Not Good Enough

We chat with Celeste Liddle, Greens candidate for Cooper, about unionism, protest and speedrunning Spyro the Dragon.

 

Celeste Liddle for Cooper!

• Celeste Liddle is running for the Greens in the seat of Cooper.
• The 1988 bicentenary protests — first nations people and supporters protested 200 years of colonialism.
• Celeste has a history of unionism, an Organiser for the NTEU.
• Without reparations, what good was Rudd’s apology to t...

QLD and NSW are underwater, again. Knives are out for the prime minister. FU Pay is not good. The budget is discussed.

 

Floodcast (not that one)

• At Melbourne’s Flower and Garden show, see “Coming soon”, a garden built around the theme of climate change.
• The flooding in Queensland and NSW: It’s real bad.
• Lismore’s flood warning system didn’t work, because it was still damaged from the flooding three weeks ago.
• The NSW governmen...

Carbon credits are a big scam. David Koch fantasies about cutting the rope.

 

Carbon Credits!

• Angus Taylor has spent a billion dollars on “sham” carbon credits.
• Whistleblower Andrew Macintosh says many parts of the carbon offsets system are a scam.
• Andrew Macintosh has been replaced by former fossil fuel lobbyist David Byers (we’ve talked about him before).
• Under the Gillard government, Australia’s emissions actually went down...

We get Adelaidepilled, then talk about the federal court ruling that the Environment Minister doesn't have a duty of care after all.

 

Adelaidepilled

• The election in South Australia saw large swings against the Liberals. The new Premier said some okay things.

Fair enough!

• The federal court has found that the Environment Minister doesn’t have a duty of care to protect children from climate change after all!
• The judges ...

We talk about the power of polyps and the power of community.

 

Blobbing along

• Australia’s nuclear submarines would “inevitably” be forced to shut down by peacenik Queensland jellyfish.
• In 2006 the US Supercarrier Ronald Reagan was owned by 800kg of jellyfish.

Floating in a pork barrel

• Flood disaster relief payments are different, depending on your electorate.
• Meanwhile, crowdfunding campaigns outstrip traditional ch...

The government ignores the IPCC report and the floods. Warnie ruled though.

 

Fucking around / finding out

• The second part of the 6th IPCC report has been released. This one is about the social cost of climate change.
• UN President António Guterres: “I’ve seen many reports, but nothing like the new IPCC climate report, an atlas of human suffering”.
• The government response: Ignoring it.
• Except for Pauline Hanson, who’s happily de...

Australia's largest coal power plant is shutting down early, Scott Morrison is good at diplomacy, and Grace Tame is cool.

 

On the tools

• Scott Morrison, welding expert.

Good news!

• The biggest coal power plant in Australia is shutting 7 years early!
• They specifically avoided telling energy minister Angus Taylor about the plans.
• The Australian government has fought hard to keep fossil fuel plants spewing in the past.
• An...

It's a good* news week!

 

International news

• Anthony Albanese reassures the nation that no-one cares if he wins or not.

Good* news

• Nurses in NSW are striking for better pay and safer conditions.
• The Omicron wave and the withdrawal of government supports has been brutal for health workers.
• The ICU nurse in the US who quit, and encouraged others to do the same.
• Environmental activists win high court case, stopping a ne...

Western Australia succeeds in succeeding, the Religious Discrimination bill is bad and aged care is in cri—.

 

International news

• Western Australia is cut off from the nation, with their only rail link flooded out.
• As a result of this, WA is running out of water treatment chemicals.
• Mining magnate Gina Rinehart has advocated using nuclear bombs to mine iron ore.

Religious discrimination

• Mitch was on the Drum!
• The Fede...

The Aged Care minister goes to the cricket, the NDIS is a complicated octopus and Scott Morrison gets the respect he deserves.

 

Weather talk

• Ever year, we see more and more once-in-a-century days for it.

Aged careless

• Aged Care Minister Richard Colbeck went to the cricket instead of fronting a committee hearing on his policies.
• Last year, Colbeck didn’t know the number of people who had died under his department’s c...

Meat just keeps getting spilled, everyone's back working for the economy and the Labor party loves doing borders.

 

Okay here’s the meat

• Meatspill 2: Meating of the Meats

It’s the economy, and you’re stupid

• Josh Frydenburg says industrial action is bad for the economy.
• The Labor party says free RATs are good for the economy.
• Scott Morrison reckons children driving forklifts would be great for the economy!
• Meanwhile,...

Australia's Unions post through it, it's very very hot, and Hillsong have a big party.

 

Posting through it

• Union leader Sally McManus says that Unions are not launching a pay rise blitz.
• Cool hashtag: #WTFWoolies.
• Meatworks workers are having to wear hairnets to show their covid status.

It’s hot!

• Australia may have hit it’s hottest day ever — some places hitting above 50 degree. Time to have fun in the sun!
• Maybe try...

Rats, we forgot to order any RATs! Also Mitch talks to Emerald Moon from the Serious Danger podcast about Green politics, Byron life and loud music.   Circle of self-indulgence

• Omicron: There’s lots of it around.
• McLean’s book club: The Gone Away World by Nick Harkaway
• Scott Morrison says Jen gets the tests for him.
• …and that “Australians are taking wickets in the virus”???
• RAT tests are simply not available in Australia.

We talk about Shell's acquisition of Powershop and the cool cool Labor party.

 

Power flop

• Powershop got acquired by Shell.
• Energy Australia cancelled their partnership with Powershop.
• Amber Electric got sassy.
• Shell have said they plan to reach “net zero” by 2050.

Opposition party?

• The Labor party have announced a plan to reduce emissions by 43% by 2030 if they are elected. Such ambition!
• They’ve also dumped plans f...

We're all recording in the same room for the first time in 91 episodes! It's a bit chaotic. Also some news is discussed.

 

Blocked Blockade

• A Blockade Australia activist has been jailed for 12 months for stopping a coal train.
• Tough lockdown anti-protest laws are now being used against envionmental protestors.
• WA Premier proposed keeping border checks post-covid to stop drugs.

Schools out for parliament

• The Liberal g...

MQFF help pinkwash apartheid, Dani Laidley returns as a hero, and the Victorian Pride Lobby release a massive report on LGBTIQA+ people's feelings toward police.

 

Pinkwashing

• The Melbourne Queer Film Festival were asked to drop a pink-washing Israli film, and join in BDS against the aparthied state.
• They didn’t, saying they wanted to remain “apolitical”.
• The push to remove the film was spearheaded by Queer Palestinians like L...

Heroes keep stopping coal trains, Scott Morrison has never told a lie and Australia wins at Climate Golf. Hero watch

• Direct action works. Blockade Australia are repeatedly shutting down train lines from coal mines.
• Blockade Australia are planning a massive disruption in Sydney on June 27th.
• Every Time I Die — People Verses

Never lying

• Scott Morrison says he has never told a lie in public.
• This follows him backtrackin...