Terrible AUKUS deal, NSW criminal corruption and media behaving badly

Terrible AUKUS deal, NSW criminal corruption and media behaving badly

In this episode, we look at the AUKUS deal and what it means for Australia. It looks like it’s a bad deal, so why did Albanese agree to it? It’s complicated.

Paul Keating also attacked this AUKUS deal – and we things he’s right – but instead of looking at the merit of what he had to say, the mainstream media decided that Keating was impolite to journalists. So, he can’t be taken seriously. Wow, these journalists are so upper-class, they don’t know what’s good for them: let them eat cake and we say – all the way with PJK.

And we've been asked the question: why did the mainstream media avoid the Robodebt Royal Commission? Again, the answer to this is complex: dwindling advertising revenues, news editors and journalists who come from the upper echelons of society, so receiving a social security payment – or being forced to pay it back – is a totally foreign experience for them. That’s the long-term effect of journalism courses around Australia becoming stacked with graduates from private schools.

And more corruption in New South Wales, this time there’s a recording of former NSW National Party leader John Barilaro bragging about his pork-barrelling adventures back in 2021. If only there was a decent mainstream media that has the courage to reveal these details on the eve of a NSW state election instead of delivering silence. If only…

Episoder(309)

Goodbye McGowan, the PwC scandal, and the conservative attacks on the Voice to Parliament

Goodbye McGowan, the PwC scandal, and the conservative attacks on the Voice to Parliament

In this episode, we discuss the recent resignation of Mark McGowan as Premier of Western Australia; examine the controversy surrounding PwC’s leak of secret information from the Australian Taxation Of...

2 Jun 202353min

Racism in the media, free Julian Assange, Australia–India relations and human rights, and the Voice To Parliament

Racism in the media, free Julian Assange, Australia–India relations and human rights, and the Voice To Parliament

In this episode, we delve into the persistent issue of racism in the media, particularly focusing on the recent departure of ABC journalist Stan Grant. Grant faced a barrage of racist abuse after his ...

26 Mai 202350min

Labor’s first year, the housing crisis and the fall of the final Liberal domino

Labor’s first year, the housing crisis and the fall of the final Liberal domino

In this episode: we look at the first year of the federal Labor government; what can be done about the many housing issues across Australia?; the latest opinion polls; and the last Liberal government ...

19 Mai 202344min

The big serious Budget analysis and overpaid CEOs

The big serious Budget analysis and overpaid CEOs

In this episode: the Budget 2023 announcement and our expert analysis… are CEOs in Australia paid too much? We speak to Rebecca Bachmann about this issue … and when there's a Budget, there's also a Bu...

12 Mai 202348min

Goodbye Scomo, Albanese’s new friend, the Coronation yawn-fest, and a new Liberal party?

Goodbye Scomo, Albanese’s new friend, the Coronation yawn-fest, and a new Liberal party?

In this episode: will he stay, or will he go? The future of Scott Morrison in Parliament; the company a prime minister should keep; forget about the Coronation, the move to a republic needs to start n...

5 Mai 202346min

Murdoch’s end, wasteful defence spending, nothing for Jobseeker, and the No-alition

Murdoch’s end, wasteful defence spending, nothing for Jobseeker, and the No-alition

In this episode: a boost in military spending, but what does it mean for funding of other important areas; The Dominion case in the United States is the beginning of the end of News Corporation; And t...

28 Apr 202347min

Raise the rate! NDIS, the pre-Budget lull and Dutton's LNP tanking in the polls

Raise the rate! NDIS, the pre-Budget lull and Dutton's LNP tanking in the polls

In this episode: rebooting the National Disability Insurance Scheme; the build-up to the federal Budget; and the latest opinion polls – good news for the Prime Minister; bad news for the Opposition le...

21 Apr 202345min

He’s not a monster! Dutton’s conservative nightmares continue and the Inland Rail disaster

He’s not a monster! Dutton’s conservative nightmares continue and the Inland Rail disaster

In this episode, another resignation in the Liberal Party, and are there more to follow? And the cost blowout in the Inland Rail Project is yet another example of why Barnaby Joyce should leave politi...

14 Apr 202341min

Populært innen Politikk og nyheter

giver-og-gjengen-vg
aftenpodden
aftenpodden-usa
forklart
popradet
stopp-verden
det-store-bildet
fotballpodden-2
nokon-ma-ga
dine-penger-pengeradet
rss-gukild-johaug
hanna-de-heldige
lydartikler-fra-aftenposten
rss-ness
aftenbla-bla
rss-dannet-uten-piano
rss-utenrikskomiteen-med-bogen-og-grasvik
chit-chat-med-helle
rss-penger-polser-og-politikk
e24-podden