{"podcast":{"title":"ABC News Top Stories","slug":"abc-news-top-stories-6001594","podcast_index_feed_id":6001594,"rss_url":"https://www.abc.net.au/feeds/101858056/podcast.xml","website_url":"https://www.abc.net.au/radio/","image_url":"https://live-production.wcms.abc-cdn.net.au/e095db3b3ea82ec7b474d8295add4336.jpg?src","author":"ABC Australia","episode_count":30,"summary":"ABC News Top Stories delivers the biggest breaking news and headlines from Australia and around the world, updated throughout the day. Get fast, trusted coverage of politics, business, extreme weather, and major national events from the ABC's newsroom direct to your podcast feed. Whether you're catching up on the morning's top headlines or need a quick update between meetings, ABC News Top Stories gives you the essential news of the day. You can also hear the biggest stories of the day explained in-depth in just a few minutes. Follow now for daily Australian news briefings from the ABC, Australia's most trusted news source.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-19T12:17:05.666903+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/abc-news-top-stories-6001594"},"episode":{"title":"Why did the head of Australia's corruption watchdog resign?","slug":"why-did-the-head-of-australia-s-corruption-watchdog-resign","published_at":"2026-05-25T22:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/abc-news-top-stories-6001594/why-did-the-head-of-australia-s-corruption-watchdog-resign","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/abc-news-top-stories-6001594","url":"https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/abc-news-top-stories/why-did-the-head-of-australias-corruption-watchdog-resign/106721484","audio_url":"https://mediacore-live-production.akamaized.net/audio/02/kt/Z/b5.mp3","summary":"The head of the National Anti Corruption Commission has resigned, three years into his five year term. Paul Brereton has been under pressure to resign step down for some time now and was accused of not properly managing conflicts of interest related to both defence referrals and the Robodebt investigation But he's denied any suggestion of impropriety and says he's resigned so he doesn't become a distraction to the commission's core purpose.","meta_description":"The head of the National Anti Corruption Commission has resigned, three years into his five year term. Paul Brereton has been under pressure to resign ste…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":180,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/abc-news-top-stories-6001594/episodes/why-did-the-head-of-australia-s-corruption-watchdog-resign/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/abc-news-top-stories-6001594/why-did-the-head-of-australia-s-corruption-watchdog-resign.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}