This podcast is recorded on the lands of the Dharug, the muwinina, the Gadigal of Eora nation, and the Dharawal. We pay our respects to elders past and present and acknowledge the elders of tomorrow. This land was stolen and sovereignty was never ceded, Australia owes a debt that can never be repaid and must come to terms with the historic and ongoing genocide of the First Nations.
There is no revolution without Treaties.
G'day voters and welcome to the first anniversary of 3 White Guys + Guest, a political podcast for a cynical nation.
Twelve months ago and against all odds, Scott Morrison was returned as Prime Minister and Australia looked ready to neck itself. In that time three white guys decided to do something radical, start a podcast.
Over the following year, they witnessed the end of accountability, the collapse of journalistic integrity, and the failure of public leadership on such an epic scale that it sparked the fire of revolution in their hearts. The podcast went from vaguely humourous vanity project to serious conversation about where the nation (and the world) is headed, with a focus on finding a solution to a system that has been designed to benefit those at the top while crushing those who do all the work.
National and global governance had been given a corporate makeover and for all intents and purposes, the car was driving itself, Parliament was no more than theatre and the public sector was being automated.
Looking back we can see corruption, cronyism, profiteering, and a callous disregard for the lives of those living on this land, and that's just in 12 months. It is looking more and more like the Australian experiment has failed, and Donald Horne's assessment of Australia as a lucky country run mainly by second-rate people who share in its luck has never seemed more appropriate.
This is the ninth episode of 2020, and our plus guest today is socialist, trade unionist, and former Labor Senator Doug Cameron.
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