News Weakly Issue 115
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News Weakly – 18th May, 2024
A weekly round-up of the top news stories in Australia, and around the world; punched in the head until they make sense.
Written and presented by journalist & comedian Sami Shah.
TOP STORIES OF THE WEEK
Australians discover they can be bought for $300!
Also, Australia blows the whistle on whistle blowing
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Sami Shah is a multi-award-winning comedian, writer, journalist, and broadcaster. Sami previously co-hosted the ABC Radio Melbourne Breakfast program with Jacinta Parsons and presented RN Saturday Extra. He produced and hosted multiple documentary series on ABC RN’s Earshot on race, free speech, and religion. Sami’s autobiography, I, Migrant, was nominated for various national literary awards. He's also written an urban-fantasy novel Boy of Fire and Earth, and a non-fiction exploration of religion, The Islamic Republic of Australia. His full-cast audio drama The Missed is available exclusively on Audible and has won multiple awards.
Sami is a lecturer in journalism at the University of Melbourne’s Centre for Advancing Journalism, and is the Ambassador-at-Large for PEN Melbourne.
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