20 Jul 2022

Australia: Sydney teen killed in Syrian jail, wildlife loss

From Nine To Noon, 9:45 am on 20 July 2022
A dehydrated and injured Koala receives treatment at the Port Macquarie Koala Hospital in Port Macquarie on November 2, 2019, after its rescue from a bushfire that has ravaged an area of over 2,000 hectares.

Photo: AFP

Australia correspondent Chris Niesche joins Kathryn to talk about the death of a Sydney teen in a Syrian jail and whether it might spark renewed interest in the plight of Australian families stuck in Syria following the fall of Isis.

He'll look at how Covid is tracking in the country and a new State of the Environment Report finds Australia has lost more mammalian wildlife than any other continent.