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August 14, 2022Ryan Smith MP - Do the Victorian Liberals Actually Stand for Anything?
Ryan Smith MP was the Minister for Environment and Climate Change and Minister for Youth Affairs in Victoria between 2010 and 2014. He remains a sitting member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly as the Shadow Minister for Finance, Planning & Heritage and Suburban Recovery. He will be contesting to retain the seat of Warrandyte in the November 2022 election.

He joined Discernable to face the popular accusation that the Liberal Party 'doesn't stand for anything'. With no time limits and no topic limits, we asked Ryan about:
Climate change policy

Failures of Liberal leader Matthew Guy MP

The Coate Inquiry into Hotel Quarantine

The health and hospital crisis in Victoria

The Operation Watts report into corruption inside the Labor Party

High-taxing and high-wasting

Election swings when people get sick of arrogant, corrupt governments

Balancing the competing demands of Victorians

Left wing party hypocrisy

How the Liberals would have handled lockdowns

The obvious weakness of Daniel Andrews

The secret of long term Liberal governments

The future quality of politicians

Government contracts for small businesses

Speed camera revenue raising in Victoria

The stacked bureaucracy in Victoria

The biggest weakness of Daniel Andrews: ridicule

Watch the full interview at: https://discernable.io/ryan-smith-mp-do-the-victorian-liberals-actually-stand-for-anything
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RYAN SMITH MP
https://www.ryansmith.com.au
https://www.facebook.com/RyanSmithMP
https://www.instagram.com/RyanSmithMP
1 hr 41 min
August 12, 2022The People's Project Season 6 Episode 13: China Is The Future
In this week's episode of The People's Project:
BEIJING IRAN ‘MERICA?
The world is heating up. After Pelosi's visit to Taiwan, China is enjoying some sabre rattling. Major General (ret.) Jim Molan believes China will attack Australia to squeeze Taiwan but Prof Joseph Camilleri says this is fanciful. Looking at the USA military bases around the world, is it any wonder countries like Iran are also feeling pressured?
CHINA IS THE FUTURE
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi describes China as 'one of the free-est societies in the world' and we look at what life in Beijing is really like with colour-coded health passes determing rights. Chinese bank freezes billions in deposits, protestors have their colours changed to red.

Hong Kong adopts the colour coded system by mandating online connections to a government database.

Germany adopts the colour coded system in the Corona-Warn-App to verify vaccination status and health minister announces the passport will 'give different rights in the future'.

Australia tries to follow with the 'Trusted Digital Identity Bill 2021'. How scared should we be?
ARE YOU STILL PAYING ATTENTION?
Smartphones that suck away our lives and shrink our attention span.
NEWS WITHOUT NOTICE
New Zealand pays citizens hardship payments and then asks for the money back as a political donation.
Governments start shutting down internet connections to prevent protests.

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PAUL BARKER
https://twitter.com/paul__barker
https://www.facebook.com/PaulBarkerVic

KRYSTLE MITCHELL
https://twitter.com/Krystle_LibDems
1 hr 21 min
August 11, 2022VIDEO ONLY: Why did Australians choose to get vaccinated against Covid-19? Did they really choose?
This 25min episode is entirely visual: text on screen showing thousands of survey responses. If you are listening to this, you are just going to hear lovely music for 25min.
Why did Australians choose to get vaccinated against Covid-19? Did they really choose?
Discernable guest Clare Pain is a medical journalist who wrote educational material for doctors throughout the pandemic and after noticing strange and sudden changes in her industry she started to investigate matters.
In particular, she wanted to know whether valid consent was received for Covid-19 injections in Australia and her workplace declined the idea, she commissioned her own survey of 27,000 Australians. The quantitative results are presented in our longform interview with Clare (https://discernable.io/clare-pain-medical-journalist-writing-for-doctors-throughout-the-pandemic) but she also received a large amount of qualitative data.
Here are the free-form responses she received from Australians describing why they received injection(s). The reasons range broadly over 25 minutes and are presented in categories.
They should be read in conjunction with the Australian Immunisation Handbook (https://immunisationhandbook.health.gov.au/contents/vaccination-procedures/preparing-for-vaccination#valid-consent) and Article 6 of the UNESCO Universal Declaration on Bioethics and Human Rights (http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID=31058&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html).
The statements on screen are raw and uncensored and do not necessarily represent the views of Discernable or Clare Pain.
Some observations:
From those who felt coerced or forced, there seems to be a lot of anger expressed toward governments but not much toward other Australians who willingly wanted one of the Pfizer/AstraZeneca/Moderna/Novavax products.

From those who willingly wanted one of the Pfizer/AstraZeneca/Moderna/Novavax products, there seems to be a lot of anger expressed toward other Australians who were less willing.

There is a surprisingly high amount of misinformation such as believing Australian laws automatically gave mask exemptions for the vaccinated, or that you could travel further than 5kms from home in Melbourne if vaccinated.

There is a sizeable number of people who altruistically made the effort to protect their community, family or other group.

There is an overwhelming pattern of being forced by authority figures: employers, judges, medical professionals denying treatment etc.

Much of the pressure seems to be second order effects of government mandates ie social, work or bureaucratic threat be denied some part of normal life even in spheres where discretion was available (privately enforced mandates).

The classical reason for vaccinating (to protect yourself through acquired immunity against a disease) constituted a minor percentage of the responses.
Watch the full interview at: https://discernable.io/clare-pain-medical-journalist-writing-for-doctors-throughout-the-pandemic
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26 min
August 11, 2022Clare Pain: Medical Journalist Writing For Doctors Throughout the Pandemic
Clare Pain is a medical journalist. During the first two years of the pandemic her work involved writing up scientific papers for doctors in Australia – to keep them up to date with the science.
She started to notice some strange changes to the culture of the medical profession and medical journalism in Australia and had increasing doubts about the way the pandemic was being handled by governments. She was particularly disturbed by mandates for vaccination and the TGA’s approach to ivermectin. She left her job in December 2021 which freed her to carry out the Australian Survey of Reasons for COVID-19 Vaccination – a survey of nearly 27,000 people.
Clare’s personal journey includes being laughed at in an Australian hospital in February 2020 for wearing too much PPE (masks and gloves), and anxiously awaiting Covid-19 vaccinations, to January 2022 in Sheffield, England where she tried – unvaccinated – to catch COVID-19 to acquire immunity. It was three months before she was successful.
In this interview we discussed:
Behind the scenes of medical journalism throughout the pandemic

The differences between UK and Australian culture

The Australian ban on Ivermectin for COVID-19

Pharmaceutical companies’ conflicts of interest

The Australian Survey of Reasons for COVID-19 Vaccination
Note: The 25 minute long credits to this interview display raw statements from Clare's survey where Australians shared why they received a C-19 vaccination. The statements on screen are uncensored and do not necessarily represent the views of Discernable or Clare Pain.
1 hr 52 min
August 08, 2022Ken Phillips: The Attack on Australia's Self Employed
Ken Phillips is the founder and executive director of Self Employed Australia. He joined Discernable to lay out the long history of governments and powerful interests attacking the right of Australians to remain self-employed.
Ken dived deep into the basis of commercial contracts upon which self-employed Australians rely versus the encroachment of employment contracts that everyone is being pushed into.
We discussed:
The Albanese government forcing gig contractors and self-employed to be classified as 'employees' and imposing all of the associated compliance measures
The difference between earning your money through commercial contracts vs employment contracts

The historical balance between self-employed and institution-employed

Predictions of future power struggles for employment

The corruption in Australian states, judiciaries and police forces

Obvious momentums in Victoria against Daniel Andrews
Watch the full interview at: https://discernable.io/ken-phillips-the-attack-on-australias-self-employed
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SELF EMPLOYED AUSTRALIA
https://selfemployedaustralia.com.au
https://www.facebook.com/selfemployedaustralia
https://twitter.com/selfemployedau
1 hr 40 min
August 05, 2022The People's Project Season 6 Episode 12: How Woke Can You Get?
In this week's episode of The People's Project:

HER MAJESTY THE COLONISER
The moment the Indigenous Voice to Parliament died - is Senator Lidia Thorpe showing guts or will her disrespect scuttle the referendum?
RUGBY PRIDE
7 NRL players refuse to wear 'Pride' jerseys and the world loses their mind. But if you are Muslim and play in the AFLW, it's totally fine.
GO WOKE, GO BROKE
Hollywood studios continue to lose massive amounts of money on woke movies. Is it a pattern?
DEPRESSING SCIENCE
Claims that antidepressants don't work the way we've been sold. Have we just been taking placebos?
FAKE SCIENCE
Scandal of fabricated Alzheimer's research used to generate billions in profits. Are we surprised?
NEWS WITHOUT NOTICE
The Australian Government spends up on propaganda street signs

The Commonwealth Bank is just the latest to suddenly 'forget' about mandates

The Victorian Liberal Party referred to Victoria Police, Australian Federal Police, the Victorian Electoral Commission, The VIC Ombudsman and IBAC over 'secret scheme to breach donation laws'
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DR BRENDAN MOLONEY
https://www.drbrendanmoloney.com

EJ CARROL
https://ejcarroll.com
https://www.instagram.com/ejcarroll
1 hr 29 min
August 04, 2022 Bhaskaran Raman: Lockdowns, Mandates and Natural Immunity in India
Bhaskaran Raman is a Professor in the Department of Computer Science at the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay. He has a particular interest in data analysis and has been on a mission to 'unscare India' since witnessing what he describes as the 'destroying of society for our children'.
In this interview we explored the pandemic in the Indian context. I specifically wanted to hear a first hand account of Indian lockdowns, mandates, compliance, sickness and immunity, especially in the context of the poorest who suffered disproportionately.
We also discussed the class/caste system, the politicisation of data, and the psychology of the Indian population.

Watch the full interview at: https://discernable.io/bhaskaran-raman-lockdowns-mandates-and-natural-immunity-in-india
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BHASKARAN RAMAN
https://www.cse.iitb.ac.in/~br/webpage/covid19/u5india/index.html
https://twitter.com/br_cse_iitb
54 min
August 03, 2022 Edward Hore: President of Australia Cycle Alliance
Edward Hore is the founder and President of Australian Cycle Alliance, an organisation that advocates for safe and inclusive riding for anyone who decides to ride a bicycle, for any reason.
We discussed:
0:41 What is the Australian Cycle Alliance?
3:06 Programs to help people start riding
6:45 How popular is riding a bike?
10:20 Drivers vs Cyclists
16:03 When your workmates abuse you when you’re cycling
18:11 Sympathetic driving
21:00 Police attitudes toward cyclists
22:06 Edward and his son attacked by an angry driver
27:07 Dehumanising cyclists
29:40 Cycling makes better drivers
30:48 Bike riding effects on mental health
37:30 The hardest part of any ride
38:30 200km rides and a custard slice
41:40 Recreational riding
47:55 Bike share
48:49 How Matt started cycling
49:28 Getting your first bike
53:10 E-bikes
57:53 Cyclists on the road and in the way?
1:00:20 Shared bike paths and feeder routes
1:06:58 NYC prioritises people over cars
1:09:47 The downsides of cycling
1:12:16 The best way to get potholes fixed
1:18:58 Advocacy for families who have lost loved ones
Watch the full interview at: https://discernable.io/edward-hore-president-of-australia-cycle-alliance
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AUSTRALIAN CYCLE ALLIANCE
https://cycle.org.au
https://twitter.com/auscycle

EDWARD HORE
https://www.instagram.com/edhore
1 hr 29 min
August 01, 2022Matt's Rich Custard Recipe (also, Ice Cream!)
This is the creamiest custard/ice cream you will ever taste. Recipes like this are commercially unviable so impossible to find unless you make it yourself. Follow along and experience Matt's rich custard (and ice cream!).

Ingredients
600ml cream (thickened cream from Woolworths is perfect)
150ml water
6 egg yolks
1/2 cup xylitol (or 1/2 cup sugar)
1/4 teaspoon guar gum (only if proceeding to ice cream)
Large pinch of salt
1 tablespoon of butter
2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract (alcohol base)
1 vanilla bean (optional)

Equipment
Silicon spatula
Sieve/strainer
Pot
Glad wrap
Digital temperature probe
Ice cream maker (only if proceeding to ice cream)

Method
1. Mix guar gum evenly through xylitol/sugar (guar gum only required for ice cream).
2. Combine cream, water, salt, xylitol mix and vanilla, in a pot.
3. While gently stirring, heat pot to fully dissolve ingredients (about 60C is fine)
4. Allow pot to cool below ~50C while preparing egg yolks in a mixer bowl.
5. Gently whisk egg yolks while dribbling cream mix in. Dribble slowly at first to prevent heat-shocking the eggs, gradually speeding up pouring in the remaining liquid.
6. Pour liquid mix into a pot through a sieve to remove any lumps of egg and guar gum.
7. Add butter and scraped vanilla bean seeds to custard and heat to an absolute maximum of 83C, making sure to slow down heat and stir well as you approach 80-83C.
If any part of the mixture gets to 85+ it will set and make a lumpy custard!
8. Once 83C is reached, cool custard quickly to get it out of the danger zone (75C+)
Hot custard is now ready to eat, or proceed to the next step.
9. FOR COLD CUSTARD: pour into a bowl and cover with glad wrap, pressing the glad wrap down to touch the surface of the custard, which will prevent condensation and skins forming. Cool for hours in a refigerator.
10. FOR ICE CREAM: pour cold custard (refrigerate overnight) into your ice cream maker and follow the instructions. The colder the custard to begin with, the better the ice cream.
11. Remove ice cream from maker which will be at soft serve consistency. Freeze overnight for a hard, supermarket style ice cream.

TROUBLESHOOTING
Ice cream too hard/soft after freezing overnight? Adjust cream/water ratio. Higher fat = softer final result. More water = firmer ice cream.

Still can't get ice cream soft enough? Cheat by adding a dash of vodka before churning in ice cream maker.

Icicles in your ice cream? You didn't freeze the custard fast enough. Make sure the mix is cold as possible before churning.

Grainy ice cream? Your temperatures are wrong. Either you went too hot in the final cook separating some of the fats and creating a grainy texture. OR you didn't dissolve all the ingredients properly in the first cook - heat higher and longer.
32 min
July 29, 2022 The People's Project Season 6 Episode 11: Corruption, Transgender Bathrooms, and Nudge Units
In this week's episode of The People's Project:

VICTORIA - THE CORRUPT STATE
We hear from the IBAC Commissioner who condemns Daniel Andrews presiding over a corrupt culture for generations of politicians
REAL POLL RESULTS
Emily explains the difference between polls that contradict themselves. How many seats need to change in Victoria to see a change?
TRANSGENDER BATHROOMS
Bernie Finn's replacement for the Victorian Liberals is Moira Deeming, a conservative candidate who 'will never support rates being used to promote radical policies like banning Australia Day, drag queen storytimes for toddlers, or letting biological males who identify as female use female toilets and change rooms.'
THE DANGERS OF NUDGE
With the World Health Organisation appointing Prof Susan Michie to head up their Nudge unit, we explore her communist background and desire to have masks stay 'forever'.
NEWS WITHOUT NOTICE
Voice for Victoria turns 2 and has a party, and a Discernable viewer success story starting their own business.

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Proof of government/Big Tech collusion
https://www.aflegal.org/news/afl-lawsuit-reveals-damning-cdc-documents-proving-government-collusion-with-big-tech-to-censor-free-speech-and-promote-biden-administration-propaganda

Untangle Politics
https://www.instagram.com/untanglepolitics

The VIC Nudge Unit
https://www.vic.gov.au/behavioural-insights

UnHerd interviews WHO Nudge Director Susan Michie
https://youtu.be/crXTM0woga0
1 hr 18 min