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An abridged episode this week, featuring guest host Denise Pirko. Australia vs Humanity and Stuck in my Craw held over to next week, but in the meantime we were able to discuss:
01:23 brief rant about faux-NBN, now with even more shambles!
04:10 NSW & Barnaby vs housing
15:30 The new NSW Premier, Gladys Berejiklian
26:26 Herald Sun using Dimitrious Gargasoulas to attack bail laws
38:53 Herald Sun vs the homeless
Jeremy is joined by Greg Jericho, economic writer for the Guardian (and former "Grogs Gamut" blogger outed by The Australian), for a hard-to-characterise discussion of what on Earth is going on. And Dave Gaukroger returns to tell us what's Stuck in his Craw. (And prompting next week's "Stuck in my Craw" from Jeremy, "No We Are Not Naming Listeners To This Podcast After Uncool 70s Singers".)
01:55 What a Hunt
04:13 Fact-checking WMWS
29:41 Where did the gains from automation go?
40:11 What is the government there to do?
01:25:31 Australia vs Humanity - the Immigration Dept seems to have lost $2.3bn
01:48:41 Stuck in my Craw - Dave Gaukroger - making excuses for your team.
Jeremy tracks down a random resident of Sussan Ley's very electorate in southern NSW to discuss the latest expenses scandal, one that has cost the PM a minister and one of his closest supporters in cabinet. In the as-yet-unnamed segment about how to deal with obnoxious relatives, in this case ones who refuse to grasp why Australia Day is problematic to celebrate, we find a ludicrous strawperson who helpfully keeps contradicting his own points, and Dave sets him straight. We (two white middle class men) discuss why whitewashing Australian history doesn't work even if you're selling meat products, whilst forgetting to acknowledge that we're possibly not the best people to be speaking about it. And, not hugely impressed by the LNP Coalition trying to brazen out the Centrelink attack, Lyndsey Jackson from NotMyDebt.com.au returns to tell us what's Stuck In Her Craw.
01:11 Dave plugs his podcast
02:39 When Rorting Becomes A Habit
31:55 Dave plugs his podcast
32:26 8 Simple Rules For Baiting My Racist Uncle
41:56 Do Indigenous People Dream Of Invaders' Sheep
55:17 Lyndsey Jackson tells us what's Stuck In Her Craw
01:10:20 Dave plugs his podcast
01:10:42 Dave plugs his podcast
01:12:28 Dave plugs his podcast
For the first (unexpectedly more bumper than ever) episode back after the holiday break, Jeremy is joined by Lyndsey Jackson of notmydebt.com.au to discuss this government's war on the poor, in particular its attack on anyone who's ever used Centrelink. In Australia vs Humanity we explore a system which encourages police and immigration staff to ignore pleas for medical assistance by refugees and indigenous people - with tragic consequences. Cam Smith returns to tell us what's Stuck in his Craw, and listener Kristin asks us to brainstorm approaches to deal with friends who claim there are totally non-racist well-thought-through reasons they supported Brexit.
1. Not My Debt: 1:30
2. Australia vs Humanity: 1:12:58
3. Stuck in My Craw: 1:50:17
4. How to Leftwing Friends and Affluent People: 2:07:21
For this bumper episode (aren't they all?) Jeremy is joined by Cam Smith, from the beloved Gather Around Me podcast, to discuss:
- GDP falls by 0.5%: turns out all this sacrifice didn't even get us any growth;
- Libs vs energy policy that would save you money AND reduce emissions
- In Australia vs Humanity, we learn more of the details about what we did to the guy who died from a minor infection, and explore the viciousness of the federal Libs vs a council which scheduled some citizenship ceremonies for NOT January 26
- Ella Webb returns to tell us what's stuck in her craw
- And, as it happens, much more, because we're chatty people.
Oh - and if you wanted an article breaking down how the deficit is pretty much entirely the fault of Peter Costello's 2005 tax cuts, it's here.