We discuss bad rocks, the Award for Services to Homophobia, and try to figure out what on earth the Labor Party is up to. We’re on fire Adelaide had a massive bushfire south of the city , described as like a firestorm or a volcano . Two-year-old packs bad rocks . Meanwhile in Melbourne, on Monday a mean and menacing “tip fire” managed to motivate 17 municipalities to move a “major alert” across most media. In good news, South Australia met the entirety of it’s power demand with solar for a few h...
Feb 01, 2021•59 min•Ep 56•Transcript available on Metacast We're joined by Ben McLeay of the Boonta Vista podcast to talk about the Government's favorite hobby of packing emissions bodies with fossil fuel ghouls, Australian lawyer Greg Sheppard and his terrible children, and hungry ghost Scott Morrison. Goodish news 46 of the 60 refugees who were in Australia were held for up to 8 years in the Bell, nee Park Mantra hotel prisons have been released . 14 of the refugees have been kept in the hotels, for no apparent reason . Home Affairs minister Peter Dut...
Jan 27, 2021•1 hr 2 min•Ep 55•Transcript available on Metacast We cover the Dutch welfare scandal, the government shovelling more subsidies into the gas industry, the Celery Discorse and what Michael McCormack has been up to. Clog scandal The Netherlands have done a mini-Robodebt, wrongly accusing thousands of families of abusing a childcare allowance scheme . The entire Dutch government have “quit” over this scandal . However, they remain in place in a caretaker capacity . Shades of Bridget McKenzie’s “resignation” here . Climate news The Federal governmen...
Jan 19, 2021•1 hr 2 min•Ep 54•Transcript available on Metacast We chat about Australia's contributions to the US Capitol riots, online abuse of people who fall through the cracks of coronavirus lockdown, and outages of the inhumane cashless welfare card. We’re on fire Australia is yet again on fire . Union news Deliveroo riders have elected health and safety representatives, and are trying to force the company to comply with the Work Health and Safety Act . Google workers have formed the Alphabet Union . Venture capitalist Mike Solana reckons it’s a LARP . ...
Jan 13, 2021•59 min•Ep 53•Transcript available on Metacast Mitch and McLean cross the podcast picket line to chat about the one-word adjustment to the national anthem, cuts to Jobkeeper and the 2020 drop in emissions. Anthemic adjustments The Prime Minister has announced a one-word change to the national anthem . The change was originally backed by NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian . Scott Morrison remembers Bob Hawke for changing the national anthem . War on the poor The government is going through with their threat to cut jobkeeper . Mitch on ABC’s The D...
Jan 05, 2021•47 min•Ep 52•Transcript available on Metacast Join us as we wrap up 2020 with Not Good Enough's official Top 10 ranking for the year. 10. Forced handshakes Scott Morrison’s visit to Cobargo The firefighter who really didn’t want to shake his hand . 9. Meme war with China The meme war, covered in episode 48 and the trade war fallout in episode 50 . 8. Anne Ruston Anne Ruston, covered in episode 14 and episode 45 . 7. State discourse Sexy Dan Andrews covered in episode 28 . People getting horny for Victorian Chief Health Officer Brett Sutton ...
Dec 30, 2020•1 hr 18 min•Ep 51•Transcript available on Metacast We delve into the details on the Ombudsman's report on the Victorian public tower lockdowns, then theorise that Australian politicians are being paid by aliens to perpetuate climate change. NSW Has the Roni NSW’s Northern Beaches is under lockdown . Seems likely the failures the quarantine requirements are to blame for the outbreak . Saving Djab Wurrung The Federal Court has ruled that the Victorian Government’s decision to build a highway through Djab Wurrung birthing trees was made incorrectly...
Dec 21, 2020•58 min•Ep 50•Transcript available on Metacast It's too hot to podcast but we delve into the content mines yet again to keep you updated on the landslide of bills from the last sitting week of parliament. Shrugging towards apocalypse Prime Minister Scott Morrison has been excluded from the recent UN climate summit . Morrison has backflipped on the governments use of “Kyoto carryover credits” as an accounting trick to get out of climate targets . Australia’s catastrophic bushfires had a slight cooling effect on the global climate . At Austral...
Dec 15, 2020•1 hr 7 min•Ep 49•Transcript available on Metacast We're joined by jounalist and Posting expert Jim Malo to discuss Australia's return to our natural state: on fire and mad at foreigners. Listening to the experts Kristina Kerscher Keneally has urged the NSW Government to slow down on reforms to drug laws . We’re on fire Australia is still on fire. Fraser Island has been burning since October . “This shouldn’t be happening. This is just crazy. This is completely terrifying” — David Bowman, professor of fire ecology at the University of Tasmania J...
Dec 08, 2020•1 hr 6 min•Ep 48•Transcript available on Metacast In this blockbuster episode we discuss Gladys Berejiklian's creeping corruption, Virginia Trioli's Dr. Manhattan vibes and the death of the Dollarmite. Black book club Former Finance Minister Matias Cormann is trying to get a job at the OECD . Rules for thee, but not for me NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian had an affair with corrupt MP Daryl Maguire, facing no consequences . She gave $40,000 to Daryl Maguire’s electorate from her own discretionary fund . Berejiklian took a COVID test, but didn’t i...
Dec 02, 2020•1 hr 5 min•Ep 47•Transcript available on Metacast We discuss the recently-settled class-action lawsuit against the Robodebt scheme, then dive into the media coverage of Australia's Afganistan war crimes, and why they should not be surprising. Lockdowns South Australia went into lockdown for six days, and weren’t happy about it . The man who lied to contract tracers and was working multiple jobs is being hounded by the media and South Australian government . Migrant workers don’t receive any income support . Robodebt The Federal Government knew ...
Nov 24, 2020•1 hr 8 min•Ep 46•Transcript available on Metacast We enter the Sexism Zone, then chat about coal-lover Joel Fitzgibbon leaving the Labor front-bench. For dessert we discuss successul petitions and a (hopefully!) big new push for social housing in Victoria. Sexism zone Turns out government ministers Alan Tudge and Christian Porter are mega mondo sleazes . This is in violation of then-PM Malcolm Turnbull’s “bonk ban” , following Barnaby Joyce’s affair with staffer Vikki Campion . Rumours of Barnaby Joyce’s affairs were circulating for months befo...
Nov 17, 2020•1 hr 2 min•Ep 45•Transcript available on Metacast We reflect on the sad news from the recent Melbourne Cup, talk about the Only Election News, and why maybe putting fascists on TV is bad. Horses In sad news, Anthony Van Dyke has died . The real heros stoically stayed home . The only election news In Victorian local government elections, the Greens and Socialists have swept into power . Yarra council is the first majority-Green council in Australia . Some council elections are also dominated by cooked units. Big battery bonanza Victoria is going...
Nov 11, 2020•1 hr 4 min•Ep 44•Transcript available on Metacast We dig into the details of the recently released Royal Commission into National Natural Disaster Arrangements. Then we chat about the LNP freaking out about ANZ virtue signalling, and the company that was paid millions to not clean trains. Royal commissions all the way down Australia’s latest Royal Commission into the 2019-20 bushfire season has been released . Australia leases most of our aerial firefighting aircraft from overseas . This is just the most recent inquiry. Since the year 2000, the...
Nov 03, 2020•55 min•Ep 43•Transcript available on Metacast 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 th...
Oct 26, 2020•1 hr 5 min•Ep 42•Transcript available on Metacast We discuss whether you should get fired for quoting Mean Girls, then chat with Holly from the Renters & Housing Union about how they are helping to protect renters during the pandemic. Good news Yelling at Scott Morrison is good. As is throwing fake blood on his car . The Greens won big in the recent ACT elections . You can’t waste your vote in Australia . Julia Gillard campaigned on not advocating for a carbon tax, but was forced into one by the Greens . Jacinda Ardern’s New Zealand Labour Part...
Oct 19, 2020•55 min•Ep 41•Transcript available on Metacast Alan Tudge re-instates the White Australia policy, Jacquie Lambie is a problematic fav, and we pick apart the big themes of this year's Federal budget. Lidia Thorpe rules Lidia Thorpe is the first Victorian Aboriginal Senator . She entered parliament carrying a message stick with 441 marks , representing the First Nations people who have died in custody since 1991. Former Victorian Premier reckons Lidia should “walk before you run” . The Tudge Report Australia partner visas take years to complet...
Oct 13, 2020•1 hr 5 min•Ep 40•Transcript available on Metacast We discuss big poultry news, the Centerlink workers who disagree with punitive government policy, and how the LNP wants to bring back indentured servitude on farms. Poultry roundup Breaking: Chicken coop constructed . The ABC took down their article, very soon after publishing . Sam Niell’s duck (RIP) was called Charlie Pickering . Centerlink Centrelink workers and and their union have released an open letter outlining their concerns with the government’s upcoming cuts to welfare and privatisati...
Oct 06, 2020•1 hr•Ep 39•Transcript available on Metacast We dive into a detailed run-down of the Morrison government's new Low Emissions Technology Statement, and why it actually is worse than doing nothing. Ghost of climate past Scott Morrison brought a piece of coal into parliament in 2017 . The piece of coal was lacquered, and given to him by a Minerals Council lobbyist . Scott Morrison came to power after rolling Scott Morrison over the National Energy Guarantee . The Morrison government pushed for using “roll-over credits” to avoid action on clim...
Sep 28, 2020•1 hr 10 min•Ep 38•Transcript available on Metacast We're joined by journalist Jim Malo to talk race, renting and how Australia's media covers both. But before that, we talk about the desecration of sacred sites, and Jobkeeper rorts. Freedom to be desecrated BHP and Fortescue have rejected a call from their shareholders to place a moratorium on “disturbing, destroying or desecrating” aboriginal cultural sites . BHP believes in freedom of speech for traditional owners . Jobkeeper rorts Thousands of businesses have claimed JobKeeper payments, but s...
Sep 22, 2020•1 hr•Ep 37•Transcript available on Metacast We chat the $30 mil golden handshake received by the CEO who blew up Juukan Gorge, the 'strike' that Victorian landlords are trying to pull, and the privatised Coronavirus contact tracing clusterfuck. Rorts Rio Tinto misled parliament during the inquiry into the Juukan Gorge destruction . Their CEO is being “fired”, leaving the company in 6 months and receiving a payout worth at least $25 million . Sports rorts are back, baby! Documents have revealed that Scott Morrison absolutely knew about the...
Sep 15, 2020•1 hr 1 min•Ep 36•Transcript available on Metacast We're joined by James from No Turning Back to discuss the recent RAFFWU win vs McDonalds, native advertising and Extinction Rebellion's insistance that they are non-political. Union wins The RAFFWU has successfully sued McDonalds for toilet breaks . The SDA Union fought against marriage equality in Australia . The cutest little native advertisement in town This might be the most remote coffee van in Australia This is part of a new push for native advertising in News Corp publications . This pers...
Sep 08, 2020•1 hr 3 min•Ep 35•Transcript available on Metacast Mitch and Lang do some yelling about gas. We praise Rachel Siewert for yelling. We yell about big rowdy protests, which are a form of yelling. Deniable corruption Michael Sukkar was (Somyu)rek’d, but has faced no consequences . Scott Morrison hs denied any responsibility . Albonese went in hard ? Job agencies get paid Job Agencies have earned $500m from the government during the pandemic . Companies taking Jobkeeper are still happily paying out dividends to shareholders . The Coronavirus Jobkeep...
Sep 01, 2020•58 min•Ep 34•Transcript available on Metacast We discuss Wikipedia edits, encryption laws, corona detention and McLean's trip to the Labor party's town hall on climate change. News updates Did Department of Social Services secretary Kathryn Campbell edit her own Wikipedia page ? The Australian Financial Review suggests a guaranteed income and a strong social safety net would help Australia come out of the Covid Depression . Sydney Bus drivers called off a strike after their demands for PPE were met before the strike began . Corona detention...
Aug 25, 2020•59 min•Ep 33•Transcript available on Metacast Guest host Noon of Auspol Snackpod joins us for a roundup of media news, an explanation of how clean energy could get us out of the recession and a stirring dive into Marxist theory. News Corp are simps Bill Shorten declares that Scott Morrison is a simp A lot of government’s non-english Coronavirus safety information is gibberish . The Australian ran a front-page story claiming that a graph pulled from a random twitter user came from an anonymous government source . The Editor’s response is inc...
Aug 18, 2020•1 hr 8 min•Ep 32•Transcript available on Metacast We take a break from doom and gloom to highlight some recent wins. Then we chat with broadcaster and conspiracy researcher Cam Smith about the sovereign citizens and far-right cranks at a Bunnings near you. Corona watch The coronavirus infection rate in Victoria was reduced by the Stage 3 restrictions from 1.75 to 1.16, preventing at least 18.5k infections . For a lot of people, the lockdown has improved mental health . Former Liberal MP Concetta Fierravanti-Wells has blasted Tony Abbot for his ...
Aug 11, 2020•1 hr 6 min•Ep 31•Transcript available on Metacast We dissect the media's preferential coverage of the covid crisis, the Labor party response to climate change and how big business is more interested in making money than keeping their workers alive. Media watch After getting horny for Premier Dan Andrews, the columnist class are getting wet for Chief Health Officer Brett Sutton . Economics writer the Age wants to force people to lose weight to earn welfare payments . The media identified, doxxed and vilified two black women . This stands in cont...
Aug 03, 2020•56 min•Ep 30•Transcript available on Metacast We chat about the latest round of government handouts to mates, then delve into a blistering rundown of Serco's crimes and coverups. Money for mates Parliament is sitting out the pandemic . At least six of the “sports rorts” grants approved by Bridget McKenzie’s office didn’t even submit application forms until after they were granted . Phil Gaetjens, Secretary of the Department of the Prime Minister says it is “not a part of ministerial standards to establish if McKenzie acted lawfully. Gaetjen...
Jul 28, 2020•1 hr 2 min•Ep 29•Transcript available on Metacast Lockdown horn has infected Australia's pundit class, Albo reckons mines are cool, and we run through the highlights of recent stupid money bullshit. Bushfires for lease In Portland, unidentified federal agents are kidnapping people . Because of the response to Corona, less can be done in preparation for this year’s bushfire season . Australia doesn’t own its own serious bushfire fighting equipement, barring for a single 373 tanker plane . Climate news Anthony Albonese reckons that a coal mine th...
Jul 21, 2020•59 min•Ep 28•Transcript available on Metacast We chat about Melbourne's return to city-wide lockdown and the ongoing police presence at the nine inner-city public housing blocks. Then we get personal, talking about our own paths to radical politics. Lockdowns and masks Coronavirus safety information w asn’t translated into non-english languages for months after the outbreak . Victorian state government advice has changed to recommend the wearing of masks in situations where you can’t socially distance . Hours later Federal Health Minister r...
Jul 13, 2020•1 hr 13 min•Ep 27•Transcript available on Metacast 
