14 Feb 2024

Australia: Dox law, drunk Barnaby, grim swim warning

From Nine To Noon, 9:45 am on 14 February 2024
US singer-songwriter Taylor Swift arrives for the 66th Annual Grammy Awards at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles on February 4, 2024.

Taylor Swift arrives for the 66th Annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles on 4 February 2024. Photo:

Australia correspondent Karen Middleton joins Kathryn to talk about the federal government's move to upgrade privacy law to criminalise 'doxxing' - which is publishing someone's private information with malicious intent - after 600 Jewish people had their WhatsApp messages leaked.

The government's annual "closing the gap" statement to Parliament contained some bleak details for Indigenous Australians.

Former deputy PM Barnaby Joyce has been urged to take leave from Parliament and get help after a video of him lying drunk and swearing into a phone emerged.

A wet summer is leaving a nasty legacy, with swimmers urged to avoid the ocean and Australia braces for Taylor Swift mania.

Karen Middleton is chief political correspondent for The Saturday Paper.