The controversy over Jillian Segal’s antisemitism plan
The federal government’s special envoy to combat antisemitism, Jillian Segal, has released a report that recommends 49 key actions to stamp out abuse towards Jewish Australians. There are elements of Segal’s plan that have bipartisan support – but other recommendations have faced strong criticism, with some saying it has the potential to silence debate and dissent. Guardian Australia political reporter and chief of staff Josh Butler and education reporter Caitlin Cassidy speak to Reged Ahmad about why the proposed antisemitism plan has some people worried
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South Australia’s algae bloom crisis
South Australia’s coastline is battling a toxic algal bloom. Rising sea temperatures and a lack of action about the unfolding catastrophe have left experts increasingly concerned about the health of the state’s marine ecosystems. Senior reporter Tory Shepherd speaks to Nour Haydar about why experts say this disaster is ‘climate change happening’
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Back to Back Barries: could the antisemitism plan be used to silence dissent?
Barrie Cassidy and Tony Barrie unpack the plan handed to the federal government this week to combat antisemitism. They also look at Trump’s threat to place tariffs on pharmaceuticals, the RBA’s surprise interest rate decision and the impact of federal election cycles on state leadership
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Newsroom edition: the mushroom trial media frenzy
This week the jury in Erin Patterson’s months-long triple-murder trial returned a verdict of guilty on all charges. But rather than draw a line under a case that has fascinated the public, the verdict seems to have only fuelled interest and spawned more and more coverage and conjecture. Reged Ahmad speaks to Guardian Australia’s editor, Lenore Taylor, and national news editor, Josephine Tovey, about the ethics of covering the mushroom trial and where to draw the line between public interest and ghoulish fascination
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Kumanjayi Walker inquest findings: racism, reform and reckoning
Six years on from the fatal shooting of 19-year-old Kumanjayi Walker and a murder trial that found former NT police officer Zachary Rolfe not guilty of murder or manslaughter, a coroner has handed down her findings into the circumstances that led to the Warlpiri teenager’s death. UTS Indigenous media professor Lorena Allam and justice and courts reporter Nino Bucci tell Nour Haydar what the coroner’s findings mean for truth-telling in the Northern Territory
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