The Briefing
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About this podcast
We’re your friends in news.
Sacha Barbour Gatt and Chris Spyrou wake up early to bring you all the important daily news headlines.
Then, we deep dive on an essential news story that'll make you feel smarter about the world.
Listen every weekday to know more in minutes.
Episodes
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- Tech boss resigns amid spy scandal + Netball’s bid to make Olympic history · 25 min · Season 7 Episode 436Friday Headlines: • Nvidia boss quits after affair with alleged Chinese Spy • Police find teenager alive six days after disappearing in Victorian bushland • Teenager fighting…
- Banks to be grilled over rate hikes + Can Ben Carroll save Vic Labor? · 33 min · Season 7 Episode 435Thursday Headlines: • Bank bosses to face two-day inquiry over rate hikes, AI and offshoring jobs • David Jones to close 19 stores • CFMEU official claimed to have 'direct line…
- Bid to impeach US War Chief + Wtf is COP31 & why are we paying for it? · 30 min · Season 7 Episode 434Wednesday Headlines: • PM announces new federal watchdog to rein in rogue AI • Pete Hegseth to face impeachment vote • Little Britain star accused of grooming and preying on…
- Russel Brand jailed for 10 years + Will you pay for Uber's tax bill? · 29 min · Season 7 Episode 433Tuesday Headlines: • Russell Brand sentenced to ten years jail for rape and sexual assault • More than $480bn wiped off Nvidia's valuation after 'honeytrap' investigation…
- 4 in 5 don't trust Albo + IVF & abortion at risk in Catholic hospital takeover · 27 min · Season 7 Episode 432Monday Headlines: • Trust in Albanese falls as voters blame government for cost-of-living crisis • Two days of mourning declared in Poland after suspected terror shooting • The…
- BONUS: The changing face of schoolies · 13 min · Season 7 Episode 431In just a couple of weeks, thousands of kids across the country are packing their bags for destinations across Australia – and now the world – to celebrate Schoolies. While many…
- Russel Brand found guilty of rape + The fallout from the blue tsunami · 28 min · Season 7 Episode 430Friday Headlines: • Russell Brand found guilty of rape and sexual assault • Beau Lamarre-Condon gives evidence in murder trial • Multiple planes diverted amid hoax bomb threats…
- 'Lame duck': US turns on Trump + Is David Jones going down? · 30 min · Season 7 Episode 429Thursday Headlines: • US rides blue wave as Democrats sweep the midterms • Essential workers being priced out of Australian rentals • Woman charged with stalking and extorting…
- US midterms explained + The millennial that wants Victoria's top job · 32 min · Season 7 Episode 428Wednesday Headlines: • Treasurer defends government spending after latest interest rate hike • Voting in the US midterm elections is underway • Two Australians confirmed among…
- Trump rants against 'jihadist' midterm rep + MYEFO & the cash rate explained · 28 min · Season 7 Episode 427Tuesday Headlines: • Melbourne Cup rate hike all but confirmed • Australian author receives jail term for child exploitation offences • Donald Trump goes on racist diatribe…
- PM facing more interest rate pressure + Inside the $3bn data centre standoff · 21 min · Season 7 Episode 426Monday Headlines: • Labor slumps in latest Newspoll ahead of expected interest rate rise • House prices drop for seventh straight month • Two teens killed in high-speed stolen…
- Our Take: Nicki Minaj's road to MAGA, Albo's $6m golf club & dancing dogs · 46 min · Season 7 Episode 425Welcome to this weekend’s Our Take brought to you by Chris Spyrou and Tessa Randello! We kick things off with that Trump rally in Michigan, where Nicki Minaj flew in on Air…
- Is Erin Patterson about to be free? + Confessions of an Airbnb host · 27 min · Season 7 Episode 424Friday Headlines: • Erin Patterson appeal decision to be handed down • Protests, mourning and leaked audio after Spain’s deadly train crash • Helen Haines' office reopens as…
- Spain mourns after deadly train crash + Can CCTV catch childcare monsters? · 27 min · Season 7 Episode 423Thursday Headlines: • At least 68 killed in Spanish high-speed train crash • Chance of a rate hike firms up after inflation rises • Ashley Paul Griffith extradited from…
- Bluey to hit Hanson with cease and desist + Human composting just became legal · 27 min · Season 7 Episode 422Wednesday Headlines: • Record voter turnout for Israeli election • Almost 800 threats made against MPs in six months • PM admits golf club grant is not to fix sewage issues •…
- The students who toppled a government + The fight to end 'sham redundancies' · 29 min · Season 7 Episode 421Tuesday Headlines: • Federal Politicians promise to continue honouring Haines • Coalition releases $31 billion savings package • Queensland's wild weather turns deadly •…
- AFP ties One Nation cartoon to MP threats + Is this the end for Netanyahu? · 27 min · Season 7 Episode 420Monday Headlines: • Anthony Albanese to lead messages of support for Helen Haines as parliament resumes • Coalition to introduce 'Cash is King' bill • Severe weather for…
- Our Take: Why we say ‘allegedly’, leave Miley alone + Vote #1 Strawberry Kisses · 33 min · Season 7 Episode 419We’re back with this weekend’s installment of Our Take, our looser, goosier look back at the week that was. We kick off this weekend with The Inbox, talking all about what we can…
- Ben Roberts-Smith denies war crimes in 2.5hr interview + Fact-checking Elon’s flying car · 25 min · Season 7 Episode 418Friday Headlines: • Global scramble to fix program flaw impacting 70% of the internet • Man charged after allegedly threatening WA MP • Ben Roberts Smith denies war crimes in…
- MPs spending thousands on security + How your boss is spying on you · 28 min · Season 7 Episode 417Thursday Headlines: • Helen Haines' husband reveals she has lost both legs • Man arrested after allegedly taking nunchucks into a WA MP's electorate office • US envoy meets with…
- Haines' alleged attacker charged + Can we cool Australia’s political rage? · 31 min · Season 7 Episode 416Wednesday Headlines: • Brendan Nugent to face court accused of intentionally targeting Helen Haines • France to deploy troops ahead of further protests planned this weekend •…
- The latest on the Helen Haines 'attack' + The Greens’ new anti-Labor playbook · 32 min · Season 7 Episode 415Tuesday Headlines: • Independent MP Helen Haines critically injured in apparent vehicle attack • Israeli police make arrests over settler attacks in West Bank • French PM urges…
- Thousands arrested in France protests + Ozempic: The good, the bad, the ugly · 26 min · Season 7 Episode 414Monday Headlines: • Jordon Steele-John releases lengthy statement, says he’s not on leave • Violent cost of living protests sweep France with more than 2000 arrested • Trump…
- BONUS: When God and medicine collide · 12 min · Season 7 Episode 413This week an inquest launched, looking at whether system failures led to the death of 8-year-old Elizabeth Struhs, and what could have been done to save her. Elizabeth passed…
- Our Take: Will Katie Zacharia last? And wait, where’s South Australia? · 32 min · Season 7 Episode 412Take your ties off and put your wigs on, we're back with The Briefing Our Take. It's the weekend hangout where we take you behind the scenes of the week that was, and what we…
- Trump calls off execution live stream + Marc Fennell enters the manosphere · 29 min · Season 7 Episode 411Friday Headlines: • Donald Trump calls off execution live stream • Greens senator on leave after allegations of inappropriate comments to women • Labor's digital duty of care…
- The Greens & Coalition team up again + Would you have a baby for Australia? · 27 min · Season 7 Episode 410Thursday Headlines: • Greens and Coalition team up to block Labor's private health bill • Russel Brand a ‘ruthless, calculated and manipulative sexual predator’ court hears •…
- Algo opt-out laws hit roadblock + The Cornell 7 case goes beyond toxic frats · 29 min · Season 7 Episode 409Wednesday Headlines: • Anthony Albanese working to stop execution livestream being shown in Australia • Small business minister says she’s received 19 death threats in a week…
- Moves to block US execution livestream + Can we rein in rogue AI agents? · 29 min · Season 7 Episode 408Tuesday Headlines: • Australian government urged to ban livestream of US public execution • Simon Carman pleads guilty to one charge in Thai teen murder trial • Molly…
- Trump announces Russia-Ukraine ceasefire + The US midterms explained · 32 min · Season 7 Episode 407Monday Headlines: • Opt-out laws to pass Parliament after controversial ministerial power dropped • Zelensky surprised as Trump announces energy ceasefire between Russia and…
- BONUS: The family behind the biggest merger in media history; Warner Bros and Paramount · 14 min · Season 7 Episode 406It’s official, Warner Bros and Paramount are now one company. The $159 billion merger is the biggest in media history, bringing both studios under Skydance Corp, led David…
- Our Take: Christa Pike, thunderc***ing moths & who is Chris Wood?! · 32 min · Season 7 Episode 405We’re back with The Briefing: Our Take, the weekend hangout where we loosen our ties and kick off our shoes and take you behind the scenes of the week that was, and what you (and…
- Sam Wood denied bail + Sanding back Australia's darkest Test · 29 min · Season 7 Episode 404Friday Headlines: • Sam Wood denied bail • Former Prince Andrew wins case against UK Police • ATO facing pressure from government over credit card ban • Greens celebrate…
- Headlines: Albo accused of corruption, Sam Wood in court + Pornhub's back · 10 min · Season 7 Episode 403Thursday Headlines: • Anthony Albanese facing increasing scrutiny over golf club grants • 1 in 6 cafes now charging more for coffee after card surcharge ban • Sam Wood to apply…
- 'You should go home': Jane Hume on the Coalition's migration plan · 21 min · Season 7 Episode 402The Coalition has finally put numbers on its migration plan, and it's betting voters want a smaller, more selective system. Net overseas migration down to 100,000 a year. Around…
- The new Greens leader's plan to take on Australia's 'three death cults' · 31 min · Season 7 Episode 400David Shoebridge is the new leader of The Greens, defeating Sarah Hanson-Young and Mehreen Faruqi to become the person to lead the party to the next election. But after losing…
- Headlines: One Nation's 'racist' ad, the Coalition's migration plan + ASOS hacked · 15 min · Season 7 Episode 401Wednesday Headlines: • Business and humanitarian groups slam Coalition's migration plan • Australian who served in Afghanistan named as soldier killed in NT training exercise •…
- The push for public supermarkets + Where do dead solar panels go? · 28 min · Season 7 Episode 399Tuesday Headlines: • Coalition to unveil massive migration cut today • Greens pitch $25bn national supermarket plan • Former Prince Andrew takes police to court • Major global…
- Chalmers & Albo lose ground in polls + How to beat the sneeze this spring · 25 min · Season 7 Episode 398Monday Headlines: • Labor suffers a hit in the polls as questions mount on cost of living relief • Flydubai pilot's links to Australia being investigated • Reality star Sam Wood…
- Our Take: Coffee at a job interview, condoms and free Barbie movies · 29 min · Season 7 Episode 397Welcome back to Our Take! It's the time of week that we loosen our ties (except we famously don't wear ties), kick off our shoes (figuratively because WHS rules) and talk the…
- Horror as US woman survives two executions + Why our moth plague is good news · 23 min · Season 7 Episode 396Headlines: • Israeli PM says flydubai pilot underwent 'radical indoctrination' • Woman rushed to hospital in Tennessee after surviving two execution attempts • Australian news…
- Pilot stabbed on Israel-bound flight + The fallout from Hanson's press ban · 28 min · Season 7 Episode 395Thursday Headlines: • Officials investigate possible terror attack on Israel-bound flight • House prices drop for sixth month in a row • Banks pass on interest rate rise • David…
- Aus orders AI security crackdown + Who's to blame for inflation? · 29 min · Season 7 Episode 394Wednesday Headlines: • RBA lifts rates again, sparks fears of a looming recession • Hanson-Young and Faruqi to make another tilt at the Greens leadership • Home Affairs orders…
- The Greens lose their leader + What will slow our STI surge? · 30 min · Season 7 Episode 393Tuesday Headlines: • Larissa Waters announces shock leadership announcement • Jim Chalmers facing increasing scrutiny as record-breaking hike looms • Five terror suspects to be…
- AI bosses called to Senate probe + Surcharges are going. Will prices drop? · 27 min · Season 7 Episode 392Monday Headlines: • Open AI pauses training of models as AI agent incidents widens • Pauline Hanson now preferred PM in QLD as Chalmers unveils major budget boost • UK police…
- Our Take: Trump TV, Albo’s selfie & Nollsy for the NRL Grand Final? · 35 min · Season 7 Episode 391Welcome back to Our Take! It's the time of week that we loosen our ties (except we famously don't wear ties), kick off our shoes (figuratively because WHS rules) and talk the…
- Trump's press ban overturned + The price of a Grand Final pop star · 30 min · Season 7 Episode 390Friday Headlines: • Trump welcomes Xi to White House for AI talks • Albanese disappointed in OpenAI after Medicare breach • White House lifts press ban after judge order • Two…
- More young Aussies than ever living at home + When will women be safe? · 29 min · Season 7 Episode 389Thursday Headlines: • Iran accuses US and Israel of terrorism as Albanese pledges $60million to Ukraine • Gus Lamont's parents make emotional plea as $1m reward offered • Half…
- US hits out at Aus opt-out laws + The Houthis vs Saudi Arabia explained · 28 min · Season 7 Episode 388Wednesday Headlines: • Donald Trump addresses UN General Assembly on Iran, AI and domestic record • NSW mother charged after fatally stabbing her son • Beau Lamarre-Condon…
- Fox News joins Trump boycott + Australia's migration debate explained · 39 min · Season 7 Episode 387Tuesday Headlines: • Albanese signs AI warning alongside world leaders • Trial of accused killer of Sydney couple Jesse Baird and Luke Davies gets underway • Calls for Telstra…
