Earth

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IMAGE CREDIT: NASA - Artemis II

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We had homework from the last episode. Wencee needed to find out who are the indigenous people of the Thai people near the Cambodian border. And they are called the Khmer.

And the Kegsta needed to find out if Norway has nuclear power. And he also had to discover more information about mosquito plasmodium and the mosquito 3d printing research.

Our global segment is bursting with news you won’t want to miss:

South Australia went to the polls on 21 March and the Labor party was expected to win again with a large margin. The big surprise (though not to all) was whine Nation (One Nation Party) who were predicted to win several seats to match the LNP.

• ABC News | South Australia Election Party Totals

• ABC News | South Australia Election 2026 Results

For some positive news, a UK community has created a micro-grid of solar energy that is being used for impoverished households as well as the general community.

• Positive.News | Amid energy market turmoil, the people taking power into their own hands

With Wencee’s recent holiday in Thailand, he showed some of his photos from the trip.

• Thailand photo slideshow

Kegsta blurted about the Revisionist History podcast that focussed on the movies Zootopia 1 and 2. The sequel was released in late 2025, but was available on Disney+ recently. So this podcast discusses the movies and the Kegsta recommends listening to this BEFORE watching the movies. He rated this podcast 4.3 out 5 Blurtstars.

• Revisionist History podcast | Zootopia Exposed! (Part One)

• Revisionist History podcast | Zootopia Exposed! (Part Two)

Wencee has been listening to After America by the Australia Institute which has been running for a couple of years. For the past 12 months or so. the series has focussed on the current president, DJT, and what his impact has on us in Australia and the rest of the world. Wencee rated the podcast 4.2 out of 5 Blurtstars.
(Correction - The Point is an Australia Institute news outlet, and was not created by Dr Emma Shortis. Though Dr Emma Shortis is a contributor to the site. )

• Australia Institute - After America

• Australia Institute | Dr Emma Shortis bio

• The Point | news outlet

To keep up the theme from Do Ya Self a Favour, the Kegsta reviewed Zootopia 2. He rated it 4.6 out of 5 Blurtstars.

YouTube Walt Disney Animation Studios | Zootopia 2 trailer

While in Thailand, Wencee watched Project Hail Mary. He enjoyed it so much, he rated it 4.8 out of 5 Blurtstars.

YouTube Amazon MGM Studios | Project Hail Mary trailer

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