Melissa Davey is the Melbourne Bureau Chief for Guardian Australia. She’s done brilliant reporting about lots of different things over her career, but over the past few weeks has been diligently covering on the trial and conviction of George Pell.

As Pell receives his sentencing today and as we learn more about his case for appeal, Melissa explains what it’s been like following this massive story, the journalistic ethics at play, the judicial process and the reactions from the media and the Church to the guilty verdict.

WARNING: This conversation contains discussion of sexual assault and abuse 

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My stand-show ENOUGH is on at the Brisbane Comedy Festival next week 

Then ENOUGH heads to the Melbourne & Sydney Comedy Festivals. It’s funny! Please come!

My play #KWANDA will be on at the Melbourne Comedy Festival for 8 shows only

The School Strike 4 Climate is on this Friday!

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Melissa’s writing at Guardian Australia

ARTICLE: Cardinal Pell’s Conviction: The Questions That Remain

ARTICLE: Andrew Bolt, Please Stop Implying That You Know All The Facts About George Pell by Clare Linane

ARTICLE: Five Times Guilty: How George Pell’s Child-Abusing Past Caught Up With Him in Courtroom

ARTICLE: The inconsistencies of George Pell’s defenders just displays their power by Richard Cooke

Cause of the Week: Dementia Australia (dementia-australia.org) 

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Emma is in Year 11, Anthony has just started uni and together they’re involved in organising the second School Strike 4 Climate on Friday March 15th. It’s a nation-wide, non-partisan, student-led protest demanding our political leaders take some GODDAMN REAL ACTION on climate change for once please.

It was an honour to sit down with these two passionate, funny, committed young people to discuss their motivations for organising the march, their hopes for what it might achieve and their thoughts on the very dumb criticism it’s received from right-wing dumbos.

Trust me: listening to this will fill your heart with hope.

Become a Patron of the show and rest in peace knowing you’ll go to heaven

My stand-up show ENOUGH is coming to the Brisbane, Melbourne & Sydney Comedy Festivals. It’s funny! Please come!

My play #KWANDA will be on at the Melbourne Comedy Festival for 8 shows only

Unite For The Night @ The Metro, Thursday March 7th

Luke McGregor and I are coming to Nelson Bay and Belmont in March

@StrikeClimate

schoolstrike4climate.com

The Swedish 15-year-old who’s cutting class to fight the climate crisis

Cause of the Week: SUPPORT THE STRIKE ON FRIDAY MARCH 15TH! SEE YOU THERE! THANKS! 

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Giordano Nanni is a historian and satirist and the driving force behind The Juice Media.

He was the co-creator of the hugely successful Rap News series which has tallied millions of views and featured cameos from the likes of Noam Chomsky and Julian Assange and since 2016 he’s been collaborating in his lounge room with his partner Lucy and actors Ellen and Zoe to make the very-funny-and-extremely-on-point Honest Government Ads series. The series has tackled everything from net neutrality to East Timor to the arms trade to Australia Day and they make me laugh and they make me angry.

Here Giordano and I have a bloody lovely chat about the story of The Juice, how history forms his politics, working with Assange and Chomsky and how doing satire could potentially see him sent to prison for five years. Funny stuff!

Become a Patron of the show and rest in peace knowing you’ll go to heaven

My stand-up show ENOUGH is coming to the Brisbane, Melbourne & Sydney Comedy Festivals. It’s funny! Please come!

My play #KWANDA will be on at the Melbourne Comedy Festival for 8 shows only

Unite For The Night @ The Metro, Thursday March 7th

Luke McGregor and I are coming to Nelson Bay and Belmont in March

BDS Australia’s petition calling on SBS to boycott Eurovision 2019

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“2012 with Noam Chomsky & Anonymous [RAP NEWS X]” 

“Aussie Election: A Game of Polls – feat. Julian Assange [RAP NEWS 20]”

Honest Government Ad | Visit Timor-Leste!

Honest Government Ad | The ABC

Honest Government Ad | Australia Day

Honest Government Ad | A Message For People Smugglers

Cause of the Week: East Timor Women Australia (etwa.org.au)

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Aimee Terese is a law student, podcaster and socialist.

Until this week she was the co-host of the Dead Pundits Society podcast in which she picked apart US politics from a Leftist perspective, filling my brain with a bunch of smart insights and funny jokes. She doesn’t suffer contradictions or bullshit and I loved getting to pick her brain during this conversation about the origins of her politics, electoralism, “lesser evil voting”, Jordan B. Peterson and Bernie Sanders.

Become a Patron of the show and rest in peace knowing you’ll go to heaven

My stand-up show ENOUGH is coming to the Brisbane, Melbourne & Sydney Comedy Festivals. It’s funny! Please come!

My play #KWANDA will be on at the Melbourne Comedy Festival for 8 shows only

This Sunday I’m performing in Trevor Ashley’s MARDI GALA at the Sydney Opera House

Luke McGregor and I are coming to Nelson Bay and Belmont in March

@aimeeterese

The Dead Pundits Society podcast (@DeadPundits, on soundcloud)

Aimee on the Revolutionary Left podcast deconstructing liberal intellectuals Jordan Peterson, Sam Harris and Steven Pinker

Cause of the Week: The NSW/ACT Aboriginal Legal Service (alsnswact.org.au)

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I’M BACK, BABY.

It’s a new year and I’m unemployed so what better time to restart this podcast. This is just a cheeky little tease ep, but a brand new episode with a fascinating guest will be out this Wednesday. Hurrah.

I have set up a Patreon for the show, not to become a billionaire but to try to cover the basic costs associated with making this thing (transport/time/snacks).

I really appreciate anything you can give (if you can afford it). PLEASE NOTE THERE WILL BE NO REWARDS FOR BECOMING A PATRON. YOU GET JACK SHIT, OK? SORRY.

You can become a Patron here if you like.

It’s nice to be back. Talk soon.

My stand-up show ENOUGH is coming to the Brisbane, Melbourne & Sydney Comedy Festivals. It’s funny! Please come!

My play #KWANDA will be on at the Melbourne Comedy Festival for 8 shows only

This Sunday I’m performing in Trevor Ashley’s MARDI GALA at the Sydney Opera House

Luke McGregor and I are coming to Nelson Bay and Belmont in March

Learn more about Victorian Socialists

School students are striking for climate action again on March 15th

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