42 — Blow up the horses (feat. Zac of Auspol Snackpod)

We're joined by Zac of Auspol Snackpod to chat about Scott Morrison's weird tint job, horse races for the rich and how the government (again) loves mining more than mining companies.

 

Getting tints

• Scott Morrison was supposed to attend a national cabinet meeting, buts turns out he was at a fundraiser.
• He probably could have called in, or taken another plane.
• Kevin Rudd on visiting a strip club: “Oh no, this won’t do”.

Pretty horsies

• The Victorian government okayed 500 horse owners to attend the Cox Plate race event, while the rest of Victoria is completely locked down.
• The decision to allow the owners to attend was quickly reversed, though the race still ran.
• The AFL Grand Final is the people’s game.
• A public holiday was introduced in 2015.
• Horse racing billionaire Jonathan Munz is funding a high court challenge to Victorian’s lockdown laws.
• Tom Waterhouse admits his sports betting brand was “highly polarising”.
• Australia has the highest gambling losses per captia in the world.
• Many football teams are supported by gambling revenues.

Big beautiful mines

• The government loves mining more than mining companies.
• In good news, all of South Australia’s power is coming from solar panels.
• Sun Cable is proposing the world’s largest solar power plant in the Northern Territory.
• The Queensland Resources Council claims that their industry employs 20% of the Queensland population.

Footy tipping

• The AFL has cut ties with Rio Tinto, after the company destroyed Juukan Gorge.
• Essendon player Joe Daniher has called on the AFL to cut ties with BHP and Rio Tinto.
• Yet you participate in society. Curious! I am very intelligent.
• The Wallabies refused to take a knee in support of black lives matter.

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