How to Spot "Bad-Faith" Politicians and Why Politicians Hire Their Mates Over Merit
Punters Politics9 Joulu 2025

How to Spot "Bad-Faith" Politicians and Why Politicians Hire Their Mates Over Merit

Go to https://surfshark.com/punters or use code punters at checkout to get 4 extra months of Surfshark VPN! This week, we expose the jobs-for-mates scandal the government tried to bury, watch David Pocock absolutely demolish ministers in Senate estimates with straight facts about Japan reselling our gas, and deliver a comprehensive punters audit on Cosplay Canavan that reveals exactly why you should never trust a word he says. The independent review Labor didn't want released just dropped, confirming the appointment system "looks like nepotism" and isn't fit for purpose—but instead of fixing it with actual laws, they're going with a vibes-based framework and rejecting cooling-off periods so they can keep hiring their mates immediately. Minister Katie Gallagher pulls the classic resume pad when grilled about giving away 50% of our gas exports royalty-free, while Tim Ayres dismisses Japan's billion-dollar gas resale scam as just "dinner party discussion." Plus, we break down why Matt Canavan deliberately confuses total investment with government spending to mislead punters on net zero costs, reveal his brother's 7% stake in a coal mine and executive role at Peabody Energy, and discuss how a Bachelor of Economics honours graduate who worked at KPMG somehow pretends he doesn’t understand basic economic concepts he's pushing. Bypass the Algorithm, Sign up to the Punter Times Newsletter https://www.punterspolitics.com/pages/email-sign-up Buy Punters T-shirts Support We the Punters on PATREON What Punter are you? Take the Quiz! Buy Punters Stickers & T-shirts Be a dark money funder to help hire a lobbyist for the punters: https://chuffed.org/project/134297-fund-australias-first-punter-powered-lobbyist

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Queensland Legalises Corruption, One Nation's Day-One Sickie & And a Gas Tax Betrayal

Queensland Legalises Corruption, One Nation's Day-One Sickie & And a Gas Tax Betrayal

This week, Queensland's LNP government scraps the ban on developer donations just in time to hand out $7 billion in Olympic building contracts, while one nation's brand new MP pulls a sickie on his fi...

9 Kesä 34min

Gina Buys Into Channel 7, Anti-Corruption Boss Under Investigation & The "Death Tax" Scare Campaign.

Gina Buys Into Channel 7, Anti-Corruption Boss Under Investigation & The "Death Tax" Scare Campaign.

This week, billionaire mining magnate Gina Rinehart tips in a cool $26 million to help a former Channel 7 executive grab a 10% stake in Australia's second biggest broadcaster, just as the anti corrupt...

2 Kesä 56min

Pauline's 'Revolutionary' Gas Policy, Coles GUILTY at Last & The Budget Panic That Wasn't

Pauline's 'Revolutionary' Gas Policy, Coles GUILTY at Last & The Budget Panic That Wasn't

This week, Princess Pauline Hanson bravely takes the stage at the gas lobby's own conference to announce her "Norway-style" gas policy — written, by her own admission, in consultation with the gas pro...

26 Touko 1h 3min

Albo Buries Kids' Gambling Report, BHP Sues Broke Miner & The Budget's Hidden $95 Billion

Albo Buries Kids' Gambling Report, BHP Sues Broke Miner & The Budget's Hidden $95 Billion

This week, Albo bravely protects his NRL gambling buddy by burying a landmark kids gambling addiction report under 4,000 pages of budget spreadsheets while journalists were literally locked in a basem...

19 Touko 57min

Housing Debate:Is our System Broken?, Albo's Empty Gas Promise,  & The Knock Off Tour Recap

Housing Debate:Is our System Broken?, Albo's Empty Gas Promise, & The Knock Off Tour Recap

This week, we recap the "Tax Gas Not Beer" tour and tear down Albo’s hollow gas reform—a policy that raises zero dollars and won't even kick in until after the next election. We also dive into a heate...

12 Touko 1h 44min

The Karl Stefanovic Debate Breakdown & Why I Won't Do It Again

The Karl Stefanovic Debate Breakdown & Why I Won't Do It Again

This week, Konrad breaks down his appearance on the Karl Stefanovic Show podcast where he was ambushed by Senator Susan McDonald, the shadow resources minister, in what turned out to be a debate he ne...

5 Touko 1h 11min

Senate Inquiry Highlights, The Gas Lobby Gets Smoked & The Media Takes the Bait

Senate Inquiry Highlights, The Gas Lobby Gets Smoked & The Media Takes the Bait

This week, Konrad's Senate inquiry testimony sparked a media firestorm, from "zinger box" clips on ABC to Sky News pundits losing their cool over his Parliament House t-shirt and supposed "grifter" st...

26 Huhti 1h 57min

The Gas Tax Question Albo Won't Answer, Channel 7's Oil Lobby Ties & Our Senate Inquiry Testimony

The Gas Tax Question Albo Won't Answer, Channel 7's Oil Lobby Ties & Our Senate Inquiry Testimony

This week, Albo dodges the gas tax question with a masterclass in political deflection, Channel 7 runs cover for fossil fuel interests, and the lobbyist war chest smashes through $96,000. We break dow...

21 Huhti 51min

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