In the final episode of our pilot week guest host Dan Ilic cherry picks at Energy Minister Angus Taylor’s appearance on Insiders this morning. Also ABC broadcaster and American political podcaster Josh Szeps drops by to talk Scott Morrison in Washington, the 2020 Democrat candidates and the most important issue on breakfast television. Finally we check in with our new finance reporter Rodney Todd. Want the clips? Watch this episode on Youtube here: https://youtu.be/5S0XqPRNH68 This episode writt...
Sep 22, 2019•16 min•Season 1Ep. 26
Special guest host Mark Humphries deconstructs Scott Morrison’s bromance visit to President Trump’s White House and then looks at the local reactions to the global kids climate strike. You'll probably guess what Mark Latham and Barnaby Joyce think! Want to see the clips? Watch this episode on YouTube here: https://youtu.be/J7-N8HhYUqM This episode and presented by Mark Humphries, written by Rodney Todd, Alex Godwin, Jasmine Rule, Raph Stephens and Matt Finley, and edited, written and produced by...
Sep 21, 2019•11 min•Season 1Ep. 25
As part of our daily show pilot week, host Jake Stone deconstructs the headlines of the week you may have missed, then The Chaser’s Chris Taylor talks us through all the political clips from the week including all the Gladys-related gaffes. This episode written by Jake Stone, Chris Taylor, Dave Bloustien and Stefan Pazur, and written, edited and produced by Dylan Behan. News Fighters aims to shove the entire 24/7 Aussie news cycle into your ear-holes in around ten minutes. Check out our website ...
Sep 20, 2019•14 min•Season 1Ep. 24
In the first episode of our daily episode pilot week, comedian Greta Lee Jackson guest hosts and we look at Canberra’s parliamentary Midwinter Ball (now in Spring!), NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian’s near-spill experience over legalising abortion and the rocky start for Pauline Hanson’s new family law inquiry. Follow Greta Lee Jackson on Facebook at facebook.com/gr etaleejackson and on twitter at twitter.com/gretaleejackson . This episode written by Greta Lee Jackson, Lauren Bonner, Michael Chamb...
Sep 19, 2019•11 min•Season 1Ep. 23
Fresh from abandoning the entire South Pacific over climate change, Scott Morrison decides to declare war on leftie activist group, GetUp! Why? Why not! We look at his claims about their subversive evil activities and why it actually would be better if they became a political party. Watch this episode on YouTube here: https://youtu.be/-guxz2iB9x8 Hosted by Dylan Behan, News Fighters aims to shove the entire 24/7 Aussie news cycle into your ear-holes in around ten minutes. Check out our website a...
Aug 23, 2019•12 min•Season 1Ep. 22
What a week! We round up all the news from the Hong Kong airport democracy protests inconveniencing Aussies to Alan Jones blaming the Sydney stabbing rampage on a lack of painted fruit (?!?!) We also look at the Australian press freedom inquiry and then discuss the state of satire in Australia with Greta Lee Jackson on the first anniversary of the axing of Tonightly with Tom Ballard. Enjoy! Hosted by Dylan Behan, News Fighters aims to shove the entire 24/7 Australian news cycle right into your e...
Aug 14, 2019•15 min•Season 1Ep. 21
On the eve of Boris Johnson likely becoming British Prime Minister, we look back at the role Australia has played in his rise to power. From learning Aussie slang during his gap year in Geelong to learning race-based wedge politics off John Howard’s political advisor, could Boris Johnson wind up being the first ever Australian-style British Prime Minister? Watch this episode on Youtube here . Hosted by Dylan Behan, News Fighters aims to shove the entire 24/7 Australian news cycle right into your...
Jul 23, 2019•12 min•Season 1Ep. 20
Parliament is back and it’s tax cut time! We look at how the coalition masterfully guided its tax cut legislation through the parliament by letting Albo and Labor predictably just give up and support it. Also Jacqui Lambie is back, holding all the power and ready to rap! Watch this episode on Youtube here . Hosted by Dylan Behan, News Fighters aims to shove the entire 24/7 Australian news cycle right into your ear-holes in around ten minutes. Check out our website at http://www.newsfighters.com ...
Jul 05, 2019•10 min•Season 1Ep. 19
The Australian Federal Police raids the ABC at the same time as the GDP data is released. What a coincidence! Also we catch up on the federal Labor leadership race and discover who is this Anthony Albanese anyway and what are his policies on snubbing the Spice Girls? Watch this episode on Youtube: https://youtu.be/TPx1HDFMvTg Check out our website at http://www.newsfighters.com Follow us on twitter https://twitter.com/NewsfightersPod Email us podcast@newsfighters.com Subscribe on Apple Podca sts...
Jun 05, 2019•11 min•Season 1Ep. 18
Our Election Night Wrap Up episode: Wha happened!?! How Labor lost the unlosable election! ScoMo does a Nixon! Julie Bishop goes rogue! Chris Bowen takes stock! Penny Wong needs a drink! Kerry Anne Kennerly prepares for the apocalypse! And Clive Palmer takes credit! Hosted by Dylan Behan, News Fighters aims to shove the entire 24/7 Australian news cycle right into your ear-holes in less than ten minutes. Check out our website at http://www.newsfighters.com Follow us on twitter https://twitter.co...
May 19, 2019•11 min•Season 1Ep. 17
In the jam-packed very last episode of News Fighters before the election, we wrap up last weekend’s Liberal campaign launch in Melbourne which was also Josh Frydenberg’s leadership campaign launch. And just because ScoMo got a sweeping biography film at the Liberal launch does’t mean the Labor leader doesn’t deserve one, so we present “Bill Shorten: Human of the People” ( Watch here on Youtube ). Also: ScoMo finally forced to declare who he thinks is going to hell. Here's the Bill Shorten campai...
May 14, 2019•12 min•Season 1Ep. 16
Scott Morrison loves saying random numbers so much he keeps doing it even after calling bingo! And Bill Shorten tries to tell a funny meme story at theNational Press Club final leaders debate. You can probably guess how that goes. Also the conspiracy theory of this election that the mainstream media refuses to talk about: Engadine McDonalds! Hosted by Dylan Behan, News Fighters aims to shove the entire 24/7 Australian news cycle right into your ear-holes in less than ten minutes. Check out our w...
May 10, 2019•10 min•Season 1Ep. 15
In this episode: all the flubs and clunky outdated video game metaphors from the second election leaders debate in Brisbane between Prime Minister Scott Morrison and Labor leader Bill Shorten. Also: Paul Keating crashes the Labor launch. Scott Morrison tries to kidnap a baby. And Bill Shorten’s “Joe The Plumber” moment. Hosted by Dylan Behan, News Fighters aims to shove the entire 24/7 Australian news cycle right into your ear-holes in less than ten minutes. Check out our website at http://www.n...
May 06, 2019•10 min•Season 1Ep. 14
Former Liberal Prime Minister Tony Abbott and Former Olympian and independent candidate Zali Steggall go head to head to imitate each other and rewrite history in the Sky News Warringah debate. Also resignations and disendorsements rain down as candidates drop like flies, stepping down over stripper incidents, racist memes and of course, alien space lizard conspiracy theories. Hosted by Dylan Behan, News Fighters aims to shove the entire 24/7 Australian news cycle right into your ear-holes in le...
May 04, 2019•10 min•Season 1Ep. 13
On Monday Channel Seven in Perth attempted to host the first leaders debate of the election campaign between Bill “John” Shorten and Scott “Digger” Morrison and the wacky sound effects guy couldn’t be stopped! Meanwhile the rest of Australia watched Lego Masters. Hosted by Dylan Behan, News Fighters aims to shove the entire 24/7 Australian news cycle right into your ear-holes in less than ten minutes. Check out our website at http://www.newsfighters.com Follow us on twitter https://twitter.com/N...
Apr 30, 2019•10 min•Season 1Ep. 12
We dissect Barnaby Joyce’s spirited and shouty interview with Patricia Karvelas on RN Drive about the water buy back scandal dubbed “Watergate” by idiots on twitter. Also Pauline Hanson talks gibberish on the campaign trail… again. Hosted by Dylan Behan, News Fighters aims to shove the entire 24/7 Australian news cycle right into your ear-holes in less than ten minutes. Check out our website at http://www.newsfighters.com Follow us on twitter https://twitter.com/NewsfightersPod Email us podcast@...
Apr 24, 2019•10 min•Season 1Ep. 11
It's on! And they're off! While Winx enthrals Australia, Election 2019 will prove to be the race that bores the nation. We recap all the gaffes and blunders from the first week of the federal election campaign, including Scott Morrison's suitably apt Borat impersonation, Bill Shorten's weird catchphrases and Michael McCormack's odd wombat addiction. Hosted by Dylan Behan, News Fighters aims to shove the entire 24/7 Australian news cycle right into your ear-holes in less than ten minutes. Check o...
Apr 18, 2019•8 min•Season 1Ep. 10
We dissect Liberal treasurer Josh Frydenberg’s Seinfeldian first budget speech before the upcoming federal election. Are we really "back in black" or just getting a cash splash? Also the car parks that Australia had to have! Hosted by Dylan Behan, News Fighters aims to shove the entire 24/7 Australian news cycle right into your ear-holes in less than ten minutes a day. Check out our website at http://www.newsfighters.com Follow us on twitter @newsfighterspod Email us podcast@newsfighters.com Als...
Apr 03, 2019•10 min•Season 1Ep. 9
We wrap up all the thrills, spills and National Party fish kills from the crazy night that was NSW State Election 2019. Including: Alan Jones' bizarre video shop remarks, Michael Daley’s lucky pie, Gladys Berejiklian’s sausage-fest, Antony Green's computer crashes and Barnaby Joyce's angry shouting match. Hosted by Dylan Behan, News Fighters aims to shove the entire 24/7 Australian news cycle right into your ear-holes in less than ten minutes a day. Check out our website at http://www.newsfighte...
Mar 25, 2019•10 min•Season 1Ep. 8
We look back at the 2019 NSW state election campaign, including Liberal leader Gladys Berejiklian’s shocking admission that she’s never tried drugs and Labor leader Michael Daley’s countless apologies. Also Kyle Sandilands and his listeners hit the candidates with some hard hitting questions! Hosted by Dylan Behan, News Fighters aims to shove the entire 24/7 Australian news cycle right into your ear-holes in less than ten minutes a day. Check out our website at http://www.newsfighters.com Follow...
Mar 21, 2019•10 min•Season 1Ep. 7
In an earnest and serious episode of News Fighters, we take good hard look at the Australian media’s addiction to giving airtime to right wing extremist viewpoints. Also Alan Jones blames the internet, Andrew Bolt announces he’s quitting racism and Fraser Anning versus Egg Boy. Hosted by Dylan Behan, News Fighters aims to shove the entire 24/7 Australian news cycle right into your ear-holes in less than ten minutes a day. Check out our website at http://www.newsfighters.com Follow us on twitter ...
Mar 19, 2019•10 min•Season 1Ep. 6
We break down Scott Morrison’s International Women's Day speech about the mining industry and also check in to see how One Nation’s Mark Latham and The Greens Julian Burnside celebrated women. Also: it’s the per-capita recession nobody wants to talk about! Hosted by Dylan Behan, News Fighters aims to shove the entire 24/7 Australian news cycle right into your ear-holes in less than ten minutes a day. Check out our website at http://www.newsfighters.com Follow us on twitter @newsfighterspod Email...
Mar 10, 2019•10 min•Season 1Ep. 5
Rats to the lifeboats! Weeks out from the federal election, Christopher Pyne & Steven Ciobo are the latest Coalition MPs to jump overboard, while Captain ScoMo stays with the ship. Also Alex Hawke thinks maybe female quotas could be a good thing, while almost every other Liberal seems to disagree. Hosted by Dylan Behan, News Fighters aims to shove the entire 24/7 Australian news cycle right into your ear-holes in less than ten minutes a day. Check out our website at http://www.newsfighters.c...
Mar 03, 2019•9 min•Season 1Ep. 4
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Feb 25, 2019•10 min•Season 1Ep. 3
On our 2nd episode we investigate why Julie Bishop has suddenly announced she's quitting parliament even though she thinks the coalition will win the federal election. And why is Sco-Mo obsessed with her shoes? And does the Liberal party have a "woman problem"? Maybe! They're all leaving! Hosted by Dylan Behan, News Fighters aims to shove the entire 24/7 Australian news cycle right into your ear-holes in less than ten minutes a day. Check out our website at http://www.newsfighters.com Follow us ...
Feb 22, 2019•9 min•Season 1Ep. 2
On the first episode of News Fighters we look at how Australian Finance Minister Mathias Cormann almost scored a free family trip to Singapore. And who exactly is Mr Burns? Hosted by Dylan Behan, News Fighters aims to shove the entire 24/7 Australian news cycle right into your ear-holes in less than ten minutes a day. Check out our website at http://www.newsfighters.com Follow us on twitter @newsfighterspod Emails us podcast@newsfighters.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more inform...
Feb 20, 2019•9 min•Season 1Ep. 1
