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25.01.2022 Our special "We Eat Tories" edition of the New Politics podcast. The conservatives don't believe in government, so it makes sense that they won't be particularly good at it. The Robodebt scheme was deemed illegal by the High Court, but it's a system of cruelty I don't think even Franz Kafka could have written about. It's brutal, inhumane and over 2,000 people have suicided after receiving a claim of debt. If only there was a decent media out to call all of this out And six y...ears of poor economic management has resulted in a recession, the first in 29 years. The economy was tanking towards the end of 2019, so all this blame on #Bushfires and #COVID19 for causing the LNP debts and deficits disaster is classic political spin. And do #BlackLivesMatter in Australia? Racism is alive and well in Australia, it's not just something occurring in faraway countries. A 17-year-old Indigenous kid gets his face smashed into the Redfern pavement by a police officer; Rio Tinto detonates a 46,000-year-old Aboriginal sacred site in the Pilbara; Twiggy Forest goes to the High Court to remove native title rights. And, the NSW Government goes to the Supreme Court to stop a Black Lives Matter protest, just a week after they encouraged an anti-5G/anti-vax/anti-lockdown protests around the country. Both should be allowed, or both should be banned. Can't have it both ways. Institutionalised racism? Yes, I'd say so. Listen in! #AUSPOL #NSWPOL
22.01.2022 Our latest podcast, listen in now! #AUSPOL #vicpol #MorrisonRecession The 2020 Budget And The Morrison Recession October 14, 2020 NPA News Podcasts... It’s that time of the year when we look at the federal Budget (seasonally adjusted), and the Treasurer has announced a $213 billion deficit. We have no complaints: Governments need to spend money according to the circumstances and with a national government debt reaching $944 billion, the main benefit the Australian electorate will receive is an end to the maniacal debates about debts and deficits and how ya gonna pay for it. Don’t believe the neoliberalist tripe: governments can always pay for the things they need to pay for, austerity will never resolve economic problems. Anthony Albanese’s Budget Reply speech was regarded as a line in the sand, and a make or break moment by many in the media. Of course, a Leader of the Opposition is always going to be under pressure to perform, and this year is no different. His Budget Reply speech hit all the right points and focused on universal child care and early education and a streamlined national energy grid. But will it be enough to close down the background murmurings about his leadership? The COVID Recession, or the Morrison Recession? We suggest all the economic data and evidence points to the Morrison Recession, and we’re surprised it has taken Labor so long to start using this well-deserved moniker. It’s the result of seven years of poor economic management by the LiberalNational Government; the coronavirus sealed the deal. There is absolutely no question about this, despite the media arguing the opposite.
22.01.2022 It’s actually quite perplexing to see Morrison’s resistance to building quarantine centres all across Australia 22 breaches from the current hotel quarantine system has caused lockdowns in every mainland state and fixing up this problem (which is a federal responsibility) is a critical issue. So why the resistance? We discuss in our latest podcast. Also, more media clampdowns and harassment of the media this is a government that champions free speech. That is, everyone’s freedom of speech that happens to accord with their narrow-minded agenda. We look at the beast of the NSW Labor Right. An action-packed podcast listen in and subscribe! #AUSPOL
22.01.2022 The latest New Politics podcast: Climate Change Action, Do We Need Religion In Politics, Vaccination Envy The world is slowly moving towards climate change solutions and, once again, Australia is the laggard on the world stage but trying to tell everyone how well it’s performing, even though no other world leader believes it. And this is the modus operandi of the Morrison government: lie, misrepresent the data, gaslight, or divert the attention somewhere else. The US Presiden...t, Joe Biden, might be an old man but he’s not a fool and knows a fool when he sees one. It’s obvious Morrison wants to lead a government that acts as the world’s double-exhaust pipes, and accede to the wishes of the many vested interests in the mining and oil sectors. But he’ll be in for a huge shock when he sees the size of the tariffs imposed on Australian goods and services exports. #auspol https://newpolitics.com.au/2021/04/28/climate-change-action/
21.01.2022 There's too much political corruption in Australia, and the Liberal Party and their partners in crime, News Corporation, are the main ones behind it. Our latest podcast reveals all! LISTEN IN + SUBSCRIBE. #auspol #nswpol #QT #insiders https://newpolitics.com.au//the-burning-ring-of-australia/
19.01.2022 "The greatest stain on the Australian psyche is the unfinished business of Aboriginal reconciliation and the inherent discrimination many Indigenous people and communities still face. But for the key institutions of politics, law, police and media, reconciliation is a forgotten business where many structural impediments still exist and make it almost impossible for any meaningful change. For sure, many of these institutions have reconciliation action plans, statements of dive...rsity and make all the right noises about ‘commitments’ to advancing Aboriginal interests. But in most cases, these are perfunctory actions that assuage the guilt of authoritarian institutions that are more concerned about perpetuating the appearance of reconciliation, rather than implementing the real actions that could enable significant social change. And the real reason behind the lack of action by these key institutions? In reality, for them, black lives don’t matter." Latest article from New Politics. Read on: #AUSPOL #QT #BlackLivesMatter
19.01.2022 Latest article from New Politics: "It has been evident for some time but this federal government behaves like a star chamber: the sitting of Parliament has been withheld, decisions made behind closed doors, scandals swept away or ignored. More recently, Morrison promised full co-operation with the NSW Government’s Special Commission of Inquiry into the Ruby Princess, but then decided to block two federal officials from appearing. On this occasion, Morrison spoke from both sid...es of the mouth: initially appearing earnest in his support for an open and honest public inquiry (the good news) but, ultimately, ensuring that there could never be any impediment (the bad news) to his reputation, irrespective of how undeserved this reputation might be." #AUSPOL #insiders
17.01.2022 There’s far too much corruption in politics but what can be done about it? There’s a compliant media that is always at hand to cover over any corruption performed by conservative governments, and they were at their best when it came to the NSW Premier, Gladys Berejiklian. A high stinking pile of corruption is slowing being uncovered at the hearings held at the NSW ICAC but the media decided to ignore all of that, and go for the ‘girl-in-lurve-dudded-by-the-bad-man’ angle, so ...the allegations of corruption could be easily swept away. Who needs the years of progress of feminism when there’s a damsel in distress who needs to be rescued? Kevin Rudd, the self-named ‘determined bastard’, has launched a petition for a Royal Commission into the Murdoch media empire. And it’s something that’s well overdue. Murdoch’s influence over the media in Australia is offensive, pervasive, and it’s almost like The Joker is in charge of Gotham City. As Rudd says, News Corporation is a cancer on the Australian political landscape. A Royal Commission won’t occur if a Liberal Government controls the levers, it will have to wait until a Labor Government comes into office. But Rudd might be the right person to make this happen. And why did the Prime Minister go for an all-out postal attack on Australia Post? Of course, it was all about the $20,000 spent on Cartier watches but it was more than that. Morrison is under pressure for not introducing a national corruption commission, and the attacks on Australia Post were all about creating a diversion. This LiberalNational Government is all about smokescreens, and this was another one. Government by smokescreen. It’s a very apt title for this Morrison Government. #AUSPOL
16.01.2022 Our latest podcast: Untenable Porter, Aged Care Fiasco, Media Code Not In The Public Interest LISTEN IN and SUBSCRIBE! #AUSPOL https://newpolitics.com.au/2021/03/07/untenable-porter/ Christian Porter’s political career is over. There won’t be any legal proceedings arising from an allegation of rape in 1988 but the political repercussions will be far-reaching. PLUS: Royal Commission Report AND The Media Code does nothing for public interest journalism. PURE GOLD!
15.01.2022 Our latest episode of New Politics. Listen in! "The Prime Minister supported radical anti-vaxer/5G/anti-lockdown/Bill Gates protests, saying people have a right to express themselves, but wanted to lockdown the Black Lives Matter and deaths in custody rallies. It’s an obvious duplicity but no one in the media pointed out this discrepancy. Perhaps it’s a case where for the Prime Minister and many in the media black lives don’t really matter that much. After all, Rio Tinto ...detonated Aboriginal heritage in the Juukan Gorge but police decided to set up a 24-hour guard on the statue of Captain James Cook. There’s a history war that needs to be won. Branch stacking hasn’t got anything to do with trees, but it’s also not the sole domain of the Labor Party. The past two Liberal Party Prime Ministers have entered parliament on the back of industrial-scale branch stacking: Malcolm Turnbull in the seat of Wentworth; Scott Morrison in the seat of Cook. Branch stacking isn’t illegal, but it corrupts the democratic process. Labor has acted to remove the stackers in Victoria. Will the Liberal Party also clean out their substantial mess? Are the economy and society opening up too quickly? Or too slowly? There’s a second wave of coronavirus developing in northern China Australia is managing the infection rate very well but the maniacal calls to open up the borders are falling along political lines. These calls are becoming quite predictable and quite boring, but it’s best to show ‘abundance of caution’, as the Prime Minister keeps saying. The ABC’s Insiders program has been broadcasting since 2001 and screened almost 800 episodes. That’s 20 years, and they’ve never invited an Indigenous journalist as a panelist until last weekend. 20 years. What is important now is how long it will be before the second Indigenous journalist appears, and whether they’ll be asked to discuss general political issues, not just Indigenous issues. The government wants to end the JobKeeper support as soon as possible but will wait until after the 4 July byelection in Eden-Monaro. Why? Because ending JobKeeper will be unpopular and they want to win the seat. Cynical, yes. But if JobKeeper is removed, it will create an economic calamity. Watch this space. It’s going to be fun." #AUSPOL #INSIDERS #BlackLivesMatter #QT
15.01.2022 Our latest podcast: LISTEN IN! It’s Budget time and we’ve spent the last week analysing the third Budget announcement from Treasurer Josh Frydenberg. Our verdict? Don’t believe the hype: it’s not a ‘big-spending’ Budget; and it’s not a Budget the Labor Party would have introduced. We think it’s yet another lost opportunity for the Australian economy and the community just like Peter Costello squandering the mining boom in the early 2000s, this could be another chance to mak...e positive long-term changes to government spending that ends up being flushed down the drain. #AUSPOL See more
09.01.2022 NEW BOOK OUT NOW! Politics, Protest, Pandemic - https://mailchi.mp//new-book-out-now-politics-protest-pand
08.01.2022 The new book is almost ready - just going through the proof copy of Politics, Protest, Pandemic. Maybe ready by the end of this week. Everyone cops a serve and is called to account - the PM, MPs, police, media, doctors - the way that it should be. It’s evident Murdoch is a reprehensible man. As expected, News Corporation gets a flogging in our new book. They were arseholes during 2020, and still are. ... Final proofing, 400-pages of political magic, coming out soon! #AUSPOL
07.01.2022 Margaret Thatcher and Ronald Reagan instigated a brand of neoliberal economics and politics that affected the world for almost four decades. They left the political scene over 30 years ago, and whatever people think about their economic practices and policies we think they were an absolute disaster for the world they were major political figures of history steeped in the politics of the Cold War. But they were people of the 1980s and 1990s, and their policies are not the ...right policies to even remotely think about if we’re looking at resolving all the economic issues of the 2020s. New thinking is required but is the LiberalNational Party the party that has the right ideas? Is Josh Frydenberg the right Treasurer for the times? We don’t think so. This and more in our latest podcast Listen in! #AUSPOL #NSWpol
04.01.2022 Marching for justice and Morrison’s rule of law The ongoing ‘man problem’ is continuing for the federal government and there’s a familiar face the keeps popping up whenever there’s an allegation of untoward and unwanted sexualised behavior and harassment of women. The AttorneyGeneral, Christian Porter, is in a great deal of political trouble, with allegations of a sexual assault from 1988, when he was 17 years of age. Both Porter and Prime Minister Scott Morrison have claimed they haven’t read the details of the allegations documented within a 30-page dossier prepared by the complainantit’s unclear whether this is based on legal or political adviceeven though Morrison received a copy of the dossier last week. READ MORE: https://newpolitics.com.au/2021/03/16/marching-for-justice/ #auspol2021 #auspol #March4Justice
04.01.2022 Our latest podcast: "The public’s patience with Scott Morrison’s constant obfuscation, deflection and outright lies is starting to wear thin. As Abraham Lincoln said you can fool some of the people all of the time, and all of the people some of the time, but you cannot fool all of the people all of the time. And we think Morrison may have reached the point of no return: once the public image of serial lying is set in stone, there’s no turning back. It might not be so eviden...t right now, but this sentiment is starting to gain traction. And there’s no ‘Real Scott’ campaign to fall back on, because what the public sees with Scott Morrison is what they get. This is very real. We were surprised to hear the hardware giant Bunnings is receiving JobKeeper subsidy support, even through their turnover is up by 19 per cent this year. And we were also surprised to hear some high-end accounting firms are also receiving JobKeeper. It’s the price to be paid for getting the stimulus funding out as soon as possible, but surely the government could have foreseen some of these inequities and cleaned up the system so at least those in the cultural industries and the university sector could receive some of this support. Apparently, we’re all in this together. Just not everybody. But we weren’t surprised to hear the Liberal Party is using Parliament House to hold three fundraising events and we think it’s the only reason why Scott Morrison changed his mind about holding Parliament again: to raise money for the Liberal Party. Parliament House is not quite like a church or a sacred site, but there is something very off about using the seat of government to hold party-political fund raising events. It’s seedy." Listen in! #AUSPOL
02.01.2022 Latest podcast, uploaded today. Listen in! It's a by-election the Liberal Party should have won, but didn't. Eden-Monaro. Despite all the resources put into the campaign, the Government nudged the margin by just 0.45% not much and certainly not the massive swing and "brutal lesson to Labor" the New Corporation reported with glowing headlines in their local versions of Pravda and The North Korea Times. For all the glowing support provided to Scott Morrison by the mainstream... media, there's an underbelly of electoral negativity that will come back to haunt this Government. The electorate is in a holding pattern to see how the Government responds in the long-term to COVID-19 and the downturn in the economy: if they mess this up, they can expect to be defeated at the next federal election in 2022. That's the main message from the Eden-Monaro by-election. And choosing strong local candidates is another key message. The Palace Letters were always going to be controversial, irrespective of their content: did they reveal too much about the 1975 Dismissal? Or too little? Either way, the release of the Letters will bring up the inevitable debates about should Australia become a republic. The British Monarch had too much influence in 1975, but 45 years later, it's a constitutional appendix that has no need and is an irritant on our political system. And, like an appendix, it's an operation that needs to be performed sooner rather than later. Hold the crisis: it's really time for the football. And for the Prime Minister, that really means going to the corporate box at Kogarah Oval to watch some grown men kick an oval-shaped pig-skin on grass, schmooze with business leaders and a former Liberal Party director, the one who somehow forgot he had donated $165,000 to the Liberal Party. That tends to happen to a political party that represents capital interests and big business. And that Liberal Party donor also known as Scott Briggs is someone who is keen to snatch the business of a privatised Australian visa processing system. Anyway, who's got time for a national crime and corruption commission to look into something like this. Don’t interrupt: there is a football game to watch, schooners to sip from, sponsors and donors to meet and greet. The wife and daughters are away too, so, it's time to drink up. The national interest can wait. #AUSPOL #insiders #COVID19 #edenmonarovotes https://podcasts.apple.com//eden-monaro-wrap/id1303543549
02.01.2022 Greg Appel and Eddy Jokovich chat to Tanya Plibersek about independent music, politics and the future of Australia. Part 1 of the podcast - listen in! #AUSPOL
01.01.2022 The latest New Politics podcast! Alive and well! The vaccination program is now officially in fiasco territory, with error after error and now another announcement of 20 million Pfizer doses secured after problems with the AstraZeneca vaccines. Which, of course, is not the same as actually having the doses in doctors’ surgeries all around Australia. We feel that it’s almost like the program has been designed to fail, because surely no government could handle such an importa...nt event so badly. If only Scott Morrison could stop overpromising and underdelivering, everything would be so much better for him. Is the feminisation of the Liberal Party actually taking place, or is it another case of window-dressing? It might be just another charade: it’s not just a case of adding women into the titles of ministries, or the Prime Minister being photographed with more of the women who make up 51 per cent of the population. Or deciding to wait four months for an urgent women’s safety summit. And, after waiting 13 months to release a national sexual harassment report, Morrison’s behaviour shows that it’s all about politics. The Labor National Conference was a virtual event this year, which means no backroom deals or incidental meetings to stitch up deals. Everything occurred online and in chatrooms rather than the backrooms, but a relatively sedate event suggests Labor believes it’s still likely that a federal election will be held this year. Otherwise, the conference would have seen old-school open brawls, hostilities between the factions, all of which would have been lapped up by the media. Best to wait for a non-election year. And most chatter in the media has been who will Scott Morrison’s opponent be at the next election. But this might need to be switched around a little bit to suggest who will Anthony Albanese’s opponent be at the next election. That’s how poorly Morrison is performing. #auspol https://newpolitics.com.au/2021/04/10/vaccination-fiasco/
