LISTEN: Coles Got Fined $100m for Lying — Why Not Labor? | 21 May 2026 (Garage Edition)

Jeremy Cordeaux fires up the garage for a sharp post-Budget edition of The Court of Public Opinion. He opens light — Made in Australia Week and a nostalgic run through the greatest advertising slogans ever made — before turning the heat on Canberra. If Coles can be dragged to court and fined $100 million for misleading the public, why does the Labor Government get a free pass for misleading voters before the last election? Jeremy hammers the scrapping of negative gearing, the refusal to index bracket creep, the OECD-topping public service, and the quiet tabling of a damning Aged Care report on Budget day — a classic case of "putting out the trash." Plus Honda's first annual loss in 70 years, family trusts in the firing line, and the usual sweep through this day in history. In this episode: • Made in Australia Week and a tour through history's best ad slogans • Honda posts its first annual loss in 70 years — and its EV bet • "Coles got fined $100m — why not Labor?" The trust argument • Negative gearing scrapped, repeating the 1936 mistake • Family trusts in the firing line — the listener facing welfare • Angus Taylor's bracket creep indexation vs Chalmers' "can't afford it" • The OECD's biggest public service and the "banana republic" warning • The Aged Care report buried on Budget day • The Giggle for Girls / Roxanne Tickle court ruling • This day in history: Lindbergh, Earhart, the Falklands, Leo Sayer See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.