EPISODE · Dec 8, 2025 · 29 MIN
Vape heart attacks, Barnaby joins One Nation + fighting bushfires
from Hack · host Australian Broadcasting Corporation
The first week of summer has already seen deadly bushfires raging from WA to Tassie and NSW. So what's it going to take to get more young volunteers to sign up to spending their summer fighting fires?And a WA coroner examining the death of Cleveland Dodd in a notorious youth detention facility has handed down his findings, recommending Perth's Unit 18 be closed 'as a matter of urgency'.Plus, it happened: former deputy prime minister Barnaby Joyce has officially joined One Nation. How will he get on with Pauline Hanson? We're also talking about the health risks of vaping after Fraser Olender says it brought on a heart attack. Listen now: 01:20 - Cleveland Dodd inquest findings08:18 - Would you fight fires for free?18:34 - Barnaby Joyce and Pauline Hanson team up22:49 - What we know about vaping and heart attacksGuests: Cason Ho, reporter, ABC PerthHamish Clark, Senior Research Fellow, University of MelbourneAlexander Larcombe, Associate Professor, Curtin School of Population HealthGet the whole story from hack:Follow us on Instagram and TikTokSubscribe to the hack podcastListen on the triple j app or on your radio live every weeknight at 5:30pm
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The first week of summer has already seen deadly bushfires raging from WA to Tassie and NSW. So what's it going to take to get more young volunteers to sign up to spending their summer fighting fires? And a WA coroner examining the death of Cleveland Dodd in a notorious youth detention facility has handed down his findings, recommending Perth's Unit 18 be closed 'as a matter of urgency'. Plus, it happened: former deputy prime minister Barnaby Joyce has officially joined One Nation. How will he get on with Pauline Hanson? We're also talking about the health risks of vaping after Fraser Olender says it brought on a heart attack. Listen now: 01:20 - Cleveland Dodd inquest findings 08:18 - Would you fight fires for free? 18:34 - Barnaby Joyce and Pauline Hanson team up 22:49 - What we know about vaping and heart attacks Guests: Cason Ho, reporter, ABC Perth Hamish Clark, Senior Research Fellow, University of Melbourne Alexander Larcombe, Associate Professor, Curtin School of Population Health Get the whole story from hack: Follow us on Instagram and TikTok Subscribe to the hack podcast Listen on the triple j app or on your radio live every weeknight at 5:30pm
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