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We’ve got a jam-packed episode for you today, so let’s dive right in!

🌍 Blurt Around The World

• Kava on the increase in Northern Territory?

  • ABC News | Kava smuggling to NT Indigenous communities spikes after import controls lifted, leaders say

• Australian Great Barrier Reef coral for sale? What the f*&k?

  • ABC News | How Australian coral became big business

• USA receives white refugees from South Africa.

  • ABC News | First group of white South Africans flying to the US under Trump refugee plan

• Breaking news - another #MeToo scandal. This time, it’s the French film industry.

  • ABC News | French actor Gérard Depardieu convicted of sexual assault on film set

📈 Econobabble

• Wencee will blurt about the surge in Australia's beef export.

  • ABC News | Australian beef surges into China and United States during trade war

  • Meat & Livestock Australia | Global demand for grainfed beef climbs

• While The Kegsta will chat about Bunnings, where lowest prices aren't even beginning.

  • ABC News | Bunnings boasts about its price-beating guarantee but for 9,000 products there is a catch

  • ABC iView | Four Corners - Hammered: Inside the Bunnings Machine

♻️ Green There, Done That

• The Kegsta will chat about the ten global sustainability agendas to expect.

  • Local Governments for Sustainability (ICLEI) | Global sustainability agendas: 10 things we’re watching for in 2025

• And Wencee will show us what's happening with koala habitats and how drone technology is helping.

  • ABC News | Logan council drone survey maps out koala habitat to help protect endangered species

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