The Australian Broadcasting Corporation has just celebrated its 90th birthday, but it’s the reaction to that which has triggered some thoughts. Long thoughts. Ranty thoughts.
In this episode we talk about writing, about political myths, about political journalism (again), transphobia, a funnel, and about everything from NIMBY attitudes, to Peter Dutton’s excellent leadership skills, to Christian Porter’s latest career move.
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CONVERSATION TOPIC: Gay Rainbow Anarchist.
THREE TRIGGER WORDS: Craig Crompton, Crispin Harris, John Lindsay, Jonathan Ferguson, Peter Sandilands, Peter Viertel, Sheepie, Travis Smith, and one person who chooses to remain anonymous.
ONE TRIGGER WORD: Andrew Best, Bruce Hardie, Chris Rauchle, Dave Gaukroger, Frank Filippone, Gavin C, Joanna Forbes, Joop de Wit, Mark Newton, Matthew Moyle-Croft, Michael Cowley, Miriam Mulcahy, Nicole Coombe, Oliver Townshend, Paris Lord, Paul Williams, Peter Blakeley, Peter McCrudden, Peter Wickins, Ric Hayman, Rohan Tayler, Scott Reeves, Stacy Smith, Stephen Collins, Syl Mobile, and four people who choose to remain anonymous.
FOOT SOLDIERS FOR MEDIA FREEDOM who gave a SLIGHTLY LESS BASIC TIP: Andrew Duval, Andrew Kennedy, Benjamin Morgan, Bob Ogden, David Heath, Garry McKenzie, Garth Kidd, Garth Kidd (again), Garth Kidd (yet again, yes, for the third time), Iain Triffitt, Jamie Morrison, Jason Anderson, Jordan Wightman, Kimberley Heitman, Matt Arkell, Michael Strasser, Paul McGarry, Regina Huntington, Shane O’Neill, Tim Bell, Tony Barnes, and four people who choose to remain anonymous.
MEDIA FREEDOM CITIZENS who contributed a BASIC TIP: Brenton Realph, Elissa Harris, Mel, Raena, Ron Lowry, and one person who chooses to remain anonymous.
And another seven people chose to have no reward, even though some of them were the most generous of all. Thank you all so much.
Episode Links
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[30 June 2022] Sky News host Chris Kenny says congratulations to the ABC for 90 years of “broadcasting from and across this vast and wonderful continent”.
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Kenny has been a vocal critic of ABC expansionism and alleged bias. In 2020, he referred to the Australian public broadcasters ABC and SBS as the "enemies of the people".
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Arthur Sinodinos AO (born 25 February 1957) is an Australian diplomat and former Liberal Party politician who has been Ambassador to the United States since February 2020. He served as Chief of Staff to Prime Minister John Howard from 1997 to 2007 and was a Senator for New South Wales from 2011 to 2019, becoming a minister in the Abbott and Turnbull Governments.
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[15 June 2011] In what will be my first “proper” radio gig for ages, I’m joining UK conservative political commentator Iain Dale for the last hour of his evening program tomorrow on LBC 97.3, London’s Biggest Conversation.
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[28 June 2022] When you become prime minister, a lot changes. But there’s only a few people who know exactly what that's like. One of them is Kevin Rudd, and according to the former prime minister, one of the most drastic changes is the way you’re treated by News Corp. Today, former prime minister Kevin Rudd on the way News Corp brings new governments to heel.
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[25 June 2022] As Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s new ministers settle in to their portfolios, efforts are already under way by the Murdoch media to undermine the government.
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Frontline is an Australian comedy television series which satirised Australian television current affairs programmes and reporting. It ran for three series of 13 half-hour episodes and was broadcast on ABC1 in 1994, 1995 and 1997.
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[5 July 2022] Journalists get a lot of shit, and a lot of it is deserved because they don't know how to make guillotines for their editors. But when their job is to report politics and one side says "solar panels make you gay", how the fuck can you deal with that nonsense in your lane.
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[6 July 2022] What's being criticised there is laziness. First, tell us about solar panels. If someone says solar panels make you gay, it's so far down the story that the context helps you set it aside. The statement itself is not the story, it never was and never will be.
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[6 June 2022] Incoming Labor prime ministers have invariably faced immediate and serious economic challenges, some of them bequeathed by conservative governments that styled themselves as superior economic managers.
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From 2019.
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[2 July 2022] Spending $800 an hour to fly the helicopter to tell kids to get out of the pool because we don’t have money for lifeguards just sums up America perfectly.
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[5 July 2022] Trump “could be Almighty GOD himself.”
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[1 July 2022] Lauren Boebert suggested invading Canada to “liberate our neighbors to the North” during an interview at CPAC earlier this year.
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[4 July 2022] Jordan Peterson, who is known for his controversial and conservative political views, was booted off Twitter after a recent tweet that he refuses to delete, in the name of free speech.
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[5 July 2022] "What business is it of mine if a young man requires -- no, I will not play linguistic games with you. I will not engage in sophistry, sir -- requires the services of an abortion doctor? Last I checked it bore no cost in blood for the Bette Midlers of the world!"
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[4 July 2022] this is the NIMBY final boss
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[6 July 2022] Meanwhile on Russian state TV: annoyed by Trump reportedly promising to destroy the Russian Federation and Putin's hegemony, state TV host Olga Skabeeva said that Russia "will have to think whether to re-install him again as the American president. We haven't decided yet."
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[6 July 2022] Former attorney general, who discontinued his own defamation action against the ABC last year, among underworld figure’s legal representation.
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[4 July 2022] The time Tony Abbott suddenly brought back knighthoods so he could knight Prince Phillip for no reason
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Live event streamed and recorded on Tuesday 7 July 2020 at Museum of Australian Democracy, Canberra, Australia. Launch event for Canberra Writers Festival 2020.
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[2 July 2022] woah, no way!
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[2 June 2022] In one of his first interviews as Liberal leader, Dutton said he wants to make the 'extremism' of teachers a major political issue.
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[2 July 2022] Imagine thinking attacking teachers is a smart political move after the pandemic where parents got to understand how hard their job actually is
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[3 July 2022] Dutton has made a decision, the Oz reports, not to wallow
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[6 July 2022] One the clearest challenges facing a decimated Liberal Party is the need to recruit more female MPs and win back female voters. Karen Andrews Shadow Minister for Home Affairs says she is very happy to discuss temporary quotas, and it could be part of a solution, but she doesn't think it is the only solution.
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