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239 – Dr. Helen Haines
Dr. Helen Haines is a former nurse and midwife who now serves as the independent member for the Victorian seat of Indi.
Since she entered the parliament Helen has been fighting for the establishment of a federal anti-corruption / pro-integrity body that will actually do what we want it to do: justly hold our public servants to account and root out the shitty corrupt behaviour that is rife in our politics.
In the wake of Gladys Berejiklian’s resignation as NSW Premier after ICAC announced it was investigating her (because that it’s job), Helen and I discuss what an effective federal body would look like, the Morrison government’s scaremongering about accountability, the chances of Helen’s bill getting passed and the corrosive influence of political donations.
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WE ARE ALL IN THIS is scheduled for the Brisbane Comedy Festival in November
I’m recording a stand up special at Chapel Off Chapel in early December
THIS THURSDAY NIGHT come along to the Greens’ National Campaign Kick-Off
Helen’s press release on the Federal Government’s response to Gladys Berejiklian’s resignation
ARTICLE: Why Scott Morrison and his government oppose a NSW-style anti-corruption watchdog
Cause of the Week: UNICEF’s CoVax Appeal (unicef.org.au/covax-appeal)
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Climate Policy Rant (From Tonightly 2018)
Listening To The Other Side Of Politics lol
238 – Felicity Ruby
Felicity Ruby is a former Greens staffer, current PhD candidate at the University of Sydney and longtime friend and supporter of Julian Assange.
In the wake of revelations from Yahoo! News that Trump’s CIA floated plans to kidnap and kill Assange after Wikileaks’ “Vault 7” revelations in 2017, I wanted to talk to Flick about Assange’s plight and its political ramifications. We discuss what kind of a person Julian Assange is, his mission, his trial, the misconceptions that continue to swirl around him and the insane paranoia of Western intelligence agencies (aka our lovely allies).
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WE ARE ALL IN THIS is scheduled for the Brisbane Comedy Festival in November
ARTICLE: End Game by Scott Ludlam
Flick’s writing on Assange at Arena Magazine
ARTICLE: What it’s like to be targeted by the CIA and its mates
EVENT: Raucos Anti-AUKUS Caucus discussion this Thursday October 7th at 7pm
Juice Media’s Honest Government Ad about AUKUS
Cause of the Week: The Courage Foundation (couragefound.org)
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COVIDSafe App RIP
237 – Generations Apart (CIS event with Tom Switzer and Satya Jeetmarar)
This week’s episode is from an event I took part in with the Centre for Independent Studies, hosted by Tom Switzer and featuring academic Satya Jeetmarar.
Together we discussed/debated intergenerational inequality in the face of the COVID pandemic. Perhaps unsurprisingly, I think capitalism is the problem, while Satya and the CIS holds a different view.
See wot u reckon lol
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WE ARE ALL IN THIS is scheduled for the Brisbane Comedy Festival in November
Cause of the Week: Youth Projects (youthprojects.org.au)
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COVID Love
236 – Nick Boshier & Jazz Twemlow (The Moth Effect)
Nick Boshier (Trent from Punchy, Bondi Hipsters) and Jazz Twemlow (Tonightly with Tom Ballard lol) are two very nice men and good comedians who have created a new satirical sketch show for Amazon Prime, The Moth Effect.
The dudes let me know the guiding philosophy behind the show’s satire, their favourite sketches, the irony of taking the piss out of corporatism while working for Amazon, giving less of a shit about the insane news cycle and how to do comedy about the shortcomings of “wokeness” without being a douchebag.
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WE ARE ALL IN THIS is scheduled for the Brisbane Comedy Festival in November
Watch The Moth Effect on Amazon Prime
Jazz’s Leftie Bootcamp sketch from Tonightly
ARTICLE: Big-name cast members Bryan Brown, Jack Thompson elevate Moth Effect
ARTICLE: New woke lineup for The Wiggles slammed by outspoken Nationals Senator Matt Canavan
ARTICLE: The ghosts are not silent by ABC Background Briefing
Cause of the Week: The Great Koala National Park (koalapark.org.au)
Cause of the Week: International Rescue Committee (rescue.org)
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