Chris Spear

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575 appearances 10 recordings 1 series first heard Apr 2026 last heard 27 Jun

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The Briefing · PM called ‘prick’ in parliament + Why the ‘joy economy’ is booming · 28 May 2026 podcast

The Victoria Cross recipient was detained at Sydney Airport last month after travelling from Brisbane with his family and was charged with murdering or ordering the murders of five unarmed detainees.

while deployed in Afghanistan between 2009 and 2019.

Now, the circumstances of his arrest raised eyebrows at the time, with figures like Angus Taylor questioning why he was arrested in front of his kids in a public place.

And that's something Australian Federal Police Commissioner Chrissy Barrett yesterday defended.

And sorry again to our Queensland listeners, New South Wales has managed to do it.

The Blues women downing the Maroons in their third State of Origin clash last night to claim the series in a clean sweep.

Ah, well done.

Yeah, and speaking of complaints, we received one from listener Natalie.

Natalie asked us if you and I were delusional and she accused us of colluding with the NRL because of our coverage of the men's origin yesterday.

Now, for context, a Queensland player named Kalem Ponga was sent off in the 57th minute for a high tackle on a New South Wales player.

And according to Natalie, that essentially handed New South Wales the opportunity for the comeback.

you and I we got bogged down in the fact that we were performing terribly New South Wales was doing a horrible job and we both tuned out of the game to then wake up in the morning and see that we had won we were like wow that is a comeback how did that happen um

Yeah, look, Natalie claims that this is all part of a ploy, that we played with an extra player for a quarter of the match and that was by design because otherwise we would have lost on home ground.

So there you go, Natalie.

We see your feedback.

We respond in kind.

And sorry for your loss.

Yes, and tomorrow is your chat with John Safran, who has done some genuinely insane things.

And you actually talked about him in the episode, including when he squatted at Kanye West's abandoned Calabasas mansion.

The Briefing · Wong secures China fuel deal + The five-minute fix for trauma · 29 Apr 2026 podcast

Hey, it's Chris Spear with you.

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