In this episode, Nicholas Fryer joins me to explore politics at the end of 2018.
We talk about potholes in the sky, nurses, some disturbing animal action, Pete Evans, Hawaiian monk seals, morality, colonoscopy, and much more.
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Married politician Andrew Broad has been caught out with a sugar baby from a “seeking arrangements” website he used to meet younger girls while he was away on work trips.
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Join Lisa Wilkinson, Waleed Aly, Pete Helliar and Sam Maiden as they discuss the cryptocurrency bubble, Xmas etiquette, and the latest Canberra scandal.
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Look, to be honest, I think the Australian people overlook those issues, and really are focused on the outcomes the Government can deliver them, in terms of the essential services that they need and require, in terms of lower taxes which we've done already with legislated tax cuts.
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At least three women have alleged MP Andrew Broad of inappropriate behaviour.
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The focus on workplace laws comes as the government faces more heat over its so called "women problem" following the resignation of frontbencher Andrew Broad who became embroiled in the "sugar daddy" scandal.
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The embattled MP resigned as an assistant minister on Monday, and on Tuesday morning Deputy Prime Minister and Nationals leader Michael McCormack said Mr Broad should consider his future in Parliament.
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Nationals MP Andrew Broad resigns over 'sugar baby' secret.
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The “sugar baby” website at the centre of a political scandal has moved to hose down privacy fears of its users after a federal MP was forced out of the job when his interactions on the site were exposed.
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She told the ABC she was quitting because she did not win the vote to lead the party, despite having more than two decades of political experience in local government.
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Guardian Australia understands the raids relate to a Chinese Friends of Labor fundraising dinner held before the 2015 election.
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The Berejiklian government about the damage to the Liberal Party brand by events out of Canberra ahead of the state election in March, NSW Energy Minister Don Harwin led the revolt on Wednesday and won support across the political divide.
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The Berejiklian government is expected to commit to a feasibility study to identify the best route for faster rail services to connect regional areas to Sydney.
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It's been another fair dinkum cooked year in Australian politics.
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The Old Fashioned is a cocktail made by muddling sugar with bitters, then adding alcohol, originally whiskey but now sometimes brandy and finally a twist of citrus rind. It is traditionally served in a short, round, tumbler-like glass, which is called an Old Fashioned glass, after the drink.
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There's a lot of sketchy stuff involving the moon landings...
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HAWAII — An endangered Hawaiian monk seal was spotted chilling on a sandy white beach with a spotted eel stuck in its nose—and researchers have no idea how it got there.
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“This is the third or fourth case of an eel in the nose that we have observed,” Charles Littnan, lead scientist and supervisory research ecologist at the Hawaiian Monk Seal Research Program, told me.
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Mr Glew is one of an informal movement of 'freemen' or 'sovereign citizens', who believed Australian legislative laws only applied if you consented to them.
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My take: I don’t give a crap about MPs sex lives, unless and until they campaign on sanctity-of-marriage-holier-than-thou-family-values. Once they do that, I’m so totally here for their self-induced public humiliation, bring it on.
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All you deadshit MPs who have campaigned on family morality? You’re fair game, we are extremely here to ruin your pointless lives.
Trigger Words Draw
As promised, here’s a video of the Trigger Words for this episode being drawn from The Glass Jar of Integrity.
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