Tuesday Headlines: Gina Rinehart blames the Coalition’s election loss on 'Left Media', three major child deaths across the country, Israel to expand its offensive in Gaza, record seizure of vapes in Queensland, Met Gala is on today, and Skype is hanging up for good.

Deep Dive: Our DNA is valuable, however many of us give it away for free, whether it be to figure out family history, or even to spot a life-threatening hereditary illness.

But the seemingly harmless practice of genetic testing has a dark side, with some companies abusing a legal loophole allowing them to access the information and use it to their advantage.

In this episode of The Briefing, Chris Spyrou speaks with Public Health Genomics Expert Dr Jane Tiller about how life insurance companies are using their customers DNA to discriminate against them, and the growing calls to ban the practice.

Further listening from the headlines:

• Who will be the new leader for the Liberal Party?
• How our gov let $7 billion go up in smoke

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Afternoon headlines: Anthony Albanese speaks with Donald Trump, 100% tariffs on movies made in Australia, new text messages shared in mushroom trial and voting for the next Pope starts on Wednesday

Deep Dive: The Liberal party is in crisis mood suffering its worst election defeat over the weekend in its party’s history.

They now need a new leader and a new way forward to try and win back voters.

In this episode of The Briefing Natarsha Belling is joined by 7NEWS Political Editor Mark Riley to unpack what went so horribly wrong and the tough job ahead for its new leader.

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Monday Headlines: Unpacking Albo’s historic win, Barnaby Joyce reveals prostate cancer diagnosis and police thwart bomb attack planned for Lady Gaga concert in Brazil.

Deep Dive: A highly contagious disease has gone from low global numbers to near endemic rates in some countries, despite medicine, technology and awareness of it at an all-time high.

In the US, there has been hundreds of cases of measles, some fatal, while in Australia, six out of eight states and territories have recorded cases, some their highest numbers in a decade.

In this episode of The Briefing, Tara Cassidy is joined by infectious disease expert, ANU virologist Professor David Tscharke, who is among a growing list of medicos and health authorities worried that vaccine indifference and misinformation is spreading faster than the illness itself.

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