THE NIGHTLY FIVE: Athletes have COVID, Olympic security fears & ADF spy scandal

LISTEN NOW: How COVID will impact Games, Ch9 crew ROBBED as security fears grow, ADF Russian spy scandal deepens, the dad of would-be Trump assassin speaks and ANZ says Govt spending is keeping rates high.

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On today’s show, COVID has struck our athletes in Paris.

An even bigger issue at the Olympics this week is security.

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The father of the man who tried to assassinate Donald Trump faced a TV news crew.

Acting PM Richard Marles had a lot to say about an alleged Russian spy in the ADF ranks.

And our favourite economic game - predicting which way interest rates will go.

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