The Wire Weekly 8 February 2025
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Social Media and Hugs
The producers of the Friday Daily join Ele to chat about the new social media restrictions…
Lower developed countries are struggling with financial responsibility...
Last Friday marked the end of the 29th annual United Nations Climate Change Conference, otherwise known…
Violence Against Women – A National Crisis
In Australia today, women are being murdered by a current or former partner at the deeply…
BACKLOG Does Wilderness Survival
Week three of Backlog turns serious as Adam and Tim address the major telco outage in…
Albanese Gov’s Attempt To “Revive” The Arts Industry...
Last week, the Albanese Government released its five-year plan for cultural policy, dubbed “Revive”, which aims…
George Orwell’s 1984 tops a bestseller list in Russia in 2022
You’ve probably read - or at least heard of - George Orwell’s 1984. The fictional novel…
Reflecting on the Federal Election
After over a week of counting the votes, and a tight election race, we have a…
NTEU Strikes at USYD
The pandemic continues to leave a trail of destruction on the company. No industry was safe…
Diplomatic Boycott of the Beijing Winter Olympics
The USA, Australia and New Zealand all recently announced diplomatic boycotts of next year's Beijing Winter…
Push to Ban NDAs in Sexual Harassment Cases
Recent high profile sexual harassment cases such as the Harvey Weinstein scandal and subsequent Me Too…
Arts Are Newsworthy
News, sport, weather: that’s the regular cycle for most mainstream news stations. But what about news…