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83 — Who grifts the Griftmen?

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The NSW Government almost got scammed out of half a billion dollars, and who knows what McKinsey are up to? At least we have a strong opposition to keep things in check.

 

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  • Origin Energy is writing down a bunch of their fossil fuel assets.
  • Origin Energy is Australia’s most polluting corporation, and Angus Taylor has worked hard to make sure they stay that way.
    • NSW Mask watch
    • The NSW Government almost paid $430 million to a scammer, for 50 million N95 masks that didn’t exist.
  • He also scammed investors out of $1.2 million dollars in oil and gas deals.
  • NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian has been involved with corrupt individuals for some time.
  • She’s now dating her ICAC lawyer though, I’m sure he’ll keep her on the straight and narrow.
    • Grifting goes national
    • The government has paid McKinsey $2.2 million for two months work, but won’t say what it was for.
  • McKinsey was also paid $1.89 million for “strategic supply chain support services”.
  • They were also paid $600,000 to tell the government to not do anything.
  • Dave Chappelle’s friend didn’t know he couldn’t do that.
  • Minister for Energy and Emissions Reduction Angus Taylor, and his brother Charlie, both previously worked for McKinsey. Check out Episode 20 for more fun facts.
  • Only 25% of the JobKeeper fund was passed on from companies to their workers.
  • McKinsey says Australian governments need to “Build trust with citizens”.
    • At least we have a strong opposition
    • The Labor party has agreed to keep the Liberal’s massive tax cuts.
  • They’ve also dumped their plan for cancer care & dental coverage.
  • Murdoch rag the Australian gave the policy changes a small thumbs-up.
  • Labor leader Anthony Albanese has taken some very serious profile pictures.
  • The tweets are bad.
    • Shoutouts
    • Workers at Better Read Than Dead have reached an agreement with management in historic industrial action.
  • New Renters Union dropped in in Queensland! Join SEQUR, if you’re in the area.
  • Citations Needed did a great episode on the Olympics and why they’re bad.
  • Listen to Auspol Snackpod with Tom Tanuki on the lockdown protests.
    • Actions
    • Chuck us a review on Apple Podcasts.
  • Change your power provider, if you’re still buying power from a polluting company like Origin.

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