Erin Patterson's evidence, higher minimum wage + should we have more moral ambition?
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The mushroom trial continues this week, with accused triple-murderer Erin Patterson giving evidence for the first time in her own trial.
Plus, Australia's lowest-paid workers are about to get a pay rise. Will it make a difference?
And the world would be a better place if the brightest minds weren't in meaningless corporate jobs — according to historian Rutger Bregman. We speak to him about his latest book, Moral Ambition.
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01:03 - Mushroom trial latest
06:23 - Minimum wage to rise
13:29 - Should you quit your job to help the world?
Guests:
- Kathleen O'Connor, reporter, ABC
- Rutger Bregman, historian and author, Moral Ambition
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