Sasha Barber-Gatt

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323 appearances 5 recordings 1 series first heard May 2026 last heard 11 Jun

Sasha Barber-Gatt’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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The Briefing · Trump ‘chickens out’ again + Elon’s road to $1,000,000,000,000 · 11 Jun 2026 podcast

And it will also likely turbocharge extreme weather across every continent.

Like we said, it depends where you are, kind of what that means and what that looks like.

It can increase rainfall and monsoons in certain parts of the world.

So, yeah, I look pretty grim for a Friday.

It's not something that we want to see.

Also, there's the fear that climate change can increase

increased the severity of these weather systems, whether it's El Nino or La Nina.

They haven't been able to say whether that's a factor in this particular El Nino.

I guess all we can hope for is that it's short-lived and we don't see what happened last time Australia was under an El Nino, which was massive droughts and then massive bushfires.

Independent Senator David Pocock made that point earlier in the week, arguing that tech giants using Australian land, water and energy for AI need to be paying their fair share of tax.

Charlton says the government will implement a so-called triple lock for any new data centre development that would see companies pay for new and renewable energy supply to offset what they consume.

Cover their share of network infrastructure costs so those don't get passed on to us as consumers.

And thirdly, cooperate with energy market operators to keep the grid stable.

Essentially saying you can build here, but you have to pay your way and make sure you don't muddle things up for the rest of us.

Yes, the 2026 FIFA World Cup is officially underway with Mexico hosting the first of three opening ceremonies for this tournament.

It's the first time three countries will play host, the US, Canada and Mexico, and each will have their own show to kick off proceedings.

So Shakira performed the official anthem of the World Cup in Mexico.

Now that got things underway, and at the time of recording, the first match is underway between host Mexico and South Africa.

Yes, that was the host scoring the opening goal of the match, and that audio thanks to SBS On Demand.

And look, just before we get into our deep dive, don't forget to make the weekend briefing part of your routine.

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