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The Desk · The Afternoon Brief · first aired . Drag the bar under the picture to move through it. When it ends, the studio goes back to what is on now.
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Anika: Afternoon, and this is The Desk. Two stories, and I have read both to the end, so I am ready for anything.
Mara: Then we shall be thorough. Do not let the chair hear you say ready. It takes that as a challenge.
Anika: It has said nothing all afternoon. I am watching it closely.
Mara: The chair is not vacant, Anika.
Anika: I never said it was vacant. I said it was listening.
Anika: The Conversation reports a DemosAU MRP poll has Labor winning a clear majority of House seats on just 27 per cent of the primary vote.
Mara: Twenty-seven per cent for a majority. Thirty years at this desk and I have never won a majority of anything, let alone the House.
Anika: The summary says the batch brings better news for the Albanese Labor government, and that support for One Nation seems to have eased off. Seems, Mara. That is the outlet's word, not mine.
Mara: The outlet has many words. This desk has one chair, and it has not been consulted.
Anika: It has moved a click since lunch. Precisely a click. I have the measurements.
Mara: Then I shall note the click in the minutes.
Anika: There are no minutes, Mara. There is a noticeboard.
Mara: Then I shall write to the fax about it.
Anika: The fax does not answer, Mara. It only receives.
Mara: Then it is a fair match for the network.
Mara: ABC News reports the arum lily, which its headline calls a beautiful weed, is steadily choking landscapes across southern WA.
Anika: There are calls for an all-out war on the imported flower infesting swathes of forest. Midday Australia had this one earlier today, with the same facts.
Mara: That is the Desk. June has the wind next, and the Bureau has the rest.
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Meanwhile, in the Shed · 53 sec
Meanwhile, in the Shed. No news in this one.
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The Sport · 73 sec
- Guardian Australia: Iraola has ‘100% trust’ in Wirtz and Barcola but tells others to step up
- Guardian Australia: Josh Hazlewood reminds Australia of his worth with 6-49 to see off South Africa
- ESPNcricinfo: Sri Lanka opt to bowl in third T20I; Pakistan make four changes
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The Sport · 66 sec
- Guardian Australia: Coventry come to life at last – are their slapstick days behind them?
- ESPNcricinfo: Bavuma focused on South Africa response after first taste of defeat
- ESPNcricinfo: Delhi Capitals unveil Yuvraj as assistant and batting coach
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Meanwhile, in the Shed · 44 sec
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Meanwhile, in the Shed · 49 sec
Meanwhile, in the Shed. No news in this one.
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The Sport · 30 sec
- Guardian Australia: Louis Rees-Zammit demands end to artificial Prem pitches after leg burns at Saracens
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The Sport · 77 sec
- Guardian Australia: Arsenal v Lille: Champions League – live
- ESPNcricinfo: Pybus praises Atal's century, Shanto feels chances weren't grabbed
- ESPNcricinfo: Rabada closing in on return for Gqeberha Test
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Meanwhile, in the Shed · 68 sec
Meanwhile, in the Shed. No news in this one.
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The Sport · 54 sec
- ESPNcricinfo: Australia keep door open for shuffling batting order
- ESPNcricinfo: Sadikur 149 crushes Barishal; Chattogram move to No. 1 on NCL table
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Meanwhile, in the Shed · 57 sec
Meanwhile, in the Shed. No news in this one.
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The Sport · 57 sec
- ESPNcricinfo: SA20: Donald replaces Simons as JSK's bowling coach
- ESPNcricinfo: Tilak Varma 'enjoying' middle-order role despite preference for No. 3
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The Sport · 60 sec
- Zero Tackle: Guess the NRL player before your mates do
- Guardian Australia: WNBA moves finals schedule to allow Atlanta Dream to play at larger arena
- ESPNcricinfo: Kusal Mendis 87* hands Sri Lanka consolation win
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The Sport · 65 sec
- Guardian Australia: Championship roundup: racist chanting mars Swansea’s win at Millwall
- ABC News: What's happening with the AFL's new Illicit Drugs Policy?
- ABC News: Live: Matildas takes on Haiti in France
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Meanwhile, in the Shed · 52 sec
Meanwhile, in the Shed. No news in this one.
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The Sport · 68 sec
- Zero Tackle: “They have money”: Bears weighing up more big bids for 2028 as Munster lands on radar
- Zero Tackle: Captain urges young gun to stay at Titans amid contract uncertainty
- AFL.com.au: Bursting with Pride: Why this lifelong Cats fan was brought to tears
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The Sport · 63 sec
- Zero Tackle: Nathan Cleary’s market value revealed as rivals ready to pounce
- Zero Tackle: Future NRL halfback makes call on his future amid rival interest
- AFL.com.au: Trade Tracker: Every move in the 2026 Trade & Free Agency period so far
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The Sport · 41 sec
- Zero Tackle: Mark Nawaqanitawase makes surprise call ahead of rugby union return
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Meanwhile, in the Shed · 46 sec
Meanwhile, in the Shed. No news in this one.
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The Sport · 52 sec
- Guardian Australia: James and Russo lead rout of Greece as England refind ruthless touch to progress
- AFL.com.au: Trade Talk LIVE: It's Deadline Day, Dees or nothing for Lions forward
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The Sport · 65 sec
- Guardian Australia: England get some of their mojo back but World Cup playoffs still need a rethink | Tom Garry
- Guardian Australia: Barrios strikes after 53 seconds as Atlético pile misery on 10-man Manchester United
- Guardian Australia: Timber’s touch of class and supersub Saka secure Arsenal win against Lille
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The Sport · 59 sec
- Zero Tackle: A mixture of “nailed it” and “what was I thinking?”: 50 NRL pre-season predictions in review
- Guardian Australia: Champions League roundup: Tresoldi hat-trick stuns Inter for Club Brugge win
- Guardian Australia: Leticia McKenna at the double as Matildas’ next generation help trounce Haiti 7-1
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Meanwhile, in the Shed · 56 sec
Meanwhile, in the Shed. No news in this one.
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The Sport · 67 sec
- Zero Tackle: FIVE November 1 NRL contract targets: Brisbane Broncos
- Zero Tackle: Former NRL forward set for return to Australia after Super League stint
- Zero Tackle: A Manly legend returns: Kieran Foran adds to coaching staff for 2027
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The Sport · 66 sec
- AFL.com.au: Victorian giants land prized pick as Power boost future hand
- Zero Tackle: Xavier Willison set to sign next contract with one key condition
- Guardian Australia: Lisandro Martínez hits out at United hierarchy after defeat at Atlético Madrid
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The Sport · 64 sec
- The Border Mail: Ovens and Murray star will miss up to three months of the 2027 season
- Zero Tackle: Major twist in Central Queensland’s bid for 20th NRL team licence
- SBS News: Matildas thrash Haiti as World Cup preparations continue
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Meanwhile, in the Shed · 49 sec
Meanwhile, in the Shed. No news in this one.
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The Sport · 61 sec
- Zero Tackle: Brisbane Broncos confirm major off-field appointment after dismal season
- Zero Tackle: Sam Verrills set to land NRL lifeline for 2027
- ESPNcricinfo: Weibgen century helps Queensland to One-Day Cup win over WA
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The Sport · 48 sec
- Zero Tackle: Sharks trio likely to test open market, unsure of future contracts
- Zero Tackle: Knights closing in on extension for Grand Final absentee forward
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The Sport · 50 sec
- AFL.com.au: 'Back to the future' for Lions with finals chances all but over
- AFL.com.au: Depleted Swans searching for ideal solution amid injury crisis
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Meanwhile, in the Shed · 63 sec
Meanwhile, in the Shed. No news in this one.
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The Sport · 69 sec
- Guardian Australia: Peralta shines as Rays seize on Ramírez error to level ALCS against Guardians
- ESPNcricinfo: Alzarri Joseph, Shai Hope to miss WI's two-Test series in Bangladesh
- ABC Sport: Live: Last-gasp drama and surprises in store on AFL trade deadline day
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The Sport · 66 sec
- Zero Tackle: NRL set to re-imagine Wildcard Weekend concept
- ESPNcricinfo: Australia bowl again, Litchfield out with hip complaint; Bangladesh debut for Disha Biswas
- AFL.com.au: Dual premiership Tiger's Magpies move called off
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The Sport · 68 sec
- ESPNcricinfo: Rahmat Shah calls hard-fought Abu Dhabi draw 'equal to a win'
- AFL.com.au: Bulldog, Docker awarded AFLW coaching pathway scholarships
- AFL.com.au: Giants rise up the order, Lions get picks for Academy prospect
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Meanwhile, in the Shed · 52 sec
Meanwhile, in the Shed. No news in this one.
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The Red Rug · 52 sec
- Rolling Stone Australia: ‘Republicans Are F-ked’: GOP Strategists Process Trump’s Impact Ahead of Midterms
- Variety: Chuck Lorre Tells All: His 10 Years in Scientology, Clashes With Stars Like Roseanne and Brett Butler, and How ‘The Big Bang Theory’ Cast Shocked Him
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The Desk · 48 sec
- ABC News: Sexual and family violence against children at 'crisis point', study finds
- ABC News: Tassie team, Chinese and WNBA imports to boost new WNBL season
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The Desk · 82 sec
- Guardian Australia: Man charged with murder over shooting death of boy, 12, in Sydney apartment last month
- ABC News: Live: PM confirms he intervened to delay ATO credit card ban
- ABC News: Australia is on the verge of its first Michelin star, and it won't be in Sydney or Melbourne
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The Red Rug · 73 sec
- Deadline: Judge Rules Trump Administration Can’t Resume Ban On CNN, MS NOW & Politico From White House Grounds
- Rolling Stone Australia: Why Is the President Posting Videos of Animals Mauling People?
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The Red Rug · 60 sec
- Deadline: Bay Theater In Pacific Palisades To Reopen For First Time Since 2025 Fires As Paramount Takes Over Venue
- TV Tonight: SBS2 screens Interview with the Vampire
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The Desk · 69 sec
- ABC News: Speeds of 188km/h, skids, burnouts before crash that killed driver's friend
- ABC News: Hundreds of students taking their HSC exams overseas
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The Red Rug · 55 sec
- Deadline: The Black List Names 2026 Writers Lab Participants
- Deadline: ‘Below’ Attracts Record Debut For A Netflix Canadian Series
- TV Tonight: iview wins at Australian Good Design Awards
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Meanwhile, in the Shed · 54 sec
Meanwhile, in the Shed. No news in this one.
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The Desk · 60 sec
- ABC News: Graziers urged to vaccinate cattle as three day sickness spreads
- ABC News: Farmer says men who 'deliberately injured' his sheep pointed gun at him
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The Red Rug · 67 sec
- Deadline: Chris O’Donnell Launches Lone Cypress Entertainment With First Project ‘Kilkenny’ Set
- The Hollywood Reporter: ‘Yellowjackets’ Enlists MTV News for Final Season’s Rescue Reveal
- Rolling Stone Australia: Sienna Spiro to Perform at 2026 ARIA Awards
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The Desk · 83 sec
- ABC News: Breaking: Surgery confirms Pope Leo has lung cancer
- ABC News: Island spirit lives on in Tasmania Jewels' basketball debut
- ABC News: Selection critics silenced as Australia's old guard wins first Test
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Meanwhile, in the Shed · 65 sec
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The Desk · 71 sec
- ABC News: Drive-by shooting at house in Melbourne's western suburbs
- ABC News: Police investigate arson attacks in neighbouring Melbourne suburbs
- ABC News: Great-grandmother learns her native language at very special preschool
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The Red Rug · 67 sec
- Deadline: Callan Farris, Lexi Minetree & Josh Macqueen Round Out Cast Of Sony Comedy ‘Narcs’
- Variety: Stephen Amell Says Putting on the ‘Baywatch’ Red Trunks Felt ‘So Familiar’ Because ‘It’s a Superhero Show’
- Variety: Druski Hosting ‘SNL’ Is the Show’s Most Interesting Move in Years
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The Desk · 69 sec
- ABC News: Police say person stabbed during 'concerning' roadside incident in Belconnen
- SBS News: Pope Leo diagnosed with lung cancer, Vatican says
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Meanwhile, in the Shed · 58 sec
Meanwhile, in the Shed. No news in this one.
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The Weather · 75 sec
- Bureau of Meteorology: Severe Thunderstorm Warning for Barkly, Simpson and Tanami forecast districts
- Bureau of Meteorology: Strong Wind Warning for coastal waters between Cape Otway and Wilsons Promontory for 15 October
- Bureau of Meteorology: Brisbane forecast for 2026-10-14: Cloudy, 20% chance of rain
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The Red Rug · 77 sec
- Rolling Stone Australia: Plant and Page Finally Approved ‘Stairway to Heaven’ Onscreen — For Greta Gerwig’s Narnia Movie
- Rolling Stone Australia: Lena Dunham Is Getting the ‘Girls’ Back Together for Five New Episodes
- Rolling Stone Australia: Michael Jackson’s Legendary Super Bowl Halftime Show Is Getting Its Own Documentary
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The Desk · 91 sec
- The Conversation: DemosAU MRP poll has Labor winning clear majority of House seats on just 27% of primary vote
- ABC News: 'Beautiful weed' steadily choking landscapes across southern WA
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Meanwhile, in the Shed · 58 sec
Meanwhile, in the Shed. No news in this one.
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The Red Rug · 76 sec
- Rolling Stone Australia: How Jennie and Kevin Parker’s Chance Encounter Led to One of the Year’s Biggest Hits
- Rolling Stone Australia: Mia Goth Blames Instagram for Spread of Viral AI-Generated Selfie
- The Hollywood Reporter: Druski Becomes First Online Creator to Host ‘SNL’
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The Weather · 61 sec
- Bureau of Meteorology: Strong Wind Warning for coastal waters between Point Danger and Wooli for 14 October
- Bureau of Meteorology: Melbourne forecast for 2026-10-14: Partly cloudy, 10% chance of rain
- Bureau of Meteorology: Strong Wind Warning for coastal waters between Sandy Cape and Point Danger and for Moreton Bay for 14 October
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The Desk · 94 sec
- ABC News: They're vital community hubs, but regional post offices face uncertain futures
- ABC News: 4WD wash-downs needed to protect K'gari, traditional owners say
- ABC News: NT museum in secret talks over European masterworks – but there’s a catch
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Meanwhile, in the Shed · 61 sec
Meanwhile, in the Shed. No news in this one.
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What Australia's Googling · 50 sec
- Google Trends: Trending: mark mcveigh
- Google Trends: Trending: coconut crabs nikumaroro island
- Google Trends: Trending: livenation
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The Red Rug · 48 sec
- Rolling Stone Australia: Joni Mitchell Becomes a U.S. Citizen: ‘A Journey That Began 62 Years Ago’
- IF Magazine: Noora Niasari awarded Academy Gold Fellowship for Women
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The Desk · 62 sec
- ABC News: Rex grounds two routes 10 months after $60m rescue package
- ABC News: Regulator says he would quit over political influence in Man City scandal
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Meanwhile, in the Shed · 39 sec
Meanwhile, in the Shed. No news in this one.
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The Red Rug · 78 sec
- Deadline: ‘A Chronicle Of Minor Things’ & ‘Goldfish’ Among Award Winners At Busan’s Asian Project Market
- Deadline: Spencer Boldman & Antonia DeNardo Launch Production Company Forza Partners
- Deadline: Milo Manheim Boards Amazon MGM & Miramax’s ‘Serendipity’ Redo From Michael Showalter
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The Desk · 54 sec
- ABC News: De Minaur sets up Shanghai quarterfinal with Zverev
- ABC News: 'Sluggish' Australia joins criticism of Trump administration's ICC attack
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The Desk · 82 sec
- Guardian Australia: Jim Chalmers denies Anthony Albanese rolled him over credit card payments for tax bills
- ABC News: Labor loyalists jump ship as voters look for alternatives
- ABC News: Who is 'Mary' and why is she in so many songs, from classical to rock?
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Meanwhile, in the Shed · 58 sec
Meanwhile, in the Shed. No news in this one.
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The Red Rug · 75 sec
- Rolling Stone Australia: There’s the Hottest 100. And Now There’s The Slim Dusty 100
- Variety: ‘Once Upon in the Middle East’ Review: China’s Oscar Entry Is a Breakneck Blockbuster That Mixes Food Porn With Wartime Devastation
- Rolling Stone Australia: Zara Larsson’s First Australian Headline Show Was Worth the Wait: Live Review
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The Red Rug · 65 sec
- The Hollywood Reporter: Tyler Cameron on ‘DWTS’ and Rebuilding His Career, One House (and One Dance) at a Time
- The Hollywood Reporter: QVC Turns 40: Hosts Break Down Shopping Network’s Most-Viral Moments
- Variety: ‘Just Dance: Decades of Hits’ Costume Designer Breaks Down the New Game’s Look and Not Using AI: ‘It’s Our Art’
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The Desk · 84 sec
- ABC News: Court overturns heritage order that stalled $1b NSW gold mine
- ABC News: Sunken artefacts give clues to Pilbara's ancient history
- ABC News: F1 returns to Africa with Rwanda signing 10-year deal
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Meanwhile, in the Shed · 56 sec
Meanwhile, in the Shed. No news in this one.
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The Desk · 80 sec
- The Conversation: NZ’s health system suffers from chronic ailments only cross-party consensus can treat
- SBS News: Russian facilities were attacked. Then came a viral theory
- ABC News: Breaking: Man charged with murder of Carlton woman Jayda Allen Bonner
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The Red Rug · 66 sec
- TV Tonight: Hard Quiz: Oct 14
- TV Tonight: Lena Dunham revives Girls as limited series
- Variety: Why the ‘Girls’ Revival Is Such an Exciting Idea
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The Red Rug · 71 sec
- Variety: ‘Clean Hands’ Review: Zach Braff Is a Cop on a Crusade to Save His Addict Daughter in an Uneasy Fact-Based Crime Drama
- Variety: ‘Tommy & Tuppence’ Stars Josh Dylan and Antonia Thomas on That ‘Intense’ Finale, Why the Detective Duo ‘Keep Missing Each Other’ Romantically and a Potential Season 2
- IF Magazine: Scene 11 Productions developing teen adventure series ‘K’gari’s Secret’
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Meanwhile, in the Shed · 52 sec
Meanwhile, in the Shed. No news in this one.
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The Desk · 77 sec
- ABC News: Calls for judge to be stood down after teen avoids jail for rape
- Guardian Australia: Beau Lamarre-Condon trial shown crime scene reconstruction as ballistics expert traces bullet trajectories
- SBS News: Giant flesh-eating crab twist in search for Amelia Earhart
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The Desk · 94 sec
- The Conversation: How young people do democracy: pausing, questioning, creating and bringing others along with them
- The Conversation: When parents don’t see eye to eye: are differences in parenting styles a bad thing?
- The Conversation: Mental disorders are twice as common among victim-survivors of intimate partner violence
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The Red Rug · 87 sec
- TV Tonight: Sarah Christie appointed Exec Director, Local Content, Disney+ ANZ.
- The Hollywood Reporter: Highdee Kuan on ‘Brothers’ and Getting Her Very Own ‘True Detective’ Moment on the Apple Comedy
- Deadline: Doc Talk Podcast: David And Liani Greaves On Their Oscar Contender ‘Once Upon A Time In Harlem’
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The Desk · 101 sec
- The Conversation: Spawning coral release quintillions of eggs each year: new research
- The Conversation: What is the Socratic method? Could it be used to test students in an age of AI?
- The Conversation: Introduced species aren’t good or bad. But when they slip from our control, we are quick to condemn them
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The Desk · 100 sec
- Crikey: The Greens want Labor’s trust tax changes to work. Chalmers should be grateful for the help
- ABC News: Storms 'swirling like a tornado' leave trail of destruction in parts of NT
- ABC News: Nine roller coasters close across US, Canada after man dies during ride
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Meanwhile, in the Shed · 69 sec
Meanwhile, in the Shed. No news in this one.