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• Asahi Group experienced a cyber incident in late September, but they are still struggling to recovery from the attack.

  • Asahi Group | Update on System Disruption Due to Cyberattack (2nd)

  • The Japan Times | Cyberattack leaves Asahi struggling as rival brewers gain ground

• Calgary - Phoebe the pug received accreditation to serve alcohol. Seriously?!?!

  • CBC News | This Alberta dog could safely drive a truck and serve you beer — at least on paper

• What is the ‘6-7’ meme? Should we care? You be the judge.

  • Lad Bible | How ‘6-7’ meme started after featuring in brand new South Park episode

• Vale Graham Richardson, minister in the Hawke government and powerbroker.

  • The Guardian AUS | Albanese leads tributes to ‘larger-than-life’ former Labor powerbroker Graham ‘Richo’ Richardson

• Finnish childcare centres allowing kids to play dirty. Is it good for their health? Will they have better outcomes to common illnesses?

  • The Guardian AUS | How a radical experiment to bring a forest into a preschool transformed children’s health

• Financial institutes that fund green energy projects are termed Green Banks. What state are the Green Banks in 2025 across the world?

  • Climate Policy Initiative | The State of Green Banks 2025: Learnings from green financing structures around the world

  • Climate Policy Initiative | The State of Green Banks 2025 Report (PDF)

• Democrats win BIG in several elections held across the USA over the weekend of 1 November.

  • NPR | Democrats had a big night. Here are 5 takeaways from the 2025 elections

• Zohran Mamdani wins over 50% of the vote to become new Mayor of New York City. A win that could impact future elections across the USA and also brings hope to many people across the world. Hope that decency can win over Trumpism.

  • The Guardian AUS | Zohran Mamdani elected mayor of New York on winning night for Democrats

  • Reuters | London's Khan hails Mamdani's victory in New York

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• On last weeks’ show we spoke about Shinzo Abe and wondered if he was Prime Minister at the time of his assassination. He wasn’t and his alleged killer has recently gone to trial for the assassination.

  • ABC News | Japan's Shinzo Abe assassin pleads guilty in court

  • BBC News | Shinzo Abe: How the former Japan PM's assassination unfolded

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

• The world was watching the New York Mayor election very closely to see if Zohran Mamdani would win. We didn’t know the result of the election during our show, but the following day we learnt that he had indeed won.

  • ABC News | Zohran Mamdani may soon be NYC's first Muslim millennial mayor. It's part of his appeal

  • Zohran Mamdani | Platform policies

  • ABC News | How Zohran Mamdani's triumph in New York is making waves around the world

• Mount Gambier has the blues over sculpture. Why is the council-installed sculpture under attack by the locals?

  • ABC News | Mount Gambier woman charged over damage to city's Cast in Blue sculpture

• Free electricity in Australia? What? Say that again? The new Solar Sharing Scheme is set to be introduced by mid 2026.

  • ABC News | Australians to get three hours of free electricity every day under solar scheme

• Glacial speed? Not anymore. Hektoria glacier, in Antarctica, sets a fast-melt record!

  • ABC News | Hektoria Glacier in Antarctica shrinks at fastest rate recorded in modern history

Kegsta reviewed Shed Shaker Brewing - Side-by-side Lager and rated it 81 out of 100 Blurtstars.

• Crafty Pint | Shedshaker Brewing Sponsor The Castlemaine Football Netball Club

Wencee reviewed Margaret River Beer Co - Pale Ale and rated it 84 out of 100 Blurtstars.

• Margaret River Beer Co | Pale Ale

We have the fabulous Dr Marija Taflaga talking Prime Minister Albo meeting with Trump, Barnaby Joyce joining One Nation and other Australian political stories.

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

• Recent telecommunication carrier tests show some old Samsung phones are unable to call triple zero for emergencies. Check if your phone is one of them by checking the Telsra link below.

  • ABC News | Telstra testing reveals some Samsung mobile phones unable to make triple-0 calls

  • Telstra | Keeping you safe: an issue with some older mobile devices calling Triple Zero

• King Charles dedicates first memorial for LGBTQI+ veterans in Staffordshire.

  • Reuters | King Charles unveils UK's first LGBT armed forces memorial

• Japan elects first female Prime Minister.

  • BBC News | Sanae Takaichi wins historic vote to become Japan's first female prime minister

  • BBC News | Japan is set to choose its fourth PM in five years - who could be next?

  • ABC News | Japan's Shinzo Abe assassin pleads guilty in court

• The BoM website bombs....Bureau of Meteorology updates their website and causes confusion and frustration. Not happy BoM!!

  • ABC News | Backlash over Bureau of Meteorology's 'confusing' new website

  • ABC News | Bureau of Meteorology reverts to previous rain radar after wave of complaints

• Awards given to female electricians who are breaking barriers in the electrical trade industry.

  • ABC News | Female electricians win awards after overcoming health struggles, rejection

• ACCC sues Microsoft for not advising customers of price rises that include A.I. features.

  • Guardian AU News | Microsoft sued for allegedly misleading millions of Australians with its AI pricing

Elizabeth Warren has a slip of the tongue when she mentioned Donald as a c**nt!!

• End Game with Tony Armstrong is all about the racism in sport and Tony travels the world highlighting issues in various sports.

  • ABC iView | End Game with Tony Armstrong

• Did you know that Australia’s First Nations have a martial arts? It’s called Coreeda. Find out more about it here.

  • Weirdest Sports | Coreeda – Australian Aboriginal Martial Arts

  • YouTube | NITV - Coreeda

• Wencee has been listening to Ill-advised by Bill Nighy and gave it 4.4 out of 5 Blurtstars.

  • Ill-advised podcast official

• The Kegsta reviewed The Big Short companion podcast and gave it 4.4 out of 5 Blurtstars

  • Pushkin | Against the Rules The Big Short Companion Podcast

  • Netflix | The Big Short

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Wencee had homework to see what public comments the CEO of Optus had after the recent Triple Zero outages.

The Kegsta clarified the frequency and manufacture of the new Melbourne Metro trains.

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

• Why did a Microsoft engineer quit over Israel IT contract? What was the Israeli government storing?

  • Times of India | Microsoft engineer quits after 13 years; sends resignation email to thousands of employees: I can no longer work for a company that is…

  • Aljazeera | Microsoft cuts Israeli military’s access to some cloud computing, AI

• Is Australia ready for the electric vehicle transition by 2035? Let’s see how close we are.

  • Guardian News AUS| For Australia to get moving on electric vehicles, we must ban petrol and diesel cars by 2035

• The biennial Guardian Bird of the Year 2025 winner has been announced. The tawny frogmouth has come in second in previous polls, but taking out the trophy in 2025!!

  • Guardian News AUS | Tawny frogmouth named 2025 Australian bird of the year winner

• Be part of citizen science. Join the bird count Australia. For more information, register and download the app here.

  • Aussie Bird Count

• Are New Zealanders happy? It seems like 2025 is the year of the industrial action across most sectors, including healthcare, education and the public service.

  • RNZ | The Detail: New Zealand goes on strike, again

• Is Queenstown becoming the next Barcelona? Tourism is becoming a problem and many people are being pushed out of Queenstown because it has become too expensive to live in.

  • ABC News | Queenstown residents fear NZ town on 'cusp' of becoming next Barcelona

Wencee reviewed High Potential on Disney+. This American TV show is based off the French-Belgium show called Haute Potentiel Intellectuel. Wencee gave this show 4.4 out of 5 Blurtstars.

• Disney+ Australia | High Potential

• IMDB | High Potential TV Show

• YouTube | High Potential trailer - Rotten Tomatoes TV

The Kegsta reviewed the British TV show called Professor T which can be streamed on ABC iView. He gave it a 4.6 out of 5 Blurtstars.

• YouTube | Eagle Eye Drama - Professor T trailer

ABC iView | Professor T TV Show

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• We talked about the Future Fund in S6 Episode 221 and questioned how much is in the fund. Australia’s Future Fund is currently at $252.3bn. For more detail go the federal government’s official page that outlines where those funds are invested in.

  • Future Fund | Official government department

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

• Melbourne is close to the opening of new Metro tunnel. Check out the story below for a sneak preview.

  • Guardian AUS News | Melbourne’s ‘spectacular’ Metro Tunnel stations are finally finished. Here’s what they look like and what’s next

• Poles apart. The NSW Greens party and the Australian Christian Lobby join forces for common cause. WTF? The common ground is tightening the gambling laws, in particular the pokies in NSW.

  • Guardian AUS News | Greens and Australian Christian Lobby form ‘unholy alliance’ to shut down late-night pokies in NSW

• October is breast cancer awareness month. Make a donation to make a difference.

  • National Breast Cancer Foundation | What you do today can change forever

• After a couple of outages to the triple zero network by Optus, the federal ALP rushes legislation to improve the 000 emergency call network.

  • SBS News | Optus sent triple-zero outage notification to the wrong email address, department says

  • The Conversation | How do Triple Zero calls actually work? A telecommunications expert explains

• The great primatologist and conservationist, Jane Goodall, sadly passed away on 1st October 2025. Without formal studies she set out to study chimpanzees with empathy, gave them all names, and discovered they used tools as well as their social hierarchy.

  • ABC News | Jane Goodall, renowned conservationist, dies aged 91

  • Netflix Tudum | In an Exclusive Interview, Dr. Jane Goodall Leaves Behind Her Last Words

  • Distractify | Jane Goodall’s ‘The Far Side’ Comic Controversy Was Quite the Scandal in the ‘80s

• On Monday, 6th October saw the winners of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine announced. This was followed by Physics on Tuesday, Chemistry on Wednesday, Literature on Thursday and Peace on Friday. We focussed on the Physiology and Medicine winners.

  • Nobel Prize official page

  • ABC News | Trio of scientists win Nobel Prize in Medicine for 'discoveries concerning peripheral immune tolerance'

  • New York Times | Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine Is Awarded for Work on Immune Systems

  • Nobel Prize | Popular science background: The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2025

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• Anthropecene- meaning

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

• How did the humble pineapple end up on a pizza? Why is there a love/hate relationship for pizza lovers? Who made it famous?

  • The Anthropocene Reviewed Podcast | Hawaiian Pizza and Viral Meningitis

• Lifeblood have extended dates for the Metallica t-shirt giveaway. Book your donation here.

  • Lifeblood | Metallica collab

• Para-athlete, Stef Reid, appeals to footwear companies to sell single shoes.

  • BBC News | Why I'm challenging Nike, Adidas and Puma over single shoes

• The Melbourne Fringe Festival has kicked off in Melbourne. Do yourself a favour and get out there and get cultured!

  • Melbourne Fringe Festival

• International coffee day (1st October) is all about celebrating the wonderful elixir many of us crave first thing in the morning. But the day is also about acknowleding the diversity of growers and the plight of the smaller growers amongst the massive corporations.

  • International Coffee Day

  • International Coffee Organisation

• Is superintelligent AI posing an existential threat or is an overhyped distraction?

  • Deep Learning With The Wolf | Doomsday or Distraction? The Superintelligence Debate Among AI’s Great Minds

• Quantum sensing is an emerging technology that can sense the minutest movement deep under the sea. Making submarines visible where currently they are invisible. Will the AUKUS submarines be obsolete by the time they are delivered?

  • Guardian AUS News | Billion-dollar coffins? New technology could make oceans transparent and Aukus submarines vulnerable

• Decline in fossil fuel exports could hit our budget to the tune of $60 billion by 2035.

  • Guardian AU News | Value of Australia’s coal and gas exports will plunge 50% in five years, treasury modelling forecasts

• Australia’s September 2025 budget updates. How is the budget going? Has it progressed with innovation and future industries?

  • Australian Budget | Building a Future Made in Australia

  • Hall & Wilcox Smart Law | Federal Budget 2025–26: boost for technology amid global uncertainty

  • Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water | Net Zero Plan

  • OECD | OECD Economic Outlook, Interim Report September 2025

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For any Metallica fans, and you’re a Lifeblood donor, go to this link to book a donation in late October and early November 2025 to get some cool Metallica merch!

Lifeblood | Metallica rocks Lifeblood

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

• Other than salary, what is the next category that costs an AFL team? Player injuries are costing AFL clubs millions.

  • ABC News | The hidden impact of injuries costing AFL clubs millions

• Who is Australia’s fastest woman? It’s not who you think? Natisha Dingle hopes Speed Skydiving will become an Olympic sport one day.

  • ABC News | Australian speed skydiver hangs on to title of fastest woman in the world

  • World Skydiving Official | 6th FAI World Cup of Speed Skydiving, 2025 - Female category results

• Dulux brings back the jelly beans campaign in a competition to guess the number of jelly beans in a virtual paint can.

  • Dululx | Guess how many beans in the virtual can

  • Campaign Brief | Dulux brings back iconic Jelly Beans campaign via DDB, Scooter, Initiative Media + In The Media PR

• The Guardian Australia News is holding it’s biennial Bird Of the Year public poll. The nominations are in, and the Guardian will release the list of nominated birds until 6 October 2025 when the polling starts.

  • Guardian AUS News | Bird of the year is back – reminding us why joy matters in difficult times

• The Kegsta is currently listening to the podcast called Anthropocene Reviewed The host of the podcast, John Green, reviews different aspects of human life and rates it out of five stars. The Kegsta rated it 4.2 out of 5 Blurtstarts.

  • WNYC Studios | The Anthropocene Reviewed podcast

  • Penguin Books Australia | Anthropocene Reviewed book of essays

• Wencee told us all about the Health Report from the ABC Radio National. You can listen to it on Radio National every Saturday at 9am or you can find it on the ABC Listen app or your favourite podcast player. Wencee rated it 4.2 out of 5 Blurtstars.

  • ABC Listen | Health Report podcast

  • National Asthma Council Australia Media Release | New guidelines state SABA inadequate treatment for asthma

In this segment we bring to you world events, births, deaths and interesting stories that happened on this day. This week, we highlight 25 September.

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• The Kegsta reviewed No Country for Hazy Beers Super Clean West Coast IPA by Bright Brewery. He picked a good one as he rated it 81 out of 100 Blurtstars.

  • Bright Brewery | No Country for Hazy Beers Super Clean West Coast IPA

• Wencee reviewed a local Brisbane IPA by Archer Brewing. He rated it 79 out of 100 Blurtstars.

  • Archer Brewing | IPA

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

• Some good news. A Scottish pre-teen has been recognised for new invention that helps the homeless. She appears on the cover of Times “Girls of the year” as a huge recognition.

  • BBC News | Pupil who invented device to help homeless named 'girl of the year'

• PNG celebrates 50th anniversary of independence and may soon sign bilateral military agreement with Australia.

  • ABC News | Papua New Guinea celebrates journey to independence, 50 years after parting with Australia

• Original, first edition, Russian classic literature books stolen from arcoss EU libraries. Justified?

  • Australian Financial Review | The Pushkin heist: how crime gangs targeted rare books

Wencee and The Kegsta had the honour of having a great chat with the fucking legend, Wil Strake, solicitor, actor, singer, activist and union leader. We hope you enjoy the chat as much as we did.

No one deserves to be assassinated. Who was Charlie Kirk? What did he stand for? We at The New Blurt did not agree with any views he pushed into the public sphere. We also respect his First Amendment right and no one has the right to shut his conversation down or him.

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

• Bank Hold Music: The 2025 Remix. Your patience is about to be tested.

  • The Kegsta takes you on a journey on dealing with the bank over the phone.

• The USA just made the Aussie-American dream way more complicated with working visa rules changed with no warning and with immediate effect:

  • ABC News | Thousands of Australians living in US face new restrictions on visa renewals

• A Philippines arcade just installed the largest claw machine in the world. Game on! 🕹️

  • UPI News | Philippines arcade installs world's largest claw machine

• Hawaii fights back. Drones vs. Mosquitoes in a battle to save rare birds. Nature gets techy!

  • CNN | Thousands of mosquitoes are being dropped by drone over islands in Hawaii. Here’s why

In this segment, we talk about interesting stories from the mother country.

• Heathrow's "hazardous materials" scare is OVER. Runways are back open. ✈️

  • BBC News | Heathrow reopens after 'hazardous materials' scare

• The UK's single-use vape ban? Already not working. Shock. Horror! 💨

  • BBC News | Vape ban isn't working, says waste firm boss

In this segment, we highlight stories from China, past and present.

• Hong Kong stocks are in a nosedive. Sentiment's sour. 💰

  • South China Morning Post | Hong Kong stocks record biggest drop in a week as Chinese equities stumble

• Can the adorable snub-nosed monkey be saved? Signs are positive.🐒

  • BBC News | The battle to save China's rare snub-nosed monkey

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

• We blurt about ethical toilet rolls that are delivered to your door. Big shout out to Yarn’n who are run and owned by First Nations people. Yarn’n toilet paper is made in Australia, so support local! An honourable mention to Who Gives a Crap.

  • Official Yarn'n | Toilet paper subscriptions

  • Who Gives a Crap

• The Kegsta is stepping up this September raising funds to support early detection and therapy for babies with cerebral palsy for Steptember. If you have the means, please go to this site to donate for the cause.

  • Steptember | Donations to The Kegsta

• A sea of redheads in the Netherlands

  • Redhead Days Festival - Netherlands

  • YouTube PulseTV | World’s Largest Redhead Festival Celebrated in the Netherlands

• Confirmed - Australia’s largest fossilised pearl dated to be 100 million years old.

  • ABC News | Palaeontologists verify Australia's largest fossil pearl as 100 million years old

• We chat about the annual World Solar Car challenge where tertiary and secondary students compete in a race from Darwin heading to Adelaide pitting solar cars against each other.

  • World Solar Challege - Darwin to Adelaide

  • PV Magazine | Dutch teams dominate world solar challenge claiming top two positions

• Researchers in University of Tartu Institute of Computer Science converting obsolete mobile phones into tiny data centres. Find out how they are doing it and the potential applications of the tine data centers.

  • Tech Xplore News | Old smartphones can have a new life as tiny data centers

• Which country has the biggest uptake of solar power? The Kegsta will tell us who they are and how they have gotten there.

  • Perfect Sense Engineering | Top 5 Countries Leading in Solar Power Adoption

• Will geologists accept a new theory on the creation of the Himalaya mountain range? Or will they bury it underground and stick with the current 100 year old theory?

  • Live Science News | The geology that holds up the Himalayas is not what we thought, scientists discover

• Japan opens up an osmotic power plant that can power several hundred households and a desalination plant.

  • Guardian AUS News | Japan has opened its first osmotic power plant – so what is it and how does it work?

  • YouTube Al Jazeera | Earthrise - How it Works: Osmotic Power

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