Australia’s first hip hop treasurer has a birthday buddy! Emerald and Tom take a gander at the superannuation changes the government has put forward (7:15). Are they simply an excuse to keep stage 3 tax cuts, and why was The Today Show briefly on the side of good? Then they get into Mardi Gras / World Pride (29:44), and ask whether it is still a meaningful event or just a way to sell toothpaste. And the whole Lidia Thorpe protest. Finally, a call to action (57:04).

Correction - Sorry, we got activist and key Stonewall protester Marsha P. Johnson’s surname wrong 

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Links -

Sandy O’Sullivan on the Lidia Thorpe protest -

https://indigenousx.com.au/pride-and-protest/ 

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