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Topics: New South Wales Labor leader Michael Daley faced criticism over his comments in a 2018 video where he claimed Asian workers were taking young people's jobs in Sydney; Cardinal George Pell was sentenced to six years in prison; UK Prime Minister Theresa May asks the European Union for an extension on the Brexit withdrawal agreement (with Russell Howard).

Topics: Liberal Vice President Teena McQueen shocked the Q and A audience with her comments supporting Donald Trump; Liberal leader Gladys Berejiklian was re-elected as Premier of New South Wales in the state election; In an interview with Waleed Aly on The Project, Scott Morrison admitted a discussion took place in a Liberal Party shadow cabinet meeting in 2010 regarding community fears, but said his contribution was intended to "lower the fears about Islam and not elevate them"; A spectator was ejected from the Miami Open after being involved in a verbal altercation with Nick Kyrgios where Kyrgios claimed the spectator had made fun of his haircut.

Topics: Tham Luang cave rescue; a pride of lions killed and ate a group of rhino poachers who broke into a South African wildlife reserve; Australia and the US celebrate their first 100 years of mateship to commemorate the times Australian and American troops fought side by side since 4 July 1918 at the Battle of Hamel.

Topics: British cave explorer Vernon Unsworth who helped rescue 12 boys and their soccer coach from a Thai cave criticised Elon Musk's child-size submarine as a publicity stunt; the Groves family from Queensland will be the first to bring Avozilla to Australia, which is a giant avocado originating from South Africa and is up to five times the size of a regular avocado; Usain Bolt is negotiating a deal to join the A-League team Central Coast Mariners in Australia.

Topics: Satirical skit for Channel Ten's all-male hosted shows for the channel's Pilot Week; Labor is under pressure to avoid losing any seats in the Super Saturday by-elections in Mayo, Perth, Longman, Braddon and Fremantle that resulted from citizenship issues for incumbent politicians; Federal Health Minister Greg Hunt orders an immediate review into his department's use of Instagram influencers to encourage women to do more exercise following a report in News Corp media that the government paid thousands of dollars to social influencers who use racist language.

Topics: Coles backflipped on its decision to ban all single-use plastic bags from its stores and charge 15 cents for each bag by giving customers the plastic bags free of charge indefinitely; Nine announced a $4 billion takeover of Fairfax Media; Prime Minister Hun Sen's Cambodian People's Party wins all 125 seats in Cambodia's parliament.

Topics: Treasurer Josh Frydenberg said the Federal Budget report is "back in the black" but the Coalition has only forecast a surplus and is yet to deliver one; Josh Frydenberg claimed the Budget will not be a cash splash despite pledging to spend millions of dollars on infrastructure, health care and cracking down on welfare overpayments; Semi-naked climate change protesters interrupted a House of Commons Brexit debate and glued their hands to the glass of the public gallery, spending almost 20 minutes with their buttocks facing the chamber; Some dog owners refuse to vaccinate their pets for fear that doing so would cause their animals to become autistic.

Topics: A post-budget Newspoll showed the Coalition narrowing the gap and trailed Labor 48-52 percent in two-party terms, while an Ipsos poll showed Labor ahead with 53-47 percent in two-party terms; The Electric Vehicle Council CEO said that Labor leader Bill Shorten was not wildly wrong when claiming that charging an electric car would take 8-10 minutes; Animal rights activists staged nationwide protests by shutting down major road intersections and broke into abattoirs then chained themselves up to protest against the meat industry.

Topics: Prime Minister Scott Morrison sets May 18 election date for the 2019 federal election; Peter Dutton was widely criticised for accusing his Labor opponent, Ali France, of using her disability as an "excuse" for not living in the electorate of Dickson despite her efforts in looking for a wheelchair accessible home in Dickson; a fire engulfed Notre Dame cathedral in Paris and destroyed the landmark's spire and roof.

Topics: The first leaders' debate of the election campaign between Scott Morrison and Bill Shorten was held in Perth and screened on Channel 7; Australian cricketer James Faulkner attracted widespread attention after appearing to come out as gay in social media posts but later clarified there had been a "misunderstanding"; wellness celebrities and health product endorsements (with Judith Lucy); Australian politics with Adam Briggs.

Topics: As both party leaders paused their official campaigns on Easter Sunday, Scott Morrison invited the media into his Pentecostal Church in Sydney for the first time, while Bill Shorten and his family attended the Easter service at St Andrew's Anglican church in Brisbane; the latest poll suggested Clive Palmer's United Australia Party and his plan to buy his way into parliament could pay dividend; the AFL's decision to book Birds of Tokyo for the ANZAC Day match was met with outrage as the RSL claims it could evoke bad memories for Japan's prisoners of war.

Topics: Meghan, Duchess of Sussex gave birth to a son; a woman was charged with common assault after allegedly striking Scott Morrison on the back of the head with an egg; Bill Shorten calls Scott Morrison a "classic space invader" when Morrison confronted Shorten by standing very close to him while talking.

Topics: Bill Shorten cuddled Labrador puppies at Guide Dogs Victoria and pledged $2 million to the centre, while Scott Morrison had an official election campaign launch which none of the past Liberal Party leaders attended; American explorer Victor Vescovo found plastic waste on the seafloor including plastic bags and confectionery wrappers while breaking the record for the deepest ever dive.

Topics: You Can't Ask That sketch with The Weekly cast; Federal election results: Scott Morrison's shock election win to become Australia's prime minister, Tony Abbott lost his seat of Warringah to Zali Steggall; Derryn Hinch and Fraser Anning lost their Senate seat while Clive Palmer failed to win a seat in Parliament, Jacqui Lambie returned to the Senate as an Independent.

Topics: Jack and Robin Firestone promoted their historical fiction book Chasing Diana: Perception versus Reality on Sunrise fuelling speculations about Princess Diana's death in 1997; Ark Encounter, a theme park in Kentucky whose centrepiece is a giant replica of Noah's Ark, sued its insurance company for rain damage to its property; the World Health Organisation announced they have added video gaming addiction as an official mental health disorder to the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems.

Topics: Prime Minister Scott Morrison gave the Queen a signed copy of the official biography of champion racehorse Winx: The Official Biography by former The Age journalist Andrew Rule during his first meeting with the monarch at Buckingham Palace; Kym Abrook from Adelaide's western suburb Fulham Gardens, chased an intruder from his property while dressed only in his underpants and wielding a didgeridoo.

Topics: AFP raids on the media sketch with The Weekly cast; Ash Barty became the first Australian in 46 years to win the French Open after defeating teenage star Markéta Vondrousová 6-1, 6-3 in the final; the Australian Federal Police raided the ABC offices in Sydney over a series of stories from 2017 known as The Afghan Files by ABC investigative journalists Dan Oakes and Sam Clark.

Topics: Sam Kerr kicked four goals for The Matildas in a 4-1 win over Jamaica to see Australia progress to the knock-out stages of the FIFA Women's World Cup; the crackdown on AFL crowd behaviour to tackle violence and abusive language left some AFL fans angry as "Behavioural Awareness Officers" and security guards in high-viz vests, employed by security company AIG, patrolled the aisles of football stadiums; Charlie Pickering's name was an answer to a question on The Chase Australia which contestants answered incorrectly; motherhood, blended families, longevity in the media industry and The Point to Pinnacle challenge in Tasmania to raise funds for brain cancer research (with Carrie Bickmore).

Topics: High profile people in the entertainment industry including Tom Hanks, Rita Wilson and Idris Elba contracted COVID-19; panic buying of toilet paper occurred soon after the Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced Australia has a COVID-19 pandemic; some state premiers allowed parents to keep their children at home for home schooling despite Prime Minister Scott Morrison urging parents to keep taking their children to schools; some people seen at Sydney beaches failing to physical distance in public were warned and charged by police.

Topics: Prime Minister Scott Morrison told journalists at a news conference that Australians can go to the pub sooner if they download the COVID-19 contact tracing app named COVIDSafe; Police in Chandigarh India used giant tongs attached to a 5-foot pole to safely round up people violating the COVID-19 lockdowns; Australian billionaire Andrew Forrest and his Minderoo Foundation secured 10 million COVID-19 testing kits which will be distributed to hospitals, clinics and laboratories around Australia, however, the Federal Government will reimburse the full amount of $325 million which Minderoo spent to buy the equipment.

Topics: Victorian Police clashed with protesters in Melbourne for failing to comply with physical distancing rules as up to 100 people demanded an end to COVID-19 lockdowns as well as opposition to 5G networks, vaccinations and called for Bill Gates to be arrested; Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced a pandemic roadmap called 3-Step Framework For a COVIDSafe Australia which enables the states and territories to gradually ease COVID-19 lockdown restrictions; Liberal MP Tim Smith accused Victorian premier Dan Andrews of fear mongering and for failing to ease Victoria's COVID-19 lockdowns in time for Mothers' Day; Alan Jones announced his resignation from radio station 2GB at the end of May 2020 following doctor's advice.

Topics: Restaurants, pubs and cafes around the world implemented physical distancing rules as COVID-19 lockdowns were eased including placing cutout cardboard humans or inflatable humans to make the premises appear full; Australian brewers are faced with the heart-breaking task of dumping millions of schooners of expired beer due to pubs, clubs, bars and restaurant closures during the COVID-19 restrictions; Federal Minister for Small and Family Business Michaelia Cash encouraged Australians to "have a curry for the country!" as the COVID-19 restrictions are relaxed for restaurants, pubs and cafes; The Australian Football League's ban on players from inviting casual guests to their homes was dubbed the 'bonk ban' by the media.

Topics: The Federal Government's JobKeeper scheme, which initially cost $130 billion to assist more than 6 million workers, was revealed to actually be $70 billion and given to 3.5 million employees; Federal Treasurer Josh Frydenberg called the JobKeeper cost blunder "good news" and confirmed the spare $60 billion would not be reallocated to other areas such as casual workers, university staff and the arts sector to ease financial strain for future generations; Australian states and territories South Australia, Western Australia, Queensland, Tasmania and the Northern Territory continue to keep their borders closed amid calls from the Federal Government to open the borders for trade and tourism.

Charlie covers George Floyd protests, Dominic Cummings' lockdown trip, Centrelink robo-debt scandal and '5G pandemic' conspiracy theory. Baratunde Thurston, Andy Zaltzman and Annabel Crabb join him. Also, Hugo Weaving has a new film.

Topics: New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced all COVID-19 restrictions will be lifted except stringent border controls following no new cases and no active cases of COVID-19 in New Zealand; Celebrity chef Pete Evans made a recording of his interview with 60 Minutes and threatened to leak his unedited version of the interview on social media if he felt unhappy with the current affairs show's portrayal of him; Federal Treasurer Josh Frydenberg admitted Australia was in a recession; Economic effects of asylum seekers (with Luke McGregor).