The Iron Fist and the Velvet Glove

In this episode: Bushfires, Media bias, Scomo or Smoko, Fireworks displays, Barnaby Joyce, Media Bias, the NZ volcano and Palace-chook.

The theme of this episode and this podcast for 2020.

Be aware of hidden agendas.

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This is the second half of our discussion with Mark. We discussed Brexit, the EU and some recent Australian political events.

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Mark joins us in the studio. We start by bemoaning the latest draft of the Religious Discrimination Bill and then delve into all things Russian.

The Religious Discrimination Act – 2nd Draft

The new Bill makes it clear the religious organisations may “preference” staff who share their faith,

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Thanks to media bias and other factors, politicians can now get away with murder. Plus we look at Australian attitudes towards ridiculing religion.

Angus Taylor

Mr Taylor insisted in Parliament that he relied on a document downloaded from the City of Sydney website when he claimed the council spent $15.9 million on travel for its councillors when the real costs were less than $6,000.

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I am in Sydney and have no time to record a fresh podcast so here are some highlights from 2017.

There will be no Livestream this week.

Cheers

The Fist

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Does Dark Emu misrepresent early explorers and what is it like at local Labor Party branch meetings?

Today we will expand upon our Indigenous episode #213 from 30 July 2019 but before we do …

Qantas Hostie and Racism

Will.i.am accuses a Qantas hostie of racism.

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The Right is painting the Left as a bunch of woke idiots.

Bushfires

Politicians love disasters. It should be easy brownie points. That’s why that get really pissed when someone tries to interrupt with questions about policy.

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Our Orwellian Prime Minister has accused protesters of being … Orwellian. And in other news, we look at hidden agendas and BS artists.

2:29 The Melbourne Cup

A surprising number of people bet regularly on horse races.

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In this episode, we are joined by Archer to discuss climbing Uluru, Venezuela and Chinese influence in Australian Universities.

Uluru

Dear listener. We have a little test on your ethical positions.

Does religious nonsense annoy you?

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Satanists prepare to march in Noosa and Christians are worried. The top 1% of Australians own 70% of the wealth and no-one cares. The emissions of one cow equal driving the average car for 12,500 km.

1:21 Robin Bristow and the Noosa Satanists

What will happen on Hastings St?

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