About this episode

The episode discusses One Nation's polling ahead of Labor and features a deep dive into deep sea exploration with Dr Will White from CSIRO.

Monday Headlines:  Former Australian of the year Professor Richard Scolyer dies aged 59 More than 900 Aussies on the Kings Birthday honours list  Newspoll has One Nation ahead of Labor for the first time Oscar Piastri misses podium at Monaco Grand Prix Deep Dive:  June 8 marks the UN’s World Oceans Day, a chance to raise global awareness of the critical role our seas play in the health and wellbeing of the planet.  While a lot of our focus and knowledge of the ocean is on the parts we can see, there are teams of scientists and researchers who are probing the deep sea, around three quarters of which remains unmapped and unexplored.  In today’s deep dive, Sacha Barbour Gatt is joined by the CSIRO’s Dr Will White to discuss the deep sea, the recent discovery of new species off the coast of Australia and why it matters.  Follow The Briefing:  TikTok: @thebriefingpod Instagram: @thebriefingpodcast  YouTube: @TheBriefingPodcast See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

People in this episode

Guest: Dr Will White

Topics covered

• Australian news
• deep sea exploration
• World Oceans Day
• political polling
• new species discovery

Keywords

• One Nation
• Labor
• deep sea
• ghost shark
• World Oceans Day
• new species
• Australia
• politics
• CSIRO

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: CSIRO, One Nation, Labor

Places: Australia

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