Not Good Enough

We chat with Celeste Liddle, Greens candidate for Cooper, about unionism, protest and speedrunning Spyro the Dragon.

• Celeste Liddle is running for the Greens in the seat of Cooper.

• Volunteer, host a placard or donate to help Celeste’s campaign.

Not an ep! Just an update! See you all soon xx

QLD and NSW are underwater, again. Knives are out for the prime minister. FU Pay is not good. The budget is discussed.

• At Melbourne’s Flower and Garden show, see “Coming soon”, a garden built around the theme of climate change.

• Liberal senator Concetta Fierravanti-Wells used her retirement speech to attack Scott Morrison and is not fit to be Prime Minister.

• Australia loves buy-now-pay-later services.

• The government is giving $420 in additional tax offsets to lower income earners.

• Volunteer for a better political party.

Carbon credits are a big scam. David Koch fantasies about cutting the rope.

• Angus Taylor has spent a billion dollars on “sham” carbon credits.

• Protestors from Blockade Australia are continuing to disrupt coal company operations.

• Shoutout to The Greens! They’ve announced some cool new policies, like free university, and dental into Medicare.

We get Adelaidepilled, then talk about the federal court ruling that the Environment Minister doesn't have a duty of care after all.

• The election in South Australia saw large swings against the Liberals. The new Premier said some okay things.

• The federal court has found that the Environment Minister doesn’t have a duty of care to protect children from climate change after all!

• Scott Morrison says Australia is becoming a harder place to live. I wonder who did that?

• Speak up when you can! Find your community. It’s not your job but you’ve gotta do it anyway.

We talk about the power of polyps and the power of community.

• Australia’s nuclear submarines would “inevitably” be forced to shut down by peacenik Queensland jellyfish.

• Flood disaster relief payments are different, depending on your electorate.

• Talk to a neighbors.

The government ignores the IPCC report and the floods. Warnie ruled though.

• The second part of the 6th IPCC report has been released. This one is about the social cost of climate change.

• The flooding in Queensland & NSW: It’s real bad.

• Cricketer Shane Warne died early Saturday morning.

• Donate to help out in QLD & NSW: Bundjalung Community Flood Relief, Flood Recovery 2022.

No pod this week! The vibes shifted too hard.

Instead, tune in to our pals over at Boonta Vista, raising funds for Sikh Volunteers Australia, Lismore SES and Loop Growers Brisbane.

Australia's largest coal power plant is shutting down early, Scott Morrison is good at diplomacy, and Grace Tame is cool.

• Scott Morrison, welding expert.

• The biggest coal power plant in Australia is shutting 7 years early!

• Scott Morrison used the commemoration address for Kevin Rudd’s apology to Indigenous people to tell them they should forgive settlers.

• Scott Morrison and Peter Dutton are going hard on their “Labor is secretly working for China” narrative.

• The Daily Mail published a photo of former Australian of the Year with a giant BONG.

• Pay the Rent! There’s a way to actually make reparations.