Sarah Davenport and Elizabeth Fouldes bring you SYN Media's weekly wrap of the biggest stories covered by the news and current affairs team.  Declan Evans, Bridie Golding, Sura Mishra, Freddie Moffat, Ruby Littler, Tayla Oates, Nick Sarlos-Welsh and Loughlin Patrick report.

 

• SYN general manager Ruby Smith has launched the station's first 'Radiothon' pledge drive in over a decade - aiming to raise $50 thousand in three weeks.
• Grocery giant Woolworths will take over delivery service Milkrun in a deal the Australian Financial Review reports is worth around 10 million dollars.
• Professor Lucas Walsh has released a new report into food insecurity among international students; he shares his takeaways from this week's state budget.
• Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has attended this week’s G7 summit in Japan as a guest, after U.S. President Joe Biden cancelled a Quad alliance meeting.
• Cerise Howard has been named as the new program director for the Melbourne Queer Film Festival; she aims to showcase the history of queer film culture.
• Jetstar has tightened up its check-in and boarding rules in a bid to restore punctuality to its beleaguered flight schedules - giving its passengers shorter windows.
• Ben Bjarnesen marks the fourth LGBTQ Domestic Violence Awareness Day - founded by his organisation in a bid to improve reporting and policing for those impacted.
• Prominent ABC journalist Stan Grant is on 8 weeks leave after facing online abuse and threats against his family; a man has been charged over online threats to him.
• The federal government has confirmed it will move forward with regulations on 'Buy Now, Pay Later' services after the treasury found they contribute to financial harm.
• Doctor Quentin Maire shares new research showing many young people still feel hopeless after developing these feelings during the worst of the pandemic.
• A freshly-discovered fossil in South Africa has shown an ancient species of predator migrated across continents while active - after last being seen in Russia.
• A report into New South Wales policing incidents shows recommendations were made about mental health callouts before the death of a 95-year-old dementia patient.

 

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