Weekly Wrap: Why the ‘ISIS brides’ case is being called legally unprecedented

About this episode

The episode discusses the return of Australian 'ISIS brides' from Syria and the unprecedented legal implications, along with updates on gas reserves and a virus outbreak on a cruise ship.

A group of Australian women known as the 'ISIS brides' and their children have returned to Australia from Syria this week. We'll explain the background to that, and why legal experts are calling their legal case “completely unprecedented”. Australians will have access to more of our plentiful gas reserves from next year under the new government policy, so we’ll bring you up to date there. And there’s been an outbreak of a deadly virus on a cruise ship, which has had us absolutely gripped this week. Links (01:52) Check out our Squiz Shortcut with Fashion Critical on the Met Gala Vogue’s Met Gala Gallery Eliza’s recommendation: Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghy Claire’s recommendation: Lounge sweater and pants from Assembly Label Want more News Club in your life? We've got you… ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Sign up for our News Club newsletter⁠⁠ Watch all our episodes ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠on YouTube⁠⁠ Follow us on Instagram:⁠⁠⁠ @TheSquiz⁠⁠ PS: If you love what we do, the best way to support us is by clicking ‘follow’ on Apple or Spotify. A huge thanks to those who drop us a 5-star review, or even better - spread the word about News Club with your friends, family, colleagues... even your barista…

People in this episode

Hosts: Claire Kimball, Eliza Harvey

Topics covered

• ISIS brides
• legal case
• gas reserves
• government policy
• virus outbreak
• current events

Keywords

• ISIS brides
• Australia
• Syria
• legal case
• gas reserves
• virus outbreak
• Met Gala
• Wild Dark Shore
• Lounge sweater

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: The Squiz

Products: Wild Dark Shore, Lounge sweater and pants

Places: Australia, Syria

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