Why oh why didn't Latham take the truth defence? We cover:
* Census questions that were not to be
* Defaming through accurate descriptions
* Feral protest tactics
* Inaction on veteran suicide
* Living in pods with no natural light
* No fines for John Setka
* Culturally significant swamps
* Watered down or beefed up EPA
* No one wants EVs
* Cable-tie man on trial
* Mt Isa begging for a prison
* Moderate SA Libs begging for a Federal intervention
* Banning kids from social media
* Deepfake cocaine snorting
...and more.
The Racer’s War on Everything 229: Electricity Bill Short Circuits
See ya, Bill. We cover:
* Barely avoiding technical recession
* The CFMEU takes the ALP to court
* Militant unions team up against the ACTU
* Solving the housing crisis in every way except immigration cuts
* Removing Jewish money from the arts
* Asking nasty questions in the census
* 30 alternatives for a gold mine
* NT police too busy for domestic violence calls
* New Corrective Services Minister required
* NSW shadow minister for Youth charged with crimes against youth
* Greens take their first NT seat
* Jacquie Lambie promises not to run any more candidates
* No-fault compensation for vaccine injuries
* Albo holds off on getting married
...and more.
The Racer’s War on Everything 228: Absolute ALP Destruction
The CFMEU declares war on Labor. We cover:
* The CFMEU officially under administration
* Albo fighting the Right faction for control of Labor
* A modest cut to international students
* A crispy as fuck Sri Lankan
* Peter Garrett investigates the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra
* The Greens troll the Israel lobby
* Avoiding another interest rate hike
* No gold mine money for Aborigines
* Snowy Hydro gets even more expensive
* Self-governing domestic violence
* Jacquie Lambie Network gets much smaller
* Gerard Rennick starts his own party
* Parliament to fine members for bad behaviour
* Not asking about queers in the Census
* 50 cents is too expensive for some Queenslanders
...and more.
The Racer Decides 13: NT Adult Day Care Centre (2024 Northern Territory election)
30.8% of the population requires day care. We cover:
* The CLP's blow-out result
* Crime
* A short recent history of NT politics
* Independents holding on
* Crime
* The CLP's plan for bail laws, extra police and bonuses for veteran police
* Whitelash
* Crime
* Throwing money at domestic violence to make it go away
* Crime
* Punishing parents to keep their keep their kids in school
* The CLP noticing the 'No' vote and dropping support for various Indigenous policies
* Crime
...and crime.
The Racer’s War on Everything: Two Thousand Leagues Bellow Clinically Retarded
The NAPLAN results are not good. We cover:
* Granting 15,000 visas to Israelis since October 7
* The Cat Empire cancels MSO
* Hash Tayeh for Mayor
* Not even foreign workers want to work in aged care
* Tasmania the most broke state
* Trust Exchange to reveal all your personal information
* The Coalition giving the CFMEU breathing room
* Green iron jobs for all
* Ten- and eleven-year-olds given criminal immunity in Victoria
* NSW Libs miss their deadline
* Federal Libs target Chinese voters (with Chinese candidates)
* Forever delaying gambling reform
* Epically failing NAPLAN
* NDIS not paying for adaptable period underwear
* The death of e-scooters
...and more.
The Racer’s War on Everything 226: Binskin and The Hilltop Youths
Raygun could break to this. We cover:
* ASIO admits White Nationalists are not a threat
* Iran's diplomatic immunity from hate speech
* Defending Chinese real estate
* Aid convoys flanked by Hamas
* The Muslim Vote detonates its first bomb
* Labor can't rely on Fatima
* Uninformed migrant voters
* The business lobby again pushing for more foreign workers
* Zonal taxation
* The CFMEU gets a legislated administrator
* Escaping the climate trigger
* Harnessing "Indigenous knowledge" in The National Science Statement
* An Aboriginal apology to the Northern Territory
* Dragging feet on gambling reform
...and more.
The Racer’s War on Everything 225: David Gawk Gawk
The CFMEU were just too straight for him. We cover:
* Labor's frontbench reshuffle
* Jihad Dib demands a Palestinian state
* Israel desecrating Australian graves in Gaza
* "Accidentally" killing aid workers
* Andrew Giles' many parting gifts
* Public support immigration halving in a decade
* The CFMEU's political mastermind
* AFP to go on strike
* Climate triggered
* Scrapping the Makarrata commission
* Bon Jovi boys taking over the NT
* Shooting your husband in the head while he sleeps in self defence
* Illegal energy drinks
* Barnaby votes with a bullet
* Repairing submarines we never use
* Disability care providers shutting down over price caps
* Extreme extremist active clubs
...and more.
The Racer’s War on Everything 224: No Jobs For Bikies
Bikies are set to be administrated. We cover:
* 60 minutes of building bad
* Taking no donations from the CFMEU
* ACTU gives them the boot
* The Socialist Left solidifying its grip on power
* Pajeets deliver the CrowdStrike
* Wondering if an Australian politician will be shot
* Mehreen Faruqi makes another defamation threat
* Not such an easy ride for the Muslim vote
* What the Greens may demand in a minority government
* Twiggy Forrest loses billions on green hydrogen
* Queensland gets both tough and soft on crime
* Men get slapped too
* Compensation for dead Afghans
* Julian Assange costing us a pretty penny
...and more.
The Racer’s War on Everything 223: Section 44 is Only Half Based
We can't lose those pesky Afghanis. We cover:
* The Taliban refuses to revoke citizenship
* Faith-based politics of the Islamic variety
* Tony Burke and Jason Clare facing Jihad
* The ECAJ says don't forget the Nazis
* Backpackers moving out of the bush
* Nickel mining shutting down
* New found support for nuclear power
* Wind farms killing eagles
* Another curfew for Alice Springs
* Even universities want the cashless debit card back
* Adult crime, adult time, for kids in Queensland
* Libs split on divestiture powers
* Homeless? Manifest a house through witchcraft
* John Setka finally resigns from the CFMEU
* Russian couples spying on Australia
* Gerard Rennick gets the boot
* Pokies to rule for longer in Tasmania
...and more.
The Racer’s War on Everything
They would sell like hotcakes in Derby. We cover:
* Julian Assange, stealthing pioneer
* What four months of conservative terrorist planning gets you
* Fatima Payman sure to leave Labor
* Exploding more nuclear myths
* Victoria running out of gas
* Superannuation is racist
* Aborigines suing each other
* Tough vaping laws
* Retarded pill testing
* Turning home-buyers into permanent renters
* The ACT actually passes budgets
* Nurses get a nice pay rise
* 50c rides might mean a shortage of buses
* The WA Coalition fractures again
* Is state politics really that lucrative?
* Advance declares war on the Greens
* NSW to receive new draconian hate-speech laws
...and more.