A new report is reigniting debate over the future of captive wildlife entertainment in Australia, with fresh scrutiny on breeding programs at Sea World on the Gold Coast. Advocates say global tourism is moving away from keeping animals in captivity… but here, polar bears and dolphins are still being bred for performance, in what many experts say are inhumane conditions.

So, is Australia falling behind the rest of the world? And should the practice be banned altogether?

In this episode of The Briefing, Natarsha Belling is joined by Suzanne Milthorpe from World Animal Protection Australia to unpack the latest findings in the new report.

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When Gary Stevenson was 20 years old he won a card game that led him to landing a trading job at Citibank. Then in 2008, the middle of a global financial collapse, he was making millions. And by 2011, he was the bank’s most profitable trader in the world.

Today, Gary is better known to 1.5 million subscribers as Gary's Economics - the inequality economist who says while other economists make predictions, his actually come true. His career was built on the bet that rising inequality would permanently damage the American and British economies, and that living standards would fall for good.

In this chat with Helen Smith, Gary shares how he went from working class to multi-millionaire, what he learned rubbing shoulders with some of the world’s richest people and why he believes there is still hope for those not born into extreme wealth.

Gary's Australian tour tickets here

Weekend list with Helen Smith

• Listener Annabelle TO WATCH: Love Story: John F Kennedy Jr & Carolyn Bessette on Disney Plus
• TO DO: Greg Davies Aus tour
• TO WATCH: Reality check: America’s Next Top Model on Netflix
• TO WATCH: Tick, Tick... Boom! on Netflix

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So, what is Shen Yun? The Chinese dance group was thrown into the spotlight this week after it was linked to a bomb threat against the Prime Minister at the Lodge in Canberra.

In this episode of The Briefing, Natarsha Belling is joined by Professor Haiqing Yu from the School of Media and Communication to explain what Shen Yun is, its controversial links to Falun Gong and why we all need to care about this new fragile geopolitical environment.

Headlines: The Liberal Party has confirmed it won’t release a report into its disastrous performance at last year’s federal election, the Commonwealth Bank is investigating a major fraud scandal, the federal government is warning child care centres are on notice if they don’t lift standards and meet new deadlines, former US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has lashed out after being grilled over Jeffrey Epstein, and some good news from Magda Szubanski.

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