This ride brings you triple good luck. We cover:
* Anti-Semitism on wheels with a handwritten note
* Arrested for celebrating Australia Day
* Compensating for crimes George Pell didn't commit
* Some common sense on puberty blockers
* Visa 888 makes its return
* Dutton takes aim at DEI (or DIE)
* Pulling funding for Welcome to Country
* Queensland's hydro project ends (wasting $12.5bn)
* Teals top the list for political donations
* A small increase in teachers
* Prisoner exchange for the Aussie Cossack
...and more.
The Racer’s War on Everything 234: Salmon Standoff
Divisions are made of forests and salmon. In our last episode for 2024, we cover:
* Being associated with Nazis gets you 300k
* Muslim vote handing Dutton keys to the lodge
* The Coalition dumps "plans" to reverse net migration
* Labor tears itself up over Tasmanian salmon
* Cheap nuclear and cost blow-outs for hydro
* Victoria the worst state to do business
* Chris Minns goes to ICAC over housing developments
* Woolworths cops it from the United Workers Union
* Adult crime, adult time laws pass in Queensland
* Mirrabooka gets $3m of copper stolen
* Libertarians get second wind
* Palmer vying for a comeback
* Forcing Meta to pay for the menu
* Not really cracking down on problem-gambling
* Melbourne loses its bid for the 2030 Gay Games
...and more
The Racer’s War on Everything
What a way to end the Parliamentary year. We cover:
* An ALP legislation blitz
* Banning social media but allowing Porn Hub
* Delightful cat fights
* Eradicating racism is 10 years
* Separating refugee parents from their children
* NSW "heatwave" forces appliances to be turned off
* Officially not meeting emissions reduction targets
* Scrapping "truth" telling
* Worst GDP per capita recession ever
* Perth quickly becoming the most expensive city
* Swanny apologises
* Libby Mettam survives Basil's internal polling
* Musical therapy gets the chop
* Ending genetic discrimination
...and more.
The Racer’s War on Everything 232: Swanny’s Super Blooper
Wayne Swan still can't answer questions properly. We cover:
* Dutton (unsurprisingly) opposes a foreign students cap
* Misinformation bill dies a deserved death
* Raiding the Future Fund
* Cbus not paying widows
* Social media bill to likely stifle free speech
* David Crisafulli fails to end Truth-Telling inquiry
* Pissing up another $50m on fighting climate change
* Ayelet Shaked gets banned
* Ben Elton disapproves of anti-semitism
* George Galloway takes form in Australia
* Tazzy Libs barely hold on to power
* Censures that mean nothing
...and more.
The Racer’s War on Everything 231
What a way for us to return. We cover:
* Allegations against Alan Jones nothing new
* What a Trump presidency might mean for Australia
* Labor and half-arsed pandering to Western Sydney
* Intended consequences of electoral funding reform
* Cbus and Swanny in trouble
* Tony Burke is a pussy
* Bipartisan support for foreign students
* Higher incarceration of Aborigines
* Cracking down on loosies
* Dutton still won't scrap net zero by 2050
* Another housing fund
* CFMEU continues to bleed
* LGBT death threats
* David Spiers and white powder
* Torn on social media reform
* Sex education for whites only
...and more.
The Racer’s War on Everything 230: Truly Disgusting Acts
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.