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Episode 180: Fascist Versus Bin, Britain Has a New PM… and How to Feed a Thirsty Bee”

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EPISODE 179: An AI Invasion SPECIAL EPISODE, with extra good news about puffins.

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Episode 178: Poll dive for One Nation, the Online Information War... and Italian Forests

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Episode 177: The Fryer is a Liar, the Online Orange Disinformation Bomb and Soil-Powered Batteries

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Episode 176: The Imaginary Inflation Bomb, Not-So-Mutual Obligations and Chinese Fish

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Episode 175: Busting Budget Myths and Saving Giant Tortoises

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Episode 174: 2026 Budget Special and - OMG! - this Budget IS special!

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Episode 173: An NDIS for communities, not for cowboys; let’s talk about tax it’s a gas gas gas… and good news about renewables - from a war zone…

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Episode 172: War against Iran, Culture War against the Vatican, War Crimes... and good news about British Beavers

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Episode 171: The Fuel Crisis, Trump's new forever war and the good news is about bilbies, this is the Week on Wednesday

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Episode 170: The South Australian election and its discontents, America brings Australia and Europe closer together… and the good news is about a Mega Hedge.

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Episode 169: New Cabinets, Old Wounds, and Wacky Ted: This Week on Wednesday

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Episode 168: Landslide! Labor's Historic Victory and the Lessons for the Right

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Episode 167: Brethren, Robes, and Ballot Box Shenanigans

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Episode 166: Housing, health and education: The debates we all have to have, and the bobcats we deserve

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Episode 165: Dr Jim's Australian budget box of delights, Donald Trump's group chat gone wild and African penguins forever

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Episode 164: Dutton plays at being Temu Trump to avoid explaining his policies for the election and good news about electric cars

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Episode 163: Auspol in 2025, Australia's economic position, disinformation and good news about renewables

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Episode 162: Trump's Debate Meltdown and the Scourge of Disinformation

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Episode 161: Dr Chalmers Keynesian budget remedy

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Episode 160: Stopping male violence, the education budget we have to have and big batteries

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Episode 159: A future made in Australia, the disinformation wonderland & solar cars

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Episode 158: Tasmanian election lessons, narrative wars, its the economy and good news about airships

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Weekend Wrap 3 December 2023: Employment services reforms, the grind of government and the media circus

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Episode 157: Generational economic divide, Loopholes closer to closing & good news on renewables

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Weekend Wrap 19 November 2023: Profiteers cash in, school funding needs fix and why Albo went to APEC

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Episode 156: Wages rise, Duttons dangerous disinformation, why school funding is a targeted use of the surplus and good news for stone workers

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Episode 155: Optus outage chaos, new RBA is just like the old RBA and good news from America

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Episode 154: Corporates fight to keep loopholes, Be that teacher for every child, Medicare boost and good news about spiders

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Weekend Wrap 29 October 2023: Albo goes to Washington, Insiders misses context and the rules based order

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Episode 153: Unions ban deadly dust, Profits fuel inflation pain, World Teachers Day and good battery news

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Weekend Wrap 22 October 2023: Middle East, Fee free TAFE, Worker actions, Parental leave, state tax bonfire

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Weekend Wrap 15 October 2023: Voice referendum lost, misinformation campaigning and workplace reforms

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Episode 152: Republicans implode, referendum prepoll opens, rates on hold and good news about bears

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Weekend Wrap 1 October 2023:the No misinformation campaign, disability royal commission report, Pezzullo and public service

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Episode 151: Dan departs as Allan ascends, a job for everyone who wants one, a referendum update and good news about kites

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Weekend Wrap 24 September 2023: No rallies, price gouging inquiry, workers take action

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Episode 150: Referendum disinformation, NSW budget, Victorian homes, worker rights and good news on seaweed

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Weekend Wrap 10 September: Pearson makes YES case on Insiders, Dutton delays billions in wages, unions win for workers

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Episode 149: Corporations fight secure work and better pay, Joyce leaves Qantas burning, economic growth and good news on solar glass

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Weekend Wrap 3 September 2023: New rights for casuals, gig and labour hire workers, Qantas profiting from failure and you are the Voice

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Episode 148: The referendum is October 14, misogyny tars football and infects young men, inflation slows and good news about wind

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Weekend Wrap 27 August 2023: Insiders review, intergeneration report and Dutton attacks democracy

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Episode 147: Naplan shows need for school funding, CPAC goes full racist, ACTU report a rip off wins government taskforce and good news about micro plastics

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Episode 146: Matildas mania, Trumps troubles, new deal on housing as wages reset plus wind in Wollongong

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Weekend Wrap 13 August 2023: Littleproud on Insiders exposes how much Coalition policy is driven by lobbyists

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Episode 145: Matildas and billion dollar Barbie recasting the role of girls, ACTU price gauging inquiry, Dutton diverted community safety funds and good news about Quolls

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SPECIAL Weekend Wrap: Dutton’s Garma dishonesty, parliament wrap , bosses bemoan worker rights, teachers and truck drivers take a stand

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Van Badham in conversation with Miles Taylor, former Trump National Security Advisor and author of Blowback

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Weekend Wrap 30 July 2023: Education, economic management, workplace reforms, housing, The Voice

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Episode 144: Murdoch and the NO campaign, inflation falls as neo-liberalism fails, the end of forced casualisation and good news about trees

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Episode 143: Dan says no to Commonwealth Games blow out, time to fund public schools, NO campaign avoids truth and good news about plastics

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Episode 142: No campaign goes MAGA, Robodebt fallout for Fadden, Albo at NATO and good news about solar glass

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Weekend Wrap July 9 2023: Robodebt Royal Commission exposes abuses of power, Health unions win better deal in NSW and teaching reforms but where’s the funding?

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Episode 141: Faruqi vs Hanson as racism finds its voice, why a bigger surplus is good, NACC starts with a smorgasbord and good news about EV batteries

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Weekend Wrap 2 July 2023: NAIDOC week kicks off YES campaign, Gladys is corrupt, NDIS turns 10 and the economy of Labor

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Episode 140: Farm workers on strike, Greens housing fantasy, inflation falls, claytons mutiny in Russia and Victorias windy record

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Weekend Wrap 25 June 2023: Putins Wagner moment, Labor housing policy on Insiders and why working people are not so sympathetic to the Zuckerberg, Musk, Oceangate sagas

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Episode 139: The RBA demands more unemployment, Greens delay action on housing, the referendum is coming and so is the dirt machine but The Voice is winning!

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Weekend Wrap 18 June 2023: Liberal at centre of misconduct allegations quits party, Labor delivers housing and we answer YOUR questions

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Episode 138 Brittany Higgins targeted as Liberals flood the zone, pay rises for CEOs but not so much for you and good news about waste reduction

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Episode 137: Phil Lowe, The RBA and the ideology trying to keep the rich richer and the rest of us poorer, more Morrison era misery and Roger Cook is WA Premier

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Weekend Wrap 4 June 2023: Minimum wage win, RBA gaffes, Green housing hocum and the Ben Roberts Smith verdict

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Episode 136: Tackling sham contracting and forced casualisation, Aussie content on Aussie screens, The Voice a step closer and good news about hydrogen

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Weekend Wrap 28 May 2023: Insiders opens gates for Murdoch, Liberals flail in senate, gig reform and Australia is Proud to be Public

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Weekend Wrap 21 May 2023: A year of Albanese Labor government, media obsesses on the negative and Liberals in disarray

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Episode 135: Housing policy or why the Greens and Dutton are wrong, wages vs profit prices spirals and good news about national parks

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Weekend Wrap 14 May 2023: Insiders lacks insight, we know who Dutton is and Greens blocking homes

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Episode 134: Labor’s big Keynesian budget and good news for the environment!

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Weekend Wrap 7 May 2023: Budget preview, Angus ’Inflation’ Taylor on Insiders and the social wage

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Episode 133: RBAs clumsy politics, budget leaks, worker news and good news on electric roads

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Weekend Wrap April 30 2023: Van Badham joins Ben to discuss Insiders, reforming jobseeker, YES on track to win and migration reforms

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Episode 132: Tucker taken down, Elon gives Twitter the blues, tackling the cost of living and good news about batteries

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Weekend Wrap 23 April 2023: Labor reforming social wage, Insiders intrigues and the dangers of self-appointed advocacy

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Episode 131: Dutton tanks Liberal vote, NDIS reboot, Father Bob passes and good news about EVs

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Episode 130: Duttons unelectable boofheads, Greens block more homes and a listener sends good news about batteries

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Weekend Wrap 9 April 2023: Child labour, minimum wage wars, NDIS under attack

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Episode 129: Trump in court, Duttons Noalition, RBA says rates may rise again and the good news is the majority say YES to The Voice

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Weekend Wrap 2 April 2023: Labor wins Aston, Dutton’s train wreck on Insiders and Liberals circle the drain

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Episode 128 Inflation slows, workers call for wages and just transition, Aston byelection, Liberal MPs injure worker and good news about Skinks!

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Weekend Wrap 26 March 2023: Minns Labor wins NSW, media fails with call of tight election, Voice question and putting workers in the centre of debate

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Episode 127: NSW Election, TERFs and Nazis, Voice a step closer and good news about baking soda!

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Episode 126: SPECIAL GUEST Minister Aboriginal Affairs and Attorney General Kyam Maher on the Voice, Dutton sets up AUKUS vs NDIS fight, Perrottet’s voucher program

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Weekend Wrap 12 March 2023: Insiders talks nonsense, two weeks until nswvotes, three weeks until Aston byelection and RBA has stuffed the economy

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Episode 125: International Women’s Day, Musk tells people to get off Twitter, The RBA puts bosses before reality and good news about oceans!

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Weekend Wrap5 March 2023: Angus Taylor exposed on Insiders, Stuart Robert fronts robodebt royal commission, media a barrier to reform, NSW Labor and May Doyle launch

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Episode 124: Super tax reforms, Greedflation, the end of killer kitchen tops and good news about cute animals

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Weekend Wrap 26 February 2023: Super reforms to save billions, Insiders and the phantom arguments, the greed price spiral, YES launches and Tsarina Thorpe crashes Mardi Gras

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Episode 123: Not so perfect broccolini, Murdoch boycotts Fringe, YES to the Voice, Albo’s 2023 agenda and good news about batteries!

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Weekend Wrap 19 February 2023: Insiders press Greens on climate blockage, Labor passes signature policies, Voice campaign launches and NSW election heating up

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Episode 122: Reserve bank puts profits before people, information wars exposed, good news about grass and we are COMING TO ADELAIDE!

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Weekend Wrap 12 February 2023: Insiders stays in neoliberal frame, Tudge quits in disgrace, bosses attacking workers

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Episode 121: Thorpe leaves Greens in lurch, Dark Brandon rises and good news about the sea!

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Weekend Wrap 5 February 2023: Insider’s returns to discuss The Voice, The Chifley Research Centre conference platforms new ideas and 1 in 10 cancers are work related

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Episode 120: Cultural policy at last! Visy, Woodside and Mantle workers facing down corporate greed plus the robodebt royal commission

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Weekend Wrap 29 January 2023: Alice Springs, a complex story needing complex solutions, West Australian opposition shuffles deck chairs and stranded ship crews

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Episode 119: Whether Australia Day or Invasion Day January 26th needs to change, will the RBA cause a recession? Good news from the Mersey river!

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Weekend Wrap 22 January 2023: Labor leads in NSW, The Voice winning across the nation, Ardern retires and Qantas has been Joyced!

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Episode 118: Dutton playing politics with The Voice, Stoves new culture war front, is it time to end the free ride? And good news on plastics!

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Weekend Wrap 15 January 2023: Workers beat wage thieves at Mantle, Pell is gone and who is Perrottet really?