Australia correspondent Peter Ryan

From Summer Times, 11:25 am on 6 January 2025

Veteran ABC business journalist Peter Ryan joins Anna to update us on matters across the ditch, including a resurgence of test cricket in Australia, tech solutions to the dreaded bushfire season, and who's at fault when surfers suffer a shark attack.

This undated handout image received on December 26, 2024 from the State Control Centre of the Victoria Emergency Services shows officials on a road near a bushfire in the Grampians National Park in Australia's Victoria state. (Photo by Handout / STATE CONTROL CENTRE - VICTORIA EMERGENCY SERVICES / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO /  STATE CONTROL CENTRE - VICTORIA EMERGENCY SERVICES" - NO MARKETING - NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS

This undated handout image received from the Victoria Emergency Services shows officials on a road near a bushfire in the Grampians National Park in Australia's Victoria state. Photo: STATE CONTROL CENTRE - VICTORIA EMERGENCY SERVICES

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