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This week Konrad and James decide whether the latest political scandal deserves the coverage it’s getting - or whether it’s just beauty pageant politics. Plus, Konrad has a big announcement to make about the latest IRL scheme for the punters… involving a gala, a lobbyist and selling his soul to the highest bidder

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Former ABC, Nine Entertainment, and Sky News insider Osman Faruqi pulls back the curtain on how Australia's media monopoly really works - from billionaire owners rigging coverage to protect their interests, to how advertising revenue dictates what stories get buried. This conversation reveals why three powerful families control 90% of what Australians think, and how corporate media's profit-first model is destroying real journalism while keeping punters in the dark about the biggest scams being pulled on them.

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Dutch historian Rutger Bregman - the bloke who told billionaires to pay their bloody taxes at Davos and made Tucker Carlson have a meltdown on live TV - joins the pod to deliver a brutal reality check about political activism. He argues that making people "aware" of problems isn't enough anymore, and explains how punters can stop being political hobbyists and start building the kind of movements that actually change the world - even if it takes 75 years like it did for women's suffrage.

Moral Ambition: Rutger Bregman

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After so much pushback on the previous opinion expressed about the proposed superannuation tax changes, Punter Konrad sits down with economist Leith Van Onselen and some forceful youtube comments to explore if he was wrong to not be worried about the proposed decrease in tax concessions given to the wealthiest 0.5% of Australians.

Leith Van Onselen from Macrobusiness

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This week Punter Konrad investigates if privatising the energy grid has actually brought down energy prices in Australia. With no James to bring his beauty pagaent politics, Konrad takes the helm with some ScoMo news plus some positive news for older punts. There's one hell of a blame game involving our good friends at Energy Australia (who aren't actually Australian) and an update on our sticker journey.

David Pocock Gas Royalty Petition

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This week we expose how Murray Watt just handed Woodside a $215 billion gas bonanza for 45 years with zero royalties, while corporate media like The Project spin archaeology professors as "activists" to distract from the biggest rip-off in Australian history. Plus we reveal how changing public opinion has gas cartels so rattled that our own resource minister is warning them about angry punters

We also discuss

Great Barrier Reef crisis, Victoria's public electricity return, Trump's Darwin Port play
Conrad's $86k HECS debt rollercoaster continues
Meg O'Neill blames Gen Z for climate change while making billions
How Roger Cook killed Australia's EPA to protect gas cartels
Political fundraiser plans - celebrities, politicians, and hiring our own $75k lobbyist

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The Project's Propaganda & Australia's 215 Billion Corporate Gas Give Away

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Is Labor's new super tax really the attack on retirement savings that the media claims, or are wealthy Australians trying to protect their billion-dollar tax breaks - and why should regular Australians actually be celebrating these changes?

We also discuss:

Qantas Controversy
National Parks Fee Increases
Tiny House Drama
National/Liberal Party Split

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James brings distracting news about sharks and e-bikes while Konrad breaks down how corporate bludgers like Santos and Energy Australia continue to rip off everyday punters through dodgy privatisation deals. The boys discuss Susan Ley's appointment as Liberal leader, & the Northern Beaches Hospital failures, and reveal how privatising essential services has led to higher costs for Aussies while profits flow to tax havens.

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Big corporations are pretending to be grassroots community groups to push their agenda, hiding behind friendly-sounding names while pumping dark money into Australian politics. We dig into who's really behind these fake organizations and expose how they're trying to influence punters while keeping their corporate connections secret.

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Dutton is done for, the Liberal party have been sent into the wilderness to think about what they have done, Albo has taken home a decisive win, so where does that leave we the Punters? Where to from here? A quick election recap with Punter Konrad. 

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