Join Craig Hutchison and Damian Barrett for S5 Ep 20.

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SHOW NOTES

.00 - Nick McKenzie – he’s the Winx of journalism, proven again with his 60 Minutes / The Age investigation into Victorian Labour branch stacking scandal. The marketing of Nick’s work is great. Kevin Rudd’s involvement in the story was a big win. Channel Nine have shown they’re willing to take on the big players.

11.00 – Discussion of Damian’s ‘Keep Your Club-Killing ideas to yourself, Jeff’ article after Kennett’s calls for clubs to be kicked out of the AFL. Is Jeff’s time at Hawthorn up?

18.00 – Russell Howcroft gets the gig to co-host breakfast on 3AW with Ross Stephenson. Is it a good appointment and how will the chemistry work on air with ‘two bulls in the room’?

22.30 – What’s happening at Cricket Australia?

27.00 – Jim Wilson leaving Channel Seven to be the new 2GB drive host. Hutchy will miss his brilliant story insertion abilities.

29.30 – The return of AFL for 2020.

33.50 – Discussion of the ‘taking the knee’ gesture before each game in Round 2.

34.40 - Question of the Week for Social Status from Phillip Georgios via Twitter

"Why do journalists break news on Twitter without linking the story to their employer? Isn’t that just giving the story to their opposition before they can capitalise on it? Twitter doesn’t pay the journalist’s wage." Our question of the week is for Social Status. Social Media Marketing is more important than ever, visit SocialStatus.com.au, make sales or your money back!

37.00 – Where to now for AAP?

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