Bite sized chunks of Australian politics and news, served up with a side of crispy memes
Episodes
Sunday Apr 11, 2021
Sunday Apr 11, 2021
We recorded this episode early! We can only assume that there have been no developments in our stories. Which are, this week...
Coronas: Vaccines from the EU are delayed, or maybe they're not? (Definitely no developments on this one... nope...)
Positivity Corner: Landlords are selling off their houses now that it's mandatory to ensure houses have, for example, doors
First Nations: Another tragic piece of cultural genocide as the Kooyang rock formation was destroyed by a farmer
UFU: Van Badham has many sock puppets (again, more developments on this story? nah, couldn't be) as does Andrew Laming
Blessed Take/Blurst Take: Blessed take goes to Jacqueline Maley for dunking on Scott Morrison - Blurst Take goes to Australian men ages 18-34, for not dunking on Scott Morrison.
SPOTW: Goes to Hill for his Two Toms meme, plus we have a little bit of info about some anti-Nazi raids by the AFP this week
Fashy Australia: Peter Dutton sues twitter users for defamation
Mains: More info about the proposed changes to the NDIS and the sneaky stuff the government is doing to downplay them
And you'll just have to listen to the end for our Pupdate!
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Sunday Apr 04, 2021
Sunday Apr 04, 2021
It's the return of Le Snak this week, we have a super long episode and - April Fools! - everything is totally awful. There are a LOT of content warnings for this episode, I've included the time codes below and we also mention it while we're talking so you can skip past.
Coronas: We are very behind on our vaccination roll out; the Federal Government claims we are not behind on our vaccination roll out
Positivity Corner: the Victorian Government seems to be backing down from the highway expansion that would destroy more Djab Wurrung heritage sites
First Nations: the Dhadjowa Foundation has been formed to support Indigenous people who have had loved ones killed in custody. We use the names of Indigenous people who have died; if you want to skip this segment it runs from 0:12:23 - 0:21:40
SPOTW: Broriginals are back with the Broriginals First Nation Party
Fashy Australia: It's a fashy roundup because we've just got too many freaking Nazis running around the country. We talk about Tom Sewell & the Base.
UFU: Goes to huge creep and probably criminal stalker, Andrew Laming. We spend basically the rest of the show talking about sexual harrassment but this story runs from 0:45:40 - 0:55:15
Blurst Take: goes to huge creep Eric "Nazism doesn't run in the family I swear" Abetz, for being the absolute blurst in his comments about sexual assault in Parliament. If you want to skip it it runs from 0:55:15 - 0:59:40
Mains: The Federal Government has had a Cabinet Reshuffle, so we talk about some of those changes, the new Women's Issues Taskforce, and some other related terrible behaviour from Scott Morrison and Peta Credlin. Again, a lot of the discussion is about the sexual harrassment and assault going on in Parliament so if you want to skip this story it goes from 0:59:40-1:29:50
ACAB: heavy content warnings; this story is about a trans woman being killed. It runs from 1:29:50 - 1:34:20
Potluck: we play a potluck we got a few weeks ago about International Women's Day.
And you'll just have to wait to the end for our Pupdate!
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Part 1 of Tom Tanuki's coverage of the Tom Sewell incident: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CEQGL1ZKLY0
Read the open letter from the #JusticeforMhelody campaign groups: https://docs.google.com/document/d/16fP2v6LX50tEceELfRWwfSmLE6XHZJzysXZCvd0bDEA
Go to the rally in Melbourne: https://www.facebook.com/events/436109990827165/?ti=ls
Sunday Mar 28, 2021
Sunday Mar 28, 2021
It's another half-show this week with just one of Australia's foremost political nobodies, but we'll be doing a regular show next time! (Also, sorry about the room noise.) Content warnings in our First Nations story for discussing people who have died (though I don't use their names) which runs from 7:18-10:24, and in SPOTW for transphobia from 30:00-32:25.
Entree: the Greens announce they are going for balance of power in a hung parliament
Positivity Corner: Indonesian seaweed farmers are in line to get millions of dollars in compensation for an oil spill from Australian oil mining company PTTEP Australasia
First Nations: another Indigenous man has died while being pursued by police. If you want to skip this story it runs from 7:15-10:25.
Fashy Australia / Mains: proposed changes to the NDIS are absolutely horrifying
SPOTW: Two anti-queer psyops and one Scomo ripping a cone.
And you'll just have to listen to the end for the Pupdate!
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A transcript for this episode will be available at www.auspolsnackpod.com within a few days.
Sunday Mar 21, 2021
Sunday Mar 21, 2021
Zac's still away so this week it's solo Noon!
Entree: Flooding in Sydney / the country
Coronas: Vaccine rollout, AstraZeneca blood clot issues, and Italy stealing our medicine,
First Nations: Indigenous communities are way better at dealing with coronavirus than white Australia
UFU: Awful person Mick Fuller floats the idea of a "consent app"
Positivity Corner / Mini-mains: Fracking ban in Victoria is going in the Constitution for some reason
SPOTW: Craig Kelly holding a photo of himself holding a photo of himself getting a vaccine
And you'll just have to listen to the end for my Pupdate!
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Sunday Mar 14, 2021
Sunday Mar 14, 2021
Hey everyone, unfortunately Zac has had some bad news in his family and is going to be away for the near future, so Snackpod is going to be taking a short break.
Given that it was just International Women's Day, and the March4Justice, we thought it was a relevant bonus episode to play for you this week. We'll keep you updated about when we'll be back to our usual schedule, and hopefully Noon will produce at least SOME content in the next couple weeks until Zac is back.
Thanks for listening and we'll be in touch soon.
The transcript for this episode will be available in the next few days at www.auspolsnackpod.com.
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Sunday Mar 07, 2021
Sunday Mar 07, 2021
It's International Women's Day this week, so Zac sat down for a chat with Dani, an activist and unionist from the RTBU, who will be speaking at the Narrm (Melbourne) IWD rally.
Listen to the interview with Lazy Susan: https://auspolsnackpod.podbean.com/e/042-lazy-susan/
Head to the rally in Narrm at 2pm Monday 8 March: https://fb.me/e/3hsOpxCmX
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Sunday Feb 28, 2021
Sunday Feb 28, 2021
We have another jam packed episode this week! We are talking about sexual assault again in the last story, we've got a verbal warning in the show when it happens and timecodes here, in case you want to skip past it (0:56:30 - 1:32:40)
SPOTW: Nys shared a Black Books meme, and we talk about the pathetic increase to Jobseeker
Fashy Aus: the "Dob in a Dole Bludger" hotline is literal fascist Gestapo stuff, plus there is corrupt stuff going on with JobKeeper and JobMaker
Broken Clock: W.A. Liberals leader Zak Kirkup has conceded the election.... 2 weeks before it happens
Positivity Corner: Clive Palmer is getting absolutely shut down in his various law suits against the W.A. Government
First Nations: rock art dated to >17 000 years ago, making it the oldest known artwork in the entire continent. BHP and Fortescue have destroyed sacred sites while trying to sell iron ore.
UFU: Craig Kelly quits the Liberal Party. Content warnings for discussion of sexual assault begins halfway thru this story (at 56:30) until basically the end of the show (1:32:4)
Mains: Parliament house sexual assault news, including Scott Morrison not having any idea what he's talking about, and Linda Reynolds' alleged heart condition.
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Sunday Feb 21, 2021
Sunday Feb 21, 2021
Wow! We hit 100 patrons this week! Which means at the end of the show we will be premiering the Auspol Snackpod Theme Song (Drum 'n' Bass remix)! So get your good headphones, drop your pingers, and vibe out to the Snackpod remix.
The show this week is really long because there's just too! much! damn! news!
Entree: What's going on with the Family Court merger?
UFU: The South Australian Government is plunged into minority after a whole bunch of alleged corruption
Coronas: Vaccines will be rolled out in approximately 2 phases
First Nations: The Court of Appeal found that Dorothy Lawson's family land was illegally taken away from them after a legal fight that has been going on for a hundred years.
Positivity Corner: We have two small positivities for you - the Government lost their appeal to deport the Biloela refugee family, and Craig Kelly was suspended from Facebook!
Fashy Australia: The Online Safety Bill will be very bad for sex workers. For more watch this video from hole_money (https://www.instagram.com/tv/CK0QIvphVzj) and read this article from Samantha Floreani (https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/7124518/proposed-online-safety-measures-may-do-more-harm-than-good/)
SPOTW: Whoever wins, we lose. Alien vs. Breadator. Facebook vs Fox. We chat a bit about the Facebook news shutdown, and while we don't come to any particular conclusions, we did figure out that everyone is absolutely wrong about this.
Mains: We go over the news about sexual assault in Parliament house, with Britany Higgins and others coming forward, and the Liberal Party doing everything in their power to cover it up. This story is potentially very triggering, it starts at about 1:14:00 if you don't want to listen to it.
And you'll just have to listen to the end of the show for our Pupdate! (and the Snackpod remix)
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Sunday Feb 14, 2021
Sunday Feb 14, 2021
Hey everyone, we're taking a week off, so we're serving you up last month's Bonus Ep, which we make each month for patreon supporters. Zac did a very deep dive into Craig Kelly, the conservative MP for Hughes, and the strange and unfortunate series of events that has led to him being one of the most influential people in parliament. We'll be back to regular shows next week.
Please remember we recorded this last month, there's a bunch of stuff that has happened with Craig Kelly since then, which is why we're playing this ep, but also if you're like "why didn't they mention blah" it's probably because it happened since we recorded.
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Transcripts will be uploaded at www.auspolsnackpod.com within a few days
Sunday Feb 07, 2021
Sunday Feb 07, 2021
Sorry for the occasional distortion in this episode! Zac has "hauled in" Noon and given him a "dressing down" over the audio quality. Noon refutes that the meeting ever took place.
CW for the names of Indigenous people who have died : 23:22 - 26:58
Entree: Sex services and the NDIS
Coronas/Broken Clock: Reserve Bank Governor on Jobseeker, Barnaby Joyce agrees
Positivity Corner: Gay conversion therapy banned in Victoria
First Nations: Public drunkenness laws repealed in Victoria
Fashy Australia: Héritier Lumumba and systemic racism at Collingwood Football Club,; the media response, especially The Project
UFU: Craig Kelly shenanigans feat. Scott Morrison and Tanya Plibersek
SPOTW: Emerging Aboriginal Elder FATE Course from Travis De Vries of the Broriginals podcast
Mains: What’s up with Google, Facebook, and paying for news
Watch a clip of Sam Connor on The Drum: twitter.com/ABCthedrum/status/1357258742891356163
Listen to Aamer Rahman guest on Wild Black Women: 989fm.com.au/wild-black-women/wildblackwomen/
Support the show: patreon.com/AuspolSnackpod