Auspol Snackpod: Australian Politics and Memes

103 - FriendlyJordies is not mentioned in this episode - ft. guest host Holly

It's another long episode this week and we're very happy to announce return guest host Holly! I think our first ever return guest? She came to drop some knowledge about pharmacist counselling for people seeking the morning after pill! This week we're serving up:

Blurst Take: Michael McCormack wants the mouse plague relocated to inner cities 

SPOTW: Julie Bishop Asbestos Lawyer Barbie 

First Nations: Murri Courts are extremely effective at ensuring people don't go to jail. Thanks to Peter for sending in this story! 

ACAB: We're not talking about Friendlyjordies. We're not talking about Friendlyjordies. We're not talking about Friendlyjordies. 

Mains: Holly's story on pharmacists and "counselling". 

And you'll just have to wait to the end for our Pupdate! 

Support the show: www.patreon.com/AuspolSnackpod 

Listen to Every Second Weekend: https://www.podbean.com/podcast-detail/4fu5m-13881b/Every-Second-Weekend-Podcast 

 

102 - Rio TimTams

Shoutouts to the Snackpack - that is, you guys, our listeners, not the new podcast called the Snackpack. This week we're serving up:

Positivity Corner: The Christian Democrats Party are in big financial trouble

First Nations: Content warning for the name of an Indigenous person who has died, it runs from 9:44 - 11:11. We have a second story in this segment with no content warnings, it's about Ben Wyatt, the former WA Minister for Aboriginal Affairs, who has taken jobs with two mining companies. 

Fashy Australia: Two stories here as well - first, the Murugappan family continue to be physically and psychologically tortured for political gain. And second, Michelle Burgess, a former ALP figure, has joined the far-right, white supremacist Australia First Party.  (Go check out her facebook page.) 

SPOTW: Goes to Ben Jenkins with a lay-up assist from Liberal Senator Ben Small. Plus this week Gladys spawned a meme before it was hurredly murdered by other politicians. 

UFU: One of Australia's loudest Nazis, Tom Sewell, is in jail again.

Mains: Is actually quite a brief story that just didn't fit into our other segments this week, about changes to the Medicare schedule.

KOOK WATCH: Is a brand new segment where we talk about conspiracy theorists! For our inaugural Kook Watch we talk about the Victorian Liberal Party and their QAnon style conspiracies about Daniel 'Adrenochrome' Andrews. 

And you'll just have to listen to the end for our Pupdate!

Donate to Fella Morrison's family's legal costs: https://www.gofundme.com/f/justiceforfella 

Ban spit hoods in custody: https://www.change.org/p/banspithoods-stop-black-deaths-in-custody 

Support the show: www.patreon.com/AuspolSnackpod 

 

101 - Sausageworks Pickletank

This week on snackpod we're serving up:

Entree: Harvey Norman has a long standing tradition of being awful 

Coronas: Lockdown in Victoria, a "disaster payment" and...

Positivity Corner: The Federal Government is FINALLY building a quarantine facility. 

SPOTW: Shoutouts to Jimmy for some amazing content. Zac looked into Libertyworks and how pickley they really are. 

UFU: Christian Porter sucks, gave up on a court case, and claims it as a win 

First Nations: A report shows that the Stolen Generation involved about twice as many people as we previously thought 

Blurst Take: Peter Khalil continues Labor's wonderful tradition of being absolutely useless. Just by the way, both of us were wrong: he wasn't in council and he's not in shadow cabinet.

Fashy Aus: It's unfair to say the Dobseeker Hotline is gestapo-like, because it's extremely inefficient 

And you'll just have to listen to the end for our Pupdate! 

Support the show financially over at www.patreon.com/AuspolSnackpod and you get a bonus episode each month! This month's episode will be about Cops, Corporations, and Kink at Pride.

 

100 - The Auspol Snackpod 100th Episode Spectacular Clip Show / Snack Platter

Somehow we have managed to make ONE HUNDRED EPISODES. That's wild. Thank you all for coming on this journey with us! To celebrate, Zac has put together a clip show, with some of our favourite snippets from the last two years. There's some amazing interview moments, memes, tweets, hot takes, one joke that Noon didn't get, potlucks, and some timeless news items that our listeners (and us) loved. 

Support us on patreon so we can make another 100 episodes! www.patreon.com/AuspolSnackpod 

Listen to all our old episodes so you can remember other great moments, they're all available at www.auspolsnackpod.com 

099 - Falafel with Pineapple

It's another huge episode! Thank you so much to our beloved listeners who sent in excellent potlucks, and for all the memes / SPOTWOOHs <3 <3 

This week we're serving up: 

Entree: the Victorian budget is kind of okay, they spent money on mental health and the business lobby are very angery about it. Noon does some absolutely terrible arithmetic, you're very welcome. 

Positivity Corner: Deliveroo driver found to be an employee rather than a contractor by the Fair Work Commission (but don't worry it's still bad) 

First Nations: Remote Communities Forum in the Kimberley coordinated COVID responses, and they're considering forming a representative body! Read the only article about it here: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-05-18/kimberley-remote-community-leaders-forum-covid/100144762 

Content warning for our other First Nations story is yet another Indigenous person killed by police. If you'd prefer to skip this story it runs from 19:44 - 21:24. 

Potluck: Jess makes an important correction and we give our unreservoired apologies, and Aandi gave us a very thoughtful and interesting critique of our Broken Clock segment which we chewed over. 

UFU: The Morrison Government is building a very very silly gas fired power plant in the Hunter Valley, it makes no sense at all 

SPOTW(OOH): Noon was interviewed by the Age! And our Facebook group made some lovely memes about him. 

Main course: Zac gives an update on the Israel/Palestine situation and the relationships between Australia and the Israeli military (it's not conspiracy theories we swear). 

And you'll have to listen to the end for our Pupdate! 

For a surprisingly good explanation of Israel/Palestine see Juice Rap News' video from 2014: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U3by9FoEFB8 

Support us financially and get a monthly bonus episode (and other stuff): www.patreon.com/AuspolSnackpod 

 

098 - Budget Beers feat. Holly

Noon has been struck down by the man flu (it's not covid, dw) so Zac recruited friend, confidant, and member of our inner sanctum Holly to chat about the news this week. Holly is, amongst other things, the co-host of Every Second Weekend, a podcast she makes with her dad where they read Agatha Christie books, and the co-host of Zac's life. 

 

Entree: NDIS independent assessments look like they're going to go ahead unfortunately.

UFU: We talk about the federal budget, and why it's a woozle-wozzle that no one should pay attention to, and how JobMaker went (spoiler: it went badly).

SPOTW: This week it's a multi-way tie - Zac collected a few front page articles about the Budget and Holly deploys her expertise as a graphic designer to make fun of them

Potluck: Lia called in to discuss consent education resources that are actually useful, unlike the Milkshake video.

First Nations: CW for discussion of deaths in custody and using the names of Indigenous people who have passed. If you want to skip it, the story runs from 47:00-59:00. Zac gives an update on the inquiry into the death of Wayne Fellla Morrison.

Positivity Corner: a rare actually good positivity corner! Celeste Liddle is running as the Greens candidate for Cooper.

And you'll just have to listen to the end of the show for our Pupdate!

Support the show financially: www.patreon.com/AuspolSnackpod 

 

097 - George Grillinsen feat. Cam Wilson

We're very excited to announce our guest host for this week, actual journalist and confirmed poster, Cam Wilson! The three of us grill up some analysis, roast some of the fools in parliament, and snack down on some tasty memes. 

Entree: Tasmania had an election! Peter Gutwein is likely to form government, with the help of embattled Liberal candidate Adam "Terry" Brooks. 

Fashy Aus: The government has (slightly) walked back their language around the India travel ban. 

Positivity Corner: Australia is supporting a waiver on intellectual property around COVID vaccines and other medical equipment. Unfortunately it looks unlikely to come into effect any time soon. 

First Nations: CW for use of names and description of Indigenous people who have died & discussion of police violence and deaths in custody. The story runs from 26:00 - 35:20 and is about the inquiry into the death of Wayne Fella Morrison. 

SPOTW: Cam serves up some cricket drama, and promises an article on some major meme news. Plus we have Michael O'Brien (who?), the leader of the Victorian Liberal Party, dedicating the rest of his life to grilling. 

Mains: Cam has been following George Christensen closely and dishes up hot goss and informed speculation about why George does what he does and where he's going after this term of parliament. 

And you'll just have to listen to the end for our Pupdate! including Cam's little hound Rambo. 

Check out all of Cam's links and so on at https://linktr.ee/camwilson. Follow him on Twitter and at Crikey and elsewhere, or send him tips and ideas for stories! 

Support Auspol Snackpod financially and get a monthly bonus episode: www.patreon.com/AuspolSnackpod 

Support the call for a ban on spit hoods: https://nit.com.au/family-of-wayne-fella-morrison-plead-for-spit-hood-ban/ 

Support the Morrison family's legal costs: https://au.gofundme.com/f/justiceforfella 

 

096 - Craig Kale-y Kancelled

This week on Snackpod we're serving you...

Neopaganism: International Worker's Day

Fashy Australia: CW for mention of r*pe from 3:15 - 10:20 Peter Dutton sues Shane Bazzi, a refugee activist, for defamation. Support Shane's gofundme: https://chuffed.org/project/the-people-v-peter-dutton-legal-fund

SPOTW: Craig Kelly is booted from Facebook and now is busy embarrassing himself on twitter, and we had some great OC in the group about it.

Blurst Take: Andrew Laming has been upgraded from "besieged" to "scandal-plagued", been diagnosed with ADHD, and hung up on a journalist. 

First Nations: CW for the names and description of First Nations people who have died from 35:00 - 42:40. There have been developments in the case of Ms Dhu, the Wayne Fella Morrison inquiry, and there have been two more deaths in custody.

Positivity Corner: victims of the Stolen Generations in the NT are are beginning a class action for compensation, a Dan Murphy's that was planned on the border of three dry Indigenous communities has been scrapped, and Zac was inspired by some traditional fire management practitioners.

Potluck: We have a small correction about something we never meant to say, and another, much larger correction (and excellent potluck) about the legal marijuana situation in Australia, which apparently is completely not what Noon said last week!

UFU: Crown Casino has been hit with a tiny fine and a letter of censure from the Victorian gambling regulator, and is up to their eyeballs in other inquiries into their many alleged crimes.

Coronas: Zac takes us through the situation with coronavirus in India and the Australian government dealing with it in a pretty terrible / racist way.

We have a new Business sting! Please leave us a review! And rate us! Please!!!! Please we want reviews!!!!!!!! I'm literally begging you.

And you'll just have to listen to the end for our Pupdate!

Support Shane Bazzi's legal fight against Peter Dutton: https://chuffed.org/project/the-people-v-peter-dutton-legal-fund 

Listen to Andrew Laming's terrible interview: https://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/drive/liberal-mp-andrew-laming-reveals-adhd-diagnosis/13321404

Read the article from Arundhati Roy in the Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/news/2021/apr/28/crime-against-humanity-arundhati-roy-india-covid-catastrophe 

095 - More Weed Brownies Again

Welcome back to Auspol Snackpod, the podcast that hasn't figured out the format for its joke intros yet. We have another long episode for you all, starting with a tasty entree... 

Entree: Happy Weed Day / Hitler's Birthday - a brief update on the situation with marijuana in so-called Australia 

Blurst Take: Kristina K. Keneally loves torturing children in jails 

Positivity Corner: the Shenhua Watermark coal mine is cancelled! But... for terrible reasons. Also George Christensen quits Parliament, and Tom Sewell got doxxed 

Fashy Australia: CW for anti-trans stuff - you can skip from 25:20 to 37:10.

SPOTW: Bernardi. Cory Bernardi. Is serving up cringe, shaken not stirred. Plus an IRL SPOTW to whoever is tagging Pfizer around inner Melbourne 

UFU: It's the milkshake video. Sorry. 

First Nations: CW for discussion of Indigenous (and non-Indigenous) people who have died. You can skip from 1:00:00 - 1:15:00. Killer cops being charged here and in the USA. We talk a bit about the Chauvin conviction and what it means for Indigenous lives and killer police in Australia. 

Mains: Scott Morrison manages to totally embarrass himself and the country at international climate talks YET AGAIN. 

Broken Clock: Even our mining sector is better than our government on climate! 

And you'll just have to listen to the end for the Pupdate! 

Support the show financially and get a monthly bonus episode over at www.patreon.com/AuspolSnackpod

Watch the Cringy Bernardi ad here: https://twitter.com/cameronwilson/status/1384373251493666816 

Watch the Milkshake video here (if you really want to do that to yourself): https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-04-20/nsw-premier-state-politicians-slam-milkshake-consent-video/100081296 

094 - 101 Bread Roll Squadron

Another week, another too much news and politics and politicians saying extremely silly stuff. This week we’re chatting about:

 

Positivity Corner: Domino’s fails to stop worker class action

SPOTW: Leunig and Christine Holgate

Another Round of Coronas: Vaccine blood clots and a potluck

Broken Clock: NDIS independent assessments put on hold

First Nations: [CW for the names of Ingidenous people who have died 33:14 - 45:14] 10 demands from the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Legal Service on the 30th anniversary of the royal commission into Aboriginal deaths in custody

Potluck 2: Eels!

Fashy Australia: 101 Doll Squadron and HMAS Supply

Blurst Take: Phillip Thompson: “Military gone woke”

Mains: Ben Robert-Smith, War Crimes Hero

Potluck 3: Footy, and men’s footy

 

CW for mentions of deaths in our community - 1:38:52 - 1:43:04

 

Thomas Coyne fundraiser:

 

https://contact-qld.greens.org.au/civicrm/contribute/transact?reset=1&id=3332 

Daphne Camf interviews:

 

https://lnwy.co/read/the-divination-of-daphne-camf/ 

https://www.chronicallyfullysick.com/episodes/episode-03-beauty-poopy-queens

 

Send us a potluck at: contact@auspolsnackpod.com