Sam Pang wins Gold Logie + Can guns keep our nurses safe?

Monday Headlines: 

• NSW to begin Australia’s biggest gun buyback in decades
• Gov confirms it’s slowing the processing of backpacker visas
• Anthony Albanese deepfakes featured in celebrity scams to con Australians out of $7.4 million
• DRC Ebola outbreak set to become the deadliest ever
• Sam Pang takes out the Gold Logie

Further reading from the headlines: Andrew Thorpe's Ebola piece in the ABC

Deep Dive: The Victorian Opposition has announced a two-year trial of 70 PSOs across seven major hospitals, including emergency departments, high-risk areas and staff car parks. The proposal comes amid almost 24,000 violent incidents in Victorian hospitals in 2024–25, including 680 “code black” incidents. It’s a similar story across the country. 

In this episode of The Briefing, we’re joined by Maddy Harradence, Secretary of the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation. Rather than asking “Are guns in hospitals a good idea?” We focus on what actually makes nurses and midwives safer, whether PSOs address the problem, and what should happen instead. 

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