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EPISODE · Jul 19, 2026 · 35 MIN

Childcare System Under Fire, the Big Bash Anthem Row and China's Dalai Lama Power Play

from Covered · host Annie Pullar & Jodi Lee

This week on Covered, Australia's childcare system is under fire again after a Sydney worker was charged with 329 offences allegedly committed across 62 centres, with 136 victims identified so far. Cricket Australia found itself at the centre of a media storm over reports it would scrap the anthem at the Australia Day Big Bash final, and we get into how the whole thing turned out to be a storm in a teacup. Plus, as the Dalai Lama turns 91, Beijing is manoeuvring to control his succession, setting up a looming fight over who the world recognises as the next one.

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