Judy Rapley

Aug 15, 2023 | abc.net.au | Mario Christodoulou |Brendan King |Jess O'Callaghan |Leila Shunnar |Judy Rapley |Alice Brennan

Alice Brennan: I'm Alice Brennan and you're listening to Background Briefing. This week Mario Christodoulou lifts the lid on one of the world's fastest-growing scams. They're called binary option scams. Don't be baffled by the name. There are questions about whether authorities and big tech companies are doing enough to stop them. Now, Mario, I have to admit that until you started this story I had never heard of binary options scams, and when you first mentioned it to me, I had a little snooze.

Aug 15, 2023 | abc.net.au | Sarah Dingle |Brendan King |Jess O'Callaghan |Leila Shunnar |Judy Rapley |Alice Brennan

Alice Brennan: Six years ago, with a lot of angst and arguing, Australia kicked off the Murray-Darling Basin Plan. We've spent $8 billion taxpayer dollars on it so far, with $5 billion still to go. But if something isn't working, at what point do you just say 'stop'? Quentin Grafton: The elephant in the room, the rhinoceros in the corridor, is the infrastructure subsidies, that 701 gigalitres they claim which makes up that number, okay, as far as I can tell it's zero.

Aug 15, 2023 | abc.net.au | Mario Christodoulou |Jess O'Callaghan |David Lewis |Leila Shunnar |Judy Rapley |David Lawford | +1 more

Alice Brennan: Hi there, I'm Alice Brennan and this is Background Briefing. Roden Woodhams: Right now we're standing in front of the safety section of the workshop. I'm picking up the coverall which covers you from ankle to throat with a hood on it. You don't want to get covered in asbestos dust. A worker would be wearing one of these coveralls, he would be wearing a set of these completely disposable gloves…Alice Brennan: These are the tools of the trade.

Aug 15, 2023 | abc.net.au | Bronwyn Adcock |Brendan King |Jess O'Callaghan |Leila Shunnar |Judy Rapley |Alice Brennan

Alice Brennan: I'm Alice Brennan, this is Background Briefing. Have you ever felt extreme pain? Can you imagine your legs being ripped off in a car accident, the car is burning and you're still breathing. Just. The ambulance is on its way. The paramedics give you a painkiller. It's fentanyl, strong, highly effective, fast acting. So you think. Nothing's happening, the pain is still excruciating. The fentanyl is not working. It's possibly your worst nightmare.

Aug 15, 2023 | abc.net.au | James Bennett |Anne Worthington |Leila Shunnar |Judy Rapley |Ali Russell |Alice Brennan

He promised to ''drain the swamp'' in Washington, but has Donald Trump kept his word? The upcoming midterm elections are shaping up as a referendum on his presidency so far. Reporter James Bennett travelled to Virginia to investigate whether the businessman and reality TV star can maintain support from working class Americans, who abandoned the Democrats in 2016.