The West Live Podcast

At Around 6:30am local time on Saturday, while many Israelis were likely asleep, fighters from the Palestinian militant group Hamas broke through Israel’s heavily fortified defences… by land, sea and air.

Thousands of rockets were fired into Israel in the unprecedented attack, and Hamas militants stormed a music festival, killing hundreds of young people and taking others hostage.

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On today’s episode, shots fired in Baldivis, a Russian missile kills 51 at a funeral, how the supermarket strike will impact you,  and where to eat this weekend.

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It’s Friday and that means we already have one foot out the door of the office, and are thinking about what the weekend holds.

Well, to help us figure that out is chief features reporter, food critic and architect of many top nights out, Simon Collins.

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Young people in China are quitting their jobs in droves.

Hundreds of posts about resignation parties have spread on Chinese social media this year, as the country slowly emerges from its COVID-19 cocoon. 

Most of the people participating in the trend are in their 20s, citing various reasons for quitting ranging from low wages to burnout.

SO what are these young people doing instead?

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A Victorian woman won last night’s $60 million Powerball jackpot. Good luck to her, but I’m one of many people around the country who were convinced it was going to be their lucky night.

So, maybe it’s a case of sour grapes, but, with the increased debate around gambling in society right now, I reckon there’s probably a conversation to be had around the lotto.

And I’m not the only one… a leading gambling-consumer advocate has called for lotteries and scratchies to be included in the same law that bans the use of credit cards for online gambling.

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Employees working for Coles and Woolworths will walk off the job tomorrow as they demand better pay and conditions, in what’s being touted as the first national supermarket strike in Australian history.

To help us understand the situation, and how you might be affected, is federal secretary of the Retail and Fast Food Workers Union, Josh Cullinan.

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Nasa astronauts will be flying in style, with luxury fashion designer Prada helping design space suits for the 2025 moon mission.

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A Russian attack on the village of Hroza, south-east of Kharkiv, has killed at least 51 people, including an eight-year-old boy, Ukraine says.

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Former WA governor Malcolm McCusker has labelled the proposed Indigenous Voice to Parliament “racist” and a “power grab in sheep’s clothing”, saying it is “dramatic” and not just a mere Constitutional amendment.

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A good Samaritan was allegedly murdered after he stopped to help a man who had rolled his car in the middle of the night near Cervantes before the accused killer callously stole his car and was found naked aboard a drifting boat.

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