Auspol Snackpod: Australian Politics and Memes

We're back at it again with John Setka, Newstart, the other Leunig (you know, Mary's brother. I think his name is Michael?), Kristina Keneally, and a deep dive into the whole press freedom blackout campaign. We also chat a bit about the show and chew over the feedback we got from the last episode, and of course we're serving up all your favourite segments with a generous helping of memes.

We're joined by memelord and queer Indigenous activist Kira Djinalie. They run Beautiful, Talented & Deadly, and do queer + decolonial activism around polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS). Kira tells us about their memes, activism, and about a Spooky Halloween Trivia they're hosting (the name of which we can't type or we'll get in trouble with iTunes...)

Check their memes: https://www.facebook.com/beautifultalentedanddeadly/

Go to the event: https://www.facebook.com/events/429336817933158/

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We're joined by Lisbeth Latham, contributing editor of the Irish Broad Left, to crack open a few IPAs to "celebrate" the 75th anniversary of the Liberal Party.

We talk the history, purpose, strategy and finances of everyone's favourite useless libertarian think tank, the Institute of Public Affairs. 

Read her work here: 

https://irishbroadleft.com/2019/07/10/neoliberalism-is-dead-long-live-neoliberalism/

Follow her on Twitter: @grumpenprole

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For entree this week we're having Peter Dutton and Anne Ruston's reprehensible comments about welfare. For our mains we tackle the Family Law inquiry and talk about the many, many levels on which it is bad and dangerous. We also have updates on the Djab Wurrung embassy and the criminal underpayment of hospitality workers, and of course we're serving up all your favourite segments with a side of crispy memes.

Content warning: We discuss the murder of a trans woman from 16:25 - 17:50, and the murder of an Indigenous woman from 17:50 - 18:37

This week we watched the classic Auspol documentary Rats in the Ranks and interview Charlie from Dead End Film Festival about it. Go to the screening next week and check out the festival in November at http://deff.tv

And we chow down on the news of the week: John Setka, the failed #libspill in NSW, the murder of a First Nations woman by police, and the failure of the ABC to manage white supremacists.

BTW Zac mistakenly calls a film "The Killing Fields", but it's actually called "The Killing Season". Oops.

This is your last chance to snack down on a weed brownie before the government starts drug testing welfare recipients, fyi. While you're eating, why not sample some of the week's other stories, like Gladys Liu's terrible week, Jacqui Lambie's hot takes, and government ministers who still can't bring themselves to say that climate change is caused by humans. Yum!

This week our snacks are served on a Leyzy Sussan: we're chowing down on the collapse of the NSW Government, the expansion of the Mutawintji National Park, the footage of Tanya Day's fatal injury, and the many embarrassing antics of Sussan Ley. All served up with a side of crispy memes.

Watch the Tanya Day footage here: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-09-06/cctv-footage-of-tanya-day-released-by-coroner/11471018

Support her family: https://www.gofundme.com/f/day-family-fundraiser

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Zac and Noon nibble on some of the big stories of the last two weeks: the Tanya Day coronial inquest, Djab Wurrung birthing trees, Pauline's embarrassing attempt at defiling Uluru, and of course the ALP's Aldi bag scandal. And as always we serve up a side of crispy memes.

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Support Djab Wurrung protests: https://dwembassy.com

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We're very excited to release our first ever guest interview, with well known anti-fascist Tom Tanuki, creator of Million Flag Patriots and Yelling At Racist Dogs. We chew the fat about rockstar racists, the media platforming fascists, and whether we should just ignore Nazis (the answer is no).