☕️ Government set to hand down Budget

As we speak, TDA’s team is heading down to Canberra for ‘Budget lockup’ tonight!

At about 1:30pm, journalists from all over the country will be locked in Parliament with no internet as the Federal Government presents its 2025-26 Budget for Australia. It will then be formally released to the public at 7:30pm.

Keep an eye out on TDA for our coverage!

Brace yourself for dollar signs and the word ‘delivering’ on repeat.

"I think we should be doing what Australia is doing, and separating our children from this pernicious disease of thought that is infecting them."
Jack Thorne, co-writer and co-creator of the new TV show ‘Adolescence’, speaking to the BBC about Australia’s under-16 social media ban. The show explores the internet’s influence on boys and young men.

40 years
The amount of time it's been since Perth last experienced four days over 36°C this late in March, according to Weatherzone. The next few days are expected to reach between 36 and 38°C.

The voice actors who played Mickey and Minnie Mouse (Wayne Allwine and Russi Taylor) were married in 1991. The couple voiced their characters until their deaths in 2009 and 2019, respectively. In a 2017 interview with Variety, Taylor said: “Someone once said to us, ‘What’s wrong with you guys? Are you attached at the hip?’ I said, ‘No, we’re attached at the heart'”.

Canada’s new Prime Minister Mark Carney has called a snap election for 28 April.

It comes nine days after Carney took over the role from former PM Justin Trudeau.

The country needed to hold an election by October.

Here’s what you need to know.

Carney replaced Trudeau as the leader of the centre-left Liberal Party following a competitive ballot.

Carney is not an elected politician. Canadian law allows people to become PM without being a member of Parliament.

Carney, who was previously the governor of both the Bank of Canada and Bank of England, will also run for a parliamentary seat for the first time.

The Opposition, the Conservative Party, is led by Pierre Poilievre.

Polling on the governing Liberal Party had consistently shown a downturn in public support. It was widely expected the Liberals would lose the next election.

However, the party has recovered in recent weeks amid pushback against U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs.

Polling now has the Liberals ahead of the Conservatives.

The Liberals have held power in Canada since Trudeau won the 2015 election.

Reporting by Joe Casey.

Hearings have begun this week in a NSW parliamentary inquiry examining the impacts of exposure to harmful pornography.

The inquiry follows a recommendation from the state’s Attorney General, as part of the government’s efforts to “address the scourge of domestic violence and sexual assault from every angle”.

At a hearing on Monday, experts presented findings on the mental, physical, and emotional impacts of harmful pornography, particularly on children.

In August 2024, the NSW Government requested a parliamentary inquiry into harmful pornography, citing growing concerns it was “normalising unacceptable behaviour.”

At the time, state Attorney General Michael Daley said: “A generation of young men are growing up with unprecedented access to the online world, and this includes early and easy access to pornography, with harmful depictions of the treatment of women.”

The inquiry received 78 submissions from experts, sexual violence advocacy groups, and members of the public.

The inquiry is tasked with examining the links between exposure to harmful pornography during adolescence, and the development of harmful sexual attitudes and behaviours.

Australian internet regulator eSafety’s submission referred to a survey it conducted of 1,000 teenagers. It found 75% of Australian 16- to 18-year-olds had seen online pornography. Nearly a third had seen it before the age of 13.

Most young people reported their first encounter as “unintentional,” and said they had “very negative feelings” about these unintended viewings.

In its submission, relationships and sexuality education advocacy group Bloom-ED highlighted the impact of “continual exposure to hyper-sexualised imagery” on young people’s physical health.

It flagged porn can lead to young people engaging in sexual acts “often before they feel ready” and “contributed to misunderstandings around pleasure associated with sexual activities.”

The organisation also warned that “hidden messages” in porn can lead to pressure to “develop and maintain a certain body shape.”

The inquiry will assess the effectiveness of current education programs about the harms of pornography and how they can be improved.

Gender-based-violence prevention organisation Our Watch highlighted the importance of “age-appropriate teaching of respectful relationships” to counteract “the harmful messages conveyed in pornography.”

In its submission, it recommended a “comprehensive approach” to creating educational materials and resources to help young people “critically engage [with] and reflect on pornography.”

Reporting by Achol Arok.

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Vonn won silver in the women’s Super-G, which is a speed event, at the Alpine Ski World Cup Finals on Sunday.  The four-time Olympian retired in 2019 but returned to the sport at the beginning of the season following a knee reconstruction.

The 40-year-old said after the race: "Age is just a number. If you feel good and you're mentally still driven and you work hard, you can achieve anything you set your mind to.

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Disney’s live-action remake of ‘Snow White’ has been met with poor reviews from both critics and audiences.

On review platform RottenTomatoes, the remake of the 1937 animated film has scored 44% from critics.

Meanwhile, on IMDb, it has a score of 2.1/10 from more than 48,000 movie-goers.

Despite its reception, the film is at the top of the U.S. box office.

Reporting by Rosa Bowden.

Earlier this month, the Coalition announced it wants public servants in the office five days a week if it wins the next election. Over the weekend, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese came out strongly against the proposal, saying that working from home is important for flexibility, women in the workforce and the economy. In today’s podcast, we explain what the Coalition is proposing, and some of the criticisms the Government has levelled since.