This week: Greg Hunt skips a Pfizer meeting ScoMo 747 takes off (again!) Who’s that Guy? Victoria’s new Opposition Leader! NSW’s Freedom day is coming, but with extra crowded hospitals! And our guest is the Deputy Lord Mayor of Sydney, Jess Scully! She’s here to talk about how Sydney will recover from the lockdown and the upcoming NSW local council elections on December 4. Follow Jess on instagram at https://www.instagram.com/jessscullysydney News Fighters is a comedic look at the week in Austra...
Sep 09, 2021•36 min•Season 1Ep. 81
This week we revisit almost all our segments covering the current Delta outbreak in Australia, from the first signs of it in June all the way up to mid-August. Taken from Episodes #72 (June 24), #73 (July 1), #74 (July 9), #77 (August 6), #78 (August 13) and #79 (August 19). All these segments are on our Youtube Channel here: http://www.youtube.com/newsfighters Or for a more concise overview please watch Episode #76 (July 29) - How NSW Stuffed Everything Up With the Delta Outbreak on Youtube: ht...
Sep 02, 2021•1 hr 2 min
I listened to all 20 episodes of former Liberal Minister Christopher Pyne’s post-politics vanity podcast project PYNE TIME so you don’t have to. Enjoy the inanity! Also my guest is ABC 730’s chief satirist Mark Humphries here to talk about his new book with Evan Williams, On Politics and Stuff . Follow Mark Humphries on instgram here: https://www.instagram.com/humphriesmark/ Buy “On Politics and Stuff” Here: https://www.hachette.com.au/mark-humphries-evan-williams/on-politics-and-stuff News Figh...
Aug 26, 2021•31 min•Season 1Ep. 80
This week: Some never-ending wars in failed states The Taliban takes over Afghanistan NSW gives up on Covid zero Gladys gives up on everything Jungle Cruise looks like a bad movie News Fighters is a comedic look at the week in Australian news, media and political hypocrisy, hosted by ex-Tonightly and Chaser editor Dylan Behan. Support us and get monthly bonus episodes: http://www.patreon.com/newsfighters We don’t advertise on Facebook so subscribe to our free newsletter: http://newsfighters. com...
Aug 19, 2021•21 min•Season 1Ep. 79
This week: Delta hits Canberra (and Tamworth and Dubbo and everywhere else) NSW abandons Covid zero as Emperor Gladys says we have to vaccinate our way out. Things can only get worser! We’re all doomed! Also from The Chaser Report podcast Dominic Knight stops by to talk daily news comedy! News Fighters is a comedic look at the week in Australian news, media and political hypocrisy, hosted by ex-Tonightly and Chaser editor Dylan Behan. Support us and get monthly bonus episodes: http://www.patreon...
Aug 13, 2021•29 min•Season 1Ep. 78
This week: Melbourne enters Lockdown Number 6 Labor offers $300 a jab NSW’s Delta Farce Continues with schools closed until who knows when. Stefan Pazur updates us on the Tokyo Sporting Event News Fighters is a comedic look at the week in Australian news, media and political hypocrisy, hosted by ex-Tonightly and Chaser editor Dylan Behan. Support us and get monthly bonus episodes: http://www.patreon.com/newsfighters We don’t advertise on Facebook so subscribe to our free newsletter: http://newsf...
Aug 06, 2021•28 min•Season 1Ep. 77
With Sydney currently facing its longest ever lockdown and highest ever Covid case numbers thanks to the current Delta outbreak, we take a comprehensive look at every single stuff up, mixed message and confusing backflip the Gladys Berejiklian and the New South Wales government has done to get us here. Watch this episode on Youtube: https://youtu.be/6e9Gvq9hqA4 News Fighters is a comedic look at the week in Australian news, media and political hypocrisy, hosted by ex-Tonightly and Chaser editor ...
Jul 29, 2021•29 min•Season 1Ep. 76
It's our 75th episode and this week we look overseas to Russia and take a look a bizarre and bombastic annual TV event: Vladimir Putin’s marathon annual call in show, Direct Line (Прямая линия с Владимиром Путиным). This year it offers some interesting insights into the state of Russia as Putin feigns interest in the everyday struggles of his subjects for a massive four hours while dodging responsibility and promising to eventually fix things. Also we look at the controversial use of AI to bring...
Jul 22, 2021•25 min•Season 1Ep. 75
This week we revisit our deep dive episode from April on Australia's botched vaccine rollout, updated with some new clips and info that has since come to light. Were we at the front or the back of the queue? How many eggs did we order and why were they all in one basket? Why did Scott Morrison tell us he was going to get AstraZeneca and then he got Pfizer? Watch this segment on Youtube here: https://youtu.be/bqfhUgycvsY News Fighters is a comedic look at the week in Australian news, media and po...
Jul 15, 2021•23 min
As Sydney’s outbreak of the Covid Delta strain keeps getting worse, we’re stuck in a Vaccine Hunger War Games (except if you were one of the lucky private school kids who ‘accidentally’ got vaccinated). There’s so many repeats of the stuff ups of 2020 it feels like we’re listening to the same songs over and over again! Also Comedian Bec Melrose stops by with some funny updates on some dark new stories. Follow Bec on Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/becmelrose (Note: this episode was recorded ...
Jul 09, 2021•22 min•Season 1Ep. 74
As most of Australia goes back into the lockdown for the first time since the pandemic started, we blame Scott Morrison while Scott Morrison blames the virus. And our botched vaccine rollout gets re-botched as AstraZeneca becomes allowed for younger people (kind of) while Queensland says ‘Yuck, No Thanks! Also some good news! Happy News Correspondent Stefan Pazur stops by with some happy good news reports to cheer us up! Happy! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Jul 01, 2021•27 min•Season 1Ep. 73
This week: Sydney catches Covid, NSW State Parliament hosts a super spreading event, Gladys goes casual and Barnaby is back! Also Greg Jericho, economics writer for The Guardian Australia, talks housing affordability and how good Australia’s economic recovery has really been. Follow Greg on Twitter at http://twitter.com/GrogsGamut and read his Guardian columns at http://www.theguardian.com/profile/greg-jericho Watch the Sydney outbreak mono on Youtube here: https://youtu.be/l4STjAdw3Y4 News Figh...
Jun 24, 2021•33 min•Season 1Ep. 72
This week: Scott Morrison observes the G7 in Cornwall, keeps loving coal and can’t get a solo meeting with Biden. Then he signs a biscuit-based free trade agreement agreement with Boris Johnson in London. Also Dylan shares covid jab stories with renowned Aussie TV comedy writer Dave Bloustien. Follow Dave Bloustien on twitter at https://twitter.com/i_before_e Donate a Covid Vaccine to a developing country at https://gogiveone.org/ Watch the monologue on Youtube: https://youtu.be/-JbJUCs8qNE News...
Jun 17, 2021•36 min•Season 1Ep. 71
This week we have an update on Australia’s evolving and increasingly strained relationship with China and we chat to Michael Smith, one of the last remaining Aussie journos in China who fled last year amid a tense diplomatic standoff. He tells us all his time covering President Xi, Taiwan, Hong Kong, the Uighurs in Xinjiang, and his new book, “The Last Correspondent: Dispatches from the frontline of Xi's new China.” Follow Michael Smith on Twitter at http://twitter.com/mikesmithafr Buy The Last ...
Jun 02, 2021•25 min•Season 1Ep. 70
This week: Melbourne goes into lockdown number four! Scott Morrison tells everyone to get vaccinated despite not having vaccinated our aged care residents NSW Labor Leader Jodi McKay resigns after an expectedly bad Upper Hunter by-election result Watch this episode on our Youtube here: Part 1 Melbourne Lockdown: https://youtu.be/CjN8LRobbWI Part 2 NSW Labor: https://youtu.be/xb-jZii3oMg News Fighters is a comedic look at the week in Australian news, media and political hypocrisy, hosted by ex-To...
May 28, 2021•16 min•Season 1Ep. 69
This week I briefly cover Anthony Albanese’s budget reply speech before taking a deeper diver into Australia’s weird vaccine hesitancy and why we should be worried about all the lockdowns now happening on our doorstep in Southeast Asia. Then I chat to accomplished Singaporean comedian Rishi Budhrani about the latest covid measures there and his new online news comedy show, The Rishi Report. Follow Rishi on Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/rishibudhrani/ Watch this episode on Youtube her...
May 19, 2021•32 min•Season 1Ep. 68
It’s our annual quick turnaround, late night Budget Wrap episode! Child Care, Aged Care, Pretending to Care.... we break down the Coalition's Labor Budget in case you fell asleep from too many low tax craft beers (valid!) You loved the 2019 “Back in Black Budget” and the 2020 “Cushion The Blow Budget” - 2021 is the “Blow the Budget Budget”. Tune in as Treasurer Josh Frydenberg steals Labor’s mojo by spending like there’s no tomorrow, which for Labor there might not be! We break down all the big ...
May 11, 2021•22 min•Season 1Ep. 67
Happy Beef Week everyone! It’s been a big week for news too. We look at the Morrison government threatening to jail anyone returning from India, then backing down while Andrew Bolt only just realises Australia might be racist. Then we recap the thrills and spills of the Tasmanian state election campaign. And finally Bec Melrose drops by to look at Biden’s first 100 days and discuss Scott Morrison’s pentecostal beliefs in his speech to the Australian Christian Churches conference. Follow Bec Melr...
May 04, 2021•30 min•Season 1Ep. 66
This week we take a quick look at the covid crisis unfolding in India. Then we take a deep dive into Scott Morrison’s fossil fuel powered hydrogen fever dream he revealed at Joe Biden’s Earth Day Climate Summit last week. My interview guest is Dr Monica Barratt from RMIT and co-lead researcher for the 2021 Global Drugs Survey, who talks about what’s stopping psychedelics being used to treat mental health issues and psychiatric conditions in Australia. Follow Dr Monica Barratt on Twitter at https...
Apr 28, 2021•34 min•Season 1Ep. 65
This week we take a deep dive into the crisis of the third wave of Covid-19 in Canada, where a battle is raging between vaccinations and variants, and the leader of the biggest province of Ontario, Doug Ford, is seemingly asleep at the wheel. Our interview guest is Jonathan Goldsbie, news editor at the website Canadaland and co-host of the monthly podcast all about Doug Ford, Wag The Doug. Follow Jonathan on Twitter here: https://twitter.com/goldsbie Listen to Wag The Doug here: https://www.cana...
Apr 21, 2021•34 min•Season 1Ep. 64
irst this week we say “cheers” to Prince Philip who passed away at age 99 last week and answer the big question of “Who is Prince Philip?”. Then jump to the front of the queue as we do a deep dive into the messy history of Australia’s botched vaccine rollout… and why putting all our eggs in one (or so) baskets has meant you won’t be getting jabbed anytime soon! Watch this episode on Youtube here: https://youtu.be/ymhZFedI7HQ Subscribe to our Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/newsfighter...
Apr 15, 2021•21 min•Season 1Ep. 63
Taking a week off so thought I'd replay some stuff from earlier this year you may have missed. From Episode 56 (February 10, 2021): A Year of COVID-19: What Australia got right and wrong about the pandemic, and why the state premiers should get the credit for keeping Australia safe, not the Prime Minister. And my interview with comedian Tom Ballard (from Episode 52anuary 11, 2021) who is also my old boss from Tonightly with Tom Ballard. Get tickets to Tom's Comedy Fest show "We Are All in This" ...
Apr 07, 2021•30 min
This week we have an in-depth look at Scott Morrison trying to fix his “women problem” by reshuffling his male-dominated cabinet around so hopefully you lose track of who’s currently scandal plagued and who isn’t. Also we look at the end of Jobkeeper, the Brisbane outbreak and the fumbling vaccine rollout. Then RAW Comedy Winner Bec Melrose joins us to talk the Suez Canal blockage, the H&M China boycott and ScoMo at the footy! Follow Bec Melrose on instagram https://www.instagram.com/becmelr...
Mar 31, 2021•28 min•Season 1Ep. 62
Episode 61 for March 25, 2021. THIS WEEK: After a “rain bomb” leaves TV reporters gasping for superlatives, Canberra then becomes inundated with a flood of crocodile tears as Prime Minister Scott Morrison attempts to revilatise his image with Australian women and fails spectacularly. Also guest Michael Chamberlin, head writer for Tonightly and co-host of the Junktime AFL podcast, stops by to talk his new Melbourne Comedy Festival show “Calm Down” and the upcoming AFL season. Follow Chambo on twi...
Mar 24, 2021•28 min•Season 1Ep. 61
In this weeks episode we have an in-depth look at what lead to the Liberal bloodbath in the WA state election and what it means for Federal politics in the upcoming federal election. At the top I also have a quick look at the historic Womens March 4 Justice this week and recent vaccine delays. And finally our showbiz correspondent Stefan Pazur stops by to talk the Grammy Awards and the Oscar nominations. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Mar 17, 2021•28 min•Season 1Ep. 60
This week we look at Dan Andrew’s recent fall, the Pope’s visit to Iraq and the media reaction to Prince Harry and Meghan Markle going on Oprah’s Sook Club. Then we have an in-depth look at relations between and Australia and China since the start of the pandemic. Is it a just trade war or the start of something more sinister? Also why does China hate us and more importantly: what do we do with all this leftover lobster and barley? News Fighters is a comedic look at the week in Australian news, ...
Mar 10, 2021•28 min•Season 1Ep. 59
In this special episode on the Future of Work in Australia we look at Labor’s controversial industrial relations policy proposals that includes (shock horror!) minimum wages and sick leave. Then we chat to political economist Ben Spies-Butcher, head of sociology at Macquarie University about a recent study he did into Universal Basic Income (UBI) in Australia and how the pandemic may have given us a glimpse of what the future could look like in regards to free money! At the top of the show we lo...
Mar 03, 2021•32 min•Season 1Ep. 58
This week: the first coronavirus vaccines have landed in Australia, Health Minister Greg Hunt accuses the ABC’s Michael Rowland of being a massive leftie and Melbourne enters its third lockdown (of how many?). And then joining us to talk about his interactive Perth Festival play Whistleblower and preview the upcoming March 13 W.A. election is ARIA award winning comedian Wyatt Nixon-Lloyd. Also stick around for a lockdown-inspired song at the end from Wyatt and Bridie Connell. Follow Wyatt on Twi...
Feb 16, 2021•27 min•Season 1Ep. 57
This week marks exactly a year since COVID-19 was officially named by the World Health Organisation. To mark the occasion I thought I’d look back on a year of predictions to see exactly what Australia got right and wrong about the pandemic. And why Scott Morrison shouldn't get the credit! And joining me for a chat about the past week is RAW Comedy Winner and former Tonightly writer Bec Melrose. Also in the headlines I look at the eventual vaccine rollout, vague climate targets and AFL racism. Fo...
Feb 09, 2021•30 min•Season 1Ep. 56
In this episode: we have the latest front line report from the dangerous Australia Day culture wars. Also we look at the Western Australia lockdown, Liberal MP Kevin Andrews losing preselection and the ABC’s billionaire Boyer lecturer! Joining us for a chat is Dan Ilic discussing the history and the humour of his satirical incubator podcast, A Rational Fear, celebrating its 100th episode this month (and also where the idea for News Fighters was hatched). For the full interview, check out the ext...
Feb 01, 2021•27 min•Season 1Ep. 55
