Christiaan Van Vuuren is a comedian and YouTube star who you know from Bondi Hipsters, Bloom and At Home Alone Together. He’s the presenter of a great new documentary about money in Australian politics called Big Deal, which was directed by the Chaser’s Craig Reucassel.

This issue drives me (and I’m sure you) crazy, and it was great to get stuck into a similarly-outraged Christiaan. We touch on just how much money is washing around our politics, how much anti-democratic influence that money has, why “transparency” simply isn’t enough and why Christiaan is optimistic about the possibilities of change and fixing this shit.

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I’m doing Easey Comedy in Collingwood on Thursday November 11th with Dave Hughes

I’m recording a stand up special at Chapel Off Chapel in early December

I’m hosting a discussion with Craig Reucassel and a great panel as a fundraiser for the Greens at 6:30pm tonight; book now! 

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Watch “Big Deal” on ABC iview

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Cause of the Week: MakeItABigDeal.org

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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

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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 

ARTICLE: The long history of political corruption in NSW – and the downfall of MPs, ministers and premiers  

Cause of the Week: UNICEF’s CoVax Appeal (unicef.org.au/covax-appeal)

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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

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ARTICLE: Kidnapping, assassination and a London shoot out: Inside the CIA’s secret war plans against Wikileaks

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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