Divisions are made of forests and salmon. In our last episode for 2024, we cover:
* Being associated with Nazis gets you 300k
* Muslim vote handing Dutton keys to the lodge
* The Coalition dumps “plans” to reverse net migration
* Labor tears itself up over Tasmanian salmon
* Cheap nuclear and cost blow-outs for hydro
* Victoria the worst state to do business
* Chris Minns goes to ICAC over housing developments
* Woolworths cops it from the United Workers Union
* Adult crime, adult time laws pass in Queensland
* Mirrabooka gets $3m of copper stolen
* … Read more
War On Everything
The Racer’s War on Everything 233: Convicts and Cats
What a way to end the Parliamentary year. We cover:
* An ALP legislation blitz
* Banning social media but allowing Porn Hub
* Delightful cat fights
* Eradicating racism is 10 years
* Separating refugee parents from their children
* NSW “heatwave” forces appliances to be turned off
* Officially not meeting emissions reduction targets
* Scrapping “truth” telling
* Worst GDP per capita recession ever
* Perth quickly becoming the most expensive city
* Swanny apologises
* Libby Mettam survives Basil’s internal polling
* Musical therapy gets the chop
* Ending genetic discrimination
…and more.
The Racer’s War on Everything 232: Swanny’s Super Blooper
Wayne Swan still can’t answer questions properly. We cover:
* Dutton (unsurprisingly) opposes a foreign students cap
* Misinformation bill dies a deserved death
* Raiding the Future Fund
* Cbus not paying widows
* Social media bill to likely stifle free speech
* David Crisafulli fails to end Truth-Telling inquiry
* Pissing up another $50m on fighting climate change
* Ayelet Shaked gets banned
* Ben Elton disapproves of anti-semitism
* George Galloway takes form in Australia
* Tazzy Libs barely hold on to power
* Censures that mean nothing
…and more.
The Racer’s War on Everything 231: Cruisin’ with Jonesy
What a way for us to return. We cover:
* Allegations against Alan Jones nothing new
* What a Trump presidency might mean for Australia
* Labor and half-arsed pandering to Western Sydney
* Intended consequences of electoral funding reform
* Cbus and Swanny in trouble
* Tony Burke is a pussy
* Bipartisan support for foreign students
* Higher incarceration of Aborigines
* Cracking down on loosies
* Dutton still won’t scrap net zero by 2050
* Another housing fund
* CFMEU continues to bleed
* LGBT death threats
* David Spiers and white powder
* Torn on social … Read more
TRWOE 230: Truly Disgusting Acts
Why oh why didn’t Latham take the truth defence? We cover:
* Census questions that were not to be
* Defaming through accurate descriptions
* Feral protest tactics
* Inaction on veteran suicide
* Living in pods with no natural light
* No fines for John Setka
* Culturally significant swamps
* Watered down or beefed up EPA
* No one wants EVs
* Cable-tie man on trial
* Mt Isa begging for a prison
* Moderate SA Libs begging for a Federal intervention
* Banning kids from social media
* Deepfake cocaine snorting
…and more.
TRWOE 229: Electricity Bill Short Circuits
See ya, Bill. We cover:
* Barely avoiding technical recession
* The CFMEU takes the ALP to court
* Militant unions team up against the ACTU
* Solving the housing crisis in every way except immigration cuts
* Removing Jewish money from the arts
* Asking nasty questions in the census
* 30 alternatives for a gold mine
* NT police too busy for domestic violence calls
* New Corrective Services Minister required
* NSW shadow minister for Youth charged with crimes against youth
* Greens take their first NT seat
* Jacquie Lambie promises not to run any more … Read more
TRWOE 228: Absolute ALP Destruction
The CFMEU declares war on Labor. We cover:
* The CFMEU officially under administration
* Albo fighting the Right faction for control of Labor
* A modest cut to international students
* A crispy as fuck Sri Lankan
* Peter Garrett investigates the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra
* The Greens troll the Israel lobby
* Avoiding another interest rate hike
* No gold mine money for Aborigines
* Snowy Hydro gets even more expensive
* Self-governing domestic violence
* Jacquie Lambie Network gets much smaller
* Gerard Rennick starts his own party
* Parliament to fine members for bad behaviour
* … Read more
TRWOE 227: Two Thousand Leagues Bellow Clinically Retarded
The NAPLAN results are not good. We cover:
* Granting 15,000 visas to Israelis since October 7
* The Cat Empire cancels MSO
* Hash Tayeh for Mayor
* Not even foreign workers want to work in aged care
* Tasmania the most broke state
* Trust Exchange to reveal all your personal information
* The Coalition giving the CFMEU breathing room
* Green iron jobs for all
* Ten- and eleven-year-olds given criminal immunity in Victoria
* NSW Libs miss their deadline
* Federal Libs target Chinese voters (with Chinese candidates)
* Forever delaying gambling reform
* Epically failing … Read more
TRWOE 226: Binskin and The Hilltop Youths
Raygun could break to this. We cover:
* ASIO admits White Nationalists are not a threat
* Iran’s diplomatic immunity from hate speech
* Defending Chinese real estate
* Aid convoys flanked by Hamas
* The Muslim Vote detonates its first bomb
* Labor can’t rely on Fatima
* Uninformed migrant voters
* The business lobby again pushing for more foreign workers
* Zonal taxation
* The CFMEU gets a legislated administrator
* Escaping the climate trigger
* Harnessing “Indigenous knowledge” in The National Science Statement
* An Aboriginal apology to the Northern Territory
* Dragging feet on gambling reform… Read more
TRWOE 225: David Gawk Gawk
The CFMEU were just too straight for him. We cover:
* Labor’s frontbench reshuffle
* Jihad Dib demands a Palestinian state
* Israel desecrating Australian graves in Gaza
* “Accidentally” killing aid workers
* Andrew Giles’ many parting gifts
* Public support immigration halving in a decade
* The CFMEU’s political mastermind
* AFP to go on strike
* Climate triggered
* Scrapping the Makarrata commission
* Bon Jovi boys taking over the NT
* Shooting your husband in the head while he sleeps in self defence
* Illegal energy drinks
* Barnaby votes with a bullet
* Repairing submarines … Read more