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Apr 25, 2024
Newsroom edition: can governments control big tech?
00:25:17
As the Australian government faces off with Elon Musk and his social media platform X, a global battle to better regulate the world’s biggest social platforms is kicking off.Nour Haydar speaks to editor-in-chief Lenore Taylor and deputy editor Patrick Keneally about the trouble with regulating global social media giants, and how it will affect the future of journalism
Apr 24, 2024
Is Elon Musk above Australian law?
00:20:03
Anthony Albanese has labelled X’s owner, Elon Musk, an “arrogant billionaire who thinks he is above the law” as the rift deepens between Australia and the tech platform over the removal of videos of a violent stabbing in a Sydney church. Reporter Josh Taylor tells Jane Lee how this stoush started, and if it’s possible to stop the spread of violent material and misinformation online You can support the Guardian at theguardian.com/fullstorysupport
Apr 23, 2024
Why weren't the Bondi stabbings declared a terrorist act?
00:22:31
In the aftermath of the Bondi Junction and Wakeley stabbing attacks, Guardian Australia political editor Karen Middleton tells Nour Haydar why there are calls to redefine terrorism and responses to violence against women You can support the Guardian at theguardian.com/fullstorysupport
Apr 22, 2024
Who really wins if the Enhanced Games go ahead?
00:17:26
Billed as a rival to the Olympic Games, the Enhanced Games – set to take place in 2025 – is a sporting event with a difference: athletes will be allowed to dope. Ian Sample talks to chief sports writer Barney Ronay about where the idea came from and how it’s being sold as an anti-establishment underdog, and to Dr Peter Angell about what these usually banned substances are, and what they could do to athletes’ bodies
Apr 21, 2024
How ‘childcare deserts’ are holding Australia back
00:19:37
More than 9 million Australians live in areas with limited or no childcare services, and the problem is only exacerbated in regional and remote areas – forcing many mothers to take a break from their careers. Guardian Australia columnist Gabrielle Chan tells Nour Haydar about her experience as a working mother in a regional area, her frustration at a lack of progress, and whose responsibility it is to ensure more towns get the childcare services they need You can support the Guardian at theguardian.com/fullstorysupport
Apr 18, 2024
Newsroom edition: From Bruce Lehrmann to violence in Sydney, what happens when the media gets it wrong?
00:22:18
This week the devastating killings at Bondi junction, the attack at Wakeley and the long-awaited judgment in the Bruce Lehrmann defamation trial dominated the headlines. Sensitive, traumatic and often violent images flooded people’s feeds. Bridie Jabour speaks to editor-in-chief Lenore Taylor and head of newsroom Mike Ticher about getting breaking news right, and what happens when we get it wrong
Apr 17, 2024
Sydney church stabbing: how an alleged attack reignited tensions
00:17:24
At about 7pm on Monday night, a teenager wearing a black hoodie walked up to a bishop conducting a service in an Orthodox church in western Sydney and allegedly stabbed him repeatedly. Police have labelled it an act of terrorism, and community leaders are calling for calm. Reporter Mostafa Rachwani tells Nour Haydar why emotions are running high in the Assyrian Christian and Muslim communities
Apr 16, 2024
Is the Middle East on the brink?
00:25:41
After Iran launched an attack on Israel, is the region heading for all-out war? Emma Graham-Harrison reports
Apr 15, 2024
The Bruce Lehrmann defamation trial verdict
00:15:06
Bruce Lehrmann has lost his defamation case against Network Ten and Lisa Wilkinson, bringing to an end a sprawling legal saga which has gripped the nation. In a live oral summary that took two and a half hours, Justice Michael Lee said the former Liberal staffer was not defamed by Wilkinson and Ten when The Project broadcast an interview with Brittany Higgins on Monday 15 February 2021 in which she alleged she was raped in Parliament House. He found that on the balance of probabilities Lehrmann raped Higgins. Guardian Australia’s media correspondent Amanda Meade tells Nour Haydar how Justice Lee reached his verdict.
Apr 14, 2024
How the Bondi Junction stabbing attack unfolded
00:19:24
Seven people have died in a stabbing attack at Sydney shopping centre Bondi Junction Westfield, including the perpetrator, Joel Cauchi. Police said he suffered from mental health problems. NSW state correspondent Tamsin Rose tells Nour Haydar what happened on Saturday afternoon, and production editor Nikki Marshall describes what it was like inside the shopping centre at the time of the attack You can support the Guardian at theguardian.com/fullstorysupport
Apr 25 | 00:25:17
Newsroom edition: can governments control big tech?
Apr 24 | 00:20:03
Is Elon Musk above Australian law?
Apr 23 | 00:22:31
Why weren't the Bondi stabbings declared a terrorist act?
Apr 22 | 00:17:26
Who really wins if the Enhanced Games go ahead?
Apr 21 | 00:19:37
How ‘childcare deserts’ are holding Australia back
Apr 18 | 00:22:18
Newsroom edition: From Bruce Lehrmann to violence in Sydney, what happens when the media gets it wrong?
Apr 17 | 00:17:24
Sydney church stabbing: how an alleged attack reignited tensions
Apr 16 | 00:25:41
Is the Middle East on the brink?
Apr 15 | 00:15:06
The Bruce Lehrmann defamation trial verdict
Apr 14 | 00:19:24
How the Bondi Junction stabbing attack unfolded
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