On Thursday, Makerfield is hosting arguably the most consequential by-election in memory. If he wins, Andy Burnham will challenge Keir Starmer for the Labor leadership – and attempt to rescue the party and government from its current malaise. If he loses, Labor will have no answer to the reform surge of the past two years.
Football may have just started, but this World Cup has already seen a lot of controversy. With a Somali referee barred from entering the US, FIFA President Gianni Infantino’s cozying up to Donald Trump and allegations of price gouging and cash-grabbing, fans have mixed feelings about the tournament. Annie Kelly talks to sports writer and
Elon Musk has become the world’s first trillionaire thanks to his company SpaceX, which has the largest IPO ever. Public trading in the company has valued it at more than $2 trillion. The eye-watering sums being invested in AI are also giving a boost to other tech giants including OpenAI and Anthropic. Both companies are
Rate, Review, Share apple podcasts And join the conversation over email. Today on the Podcast: The United States of America… Could It Really Be Too Good? They defeated Paraguay in their opening game in LA. Christian Pulisic, we are very sorry to you. elsewhere; Canada came back to draw with Bosnia and Herzegovina, Jesse Marsh’s
Billboards mounted on trucks featuring AI-generated images of Victoria’s Prime Minister Jacinta Allen, which have been traveling around Melbourne for several weeks, have attracted considerable scrutiny. It depicts Allen wearing a black pointed hat with the phrase ‘Dutch the Witch’. Victorian Upper House MP for the Animal Justice Party georgie purcellWoman who faced sexual abuse
Rate, Review, Share apple podcasts And join the conversation over email. Today on the podcast: Scotland win their first World Cup match since 1990 and top the group ahead of Brazil. John McGinn’s deflected strike is enough to defeat a spirited and aggressive Haiti team. Elsewhere… Brazil and Morocco played out a 1-1 draw, a
The Australian music industry is in crisis, but it wasn’t always this way. In the 1990s and early 2000s, a large number of Australian artists were charting. Now, local musicians are struggling to get time for broadcast and earn a living by making music. Noor Haider spoke to the culture editor Steph Harmon and data
Spotify has adopted the Alliance for Podcast Measurement’s definition of “play” into its metrics, it was announced yesterday as part of a broader set of new data and charts within the Creators Dashboard. Spotify first introduced a “plays” in May 2025, but did not explain how they were calculated; As of today, a “play”
Rate, Review, Share apple podcasts And join the conversation over email. Today on the Podcast; The first of our World Cup preview. Four groups per podcast in alphabetical order. Starting with Group A, hosts Mexico are joined by South Africa, South Korea and Czechia. This is likely Son Heung-min’s final tournament and Mexico could well
When news broke that Australia would buy only second-hand nuclear submarines from the US, it signaled a major change in the AUKUS deal. it has made emma shortisDirector of International and Security Affairs at the Australia Institute, asks: What are some secondhand subs between friends?