State’s Premier & AFL team at risk + Deadly disease to give a shit about

Thursday Headlines: NSW gamblers now losing $24 million to pokies every day, future of Tasmanian Premier and AFL team hangs in the balance, Australia’s defence force chief issues new warning, Enhanced Games hits back at World Aquatics, and Hungry Jacks trials AI drive-thru in Sydney.

Deep Dive: Australia now has the highest rates of early-onset bowel cancer globally, with the number of people diagnosed under 50 growing each year.  

A recent study found Aussie Gen Z’ers and Millennials are up to three times more likely to develop the disease compared to those born a few decades prior.   

Experts are now trying to find out why.  

In this episode of The Briefing, Tara Cassidy speaks to one of the co-authors of the study, epidemiologist Professor Mark Jenkins, about what might be behind the rise, and one of the young Aussies who beat the disease. 

Further listening from the headlines: 
Like the Olympics, but on steroids. Meet the Enhanced Games
We’re training AI to blackmail us

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