Covered

This week on Covered, Pauline Hanson takes her monocultural pitch to the country at the National Press Club, her biggest speech in thirty years and a clear play to be taken seriously as a leader. We ask the question her critics keep laughing off, could she actually be Prime Minister. Then to the spate of shark attacks along the NSW coast, brought into focus by the recent mauling at Coogee, and the...

This week on Covered, Labor tried to fundraise off the threat of One Nation and it backfired spectacularly, handing Pauline Hanson a million dollar war chest and the slogan Fire the Liar. We get into the spin war that swallowed Australian politics, right down to the billboard truck targeting Jacinta Allan that dragged ditch the witch back into the conversation. Then to the FIFA World Cup, where Tr...

This week on Covered, the ABC is facing accusations of hypocrisy after making Grace Tame the face of a new podcast about autism, with the appointment dividing ranks inside the national broadcaster itself. Then harrowing bodycam footage of 18-year-old Henry Nowak dying handcuffed in a UK street has triggered riots and a reckoning about race and policing that has the country asking who police actual...

This week on Covered, the teal independents are in talks to form a political party but there's a real divide over whether a party and genuine independence can actually coexist. An Australian family is fighting to bring controversial neurosurgeon Charlie Teo back to Australia after he was banned from operating here, and we break down why his case is so divisive. And the Enhanced Games wrapped in La...

This week on Covered, the budget backlash explodes into a full-blown revolt as small business owners flood social media with AI-generated memes and the opposition seizes on the chaos. Rugby league is rocked by the devastating news that South Sydney star Jai Arrow has been diagnosed with MND at just 30. And a mass shooting at a California mosque carried out by two teenagers inspired by Christchurch...

This week on Covered, the budget of broken promises lands and we unpack who really wins and loses. Angus Taylor fires back with welfare for Australians only, as the Liberal Party fights for survival against One Nation. And five Australians are stranded after a deadly hantavirus outbreak on a disease riddled cruise ship leaves three people dead.

This week on Covered, Australia's so-called ISIS brides touch down in Sydney and Melbourne after more than a decade away, and the AFP was waiting. We unpack the arrests, the children, and why the political fallout for the Albanese government is only just beginning. Then, crocodile wrangler and Netflix star Matt Wright is denied early prison release, meaning he will miss the birth of his third chil...

The Bondi interim report is out and the biggest takeaway is confronting - authorities say there was likely nothing that could have been done to prevent the attack. We unpack what the recommendations actually say and why that conclusion is raising eyebrows. There’s also been a third alleged assassination attempt on US President Donald Trump. We get into the man reportedly at the centre of it includ...

Carlton footballer Elijah Hollands has been admitted to hospital and the club has a lot of questions to answer. WorkSafe Victoria is now investigating whether Carlton met its duty of care after Hollands was left on the field against Collingwood in a state that stopped the nation. Rebel Wilson is in court being sued by the lead actress of her own film, and the details are wild. Plus the federal bud...

Australia's fuel crisis just got a whole lot worse after a fire ripped through one of the country's only two remaining oil refineries. We debunk some of the biggest myths around Australia's fuel supply and how the PM's fortnight in a hardhat across Asia has actually paid off. Then to Hungary where voters have toppled strongman Viktor Orban in a landslide that's raising a bigger question - is the g...

It's been a week! Australia's most decorated living soldier Ben Roberts-Smith has been arrested at Sydney Airport and charged with five counts of war crime murder. We break down the charges, the public arrest that's divided the country, and why the way it was carried out is raising just as many questions as the allegations themselves. Then, Today Show host Savannah Guthrie returned to breakfast te...

It's been a week! The PM gave a national address on the fuel crisis and somehow left the country more rattled than before he started talking. We unpack why it's been called everything from a flop to a waste of airtime and what it tells us about how this government is handling the crisis. Then, after 216 days on the run, Australia's most wanted man Dezi Freeman has been killed in a police shootout...

It’s been a week! Talk of fuel shortages and potential restrictions, influencers furious over new rules for the federal budget lock-up, more than 1,000 ABC staff walking off the job, and Emma Lawrence making history in the NRL commentary box. We break down what’s actually going on, what’s driving it, and why each of these moments matters.