The Chaser Report

Trump is floating going for a third term as King of the USA, and Charles and Dom welcome all the efforts in his case to make this happen. Everything is fine, and there is nothing to see here.Watch OPTICS on ABC iview here:https://iview.abc.net.au/show/opticsCheck out more Chaser headlines here:https://www.instagram.com/chaserwar/?hl=enGive us money:https://chaser.com.au/support/

Trump's tariffs officially take effect today, so Charles and Dom wish our American listeners a happy Liberation Day. Dom also shares why he is not allowed to travel to the United States. Plus, Charles gets nostalgic for the Microbee.Watch OPTICS on ABC iview here:https://iview.abc.net.au/show/opticsCheck out more Chaser headlines here:https://www.instagram.com/chaserwar/?hl=enGive us money:https://chaser.com.au/support/

It only took 3 days of the election campaign for Charles to come up with a new theory. This time it's about how Peter Dutton has misconstrued his professional friends for his personal ones. Watch OPTICS on ABC iview here:https://iview.abc.net.au/show/opticsCheck out more Chaser headlines here:https://www.instagram.com/chaserwar/?hl=enBuy Peter Dutton a friend:https://chaser.com.au/support/

If you get added to any highly confidential administration group chats, please send them the link to this episode.Watch OPTICS on ABC iview here:https://iview.abc.net.au/show/opticsCheck out more Chaser headlines here:https://www.instagram.com/chaserwar/?hl=enBuy Pete Hegseth a drink:https://chaser.com.au/support/

After a decade of waiting, Anthony Albanese finally called the election today (we hope lol), so Charles and Dom boldly set the tone for what Australia is in for over the coming six weeks. Apologies for Dom's audio. We are not delulu about the quality. Watch OPTICS on ABC iview here:https://iview.abc.net.au/show/opticsCheck out more Chaser headlines here:https://www.instagram.com/chaserwar/?hl=enGive us money:https://chaser.com.au/support/

In a Chaser Report first, Charles and Dom are officially inside the 2025 federal budget lock-up. Which means they know all of the details about this year's winners and losers. Charles tries to rewrite the metaphor of the budget, meanwhile Dom investigates all the best budget night drinking games.Watch OPTICS on ABC iview here:https://iview.abc.net.au/show/opticsCheck out more Chaser headlines here:https://www.instagram.com/chaserwar/?hl=enGive us money:https://chaser.com.au/support/

Charles and Dom have found a LOT of ridiculous bluetooth and wifi enabled devices in their time doing Welcome To The Future. However today, not only have they found an item so dumb it literally breaks their brains, but one of them actually OWNS it.Watch OPTICS on ABC iview here:https://iview.abc.net.au/show/opticsCheck out more Chaser headlines here:https://www.instagram.com/chaserwar/?hl=enGive us money:https://chaser.com.au/support/

Charles makes a $10,000+ request to Dom, which if successful will forever change the course of this podcast. Meanwhile, Dom shares how his material has been used to misinform AI. Plus we find out why this election is going to hit new levels of boring.Watch OPTICS on ABC iview here:https://iview.abc.net.au/show/opticsCheck out more Chaser headlines here:https://www.instagram.com/chaserwar/?hl=enGive us money:https://chaser.com.au/support/

Charles dives back into the world of AI products, and has noticed that everything is gearing towards military uses.Watch OPTICS on ABC iview here:https://iview.abc.net.au/show/opticsCheck out more Chaser headlines here:https://www.instagram.com/chaserwar/?hl=enGive us money:https://chaser.com.au/support/