Continuity And Change

This week we deal with the recent dropping of the Liberal Calwell candidate, the unprecedented Facebook Leaders Debate and the current industrial relations challenges brought to the fore by the CFA and UFU.  

This week we deal with such adversarial topics as the ABC Leaders Debate, the Nationalist and Anti-Racism rallies in Coburg, and, Warcraft?. We also weigh up the validity of James Mathison launching a challenge against Tony Abbot in his seat of Warringah, discuss the extent to which the deficit and "black holes" are a real concern and Barnaby Joyce's role in the meltdown of Johnny Depp

Our first special interview with Research Fellow at the Institute of Public Affairs and self-proclaimed 'classical liberal', Matthew Lesh, about his views on the PaTh or (so-called '$4 internships' program). Our interview with him follows a piece he wrote for the Huffington Post.

With Labor now ahead in the polls (if marginally), we discuss the offensive comments of Peter Dutton, the scandal of the Australian Federal Police raiding a Labor office, and a number of individual indiscretions of politicians including David Feeney and Richard Di Natale.

In this episode, your hosts explore the impact of Super Contribution Caps as well as exploring the phenomenon of Halal Snack Packs. Three non-economists try to fumble their way through explaining trickle-down/supply-side economics and the Laffer curve, demonstrating they're fare more capable of discussing the merits of McDonalds, Dunkin Donuts, and fancy shopping at Target.  We also discuss the Leaders Debate and the attention placed on the Q+A questioner, Duncan Storrar.

We've decided to "shell out" and provide you with an extra-special post-Budget episode in the lead up to the election. We debate the proposed "$4 an hour" internships PaTh program, come to a surprising consensus on the role on unions, and consider some of the other budget measures including the above $80k tax bracket cut and the new ATO compliance iniatitive.

Papua New Guinea's Supreme Court has made the decision to outlaw Manus Island decision and we've made the decision to fill your ears with aural pleasure. We also discuss political quizzes that tell you what party you're aligned with, remember Abbott and contrast with Turnbull's image and gaffes. We also consider whether the Corporate Tax is a good or bad thing.

We jump on some of the most controversial topics possible; feminist icon Germaine Greer, the entitlements to penalty rates on our weekends, and the affordability of housing under negative gearing. We also discuss the developments and effectiveness of the balance between privacy and security in the metadata access for counterterrorism. Kai tells us about his dick pics.

With improved sound quality, the team look at the decision to not pre-select Bronwyn Bishop and Dennis Jensen and reflect on their careers, the banking sector, our relationship with China, our opinions on libertarianism and whether its a legitimate political movement, and the man the legend, Waleed Aly.

[23/08/2017 note: As you'd expect from an episode 1 this one is really rough both audio-wise and our confidence with the format. Pick a later episode to start your journey]. In our inaugural episode, we discuss the merits of the leaders of the three major parties, the ABCC and Senate reform bills, and the future of activism; LGBT rights, veganism, and AI marriages? Apologies for the sound issues in the first few minutes - this has been rectified in our later releases.