Afternoon Headlines: Fatal car crash in Melbourne playground leaves one dead and two critically injured including a child, special Envoy’s report to combat Antisemitism handed down and Australian teenage surfer found alive on a remote island after he was missing at sea overnight

Deep Dive: Drug overdoses are killing the equivalent of a Boeing 737 full of Australians every month because of drug overdoses often from everyday common medications.

A confronting new report, by the non-profit Penington Institute, has exposed how many of these deaths are preventable with health experts calling for better education programs.

In this episode of The Briefing Natarsha Belling is joined by public health and safety expert John Ryan to explain how we all can play a role in turning this devastating trend around.

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Thursday Headlines: Warnings over CCTV in childcare to combat abuse, Europe’s top court rules Russia downed MH17, Elon Musk's AI company working to remove posts after chatbot praises Hitler, a surging number of young Australians are pushing life insurers into a $2.2bn crisis and Queensland takes out Origin 2025!

Deep Dive: Antoinette Lattouf on her win against the ABC
The Weekend Briefing’s host Antoinette Lattouf has been covering stories as a journalist for 20 years – but she became the top story herself when she took on the ABC for unfair dismissal over a social media post 18 months ago.

In this episode of The Briefing, Antoinette opens up to Helen Smith about what it was like at the centre of a scandal, her response to accusations of bias and why she is determined to keep speaking out about human rights atrocities in Gaza.

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Afternoon Headlines: Australia is investigating "concerning" new tariffs from Trump on pharmaceuticals, QANTAS reveals around 5.7 million customers impacted by latest cyber-hack and Penny Wong refusing to confirm or deny reports she was targeted in a AI scam impersonating US Secretary of State Marco Rubio

Deep Dive: The Reserve Bank’s shock decision to keep interest rates on hold took many by surprise, including some financial experts who predicted a 92% chance off a cut.

So, what’s next and will the constant global uncertainity be a key factor in what happens with interest rates here in Australia.

In this episode of The Briefing Natarsha Belling is joined by leading financial expert Sally Tindall from Canstar to unpack why rates were kept on hold this time and what the RBA is set to do next.

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