News Fighters

This week:

• Melbourne goes into lockdown number four!
• Scott Morrison tells everyone to get vaccinated despite not having vaccinated our aged care residents
• NSW Labor Leader Jodi McKay resigns after an expectedly bad Upper Hunter by-election result

Watch this episode on our Youtube here: 

Part 1 Melbourne Lockdown: https://youtu.be/CjN8LRobbWI

Part 2 NSW Labor: https://youtu.be/xb-jZii3oMg

News Fighters is a comedic look at the week in Australian news, media and political hypocrisy, hosted by ex-Tonightly and Chaser editor Dylan Behan.

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This week I briefly cover Anthony Albanese’s budget reply speech before taking a deeper diver into Australia’s weird vaccine hesitancy and why we should be worried about all the lockdowns now happening on our doorstep in Southeast Asia. Then I chat to accomplished Singaporean comedian Rishi Budhrani about the latest covid measures there and his new online news comedy show, The Rishi Report.

Follow Rishi on Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/rishibudhrani/

Watch this episode on Youtube here: https://youtu.be/sz5IL_6nP_Y

News Fighters is a comedic look at the week in Australian news, media and political hypocrisy, hosted by ex-Tonightly and Chaser editor Dylan Behan.

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It’s our annual quick turnaround, late night Budget Wrap episode! Child Care, Aged Care, Pretending to Care.... we break down the Coalition's Labor Budget in case you fell asleep from too many low tax craft beers (valid!)

You loved the 2019 “Back in Black Budget” and the 2020 “Cushion The Blow Budget” - 2021 is the “Blow the Budget Budget”. Tune in as Treasurer Josh Frydenberg steals Labor’s mojo by spending like there’s no tomorrow, which for Labor there might not be! We break down all the big policy announcements in aged care, child care, housing affordability, infrastructure and of course, craft beer (which we’ll all probably need to drink many of after finishing this episode!) Laugh endlessly as Sky News embraces “debt and deficit” because why not?!

News Fighters is a comedic look at the week in Australian news, media and political hypocrisy, hosted by ex-Tonightly and Chaser editor Dylan Behan.

Watch this episode on Youtube here: https://youtu.be/dRdcGCIHB20

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Happy Beef Week everyone! It’s been a big week for news too. We look at the Morrison government threatening to jail anyone returning from India, then backing down while Andrew Bolt only just realises Australia might be racist. Then we recap the thrills and spills of the Tasmanian state election campaign. And finally Bec Melrose drops by to look at Biden’s first 100 days and discuss Scott Morrison’s pentecostal beliefs in his speech to the Australian Christian Churches conference. 

Follow Bec Melrose on instagram https://www.instagram.com/becmelrose/

Watch this episode on Youtube here: https://youtu.be/2qbPr253MOQ

News Fighters is a comedic look at the week in Australian news, media and political hypocrisy, hosted by ex-Tonightly and Chaser editor Dylan Behan.

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This week we take a quick look at the covid crisis unfolding in India. Then we take a deep dive into Scott Morrison’s fossil fuel powered hydrogen fever dream he revealed at Joe Biden’s Earth Day Climate Summit last week.

My interview guest is Dr Monica Barratt from RMIT and co-lead researcher for the 2021 Global Drugs Survey, who talks about what’s stopping psychedelics being used to treat mental health issues and psychiatric conditions in Australia.

Follow Dr Monica Barratt on Twitter at https://twitter.com/monicabarratt

News Fighters is a comedic look at the week in Australian news, media and political hypocrisy, hosted by ex-Tonightly and Chaser editor Dylan Behan.

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This week we take a deep dive into the crisis of the third wave of Covid-19 in Canada, where a battle is raging between vaccinations and variants, and the leader of the biggest province of Ontario, Doug Ford, is seemingly asleep at the wheel.

Our interview guest is Jonathan Goldsbie, news editor at the website Canadaland and co-host of the monthly podcast all about Doug Ford, Wag The Doug.

Follow Jonathan on Twitter here: https://twitter.com/goldsbie

Listen to Wag The Doug here: https://www.canadaland.com/shows/wag-the-doug/

Watch this episode on Youtube here: https://youtu.be/JRipbXfvico

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News Fighters is a comedic look at the week in Australian news, media and political hypocrisy, hosted by ex-Tonightly and Chaser editor Dylan Behan.

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irst this week we say “cheers” to Prince Philip who passed away at age 99 last week and answer the big question of “Who is Prince Philip?”. Then jump to the front of the queue as we do a deep dive into the messy history of Australia’s botched vaccine rollout… and why putting all our eggs in one (or so) baskets has meant you won’t be getting jabbed anytime soon!

Watch this episode on Youtube here: https://youtu.be/ymhZFedI7HQ

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Taking a week off so thought I'd replay some stuff from earlier this year you may have missed.

From Episode 56 (February 10, 2021): A Year of COVID-19: What Australia got right and wrong about the pandemic, and why the state premiers should get the credit for keeping Australia safe, not the Prime Minister.

And my interview with comedian Tom Ballard (from Episode 52anuary 11, 2021) who is also my old boss from Tonightly with Tom Ballard.

Get tickets to Tom's Comedy Fest show "We Are All in This" here:

Melbourne: https://www.comedyfestival.com.au/2021/shows/tom-ballard

Sydney: https://www.sydneycomedyfest.com.au/event/tom-ballard-we-are-all-in-this/

Follow Tom on Twitter here: https://twitter.com/TomCBallard

News Fighters is a comedic look at the week in Australian news, media and political hypocrisy, hosted by ex-Tonightly and Chaser editor Dylan Behan.

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This week we have an in-depth look at Scott Morrison trying to fix his “women problem” by reshuffling his male-dominated cabinet around so hopefully you lose track of who’s currently scandal plagued and who isn’t. Also we look at the end of Jobkeeper, the Brisbane outbreak and the fumbling vaccine rollout.

Then RAW Comedy Winner Bec Melrose joins us to talk the Suez Canal blockage, the H&M China boycott and ScoMo at the footy!

Follow Bec Melrose on instagram https://www.instagram.com/becmelrose/

Get tickets to Bec’s Sydney Comedy Festival show “Absolute Goose” (April 23-25 at the Enmore Theatre) here: https://www.sydneycomedyfest.com.au/event/bec-melrose-absolute-goose/

Watch this episode on Youtube here: https://youtu.be/5zpFEteBmtE

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News Fighters is a comedic look at the week in Australian news, media and political hypocrisy, hosted by ex-Tonightly and Chaser editor Dylan Behan.

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Episode 61 for March 25, 2021.

THIS WEEK: After a “rain bomb” leaves TV reporters gasping for superlatives, Canberra then becomes inundated with a flood of crocodile tears as Prime Minister Scott Morrison attempts to revilatise his image with Australian women and fails spectacularly.

Also guest Michael Chamberlin, head writer for Tonightly and co-host of the Junktime AFL podcast, stops by to talk his new Melbourne Comedy Festival show “Calm Down” and the upcoming AFL season.

Follow Chambo on twitter at http://twitter.com/ChamberlinM

Listen to the Junktime AFL podcast here: http://play.acast.com/s/junktime-afl

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Buy tickets for Chambo’s show Calm Down and A Rational Fear at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival here: https://www.comedyfestival.com.au/

Watch this episode on Youtube here: https://youtu.be/c9V0Bfio4Pc

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News Fighters is a comedic look at the week in Australian news, media and political hypocrisy, hosted by ex-Tonightly and Chaser editor Dylan Behan.

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