Breakfast Wrap: How Australia conquered curling

About this episode

The episode discusses Australia's victory in curling and the significance of the Japanese Prime Minister's visit amidst current events.

Is this Australia's Cool Runnings moment? Australia's mixed team curlers Tahli Gill and Dean Hewitt have claimed world championship gold in Switzerland. We hear from Dean fresh off the win. Then, the Japanese Prime Minister is in town for annual talks, so why is this a particularly important trip from the new leader? And we'll return to Alice Springs days after the devastation of the death of a five year-old girl. Recap the morning's news, politics and global affairs with the Breakfast Wrap.

People in this episode

Guest: Dean Hewitt

Topics covered

• curling
• world championship
• Australia
• politics
• global affairs
• Alice Springs
• Japanese Prime Minister

Keywords

• curling
• Australia
• Dean Hewitt
• Tahli Gill
• Japanese Prime Minister
• Alice Springs
• world championship
• news
• politics
• global affairs

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Japanese Prime Minister

Places: Australia, Switzerland, Alice Springs

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