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If you went to Labor or the Libs and said, "hey, here's $15 million, I want you to legislate to help my investments", you might be in a spot of bother. But what if you did it with individual candidates?
Anzac Day should be the ideal that binds the nation - not just the multi-generation Australians, it should be the story that makes Australia attractive to new arrivals and gives us all an ideal to aim for. Maybe that's why the left hates Anzac so much: it exposes their moral weakness.In other news, the media keeps hammering Katherine Deves in Warringah. We explore why - and why this issue is bigger than a candidate in a seat she will lose.
Scott Morrison sure put his foot in it when he used the word 'blessed'. Or did he? There's much more to his comments than what you heard in the virtue-signalling pile on that is ruining our ability to discuss any topic in Australia.https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2020/12/the-last-children-of-down-syndrome/616928/
'Politics is downstream of culture', which means if you control the commanding heights of culture - academia, the media, entertainment, the public sector, non-government organisations - you have enormous power beyond the ballot box.https://www.apsc.gov.au/circulars-guidance-and-advice/circular-20225-amendment-public-sector-workplace-relations-policy-2020-public-holidays-enterprise-agreementshttps://the-riotact.com/government-to-force-all-aps-staff-to-take-national-holidays-on-observed-days/551393
You're right to laugh at the Greens. Their economic policies are madness. They have no connection with reality. But if you think they're bad with money, wait till you see what they want to do wih national security. They're living in fantasy land ... and they could decide the next Prime Minister.https://greens.org.au/own-homehttps://www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/china-not-a-big-concern-greens/news-story/02ce29cd3e3397d7fbf2367d040ba16fhttps://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-57124636
The left starts the culture wars and they get shirty when we realise what they're doing and fight back. That's what's happening now in the transgender debate and the opponents of common sense are circling their wagons. https://www.aihw.gov.au/reports/health-welfare-expenditure/health-expenditure-australia-2019-20/datahttps://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2022/apr/16/scott-morrison-faces-liberal-mutiny-over-warringah-candidate-katherine-deves-trans-viewshttps://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10727555/Zali-Steggall-avoids-Olympic-transgender-question-Katherine-Deves-slammed-comments.html?fr=operanewshttps://www.theaustralian.com.au/sport/transgender-debate-ignores-athletes-having-an-advantage/news-story/61db0fca974a2c8bec0a05eb972c599ehttps://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-04-15/trans-women-in-sport-politicised-and-weaponised/100989438https://www.science.org/content/article/new-paper-ignites-storm-over-whether-teens-experience-rapid-onset-transgender-identity
There is a movement across Australia to have a federal anti-corruption body. Well-meaning people think this will stop the most egregious examples of political skulduggery and protect the public purse. As if. The worst pilfering of the public purse doesn't occur behind closed doors. It's in the open. It's bipartisan. And there's nothing we can do about it. Today, two examples. And if you're not angry, it's because you haven't heard about them yet.
Adam Bandt should be taken seriously: he is the leader of a party that could decide the next prime minister (theoretically, we all know he would choose Labor). But being a Green, he has been lucky not to be held to the scrutiny he deserves. That's a shame. He has lots of very bad ideas, and bad ideas are hard to kill.
Today on The Breakdown, we revisit the Kumanjayi Walker episode of 15 March 2022.On Friday, 11 March, Constable Zachary Rolfe was found not guilty on three charges, including murder, related to the shooting death of Kumanjayi Walker in the Northern Territory in November 2019. As soon as the verdict was reported, the Blaktivists and the race hustlers sought to capitalise on the result.Walker's life was horrific and he made the lives of those around him just as bad. His life and the reaction to his death tells us a lot about how can't have mature conversations about race or Indigenous disadvantage.Instead, we patronise Indigenous Australians and avoid the harsh conversations we need to have.Today, we have one such conversation.Investigative journalist Kristin Shorten wrote the articles on which the bulk of this episode was based. This is journalism at its absolute finest: tough, difficult, uncompromising, truthful storytelling. It can't have been an easy assignment on any level. It's the reason you pay for journalism - these are the stories that need to be told. It is superb work.
If you're a conservative, it's a hard ask to vote for the Liberal Party. If you're a libertarian, it's impossible. But it's not all bad news - the Liberal Democrats are flying the flag for freedom.I spoke to former Queensland Premier Campbell Newman, now the Lead Queensland Senate Candidate for the Lib Dems, and found out why he wanted to get back into politics, the need for courage, and is this, finally, the libertarian moment?
The election is underway and it's already boring because the candidates are wrapped in cotton wool and every ounce of personality has been squeezed out of them. So instead of concentrating on the election, let's look at the latest diversity madness ... and it is mad. And it is spreading. From America. From academia. And it will cost lives.
For the first time as PM, ScoMo showed some spine this week when he told Queensland to take a hike - pay for your own flood repair. But after one day of bad headlines and criticism from insurance companies (!), he went buckled, bent and broke. He managed to look weak whle giving away $370 million. That takes a special breed of political stupid. What more should we expect from this most hollow of hollow men?https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2022/apr/07/scott-morrison-caves-in-to-co-funding-queensland-flood-resilience-package-after-fierce-criticismhttps://www.skynews.com.au/australia-news/politics/getup-exploit-peta-credlins-sky-news-australia-documentary-investigation-into-climate-200-to-plea-for-donations/news-story/bc21a54e9aac9fcf780272d14ffae13a?preview=true&fbclid=IwAR3_9CMJz79UtySDEN_zXBsl69snaUcMTSMGsBF0sxoXlXFITORh2_DaCr0
After a budget where everyone got a prize, Scott Morrison has finally found his courage and said he won't send a sack of your money to fix bad planning in Queensland. That's remarkable. But like a levee around Lismore, let's see how long he lasts.And a Liberal Senator asks the boss of the Department of Health, Professor Brendan Murphy, the toughest question in the world: what is a woman? What do you think he said?
It's Asexual Awareness Day! It just seems like yesterday we were celebrating some other day about what people do with their genitals. Today we explore this and other issues that could get me banned from YouTube (a good reason not to be on YouTube). THere are also some politicians with their noses in the trough - we give them a whack - and a giant bucket gets dumped on the PM. Oh, this is going to be a long election campaign.
Everyone is being pressured to get electric vehicles - but there are a few problems. In a few years' time, there's no guarantee we will have the capacity to make the batteries, and electric vehicles won't be quite so cheap, even if we mine to our heart's content.
A frightening report from the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security has demonstrated how the Chinese Communist Party has infiltrated Australian universities. Whatever you thought might be happening is worse.
Read the report: https://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/download/committees/reportjnt/024611/toc_pdf/InquiryintonationalsecurityrisksaffectingtheAustralianhighereducationandresearchsector.pdf;fileType=application%2Fpdf
It used to be that if you were a victim, something must have happened to you as an individual. Today, there is a more powerful victimhood - collective victimhood. Nothing needs to have occurred directly, you just need to be. Your characteristics make you a victim - your gender, your race, your religion, your sexual preference. And even if you have the world at your feet, there's enormous power in being a victim and it is irresistible to even the most privileged.https://www.theaustralian.com.au/sport/tennis/nick-kyrgios-news-tennis-star-reveals-details-reason-behind-new-netflix-project/news-story/742eb60f2ac8b6f57937bb7e79636fcehttps://www.news.com.au/entertainment/tv/morning-shows/lisa-wilkinson-was-paid-more-than-karl-stefanovic-for-six-years/news-story/283faec8dec393ff4a8dbb83c9617642Paparazzo's letter to Lisa: https://michaelsmithnews.typepad.com/.a/6a0177444b0c2e970d0282e14b30cf200b-pi
There are big differences between Kimberley Kitching being bullied by the mean girls and Concetta Fierravanti-Wells dropping a bucket of poop on ScoMo: Kitching did it while she was alive; Fierravanti-Wells is a dead senator walking - but after years of being bagged by the left, they suddenly realise they liked her! Funny that. And after years of drawing attention to the evident cognitive decline of Joe Biden, even the Washington Post is admitting the undeniable. What took them so long? And what's to be done about him?And finally, Donald Trump played a round of golf. And then he issued a media release. It is awesome.
You didn't have to be Nostradamus to know that the Budget was going to be crap. Here's the truth - they're all hot garbage. Guesses and wishful thinking and good news built on good fortune beyond our control. The cut in fuel excise is because of Gina, Twiggy and Clive but it's paid for in debt. But don't worry, we're sending the bill to our grandkids.
Josh Frydenberg will deliver his fourth Budget tonight. It will be crap. There will be 'tax cuts'. There will be cost-of-living 'relief'. But you'll be paying for it. Maybe not today, but tomorrow - and if the spending tonight is as bad as the spending over the past decade, your kids will be paying for it as well. It's time government treated us like the adults we pretend to be and told us, "sorry, but there is no money tree".
You've heard about misinformation. You've heard about disinformation. But have you heard about 'malinformation'? It's the new ugly tool for government to crack down on speech it doesn't like and it'll be coming to a social media platform near you any day now ... it just needs a bit of context.Malinformation: https://www.cisa.gov/sites/default/files/publications/mdm-incident-response-guide_508.pdfhttps://www.cisa.gov/sites/default/files/publications/rumor-control-startup-guide_508.pdf Hunter in Ukraine: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10652127/Hunter-Biden-helped-secure-millions-funding-military-biotech-research-program-Ukraine.html
A freedom of information request has lifted the lid on how bureaucrats worked to hide their inner workings not only from the public but also from government. If you think they treat you with contempt, tou're not alone - they have some epic disrespect for the MPs they are meant to serve.Aaron Chenhttps://youtu.be/YwTkh_XUA94https://youtu.be/w0mIPtaRGvI
Maths is tough - but when your algorithms and your data are used to decide whether to lockdown millions of people, take away civil liberties and mandate vaccinations, you'd better be right. The problem is - a lot of the date and the 'science' was wrong. Now the truth is coming out, but it's a bit bloody late.https://www.foxnews.com/media/the-atlantic-david-zweig-cdc-school-maskinghttps://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2022/mar/22/nsw-liberal-mp-criticised-after-speaking-at-anti-vaccination-rallyhttps://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/reported-pediatric-covid-19-deaths-plummet-24-after-cdc-fixes-coding-logic-errorhttps://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-10630753/Chaotic-death-recording-pandemic-mean-thousands-WRONGLY-blamed-Covid.html
Kimberley Kitching was buried yesterday before senators, MPs, a premier and a couple of 'mean girls'. More stories are emerging about how she was bullied. Surely that would infuriate people like Grace Tame, Lucy Turnbull and Julie Banks who just a month ago demanded the Morrison Government adopt all recommendations in the Jenkins review of the work culture at Parliament House, including bullying. But it seems only some bullying is wrong, only some bullying needs to be investigated and some bullying needs to be stopped ... when those claims can be used to attack conservatives. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-09-07/kate-jenkins-respect-at-work-report/100438496https://www.news.com.au/finance/business/media/samantha-maiden-to-release-a-new-book-into-toxic-canberra-bubble-culture/news-story/8727632cb23404d60a8a46f14a4805cehttps://humanrights.gov.au/sites/default/files/document/publication/ahrc_set_the_standard_2021.pdf
Don't shoot the messenger! Not true. Russian soldiers in Ukraine live longer than messengers - especially when they say something mean - and true - about the left. Today on The Daily Breakdown, we examine two stories - one that doesn't fit the narrative and must be neutralised, and another that was neutralised but shouldn't have been. There is a common thread.https://greenwald.substack.com/p/the-nyt-now-admits-the-biden-laptop?s=w
The death of Kimberley Kitching has lifted the lid on the bullying culture in the ALP, their hypocrisy about women in the workplace and how the media is trying to cover for their actions. https://www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/labor-partys-mean-girls-ostracised-kimberley-kitching/news-story/a708cccc76a66f7e7b5f6311e57f4f00https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-03-17/kitching-disclosed-bullying-complaint-senate-labor/100915602https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2021/nov/30/revolting-and-humiliating-10-things-we-learned-about-working-at-parliament-from-kate-jenkins-reviewhttps://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2022/mar/16/extraordinarily-disrespectful-albanese-hits-back-after-labor-senators-dubbed-mean-girls
This week we have been addressing the horrors of Yuendemu, the horrific life of Kumanjayi Walker, the pain he inflicted on the woman he said he loved, and the fear he put into the nurses who travelled to the middle of nowhere to help the 1000 residents of the isolated town who suffered from his actions. But at The Guardian, they saw something different. Their parallel universe tells you a lot about the left, and why the problems in Yuendemu, and 100 other towns like it, will never be fixed.
Imagine you're a nurse in the remote town of Yuendemu in the NT. As you try to fall asleep at night, you can hear your car windows being smashed. You can hear people trying to pry off the security grills from your windows. A few doors down, another nurse can hear her people trying to remove the roof. Then ask yourself: who would volunteer for that life? And would you let your loved ones live there?https://www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/secret-terror-of-nurses-who-fled-community-in-fear-of-kumanjayi-walker-shortly-before-he-was-shot-dead-by-cop-zachary-rolfe/news-story/8ccb066d89082b215a537c4280caf0bb https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2022/mar/15/sussan-ley-does-not-have-duty-of-care-to-protect-young-from-climate-crisis-appeal-court-rules?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Otherhttps://thehill.com/opinion/energy-environment/596304-investigate-russias-covert-funding-of-us-anti-fossil-fuel-groups
On Friday, 11 March, Constable Zachary Rolfe was found not guilty on three charges, including murder, related to the shooting death of Kumanjayi Walker in the Northern Territory in November 2019.As soon as the verdict was reported, the Blaktivists and the race hustlers sought to capitalise on the result.Walker's life was horrific and he made the lives of those around him just as bad.His life and the reaction to his death tells s a lot about how can't have mature conversations about race or Indigenous disadvantage. Instead, we patronise Indigenous Australians and avoid the harsh conversations we need to have.Today, we have one such conversation.Investigative journalist Kristin Shorten wrote the articles on which the bulk of this episode was based. This is journalism at its absolute finest: tough, difficult, uncompromising, truthful storytelling. It can't have been an easy assignment on any level. It's the reason you pay for journalism - these are the stories that need to be told. It is superb work.Please consider a subscription to The Australian.https://www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/the-unwanted-baby-who-became-a-violent-abuser-kumanjayi-walkers-tragic-life-before-he-was-shot-by-nt-cop-zachary-rolfe/news-story/df0b18829ac21cefc1c0e23b6c533a0ahttps://www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/bashing-biting-choking-the-domestic-violence-horror-kumanjayi-walker-perpetrated-on-his-girlfriend-before-being-shot-by-cop-zachary-rolfe/news-story/2e3e6951755f840d1b1c0486f0ac3084https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-03-11/zachary-rolfe-not-guilty-murder-kumanjayi-walker-police/100895368https://twitter.com/SenatorThorpe/status/1502130121070845952?s=20&t=Ao8OYvmlikMFk29YCUfwXQDeaths in custody definition: https://humanrights.gov.au/our-work/indigenous-deaths-custody-0Domestic and family violence statistics: https://www.creativespirits.info/aboriginalculture/people/domestic-and-family-violence
We know the left owns the commanding heights, but do you know how far the left's reach extends and how they've done it? And why we have an uphill battle even to hold our ground? To be honest, it's a depressing tale. Luckily, even they find it tough to live by their impossible and ridiculous standards. Their incompetence might be the best hope we have.LINKSWho made the woke capitalists gods: https://www.theaustralian.com.au/inquirer/who-made-woke-capitalists-gods/news-story/34386c5918278140cc8dcb1a3cc1e5afRacist style guide: Inclusive language - Content - Atlassian Design SystemWoke wimp: https://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/margin-call/atlassian-goes-soft-on-putin-invasion/news-story/f118930204addad30d2b03d81fd88fa5
The West has been sleepwalking to its own demise for decades - but that might be about to change. And we can thank one man. For that, he deserves and attaboy!
A brutal dictator who isn't afraid to crush opposition and show his people who's boss has suffered a humiliating defeat in the face of 'people power' - should this give us hope? Or will he come back stronger than ever? And in the event of nuclear war, do you what to do? Luckily, The Daily Breakdown is here to save your life (you're welcome).Dan Andrews property tax:Victoria to impose $800m levy on property developers to fund social housingTax backdown: https://www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/andrews-government-forced-to-dump-controversial-housing-tax/news-story/70c6e755a411a65e585ce3c780a1a991Treasury estimates: https://www.dtf.vic.gov.au/sites/default/files/document/Windfall%20Gains%20Tax%20-%20Factsheet.pdf
Putin has a carefully crafted image: tough, stoic, ruthless, but he doesn't mind getting his shirt off in the wilderness with the boys for some man-on-man manliness (not that there's anything wrong with that ...) But in less than a week, his image has been shattered by a one-time competitor on Dancing with the Stars. Forget Albo and ScoMo, maybe we could be saved by Grant Denyer!Reporters swallow spin on coal power closures: https://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/media/media-acolytes-blinded-by-the-sun-and-tech-hero-mike-cannonbrookes/news-story/eebea6430a3bd49134e696aad06e5438WA COVID: https://www.news.com.au/national/western-australia/very-disappointing-glitches-exposed-in-western-australias-free-rapid-antigen-test-kit-scheme/news-story/427325177d62c010a915b7fe584adedd
The left said you should never let a crisis go to waste, but should you really dance on the graves of the dead to promote renewables and your job-destroying fantasy? If you're multi-billionaire climate catastrophists, of course, you do.Class act, Mike - why don't you sponsor the war?https://twitter.com/mcannonbrookes/status/1497305767002587136?s=20&t=gTdVdLHlifbuhsA6j1V2YQJohn Kerry is a joke:https://twitter.com/MEMRIReports/status/1496797619825352706?s=20&t=0JbpIy9TKeZex9qeOIvH_QBrendan O'Connor: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-01-09/labor-mp-sorry-for-abbott-stunt-tweet/4458118Abbott 'blew off' Cabinet meetings: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7827029/Tony-Abbott-blew-cabinet-meetings-fight-fires-told-John-Howard-busy.htmlTomago at risk: https://www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/politics/reliable-electricity-guarantee-critical/news-story/d481b93d0b856250ecf237250bec403fElectricity prices for Tomago in petrol terms: https://joannenova.com.au/2021/05/nsw-power-so-erratically-expensive-an-aluminium-smelter-powered-down-three-times-in-a-week/Therese is rich and thick - and should just eat the sandwich: https://twitter.com/Therese_Rein/status/1497769755511779330?s=20&t=-fq4TsoCYFZ_DPNSb3-N6g
Putin has moved on Ukraine and there's nothing the West can do about it. But what is about to happen to Europe on the energy front provides some great insights into the great green future we've been promised by the people like Mike Cannon-Brookes.German price rises:German consumers experience biggest rise ever in gas and power prices in 2021Europe could see out winter on gas reserves if Russian imports stop, says German analysisScott Morrison says closing coal power stations will drive up electricity prices. Is he right? | Graham ReadfearnBjorn Lomberg: The green agenda is too expensive: We need a better way to fight...You aren't meant to find a human side to Putin, but this is quite funny (even Putin puts up with idiots): https://youtu.be/m55HKChS2zk
No one knows anything about Russia or Ukraine, except that Putin isn't scared of the West and he certainly isn't scared of Joe Biden.And one more thing: what we are seeing now is the result of 30 years of arrogant foreign policy, and if you think this is bad, wait till China starts testing us.Don’t rehabilitate Obama on Russia
If you do the right thing, you're a sucker. The system is geared for people who just grab. But why wouldn't they? It's your money they're taking, and there's plenty more where that came from, right?
Mike Cannon-Brookes wants to buy AGL. I say, let him. This could be fun. Unless you like cheap, reliable energy ...
Did you take the knee? Do you have pronouns in your signature block? Do you think women are women or birthing people? careful, you might have failed the purity test. And there can be serious consequences.Threat against Tammy Giuliani:Threats close Stella Luna Gelato Café after owner's name appears in GiveSendGo data leakCrypto freeze:Canada freezes at least 34 crypto wallets funding 'Freedom Convoy'Media targets small donors:Salt Lake Tribune reporter stalks donors to Canadian truckersTyranny in Melbourne:Pregnant woman in tears as Victoria police arrest her over anti-lockdown social postBimbo:'Sorry for my bimbo moment': Woman arrested live on Facebook thought she 'was being kidnapped'Breast milk:UK nurses asked not to say 'breast milk' to be inclusive of trans...Transgender swimmer: https://www.theaustralian.com.au/sport/transgender-swimmer-lia-thomas-blitzes-us-rivals-at-college-championships/news-story/1d8a6f08063eb37915dde00babcd61a5
Do you donate to political parties? Which one? Would you be happy for everyone to know? Would you be happy to be quizzed on it? In Canada, the media is exposing people who donated to the trucker convoy. Not surprisingly, this affects free speech because when the left hears something it doesn't like, it responds with violence - and no one is safe from their vengeance. https://ottawacitizen.com/news/local-news/threats-close-stella-luna-gelato-cafe-after-owners-name-appears-in-givesendgo-data-leakClean Up Australia needs your help to tackle face mask pollutionhttps://fee.org/articles/seattle-s-nanny-state-soda-tax-backfired-spectacularly-and-hilariously-new-study-shows/
According to new data from the ABS, if you have COVID and you die, it was definitely COVID that killed you. Not the fact you were in your 80s or the fact you had an average of 2.7 comorbidities - it could only have been COVID. It's almost as though they're pumping a narrative. Hmmmmm ...New ABS data released over COVID-19 deaths in AustraliaDr Nick Coatsworth UNLEASHES on ABC's Norman Swan
The biggest political scandal of all time is the Russia collusion hoax - but if you only read The Guardian, you would have no idea about any of it, including that indictments are starting to be issued and the walls are closing in on Hillary Clinton. Today on The Breakdown, I show how the leftist media hides the truth, actively lies and keeps their audience dumb as a box of rocks. Congressman echoes Trump’s claim that Clinton aides deserved to dieCongressman echoes Trump’s claim that Clinton aides deserved to dieCapitol riot deaths2021 United States Capitol attackVery fine peoplePolitiFact - In Context: Donald Trump’s ‘very fine people on both sides’ remarks (transcript)Activity
The Convoy to Canberra protestors got some almighty whacks from the media and politicians, and not enough supporters of their (our!) right to protest. There was one exception on the Labor side and he spoke the way we wish Liberals would speak (but we gave up that dream long ago, right?)And the walls are closing in on Hillary Clinton as John Durham's investigation exposes the biggest scandal in history. So why isn't it in the mainstream media?I'm mad as hell!Network - "I'm as mad as hell" speech [english subtitles]EPIC; Lifeline; Andrew BarrUPDATED: Three arrested as police clear protest camp at EPIC | RiotactLockdown Adam Creighton report: https://www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/scientists-at-leading-us-uk-universities-slam-australias-expulsion-of-novak-djokovic-urge-leader-to-dump-mandates/news-story/1cdd4c41c52cd42a103a6ca2b4c36df7Johns Hopkins reportThe Unintended Consequences of COVID-19 Vaccine Policy: Why Mandates, Passports, and Segregated Lockdowns May Cause more Harm than GoodTrump was spied onhttps://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/yes-hillary-clinton-spied-on-donald-trump-while-he-was-president
The Convoy to Canberra has come and gone, but it didn't take long for the media and politicians to start slandering the protestors who wanted to exercise their right to work, the right to make their own medical decisions and throw the middle finger at the governments who have cost them their livelihoods and their birthright. If politicians think this anger is going to subside before the election, they - especially the Liberals - are in for a rude shock.VALUE OF HUMAN LIFEIn the podcast, I mentioned human life is valued at $4.7 million. It is actually $5.1 million.Based on international and Australian research a credible estimate of the value of statistical life is $5.1m and the value of statistical life year is $222,000 in 2021 dollars.https://obpr.pmc.gov.au/sites/default/files/2021-09/value-of-statistical-life-guidance-note-2020-08.pdfCHANNEL NINE REPORTThree men arrested during Canberra anti-vax protestsFLAG PROTOCOLShttps://www.theaustralian.com.au/breaking-news/canberra-antivaccine-protesters-misuse-official-australian-flags-in-major-demonstration/news-story/29f28b3a032cf8c188243c57c0f963511996 PROTESTS1996 Parliament House riotISRAEL BOOSTERSIsrael study: 4th vaccine shows limited results with omicron
Some idiot in the Prime Minister's Office thought it would be a good idea to try to play nice with Grace Tame. They had no choice, of course, but she was never to give a man she hates the benefit of the doubt - and she didn't. She threw it all back in his face with interest - and kept the story going another day.The only interruption to that debacle were stories about how the religious discrimination bill failed. The bill annoys the left for its perceived slight against gay and trans children, and it annoys the right for not protecting what they see as religious freedoms. So he's annoyed everyone. It takes real talent to achieve that in politics. Whatever it is, it's not a win. It also raisdes the question: why would you vote for the Liberals?
Grace Tame and Brittany Higgins spoke at the National Press Club yesterday. It could not have been worse for the PM.Ms Higgins' charge was that he didn't do anything useful or meaningful to help women - playing into the narrative that the PM has power but doesn't use it (a common complaint of conservatives).Ms Tame alleged she was threatened by someone in a "government-funded organisation". The PM has denied it was done on his behalf - but that plays into the trust question. Who do you trust? The Liar from the Shire or Saint Grace?Yep, not a good day. The PM can't afford to lose many more.
The left has the commanding heights of the culture: the media, social media, the yartz, the activists. So while the right may win the elections, they don't do much when they're there and don't govern as they campaign - and those that try, get cut off at the knees.
Stuart Robert is a useless minister. But he did one thing right: last year he rejected six garbage research applications for Australian Research Council grants. Academics had a whinge. They always do when you get between them and taxpayers' money. Yesterday, Brian Schmidt, the Nobel-prize-winning Vice-Chancellor of the ANU had a whinge about it as well. Good. It means we can revisit these grants and the waste at our universities.Academic bludgershttps://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/7610025/political-interference-an-existential-threat-to-unis-anu-vice-chancellor/https://www.buzzfeed.com/elfyscott/42-million-in-research-grants-has-been-blocked-by-theuni salaries: https://www.michaelwest.com.au/australian-university-profits/Citipointehttps://youtu.be/Ho3VyRia3oQ
You're told that renewable energy is going to be cheaper. That renewables will be more reliable. That they can save us from the ravages of climate change. But what if there aren't enough minerals in the ground for the solar panels and the bird-murdering turbines of terror? What if I told you it was all a lie?Read this: https://issues.org/environmental-economic-costs-minerals-solar-wind-batteries-mills/#.Yfh7zJ9YOHo.linkedinFollow: https://twitter.com/MarkPMills
There is now an inevitable, irresistible momentum to the narrative that ScoMo is a liar - will the Liar from the Shire become his epitaph? And some scientists have admitted that they got some things wrong. really? You don't say. Bit. Late. Now.
Citipointe has repented for its faith and yielded to an angry mob that doesn't believe in the Bible, doesn't go to church and would never send their children to a Pentecostal school. And to put some fire in your belly, here's what your taxes fund - you're right to be angry.
The legacy media can't be trusted so we don't trust them. That's why they have declared war on voices like Joe Rogan who have huge audiences and a faithful audience. That's why old media is going after Spotify directly. The Guardian has even published a how-to-leave Spotify guide. Today on The Daily Breakdown, we investigate some of the other streaming services and their links to slave labour and human rights abuses. Are they really better options?Guardian declares warhttps://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/feb/02/four-alternatives-to-spotify-swapping-is-easier-than-you-thinkAPPLEhttps://www.business-humanrights.org/en/latest-news/china-apple-accused-of-violating-labour-laws-as-employees-at-iphone-factory-found-working-100-hours-of-overtime-being-punished-for-not-meeting-targets-incl-co-comments/https://appleinsider.com/articles/21/12/07/apple-made-secret-5-year-275b-deal-with-chinese-governmenthttps://www.theverge.com/2021/5/10/22428899/apple-suppliers-china-uyghur-forced-labor-reportGOOGLE/YOUTUBEhttps://www.reuters.com/technology/exclusive-youtube-takes-down-xinjiang-videos-forces-rights-group-seek-2021-06-25/AMAZONhttps://www.9news.com.au/world/xi-jinping-book-reviews-removed-from-amazon-china-website/b4d2e7c3-e8e9-4cbb-b1cb-2d500e997f56
It's been a big week for Peter van Onselen - the man they know as PVO. He wrote a blistering attack (justified IMO) on Grace Tame, and then courageously retreated like a French general when the cool kids yelled at him. Then, yesterday at the National Press Club, he took some serious skin off the PM. And that will be a problem for Morrison because it reinforces a narrative ScoMo would rather we forgot. Both instances raise some interesting questions about the ethics of our media (stop laughing - they think they have some left).
LINKSWhen PVO had a pair: Carrie & Amy Joined Forces Again To Slam Peter Van Onselen Without His Mouth Interrupting
When PVO lost his brass: ‘I can just think it’: Peter van Onselen admits controversial Grace Tame column was ‘probably unnecessary’
Press Club report: https://twitter.com/10NewsFirst/status/1488398360889470976?s=20&t=WGSqt1GzGeciODgkHAdACw
We're told that diversity is good under all circumstances. But that isn't true. Some diversity is bigoted. Some diversity tramples on the diversity of others. But that's OK, because some diversity is more equal than others. It just depends where you are on the hierarchy.Brisbane Christian college defends demanding parents sign contract on student gender identity, homosexualityAFLW Pride round jumper debate provides litmus test for true inclusion and diversityAFLW: Giants player Haneen Zreika to miss match rather than wear club’s pride jumper
More celebrities you thought were dead have risen from the crypt to denounce Joe Rogan. Weren't they once the counter-culture? Weren't they once the rebels? Now they're narcing for the government and working for the man. It proves yet again that the left isn't about 'live and let live' and 'agreeing to disagree'. There is no coexistence. There is agree or get cancelled. A free society - and science - isn't meant to work that way.The letter denouncing Rogan: https://jonimitchell.com/library/view.cfm?id=5101Behind the 270 'medical signatories': https://dossier.substack.com/p/270-doctors-called-out-joe-rogan?r=6a3x3&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=webHeretics:https://www.wired.co.uk/article/nearly-all-great-scientists-start-out-as-hereticsYou don't have to be gay to like Liza with a Z and the choreography of Bob Fosse ... but it probably helps: https://youtu.be/aR-bzPHsSj0
Neil Young might have 1000 Grammy's (probably) but today he gets The Daily Breakdown attaboy for the most futile ultimatum of all-time: go with a stinky old hippie no one remembers or the bloke who produces 20 podcasts a month with 11 million downloads per episode. He must be high on his own supply. And the AFLW is about to play a pride round for the LGBTIQA+ community, but one player won't be there. Can you guess why? And why isn't she getting the criticism you'd expect?
Today on The Daily Breakdown, we recap Australia Day 2022 - a day marred by the petulance of Grace Tame, the usual maligning of a great country by the usual suspects, and finally, we celebrate all that is great and beautiful about Australia, mining magnate (and future podcast sponsor?) Gina Rinehart! (Hint, hint, a girl can dream).Grace Tame and Scott Morrisonhttps://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2022/jan/25/grace-tame-and-scott-morrisons-frosty-meeting-sparks-praise-condemnation-and-memesMorrison op-edhttps://www.theaustralian.com.au/commentary/australia-day-a-day-to-get-behind-the-best-place-in-the-world/news-story/7738a20f48b3e3af325abfda7f574410Council and flaghttps://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/nsw/businessman-claims-central-coast-council-refused-to-fly-australian-flag-on-main-street/news-story/f38dca149202547c7b0aff2b960bfc70Gina Rineharthttps://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2022/jan/25/gina-rinehart-and-former-news-ltd-chief-john-hartigan-receive-2022-australia-day-honoursInvasion DayEach year the Invasion Day cry gets louder. Each year we add names to the list of our dead
Did you think Australia was about to become a country again? Not yet. Commandant McGowan has other ideas - and the perfect excuse to keep going and keep West Australians "safe". And the left may disagree but it's time we faced facts - Australia is a top place and we're awesome. LinksThe Sunk Cost Fallacy - The Decision Lab’Bin fire’: Lisa’s harsh verdict on Australiahttps://www1.racgp.org.au/newsgp/clinical/australia-records-zero-flu-deaths-over-past-12-monhttps://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10433119/Mark-McGowan-gets-schooled-Covid-Australian-doctor.html
The Bureau of Meteorology has massaged temperature data to make it warmer - it's almost as though there's an agenda at play! The elites whinge that none's listening to them any more: is it because they're hypocritical and morally bankrupt? And why was a former ABC journalist smacked hard on Twitter for telling the truth about comorbidites?BOM cooks the bookshttps://www.theaustralian.com.au/science/bureau-of-meteorology-cools-the-past-warms-present/news-story/81c6a98a6fb1dc4229ea66c1cc512016https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jennifer_Marohasyhttps://jennifermarohasy.com/about/COVIDElites: https://twitter.com/ConceptualJames/status/1484355983082094598?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1484355983082094598%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fnotthebee.com%2Farticle%2Fget-rekt-the-elites-at-the-wef-are-upset-that-the-majority-of-people-in-nations-around-the-world-are-trusting-them-lesshttps://www.spiked-online.com/2022/01/21/the-catastrophe-of-the-covid-models/PELOSIhttps://youtu.be/7chkLIvAkS4CODE BROWNhttps://youtu.be/FiYF_o6ho1U
The Federal Circuit admits Djokovic was thrown out for thought crimes, the administrative police state goes after political speech online and Biden's been in the White House for a year .... do you think he knows?Djokovichttp://www.austlii.edu.au/cgi-bin/viewdoc/au/cases/cth/FedCFamC2G/2022/7.htmlhttps://www.theaustralian.com.au/sport/tennis/novak-djokovic-preparing-to-sue-the-australian-government-for-6m-over-visa-scandal/news-story/b6ffdf0a4e4c35d239454399e392e8d0Boguthttps://www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/constitutional-lawyer-questions-vec-notice-to-andrew-bogut/news-story/869e1a2a19668400601a8efd88b6cc01BidenPlagiarist: https://video.foxnews.com/v/6128386404001#sp=show-clipsCognitive decline: https://www.instagram.com/reel/CY7lDB8ICuV/?utm_medium=share_sheetBiden brain feeze: https://www.instagram.com/tv/CY7tnNRKnEu/?utm_medium=share_sheet
First they came for the billionaires ... Oxfam has released a garbage report with a garbage idea to steal from billionaires. Does it matter? You're not a billionaire. Of course it matters. Leftists never stop. They will come for you - they're just testing the waters.Adam Bandt on Twitterhttps://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/mining-energy/gina-rineharts-hancock-prospecting-in-huge-73bn-profit/news-story/0178c9134006b8079a7643f3888d5b66World’s 10 richest men see their wealth double during Covid pandemichttps://melbourneinstitute.unimelb.edu.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0007/3889393/Poverty-Lines-Australia-March-2021.pdf
When the brown stuff hits the whirly thing in Victoria, they call the spade a bloody shovel; Brad Hazzard has no sense of humour; more green hypocrisy, this time from the US; and how come it took so long for the media to realise Biden was a bag of farts?Attaboy!https://www.skynews.com.au/australia-news/coronavirus/metropolitan-and-regional-victorian-hospitals-to-trigger-code-brown-plan-as-omicron-adds-pressure-on-health-system/news-story/2355a6499021d913fcd3f64bc4ad966eBrad Hazzardhttps://www.skynews.com.au/australia-news/coronavirus/nsw-health-minister-brad-hazzard-reveals-his-name-was-falsely-used-to-register-a-positive-covid19-rapid-antigen-test-online/news-story/0ea57ac78d24c35b0e6b45e6910f9458Coal and Twiggyhttps://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/as-coal-use-surges-america-finds-its-hard-to-unplug-from-carbon/ar-AASQeSPhttps://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/mining-energy/when-will-fortescue-match-its-green-hype-with-hard-numbers/news-story/08d747fc0f85b38338c8b13eb8d84669The bag of fartshttps://www.c-span.org/video/?517237-1/president-biden-voting-rightshttps://www.theaustralian.com.au/commentary/world-shivers-in-the-dark-as-bidens-light-on-the-hill-fades/news-story/8deb3dc81f61be7bfa7d395ffbe0fc0c
What happens when the useful idiots of the left - the media and activists - find their square peg narrative won't fit into the round peg reality? First, they repeat the lie, then they hope you don't notice, or they hope you forget. Lately, we've seen some great examples - and some have been brewing for decades.The Post Millennial on TwitterHostages safe after Texas synagogue standoff; captor dead | AP NewsBrother of Texas terrorist blames 'mental health' for his actionsFather and son leading Indigenous tribal lore enforcement in rural NSWProtest 'ringleader' allegedly involved in fire at Old Parliament House | RiotactOld Parliament House fire protesters linked to anti-vaccine and conspiracy groups
Immigration Minister and Professional Useless Person Alex Hawke might think he's about to get some love from the lockdown-lovers for going hard against Novak Djokovic, but they'll never cuddle a happy-clapper from Hillsong whom Alan Jones once described as a "cancer on the NSW Liberal Party". Also ... the EU talks a big game on coal, but what about the reality? And emails reveal the campaign to silence the lab-leak theory.DjokovicAlex HawkeDjokovic to fight Australia visa cancellation on ground decision was "irrational"Carbon emissionshttps://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/mining-energy/both-coalfired-generation-and-carbon-emissions-hit-record-levels-in-2021-according-to-the-iea/news-story/3e13df34ce68f5ce7f0fb334fee6c4afYachts To Be Exempt From EU's Carbon Pricing PlanWuhanCovid origins: Wuhan lab leak theory resurfaces as Dr Anthony Fauci’s emails are released to US oversight committeeActivity
Today on The Breakdown: Joe Biden rides the inflation dragon, academics get sooky when they can't waste your money on garbage research, and the least self-aware tweet of the year - and we're only at 14 January!US inflationhttps://www.theguardian.com/business/2022/jan/12/us-inflation-rate-december-2021ARC fundinghttps://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2022/jan/11/academics-condemn-governments-shortsighted-decision-to-veto-research-grantshttps://www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2022/01/12/sydney-researchers-awarded-arc-funding-for-78-research-projects.htmlLucy Turnbull https://twitter.com/LucyTurnbull_AO/status/1481356613294641153?s=20
Media bobbleheads lose their poop when they're exposed in a leaked tape (boo hoo) and the Australian Republic Movement releases a model only a committee could love.LINKSMedia hypocrites at Channel 7 Naughty Boris: ‘The party’s over, Boris’: what the papers say about Johnson’s No 10 crisisARM's camel: https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5b531a35b98a78268300cad6/t/61dd5669b60db02f552706b4/1641895589772/The+Australian+Choice+Model+-+Detailed+Policy.pdfPeter FitzSimons getting battered by the French 1990WSJ op-ed on Omicron (through News): Pfizer CEO’s shock Omicron admission
The director of the Centers for Disease Control has said out loud what we always knew about COVID. So what took her so long? And why now?LINKSChaotic scenes outside office of Novak Djokovic's lawyers in MelbourneHuge penalty looms over Novak lie claimCDC director responds to criticisms on COVID-19 guidance l GMANSW waste:It's only your money
Djokovic has won his case against the Federal Government and now the ball is in their court - do they eat the sandwich or go for a rematch? And some COVID data from the NSW Government that you might have missed, but you need to hear.Dan Andrews - a professional useless person: Daniel AndrewsDan Andrews wants to sack people: Dan Andrews demands workers get Covid BOOSTERS or face being sackedNSW COVID numbers: https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/coronavirus/patients-in-hospital-for-labour-broken-bones-being-counted-as-covid19-cases/news-story/c8a7a5df3f62353162a8d8e31f245b41.
We're back and we're doing it daily! Today on The Breakdown ... Australia shows its pettiness on the world stage, Labor rolls out its scare campaign for 2022 and it turns out there's still a pandemic.Links:Transgender:https://www.news.com.au/sport/lia-thomas-beaten-by-fellow-ivy-league-transgender-swimmer-iszac-henig/news-story/5eebbac97a9fced52df16e71168c3331Reading 101:Kamala Harris on TwitterKamala - strange bedfellows:https://www.reuters.com/article/uk-factcheck-kamala-harris-willie-brown-idUSKBN26Y2RQ
Today on The Breakdown: the questions that need to be answered about omicron, Treasury's economic fantasyland and The Guardian says Elon Musk is literally worse than Hitler. Is he really?https://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/economics/us-fed-and-frydenberg-joined-in-policy-lunacy/news-story/98554179b4a6557bdb02fc1f7c8fe029https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/dec/10/spending-without-taxing-now-were-all-guinea-pigs-in-an-endless-money-experimenthttps://www.bbc.com/news/uk-59639007https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-12-14/britain-records-first-omicron-variant-covid-death/100697628https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/uks-first-patient-killed-omicron-25716888https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/victoria/adem-somyurek-leaks-secret-details-of-cabinet-meetings/news-story/7c97eb2b71b031134cf26897cbe75e24https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/curious-case-map-disappearing-taiwan-minister-us-democracy-summit-2021-12-12/https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2021/dec/14/elon-musk-time-person-of-the-year-worst-ever-choice-say-criticshttps://www.propublica.org/article/the-secret-irs-files-trove-of-never-before-seen-records-reveal-how-the-wealthiest-avoid-income-tax
China has been waging a decades-long war against the West. Today, with a weak (and incontinent) US President, an economically and patriotically strong China, a West that can barely get out of bed without therapy and totally lacking self-belief, China is on the cusp of victory. Bummer, eh. Sorry. There is no good news. Attaboyhttps://www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/magistrate-rod-higgins-reaches-death-benefit-claim-settlement-with-ashleigh-petries-mother/news-story/60b880f6117f162dc835d51456ca4a3c https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9731913/Magistrate-Rod-Rocketman-teed-detractors-pom-pom-noggin.htmlOmicron updatehttps://the-riotact.com/from-today-unvaccinated-or-omicron-close-contacts-will-mean-christmas-quarantine/520062https://www.couriermail.com.au/coronavirus/coronavirus-world-uk-tightens-restrictions-to-battle-omicron-variant/news-story/5610b699fb4d6240b53673c07b7b0593https://thehill.com/changing-america/well-being/prevention-cures/583339-doctor-who-discovered-omicron-explains-thehttps://news.yahoo.com/cdc-most-43-omicron-cases-193717467.htmlChinahttps://www.theaustralian.com.au/world/the-times/the-us-wont-fight-to-save-taiwan-or-ukraine/news-story/573dc355e2ccd490ae5b4b634f02f442https://www.theaustralian.com.au/inquirer/the-truth-is-china-will-stop-at-nothing-until-the-west-is-lost/news-story/32f1d301cef06441398608c9698caf8bhttps://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/jussie-smollett-verdict-alleged-hate-crime-hoax-trialhttps://twitter.com/DrewHolden360/status/1469392145777893379
We're one week into the Omicron variant and it seems - come for the caveat, stay for the wiggle room - that we're scared about nothing. Surely that's good news? And the Jenkins Review into conduct in Parliament House has been released. The media is in a tizzy about it. But did you know your workplace is probably worse? You just aren't as important as people who know journalists (sorry, but they're special - just ask them!)OMICRONWill the Coronavirus Evolve to Be Less Deadly?TGA provisionally approves Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine for children aged five to 11Family ‘deeply upset’ over twin tragedyCoronavirus (COVID-19) case numbers and statisticsChild under 10 becomes Australia's youngest Covid deathThe Post Millennial on Twitterhttps://www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/rebel-lib-senator-alex-antic-vows-to-fight-back/news-story/bcdcb8db63f968db333da47ba7f3853cThousands rally against Victorian pandemic legislation as more protesters catch COVIDJenkins Reviewhttps://www.actu.org.au/media/1385284/a4_sexual-harassment-survey-results_print.pdf‘Revolting and humiliating’: 10 things we learned about working at parliament from the Kate Jenkins review
Oh goody! Just when you thought we were out of the woods, another COVID variant is in the wings and it just landed in Australia! Why the left knows nothing about anything - the Rittenhouse trial is the case study. And we have a new Australian cricket captain who is going to tell you why you suck.
The biggest news out of Glasgow this week had nothing to do with climate change or Swedish Muppets - it was all about submarines, and ScoMo unleashed his inner brawler: about time! It also exposed how bitter, twisted and deformed the souls of Rudd and Turnbull are. Another arrest has also been made in the Russia collusion hoax - the hoax has fallen apart ... isn't it time the media reported it properly?Morrison accused of worsening rift with French government after leak of Macron textLunch breaks and month-long holidays cause culture clash in sub programKevin Rudd on TwitterThe real ‘collusion’ was the creation of ‘RussiaGate’ out of absolutely nothingMeet the Steele Dossier's 'Primary Subsource': Fabulist Russian From Democrat Think Tank Whose Boozy Past the FBI Ignored
ICAC has exposed the dirty secret of politics: politicians are self-interested parasites. Well, der. They are also motivated by self-interest. If that's what they're hot and bothered about, then they need a dose of reality. And if they can't justify the humiliation they are putting Gladys Berejiklian through, then it is time to shut it down. This isn't an investigation, this is a show trial. And just because the public is interested doesn't mean it is in the public interest.ICACThe public heard another Gladys Berejiklian at Icac – one who threatened to sack bureaucrats and bossed colleaguesGladys Berejiklian at ICAC: When private becomes publicCOP26Joanna Lumley says wartime-style rationing could help solve climate crisisFacebook steps up fight against climate misinformation – but critics say effort falls short
Today on The Daily Breakdown - the Week that Went: News Corp ramps up its climate activism and keeps it all in the family, Guess who's going to Glasgow? (And will ScoMo get a biscuit?) And we're all in this together, right? Well, not everyone. Especially at the ABC.
News Corp and Rupert drop all objectivity to paint themselves green - and they found a rich Sydney sider to be their poster child - and who's behind the Facebook whistleblower coming to lecture our parliament? Why, it's a group of foreign leftists! ... And mining magnate Andrew Forrest! Doncha just love getting lectured by billionaires?
Today on The Daily Breakdown - The Business Council of Australia releases a useless, pointless fact-free report into climate change - no wonder the left love it, and sanity returns to COVID policy as the experts are put back in their box. But all is not well in Queensland - just what has Unspellable been doing in the past 20 months?Dan Andrews without a maskQueensland hospitals in crisisCHO Brett Sutton put back in his boxSingapore linksSingaporeans take fright at relaxation of Covid restrictions ($)Singapore record cases not a bad thingRecord cases and vaccinesMOH Covid situationNorwayCases plunge after restrictions end
We are treated like mugs. By our journalists, by our politicians, by our law enforcement bodies, by our ex-PMs - we are poorly served and they don't care. Our job is to cop it. At least, that's what they expect.This week on The Breakdown we examine the gutlessness of a 'journalist', how a single bad decision destroyed a premier, the overreach of ICAC, and how three of our ex-PMs are crapping on the country from a great height.We deserve better.War on women - blokes can do anythingSportswoman of the YearJessica Rowe and Pauline HansonJessica Rowe deletes Pauline Hanson podcastBerejiklian resignsSummary of Berejiklian-ICACICAC Section 11SubmarinesTurnbull craps on AustraliaRudd craps on AustraliaKeating craps on AustraliaChina craps on Australia (we expect that)(Doctored image from Pauline Hanson.)
In the past week, Victoria Police has beaten the pulp out of Australians with batons, used capsicum spray and shot at our fellow citizens with rubber bullets - in broad daylight while the media cheered. Until, of course, the police turned on the media. Today on the Breakdown, what the freedom protests say about our media, our politicians and us.Protest reactionsLee Carnie makes the case for peaceful protests on the DrumPolice shoot rubber bullets at protestorsPhotographer assaulted by policeMan assaulted by policeIndigenous man leg swept in SydneyDaily Telegraph report of the incidentOfficer chargedChristian Porter/Sarah Hanson-YoungChristian Porter’s blind trust avoids ‘conflicts of interest’ (subscriber).
It took a while for Christian Porter to do the right thing, but it wasn't morality that made him resign, it was economics. He would rather take a million from a stranger than pay his own legal bill. Porter is a leaner, not a lifter. And Paul Keating escaped from the crypt this week to help Kristina Keneally. According to Keating, she's a migrant success story. Is she, Paul? Is the really?Troy Bramston's epic takedown of Keneally‘Good intentions are not enough’: Paul Keating backs Keneally as the MP Fowler needsVietnamese-Australian lawyer Tu Le slams Labor's Kristina KeneallyKristina Keneally buys a Scotland Island hideaway for $1.8 millionJoel Fitzgibbon bids farewell with some landmines
There's a roadmap out of lockdown but it's a highway to hell and vaccination won't help you. Your travel may still be limited in Australia, your movement will be tracked and your rights will be curtailed. This is not what Australia is meant to be. Our freedom is not meant to be negotiable. At least, it wasn't until COVID. And according to NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian, it could be like this for three or four more years, so 2020 and 2021 were just the warmups.Reporter backflips after Seven slaps him down‘Devastating’: Queensland man’s border blow after Sydney trip to save sister’s lifeSky News reporter Andrew Clennell hounds Gladys Berejiklian over Sydney lockdownAussie man suffers heart attack after cops arrest him for not wearing a mask while exercising OUTSIDE
A UN do-gooder has Zoomed into Australia to kill off the Australian coal industry. But in doing so, he has to ignore hundreds of years of economics, the reality of the global market and why Australian coal is good for the environment. If the UN was serious about climate change, they'd be badgering China. Good luck there. The Chinese are playing a tough game and they're running rings around the hapless west. It's there world (we're just living in it).LinksUN gives 10-year deadline to shut down coalmining.China ‘tells US envoy John Kerry it will follow its own climate road map’.Communist China Tells Climate Czar Kerry No Cooperation on Climate Change Unless US Shuts Up About Human Rights.
It takes a special breed of idiot to make a poophole country like Afghanistan worse. Shuffle forward, Joe Biden. But he wasn't alone. He was supported by a crack team of imbeciles and woke dummies in the hierarchy of the US military, more concerned with gender than the agenda. Which raises the question: what's the US military for when it can't even beat mountain dwellers with well-lubed goats? And when was the last time the US actually won a war?For countries like Australia, which rely on the US, this is a frightening wake-up call. Which China is watching closely.On the plus side, it seems the state governments have finally figured we may have to learn to live with COVID - especially when the reality is that 92 per cent of COVID deaths in Australia have been in the over-70s but 88 per cent of infections have been in the under-70s.
Trump was an orange clown who had no idea what he was doing. But now we can relax. Take it easy. The experts are back in charge. Diplomacy is back. There's no way they'd do something so catastrophically, monumentally dunder-headed as ceding a strategically important country like Afghanistan to the goat-rogering child-murderers of the Taliban. That's crazy talk!And we meet the man whose taking it in from COVID and showing public service pays.
On The Daily Breakdown - the Week that Went: The Taliban is about to take over Afghanistan. Who could have seen that coming? Oh yeah, everyone. And will the US really be giving them foreign aid? Sure, why not?And Joe Biden says Hunter is the smartest person he knows (that's probably true), but did you hear of Hunter's ingenious money-making scheme foiled by the Russians?And The Breakdown takes you behind the scenes of the media - it's a lesson in how the media works, and why the left will - inevitably and unfortunately - win.
Sky News was taken off YouTube last week and you've probably heard a lot about it from media outlets - and former PMs - dancing on Sky's grave. But there is a lot more to the story: it goes to the heart of free speech, your ability to express ideas and, alarmingly, why the media can't be trusted to defend this essential freedom. This is a story that needs to be shared.
As eastern Australia goes into week four or five (does it matter, any more?) of a two-week lockdown to flatten the curve, the only way out is the vaccine. Finally, we have light at the end of the tunnel. But what have we signed up for? A leaked agreement from Pfizer shows what government are prepared to sign away to make sure you can get the jab. Anthony Albanese gets serious about winning the next election, and the ABC's budget bulldust.
Today on The Daily Breakdown - The Week That Went: we give an attaboy to some of the world's worst people, why I'm worried about the lockdowns protests, John Coates rains Unspellable's parade (from a great height), and why we should celebrate billionaires in space.
Broad statement here, but lesbians don't like doodles. Seems no one told the Tasmanian Anti-Discrimination Commissioner. She refused to grant an exemption to allow the Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual Alliance to exclude “biological men” from lesbian events. Yet again, women cop it - even if they're alphabet people.The Breakdown also addresses the latest lockdown lunacy, John Hewson becomes a victim of female quotas and Barnaby Joyce nails the climate question.
If the COVID-19 Delta strain doesn't get you, relax, there are plenty more letters in the Greek alphabet. Believe it or not, we're up to the lambda variant. But there is other news (pity it's just as bad). "Climate action" is being legislated from the bench - although it's not the worst decision that judge has made. But on the plus side, creepy lawyer Michael Avenatti is going to prison, but so should the media that gave him oxygen.
In this episode of The Daily Breakdown - The Week That Went: Conflicting messages on COVID vaccinations - AZ is fine, just give up your legal rights. The left celebrates the death of Donald Rumsfeld, but how did they deal with the death of true evil? And what the hell is the use of conservative governments? Why do we keep electing them if they don't do anything that's actually conservative? Like defend free speech and get rid of garbage laws like 18C. Why raise 18C? Because 18C created an environment where people were afraid to question the bona fides of Dark Emu. Speaking of which, academics are addressing the cost to Black of Australia of Five-Minute Black Fellas. It's another debate 18C has helped stifle and it's time it was addressed.
Here we go again ... COVID lockdowns hit NSW and the ACT, Facebook doesn't trust you to understand satire so fact-checks testicles (yet the ABC couldn't fact check Dark Emu, interesting), and greedy fake-frogs want your money. Oh, and as a bonus, Hunter Biden has a new job! And this one is quite lucrative ... and totally above board. Just like all the other ones.
For seven years, the literary and media class has been fawning over Dark Emu, despite its obvious flaws. ABC hosts were particularly enamoured of the book and its author. And if you dared questioned the work, you were likely to be called a racist (as Andrew Bolt and everyone at Quadrant was). But now the wizard has been exposed. But will the journalists and politicians admit they were duped? Or will the fight to maintain the narrative?And we are meant to honour the judges and magistrates that sit on the bench - but shouldn't they have to earn that respect? It is time they were judged on the content of their character instead of the colour of their robes? This week, meet two judges who dishonour their honours.
This week on The Week that Went, we explore how narratives take hold, and why they are so important. When a political narrative takes hold, it is almost impossible to change it - whether it is 'Scotty from marketing', Russian collusion, COVID from bats or using troops to clear a park for a photo-op ... and even when evidence stacks against them, the media - the gatekeepers - can keep the truth quiet. Especially when they're embarrassed by it.And Senator Kim Carr doesn't think Australia should keep an eye on our researchers working with China. Why? Does he think they're a mate?
Scientists are our new overlords - we trust them to make decisions with cool regard only for the facts, guided by truth and knowledge. But what if these experts are as venal, shallow and weak as the rest of us? As susceptible to flattery, money and power as you (not me, I'm perfect!) If Fauci's emails are any guide, they are - so shouldn't it be reported?
For an entire year, you were told that it was a mad conspiracy theory to think that COVID-19 could have come out of a lab in Wuhan. Now it seems, the media - and the social media overlords - have realised it might be possible after all. You can even say so on Facebook! In this episode we chronicle an extraordinary week in which the dominos started to fall and the real conspiracy to protect China was exposed - it will genuinely shock you.But it wasn't the only "conspiracy theory" to see the light. There's more than one we got right ... but this one is being kept quiet. For now.
The Hunter by-election was more than just a humiliation for the Greens and the climate catastrophists, it was a win for blue-collar workers and pragmatic politicians - it's also good news for your power bills; Peter Dutton enters the climate wars; and the Bag of Farts steals a joke (and he can't even do that right).
On The Daily Breakdown - The Week That Went: it took four months for Joe Biden to blow up the Middle East, break the US border and bring back inflation - isn't it great the experts are back in charge? And the lefty drips are soiling themselves because ScoMo's appointed three people to the board of the ABC. I explain why the board doesn't matter, why the ABC will remain a bastion of groupthink and no organisation is safe from becoming another tool of the left.
Every so often at The Breakdown, we have a catastrophic IT failure. Usually on the days when the most work has gone into the production. Goddammit. So tomorrow, I'll bring you the Week that Went. Hopefully, the news is happier tomorrow than the news I thought I was bringing you today. And thank you for your patience.
The US is now in terminal decline - it has decided on an economic path that is certain to result in its destruction, just at the time China is in the ascendancy. This has grave implications for Australia. The media has a whack at ScoMo over the India travel ban but mistells a story to project a narrative, not the truth.And we check in with the Australian Breastfeeding Association ... and wish we hadn't.
When you make a huge investment, it's hard to walk away from it without a return that justifies the effort. It's known as 'the sunk cost fallacy'. It holds that further investments or commitments are justified because the resources already invested will be lost otherwise.It is almost always wrong (hence, the 'fallacy' bit).But it's the reason the Australian Government (and the US Government) has banned travel from India. After so much pain to make Australia COVID-free, the only way COVID will enter the community, as we have seen, is through the so-called quarantine system, which continues to fail. Again. And again.So why risk bringing 9000 people into Australia from a country being overrun by COVID, and whose health system will, almost certainly, be unable to test potential repatriants in the time required to bring them to Australia with a degree of safety?And when they ask, 'what is the value of an Australian passport if it no longer brings certain rights?', that's a good question. But as we have all lost considerable rights in the past year, perhaps now is not the right time to start making questions like that. When freedom of speech, movement and association return, then you can ask.
This week has proved that activists are relentless. They will use any misery, import any crisis or event to further their cause, whether it is trying to stir racial issues in Australia, or redefining climate change on the sly to create a perpetual war - the fight never ends.For show notes and clips, visit The Daily Breakdown.
Last week, CNN was exposed (yet again) as a propaganda outfit designed to scare the public. Their technical director admitted that with COVID-19 coming to an end they'd move the circus to focus on climate change. Someone at the ABC has been reading their mail. And meet Australia's dumbest lawyer. Who just happens to be a QC.
Today on the Breakdown, first it was 15 days to stop the spread, then we put hope in the vaccine to return to normal. Now it seems the vaccines will be an annual event - but even then, there are no guarantees. And the petition to ban fairy bread. It was a hoax, and absurd, so why did it take off?
If you watch CNN for the truth or read Scientific American for facts, you are wasting your time. A senior executive at CNN has conceded CNN is a propaganda outfit, and Scientific American has ditched any semblance of objective scientific journalism to drink warmenista Kool-Aid. Journalism is dead.
If you have an opinion on Christine Holgate it'd better be positive or it's misogynistic bullying - the narrative has been built and the media is building the barricades. And how the left ruins everything. Even a children's cartoon isn't safe from being turned into a propaganda tool.
Australia's (former) top postie appeared before the Senate yesterday and gave an almighty whack to ScoMo over her departure from Australia Post. But she wasn't entirely blameless. On the plus side, in future, maybe there will be more people spending your money who start to worry about whether they will cop the 'Holgate Treatment'.
There's a Senate inquiry going on at the moment but it's not into COVID, or the rise of tyrannical China or even the scourge of plant-based "meat products". No, it's investigating how to reduce media diversity and kill voices on the right. And it's latest witness has an axe to grind.
As we near the 30th anniversary of the release of the Royal Commission into Black Deaths in Custody, the Breakdown looks at how the activists use deaths to promote their agenda that Australia is racist - and ignore a much bigger issue.And why the response to the death of Prince Philip makes me proud to be a monarchist.
We were told vaccines were the key to getting back to a post-COVID normal, but yesterday the PM announced that under-50s should avoid the AstraZeneca vaccine. Under-50s are the taxpaying backbone of the economy, and the AZ vaccine was the one that Australia was relying on. Two steps forward, two steps back. Normal has been postponed.
On the same day as Scott Morrison was pleading with the European Commission for more supplies of the AstraZeneca vaccine, the European Medicines Agency said there was a “clear link’’ between blood clots and the vaccine ... oh, yippee.And can Biden backflip over a wall? Probably, but it won't be pretty.
Today on The Breakdown, Malcolm Turnbull's just lost his third job because of climate change - this one took less than a week - but is less impressive than the self-destruction that cost him the prime ministership. Maybe he'll learn to get along with others this time. But probably not ... cos it wasn't his fault (it never is).We also address why power prices are rising 30 per cent in the ACT and the global push for a minimum corporate tax rate is gaining steam, but who'll pay it? (Hint: not the companies.)For show notes, visit The Daily Breakdown.
Today on The Breakdown, how government subsidies distort markets, a billionaire's wife sets out to save the world with your money and the unstoppable whining of kancel kulture.
ScoMo's bad week got worse when he had to apologise to News Ltd for overreach, while the ABC complains that he won't volunteer himself to be slain on 730 (so at least he's learned something as PM). Why does the US Treasury Secretary want to increase global company tax? And another product is in the woketavists' firing line. But which one?
ScoMo needs a circuit breaker. He tried tears. When that didn't work, he went the nuclear option. Somehow he forgot it only works if the destruction is mutual. You don't aim the nukes at your face and start the countdown. And what happens when conservatives lose the culture?
Grab a mask and wash your hands afterwards because we're going inside the Canberra bubble - and it's not pretty. And if Toyota is ringing the alarm bells over electric vehicles, why isn't anyone else?
Companies used to operate in the interests of shareholders. Those days are gone. Now companies bend to the loudest voices and invite their enemies into their boardrooms. The latest example is Rio Tinto. This won't end well.
Today on The Daily Breakdown, all governments spent too much to save us from a recession they created and now we have to pay the ferryman. The cost will be horrific. If only they'd treated us like adults - or had the wisdom of a footballer.
Today on The Daily Breakdown, Nicolle Flint fights back against the sanctimonious look-at-me windbaggery of Labor - and goes after some pretty heavy hitters, and Putin takes on Twitter.
It is inevitable that China will conquer Taiwan as they have Hong Kong - and there isn't a damn thing anyone can do about it. Today on The Daily Breakdown, we detail how they'll do it - and how they've prepared. On a positive note, it seems at least one Australian politician is prepared to stand up for Australia.
ScoMo's losing his mojo. If he were a president that would be fine, but in the Westminster system, that's usually when his colleagues start sharpening the axe.
Political parties were always dancing with danger when they ran hard on the Christian Porter allegations - now Labor staffers are sharing their experiences of harassment. And how five workers were almost sacrificed to green gods.
Today on The Breakdown we examine how Labor is sabotaging ScoMo's airline relief bill, the tragedy of Yallourn, and a hot, hot take on Fanta Pants and Princess Sparkle.
Today we revisit an episode from 6 September 2020, All Black lives Matter. It created an incredible response from listeners by merely presenting facts about Indigenous incarceration and deaths in custody. It is not easy to listen to, but it is well worth your time.
Continuing the China theme, today we revisit my April 2019 interview with Clive Hamilton - it is still relevant today. Professor Hamilton has a new book out, Hidden Hand: Exposing How the Chinese Communist Party is Reshaping the World. I hope you enjoy the podcast, and please buy the book, and his original volume, Silent Invasion: China’s Influence in Australia.
There's more to green power and transport than a windmill in your backyard and a plug on your car. Someone needs to mine the rocks and process the rocks and make the batteries - that someone is China. But there are bigger problems than that. Today on The Breakdown, we explore the challenge of going green.
On today's episode, we discuss China's Made in China 2025 policy and the Belt and Road Initiative. These are essential to understanding China's economic policy, its strategic ambitions, its foreign investment strategies and approach to international norms.
Today on The Breakdown, the mob comes for PVO, Labor's no-lose position with Christian Porter and evidence mounts for the cognitive decline of Joe Biden - why the media has a lot to answer for.
Attorney-General Christian Porter outed himself as the Cabinet minister alleged to have committed rape in 1988. In doing so, he's also set a new ministerial standard. And we address the cancellation of Dr Seuss - why it's a watershed moment in the destruction of the culture.
Today, a Cabinet Minister will front the media and plead their innocence over the alleged 1988 rape of a 16-year-old girl. Being almost 100 per cent certain who the minister is, and having seen media reports about his earlier uncontested behaviour, it will be almost impossible to believe a word he says, or understand how the Prime Minister has stood by him. The PM is putting his faith in the wrong man.
The Aged Care Royal Commission report is an indictment on the country but the harsh, unpalatable reality is that nothing will change. Today on The Daily Breakdown, I explain why.
Today on The Breakdown, another MP has been accused of rape, Emma Husar takes an almighty swipe at Albanese about her treatment in Labor, and SA Liberal Nicolle Flint walks away from it all after being the target of a vicious campaign from the left.So if politics is so awful, whose fault is it and what can be done about it?
Today on The Daily Breakdown, gutter politics and media lies become the motivation for new stories about Brittany Higgins, why Joe Biden loves COVID-19 and Kevin Rudd denies the only story of the past decade that made him even remotely likable.
Andrew Forrest has decided to invest in renewables. Among the people he's brought on board to help him is former prime minister Malcolm Turnbull, feeling fresh and relaxed after a two-year pity party at Point Piper. And he's also tapped Nick Warner. For decades he was at the epicentre of Australia's national security apparatus. That's a problem. Warner only left the public service in December 2020 and Twiggy Forrest is neck-deep in China.
Today on The Breakdown, Craig Kelly quits before he gets dumped, Facebook loves us again, and we answer the question you've always wanted to ask: what would happen if you decked a Prime Minister? Well, it depends ...
You want to see perfect media manipulation in action? Just look at how the left is going after Craig Kelly, using all the tricks they deployed against Tony Abbott, starting with a "poll". But who conducted the poll? That's an important question. And what are you worth to Facebook? You might be surprised.
Poor Kevin Rudd used the Senate on Friday to dump on the meanies at the Murdoch media. It seems Kevin's forgotten about how sycophantically he used to pursue the Murdoch editors. Lucky The Breakdown's here to remind him.
Facebook has launched a Pearl Harbour-style attack on the Australian media, Kevin Rudd gets a Senate Inquiry into Murdoch and Joe Biden lays out his strategy with China. It is not good.
Today on The Daily breakdown we examine empathy. For decades we've been told it's a virtue when a politician "feels our pain". But what if it isn't? What if empathy is actually making polarisation worse?
Parler's back! Maybe! Dan Andrews might win a really stupid award. Maybe. And what happens when a copy plays Yesterday?
There is a quiet revolution taking place in global economics - the debate about debt deficit has ended. The main game is 'modern monetary theory' - but why aren't politicians and economists talking about it? Because the concept is loony tunes and the inevitable outcome is frightening. So maybe it's time you found out what it is. Before it's too late.
Impeachment is over, so that means the war against Trump is ended, right? Not by a long shot. And the leftist purge continues - this time the useful idiots at the Lincoln Project are imploding. But if they all crawl back under their rocks, where will Leigh Sales and 730 find their experts on US politics?
Today on The Breakdown, we examine the impeachment, the effort to make women irrelevant and you may not know anything about Biden's CIA nominee but the Chinese sure do. Here's why.
Today on The Breakdown, Greg Hunt calls out bias at the ABC, Albanese attacks the gig economy and if the left colluded with Big Tech to tilt the US election, why are they telling everyone about it?
Today on The Breakdown, after 23 years of only opening his mouth to change feet, Eddie's left Collingwood, but why are the woke now going after Waleed? And is a Magic-8 Ball smarter than a magistrate?
'Diversity' is the word of the moment, but not all diversity is as good as we've been told. For example, media diversity is celebrated unless it means a Murdoch press and Sky News, while Media Watch celebrates a complete lack of media diversity. And in New Zealand, it's a sign of a nation without unifying symbols.
When Eddie McGuire commissioned a report into racism at Collingwood, he probably thought it would rule a line through racism instead of his career. The report recommends Collingwood become "anti-racist'. That's a problem for Eddie. He has no idea what "anti-racism" is - and he's just grabbed it with both hands.
Today on the Breakdown, Google eats a brown sandwich, the ABC doesn't understand conservatives (there's a shock), and a new report from the US says there is no social media bias against conservatives - what have they been smoking?
Tody the most thrilling episode of The Breakdown ever - we're discussing digital platforms! If you care about democracy, news and your right to speak, this is an issue you can't afford to ignore.
Force fields aren't science fiction - they exist. They're operated by social media, and if you're a 'special' you get all the protection you need. But if you aren't, you'll be destroyed.
Today on The Breakdown we introduce you to some of Australia's swamp people. You know their names, but you might not know what they've been up to. It's time to change that.
Brexit scared the crap out of the globalists, and then along came Trump - a bloke who ate his steak well-done and didn't care for the UN. So he had to go. Today on the Breakdown we examine the elites, how to spot them and why they're a danger to you.
Kristina Keneally is the most vicious politician in parliament - and that's saying something. Today we examine how she has brought the worst of cancel culture to Australia, and why it needs to be called out and stopped. But will the media have the courage?
Today on The Breakdown, asylum seekers get a Lotto win and send you the bill, George Brandis cops a whack (undeserved ... for a change), and equity, equity, equity ... but what the hell is it?
When Red Kerry rejected his Australia Day award, he took the gold medal in virtue signalling. He also spat on the achievements of every other recipient. Using Kerry's logic, by accepting their honour alongside Margaret Court, they were endorsing homophobia and transphobia, because none was as virtuous as Fanta Pants O'Brien.
The move to destroy Australia Day is irresistible and its success inevitable - today we examine why. But that doesn't mean Australia and our national day isn't worth celebrating, because the truth is, Australia is fricking awesome.
It's January in Australia, which means it's hotter than hell and it's time to be shocked that a 78-year-old Old Testament believing fundamentalist Christian doesn't like gay people. In other news, water is wet. Today on The Breakdown we breakdown the kerfuffle over Margaret Court.
Cricket Australia - custodians of our national sport and the biggest Aussie chokers since Greg Norman - has decided Australia Day is 'unsafe'. Today on The Breakdown, we have a look at what reconciliation actually means, and is it even possible. (Oh, and Biden's first day but that's too awful to think about.)
For half the world, the nightmare is ending, for the other half, the nightmare is beginning. Today on The Breakdown, we take you through some of President BOF's greatest hits - and how the media has covered for a man who is almost certainly compromised by China, and doesn't see the danger right before his eyes.
Today on The Breakdown, as Australia Day approaches, it's time to ask, why does the left hate our national symbols so much? And COVIDsafe is the latest victim of coronavirus. It died unwanted and alone. Good.
Political donations are always a hot topic because the public assumes everyone's on the take. Today on The Breakdown we analyse a new report from the Centre for Public Integrity into political donations and what it's really campaigning for.
Today on The Breakdown we breakdown the lockdown - a new study has found that lockdowns aren't as effective as people thought. So why did we pursue them and why does the threat still hand over our heads?
After cheering the censorship of Trump, the Australian media realises Google's "chilling market power" - self-preservation has a way of focussing the mind of even the dumbest journalists, and we analyse how Big Tech rules the swamp.
Michael McCormack committed the sin of saying violence is bad no matter the perpetrator, then he said 'all lives matter'. Today on The Breakdown, we breakdown that dangerous idea and why he's in the poop, and why you're a dum-dum if you're only getting 9.5 per cent super (don't be offended, I'm a dum-dum too).
Today on The Breakdown we breakdown Kevin Rudd's wild rant against a free media in Australia and analyse the left's most powerful tool to silence you - guilt by association.
Journalists are the last people who should be rejoicing that a sitting president has been censored, and they should be the loudest voice to keep Parler on the air. They have failed on both counts. But it seems free speech has a champion - Deputy PM Michael McCormack! Free speech might be in more trouble than we thought.
George Orwell wrote 1984 as a warning, not an instruction manual (and that cliche started as a joke but is now a truth). But in the past 24 hours, the tech tyrants have shown that they aren't afraid to show who's in charge, first by silencing a sitting US President and then going after a free-speech competitor to a woke social media platform. If you thought 2021 was going to be improvement on the dumpster fire of 2020, you're wrong.
In the US, Fox News ratings have dived, Parler is the most popular app and Dan Bongino has pipped the NYT as the most popular podcast - the reckoning is coming for the mainstream media. In Australia, Kevin Rudd wants to shutdown Murdoch papers, there are no conservatives on the ABC and they've even been purged from 2GB ... Today on the Weekly Dump, what this means for conservatives and what it mean for democracy when half the population is told their views don't have a place in society.
Who would have thought that a geriatric bag of farts could defeat Trump? Today on The Weekly Dump, will Trump overturn the election and what are the lesson for Australia?
Never make predictions. Especially about the future! Advice be damned - today on The Daily Breakdown Election Special I go out on a limb and make some bold predictions about a Trump win, a Trump loss and what it means beyond the election cycle. I'll either be very right, or very very wrong. But still more accurate than the Fake News media.
Every so often, life gets in the way of what you'd really like to do. And so it has come to pass. For the time being, the Daily Breakdown will be on hiatus. It shall return in one form or another, but for the moment there is one less conservative voice in the podsphere. But if you happen to be in the ACT, drop me a line at feedme@dailybreakdown.com.au.
The NYT and Democrats are pushing another Trump-Russia conspiracy theory. So are the Mad F-ing Witches about COVID-19 in Victoria. Today on The Breakdown, we examine why they do it and why they work, and who is going to fight back? And we address the major flaw in the National Redress Scheme which shortchanges survivors of institutional child sexual abuse.
ABC Chair Ita Buttrose has released the most self-serving justification for the ABC you will ever read. There's only reason for it - she must have been taken hostage and this is the only way she will be released.
They say you should never pick a fight with people who buy ink by the barrel - it seems no one told the Morrison Government. The ABC has rallied the troops and gone to war. Today on The Breakdown I analyse how the ABC is fighting back against a paper cut as the rest of the economy is losing limbs.
Cuts to the ABC, Nestle in Africa and an IT catastrophe makes this show a bit different from usual ... it happens sometimes. An editing error makes this show a short one - it happens sometimes when you're working with tight budgets.
Black. White. Asian. Muslim, Christian. Jew. Redhead. People are fundamentally good. But not to the left, which can see racism in every heart and every action (especially yours). Even every object. But never their own. And even when they're wrong, it's because you're racist.
Who would have thought that thousands of people yelling in each others' faces would result in the spread of a virus transmitted by droplets? Oh yeah, everyone. But instead of trying to shutdown the protests, they're fining small businesses $10,000 for having 21 people in their premises eating dinner. And not shouting. Lunacy.
Today we examine Dan Tehan's price hike on the humanities. Is it another shot in the culture war?Or is it an angry shot at China in the Sino Cold War? I present the evidence why this is bigger than the media is reporting.
The branch stacking story is less than a week old, and already the media is distracted by swamp rat bubble politics. Instead focussing on the policy issues, they're chasing mean girl messages between Labor MPs. That's not the issue, idiots. Speaking of which, former NSA John Bolton has written a book. John, find your rock and crawl back under it.
The ALP has launched a major inquiry into branch stacking in Victoria. One of the people running the inquiry is Jenny Macklin. That's a problem. Macklin knows all the major players. She was appointed because the fix is in.
Grab the chianti, the woke has gone full Hannibal Lector. Beer isn't safe. Cheese isn't safe. Even gay icon like Josh Thomas isn't safe from the anger of the righteous mob. But if the mob is prepared to get frothy over old tweets, why aren't they getting mad about The Guardian?
Every dopey idea from the US eventually makes its way to Australia - the latest is the lunacy of 'abolish the police', proposed in the Senate yesterday by Kooky Faruqi. Today we examine why it won't work in theory, and an example of why it won't work in practice. And meet Lorraine Jones - the woman who wants to tear down Churchill.
Statues are tumbling around the world because the heroes of the past don't meet the high moral standards of he perfect woketavists of today. Washington, Jefferson, Churchill, Gandhi ... wait, what?! Yep, even Gandhi was a racist. Who knew! isn't history fun!!
Where would the world be without celebrities giving political advice and telling us not to be racist? The world is a better place for their guidance. Today we celebrate more famous people posing - but where's Robert Downey Jr? And why is the ABC celebrating racist lesbians who want coloured sperm?
Today on the Daily Breakdown we ask a very important question: are you living in Orwell's 1984 or Pol Pot's Year Zero - when the undesirables were purged so history could start again? What if it's both?
The ABC has announced it will be cutting jobs due to the evil Morrison Government cutting funding. ABC staff are now using their power to fight back. But they're lying. And they're relying on a dodgy report to make their case. So why isn't the other media calling them out?
For the past two weeks we have heard a lot about Black Lives Matter, and indigenous incarceration rates and deaths in custody. Today on the Breakdown, we look behind the headlines.
The media sucks. We all know that. Today we examine an example of suckery that has life and death consequences, and highlights just how tough it is to compete against a media narrative - even if you're the President of the United States.
For months we've been told that COVID-19 was going to kill you if you left the house - turns out there was a loophole. If you happen t be protesting. Maybe COVID-19 wasn't that serious after all.
For 30 years Australian Governments have feared recessions, leading to dopey policies to avoid "technical recessions". Now we're in a recession that isn't the government's fault, we have the chance to initiate good policy to get us out. Early indications are the worst of Rudd are the template for Morrison. God help us.
The US riots have put a spotlight on race in Australia. As usual, the left is learning the wrong lessons and taking Martin Luther King's name in vain. Of course, police assaulting a black boy in Sydney isn't helping. Idiots.
Today on The Daily Breakdown we look at reconciliation. What is it? What does it mean? Can we get there? And are we meant to?
Dan Andrews orders workers to stay at home and locked down - what should we expect from someone who's never worked in the real world? Which is possibly why the Pope is also a fan of lockdown to infinity. And why the robodebt backflip is bad new for taxpayers.
The experts can't get anything right with COVID-19. Today we reveal more Treasury screw ups, bringing the total to $200 billion, and more studies show we overreacted to Kung Flu. And still, we know nothing.
Pessimists say the Kung Flu recovery will be a swoosh. We say it's more likely to be a V. We're no longer alone. And the power of the media: the AFP drops charges against Anneka Smethurst and Twitter changes from platform to publisher to fact check Trump. Two decisions that will be regretted.
Industrial relations kills Liberal prime Ministers. It's the third rail. Touch it and you're setting up a lunch date with Jesus. But yesterday, Scott Morrison jumped on it with both feet. Today we analyse why he's doing it and why Labor should be petrified.
Anthony Albanese has no case against the JobKeeper bungle but he can tug on the heartstrings - the last refuge of a politician flogging dead horse. And the campaign against Dominic Cummings exposes the fascist heart of the hard left - which is why this Brexiteer needs to remain.
The $60 billion JobKeeper screw-up was the result of two input errors: the ATO and Treasury estimated more businesses would need help than actually did, and they based their errors on the pessimistic forecast of epidemiologists like Dr Brendan Murphy who predicted Australia would become Italy. It wasn't bad policy. It was bad data. Garbage in-garbage out. And the story of COVID-19 has been the failure of experts to be right, starting with Neil Ferguson.
China is supposedly threatening Australian coal exports - this is not entirely true. Today we breakdown the reality of Australian coal exports to China, why won't Dan Andrews tell us what was in the Belt and Road agreement with China and the ACT protects the human rights of people who want to bash cops. Seriously.
Why lockdown is the pandemic paradigm and we breakdown China's bellicose 'Wolf Warrior' diplomacy. What is it? Why are they doing it? And why it's here to stay.
The relationship between Australia and China is at its lowest ebb in more than 40 years. It's time for Australia to stand as one. To be true to our values. No one told Dan Andrews or Tim Pallas who are selling out Australia at every opportunity for tummy rubs and pats on the head from a communist dictatorship.
Newsrooms across Australia are shutting don and journalists are losing their jobs by the bucketload, but when you see how crappy they are, is it any wonder Australians won't pay for news? And what we get for 'free' form the ABC is little better. And US Attorney-General William Barr drops a hammer on the coup plotters.
Today on The Daily Breakdown, the Greens release their post-COVID-19 recovery plan and it's as bad as you'd expect: pork for mates, bigger government and more on the credit card. And why lockdown to infinity is a failed policy that's just delayed the inevitable.
The experts want COVID-19 dead but with each day it becomes clearer that the perfect is not just getting in the way of the good, it's destroying lives. And the experts themselves - such as Queensland Chief Health officer Jeannette Young - may not be as pure as they make out to be. And don't get us started on the latest Trump whistleblower in the US. Oops. Too late.
NSW Senator Kooky Faruqi thinks your government is racist (and therefore, you're racist) and let's hope we kept the receipt on Twiggy's COVID-19 testing kits.
Josh Frydenberg exposed the true horror of the cost of COVID-19 yesterday - everywhere you look it's killing the economy and destroying lives. And China has a beef with Australia. What will they wine about next? And a pirate beclowns himself.
The brown stuff's hitting the whirly thing for the supposedly scandal-free Obama but how will be media hide the conspiracy of the century? And how are the Japanese dealing with Kung Flu (is it karate-related?) and the sewer of Queensland politics.
Australia's escape from COVID prison was written by the Village People, why China is whacking Australian barley producers and the scandalous case against Lt Gen Mike Flynn - the greatest scandal in history lands on Obama's desk.
The evidence is in: we don't know nuthin about Kung Flu and our 'leaders' are scared to set us free. Today we investigate the cost of COVID-19, the conflicting evidence and the failures of Health officials in Victoria.
When KK decided to suck up to the union movement by saying we need to protect Australian jobs by cutting migration, she must have thought she was on a safe wicket. Big mistake. in the modern ALP, workers don't matter. You must worship at the altar of multiculturalism. It's a rude awakening for Australia's most cynical politician.
Every single analysis of Sweden's response to COVID-19 has been pushing an ideological barrow. Today on The Breakdown, the truth about Sweden's response to COVID-19. What we know and what it's costing. And what we can learn from Tanzania.
Andrew Forrest is a spineless, gutless apologist for the Chinese Communist Party. But he has a mate. Today we introduce you to Kerry Stokes, the latest Perth billionaire to come to the defence of China (including Chinese wet markets, seriously!) in direct contradiction of Australia's national interest and commonsense.
Andrew Forrest's company FMG was saved by Chinese state-owned enterprises in the ashes of the Global Financial Crisis and he has been repaying the Chinese Communist Party ever since. Yesterday he was praised for bringing 10 million COVID-19 testing kits to Australia at a cost of $320 million. This was a propaganda coup for China and Forrest. For a start, it's not a gift from Forrest. Taxpayers are fitting the bill.
We always knew that increasing JobSeeker wouldn't be temporary, and now the social engineers are making the case for why it should be permanent, completely ignoring its perverse incentives. And we explore the positive of COVID-19 - how it's exposed the true face of China.
Make no mistake, Australians are being blackmailed. We are being asked to trade out freedoms for our liberty with COVID-SAFE. This is not a bargain between a people and their government but between a prisoner and their parole board. We also investigate the lunacy of Latrell Mitchell and Josh Addo-Carr and why Donald Trump might have been right when he saw the light (and the shocking insight it provides int big tech and big media).
The more we test for COVID-19 the more cases we find and the less lethal it becomes. It also becomes clearer every day that we massively overreacted to a threat most of us will never face but will be paying for for decades to come.
The evidence is in and the data is clear: Australia botched its response to COVID-19. We should have locked up the oldies and delivered them food, bog roll and Murder, She Wrote DVDs. Instead, the government locked us down and sent us to our room because they treat us like children and we always look to government to save us.
For months we have been relying on experts to get us through the COVID-19 pandemic but with each passing week, it is becoming clearer that they have no idea what success looks like but failure is clear as a bell and the most likely outcome. If you think we're going to return to our lives any time soon, you are probably wrong. We explore the Massachusetts random sample that turns our response on its head, and why Greg Combet was right about Virgin and ScoMo was wrong.
Malcolm Turnbull is having a pity party and we're all invited. Cost of admission? One sad biography. Has ACT Chief Minister Andrew Barr let the cat out of the bag about the length of the lockdown? And why The Guardian thinks Donald Trump is to blame for COVID-19.
The hard sell is in full gear for tracking your mobile phones. Over the weekend, state governments 'leaks' and the interviews with Commonwealth ministers started laying out the case for why they need to track your whereabouts. Don't believe a word of it: their evidence is built on lies and the hard sell isn't true either.
The Prime Minister is making the case for mass surveillance - for your own good, of course - to flatten the curve. But the data on Kung Flu is so wrong that it can't even predict tomorrow accurately, according to the University of Sydney. Malcolm Turnbull dumps a load on the Liberal Party and why I hate the Olsen twins.
Globalists are rushing to defend the WHO - an organisation which helped spread COVID-19 by falling for China's lies. The Sydney Morning Herald embraces the police state. And if Wuhan Flu or China Virus are racist (they're not) we have a much better alternative.
The Australian Government is giving you a choice: we'll let you leave your house, but you have to let us monitor your movements.Who would have thought this would ever occur in Australia?But your government has always wanted to do this - going all the way back to the Australia Card - only now they've found a way to make their disgusting case more 'palatable'.
Ask your friends what they would have done in Nazi Germany. Would they have joined the Nazi party or would they have fought back? Would your neighbours have snitched on you in Stalin's Russia for a blanket and some potatoes?In just five weeks, Australia has turned into a nation of tattletales, dobbing on neighbours and standing idly by while the government and police steal our rights and we dob in our neighbours for Facebook posts.
Scott Morrison has tapped his inner Churchill (and billions of your dollars) in the economic fight against COVID-19 - and it's just a little bit nauseating, the NSW Government goes full police state to track motorists over Easter and how the DPP played to mb to prosecute George Pell in a case they knew they'd lose.
The Pell acquittal should frighten every Australian, even if you hate Pell and the Catholic Church. Pell's team spent millions of dollars for the High Court to find that he was denied the fundamental premise of justice in Australia: guilt beyond reasonable doubt.And in time of pandemic, when businesses are shut across the country and families are going to the wall, spare a thought for our brave university vice-chancellors who've taken a 20 per cent pay cut. But 20 per cent of what?
We've put up with a lot over the past few weeks, but Victoria Police fining an L-plater $1625 for taking a driving lesson with her mum is a step too far. The fascists are enjoying this power rush a little too much. And the social media lie the 'real' media couldn't resist.
The models told us that 70,000 to 80,000 Australia could have coronavirus by last weekend. The models were very wrong. So if they were wrong making a prediction of less than two weeks into the future, should we trust models that predict the climate 100 years out?
Leftists are claiming the big spending Morrison Government is heralding the socialist revolution. Let's see: troops in the streets, restricted movement, empty shelves. Sure smells like socialism. But it ain't.And why Sean Ono Lennon is right about China and Twiggy Forrest is wrong. And a giant brown-nose bear.
State governments can't contain their inner fascist but yesterday they found they went too far clamping down on movement. The police were blamed for their heavy handed response to COVID-29 but it was the premiers pulling the strings. Maybe we aren't going to be sheep after all.Today we analyse how government makes these decisions and why it's important to be heard.And we take a close look that the campaign for a universal basic income. It's already started and it' important to know how the fight for your money will be fought, and by whom. It's frightening.
After a cack-handed response to the Ruby Princess, the NSW Government gets tough (on sunbathers); we analyse the diabolical stupid of the unsackable Emma Alberici; and in the midst of the greatest pandemic in a century the boss of the WHO finds time to send a birthday tweet ... but to whom?
So far the Australian Government has promised to spend more than $300 billion to fight the economic impact of coronavirus - for six months. Then what? There are no more bullets to fire. Interest rates are at record lows, spending is through the roof and there will now be calls for a universal basic income (which is pretty much what Morrison introduced yesterday).If this crisis lasts longer than expected, Australia may never recover.And just when you thought NSW Labor couldn't sink any lower, let's get to know useful idiot and NSW Upper House MP Shaoquett Moselmane. A new best mate for Beijing.
The Breakdown is back! So, did we miss anything?Today on The Breakdown, the economic catastrophe of COVID-19, why we should let businesses fail, the WHO hearts China and the useful idiots of the media (but I repeat myself).
The Breakdown is taking a break. We'll be returning in 2020. I hope you'll join me. David
Punishment from God for sin has been the cornerstone of religion since Day One but in our 'enlightened' age, what kind of fool would imagine that we can avoid God's wrath by punishing ourselves? That our laws can make God happy or sad and thus avoid drought and bushfire? Who believes this? Adam Bandt, apparently. Go figure.
Peter Martin is a journalist at the ABC. Peter Martin hates coal. Peter Martin hates Adani. Maybe that's why he knows nothing about either. The Ukraine impeachment hoax gets worse for the Dems and Wolf Blitzer takes on Kellyanne Conway. Big mistake.
This hurts more than a kick to the Jatz but it's time to defend the Greens.Mark Riley's been a gutter-gotcha journalist for decades. His report tying the Greens to firefighters and domestic abuse was another disgusting slur. We deserve better from our journalists. And when we don't get better, you get garbage like the impeachment hearings in the US.
Australians can do anything when we come together - everything except have a civil conversation. And as if being lectured by billionaires about climate change isn't bad enough, now we're being lectured by a billionaire who owns an airline. Yes, Richard Branson - launching a cruise lineI - lectures YOU about carbon emissions. And to support his case he's turning to ... wait for it ... Tim Flannery. You can't make this stuff up.
Climate change and bushfires are serious - so serious that there's no need to lie or hide the real story. So why does the media lie? Today we explain some of the more egregious half-truths the media is telling about bushfires, and why the climate warriors are the Westboro Baptists of Australia.
Thousands of people have been evacuated, hundreds of homes destroyed and people are dead from bushfires in NSW. So, of course, this is the perfect time for the Greens to try to capitalise on the misery and suffering of their fellow Australians. They are opportunistic ghouls who should be ashamed of themselves - but not only are they ghouls, they're fools as well. Australia's emissions are less than irrelevant.
Post-mortems are usually sombre. After all, it means, someone died (it's even in the name!) but Labor's election post-mortem is AWESOME. Today we breakdown Labor's election analysis so you can re-live your favourite moments from 2019 - except for the bits they left out and the bits they fudged, then we examine renewables' 10 minutes of sunshine (literally) and there might just be hope for the culture yet.
Today we defend billionaires against the economic dumb-dumbs at The Guardian, why Yeltsin going to a supermarket changed the world, and did 11,000 scientists really signs paper to "fight climate change"? It depends on your definition of a scientist. And should you feel guilty about eating "Indigenous food"? and what is it?
The left has declared war on free speech on Facebook. They want to turn the platform into a publisher - that means FB will be responsible for every comment. First, political ads will be fact checked. Then political comment will be fact-checked (because organic is more powerful than a paid ad). That's when it'll hit you. How free will your speech be when the left is judge and jury?And who would have thought that medivac from Manus and Nauru would be rorted? All of you? Really? Well, you were right.
Big money buys politicians - we've been told that for decades by the left. But we were wrong! You see, it's now OK when that money is 'green' money going to support environmentally minded independents. Even when those big money donors have investments in green industries.But there's a big difference between what they want and what you want - and we have the data that proves it. From the ABC.
Who knew ScoMo had it in him? On Friday, Morrison spoke to the Queensland Resources Council and declared war on the so-called progressive left on behalf of the Quiet Australians. Make no mistake, this was more than a speech to miners. It was a call to arms for cultural warriors that the government has your back and the PM is on your side. Which is why the media did its darnedest to misrepresent it. Morrison wasn't saying the free speech of protestors would be silenced, he said the silent majority would be heard.
The protestors in Melbourne are spitting on people and slapping horses, but Bob Brown calls them "noble" and Adam Bandt won't condemn them. Why are the Greens so scared of doing the right thing? And how activists helped cause the California wildfires - a warning about stakeholders having more power than shareholders.
Violent fascists take over the streets of Melbourne again - isn't it time they were sent a bill? And you know cancel culture's gone too far when even Barack Obama says the woke need to wake up to themselves. But he has a very short memory.And it seems Labor might be realising that it isn't riding the wave of political correctness, but will be its victim.
Melbourne's anti-mining protestors aren't just filthy disgusting fascists, they're also the dumbest people in Australia ... and why Ken Wyatt's 'voice to government' was pure genius, until he screwed it up with the same old voices.
Trump is not like Obama. He doesn't speak carefully. He doesn't obey global 'norms'. He's uncouth. And when he sends a terrorist scumbag to Jesus, he enjoys every second of it.
Thanks to a catastrophic IT meltdown, there is no 'official' podcast but I hope you'll find time today to enjoy the death of Abu Baker al-Baghdadi. He was a garbage human and like Ivan Milat will now, hopefully, be burning in hell. So at least we ended on a high note.
The brown stuff's hit the whirly thing for Angus Taylor - what the hell was going on in his office? How much does China love coal? And learning from our moral superiors - the actor-vists join Extinction Rebellion, but which car did they take to get there?
Today we examine Australia's Trump - Peter Dutton, a man who creates obsessive, frothing, hilarious lefty hate ... Setka leaves the ALP but forgets his wallet ... and a court rules that racist transgender loon bag Jessica Yaniv has to wax her own testicles (isn't 2019 awesome!)
KK has been making hay against Dutton over medevac and airport asylum seekers. But in just two days this week, her entire case has crumbled. We found out medevac is a fraud and her claims of slave labourers being smuggled to Australia are a fraud. Her spokesman even made the case against immigration. And if you thought Greta Thunberg was being manipulated, wait till you hear what they're doing with preschoolers in Sydney.
Why the Right to Know campaign has nothing to do with free speech, the shocking truth about medivac and Procter & Gamble gives in to the woke brigade again - this time, hurting women.
The media is waging an all-out war for press freedom (but not freedom of speech). But it's not for you, it's for them. If they had higher standards and always stood up for free speech they might be credible. That they keep referencing Annika Smethurst's undie drawer shows how you're being manipulated.
Boris gets Brexit (that's a shock!), the NSW ALP called out for "nasty sexism (there's a shock!), Peter Dutton says medevac is being rorted (there's a shock!), an F1 driver gives a lesson in how to be green (there's a shock!) and Ghandhi is too racist for Manchester (now that is a shock!)
The Guardian hasn't just drunk the Kool-Aid, they're making it. Their new style guide drops any pretence of objectivity when it comes to climate reporting. GetUp boss Paul Oosting speaks at the National Press Club and claims 2019 as a success (we re-live some of his 'successes') and mispronouning as assault in the UK. Seriously.
The meaningless 'climate emergency' fails, why people hate dams, the true cost of electric cars and Anglicans get tough with enemies within
If it was good enough for Victoria Police to charge $50 k to Milo when he was the target of idiot lefty protesters using the 'heckler's veto', why not charge the actual protesters of Extinction Rebellion the $3 million cost of their protest? Or does that rule only apply to conservatives?Also:* The PMO sends its secrets to the media. * Why do people hate dams? * The IMF wants a US$75 carbon tax. * Corruption in PNG that Australian taxpayers helped fund.
China has thousands of years of history and learning and accomplishment - but they have thin skin and a fragile ego that'd make a bogan blush. Peter Dutton's truth bomb exposed their bogan pride on Friday. Plus ... the truth about coal in India and Trump whacks Joe Biden.
Extinction Rebellion was on the rise. Then they brought out the drums and took off their shirts. Big mistake. Silent protests work - irritating workers does not.
For decades, conservatives have said environmentalism is the new socialism. The co-founder of Extinction Rebellion has confirmed it ... the Wallabies becomes activists and are US CEOs regretting their wokeness yet? They should be.
The global police response to Extinction Rebellion is exactly what the protesters wanted ... How much do we really care about climate change? ... and Ita's drunk the Kool-Aid at the ABC.
We take you inside the doomsday cult that is Extinction Rebellion. What do they want and when do they want it? And why they're never going to get it.
Alexander Downer said migrants should integrate into the societies of the countries they join. This mainstream, simple truth has infuriated the left which sees racism in every shadow. And will push t put transgender surgery on Medicare.
Health insurance - like Australia's GDP - is a giant Ponzi scheme. A rip off. A fraud. The latest trick to save the industry is to get employers to pay for it. This is a giant con designed to hide the true cost of a rubbish product. And Alan Jones declares war on Coles.
'Cancel culture' is an insidious path to self censorship. But it can be hilarious. Like when it bites the hand that feeds it. And why Dan Andrews is 100% right - and 100% wrong - about building dams.
The media loved the Trump-Russia inquiry but isn't so hot on the Barr inquiry into how Mueller started. An odd lack of curiosity, isn't it? Downer is the key to the Trump-Russia Hoax
Media Watch said the Prime Minister fudged at the UN about climate change. They found five IPCC authors to prove it. But that's not how they were sold to us. So why can't you trust Media Watch on green issues?
The sleazy world of Hunter Biden, the UN wants your money (and they've released the plan to get it) and why Australia's economy is a giant Ponzi scheme.
Mike Cannon-Brookes wants to lay a cable with Elon Musk to power Singapore. Mike calls it "bats---t" crazy. Which it is. Partly because Mike nothing about energy or emissions. Pray your super fund doesn't want to fund this folly. And Greta crumbles before our eyes.
Knowing they can't win the 2020 election, the Democrats have again pinned their hopes on impeaching Trump. If they spent their time on policies they might win the right way. But instead of whacking Trump, this is a kill shot against Joe Biden, the Dem's strongest candidate. It's a massive fail.
If you want to know about the natural world, Sir David Attenborough is an expert. When it comes to economics and coal, he knows as much as Greta ... and why ScoMmo is right to call China a developed country.
It took a year but her emotional speech today at the UN Global Action Summit 2019 is the moment the world reached Peak Greta Thunberg
The climate-kidlets demanded action on climate change and more renewables. But solar panels and bird-slaughtering turbines of terror don't magically appear from a unicorn's butt. They need mining. A helluva lot of mining. The kidless have no idea what they're really demanding.
The climate strike shows that our children are being brainwashed rather than taught. No wonder children like Greta Thunberg are anxious about the future - they've been traumatised by teachers and politicians. It's despicable.
Anthony Albanese and Alan Joyce are imploring business to speak out on social issues, but conservative voices aren't welcome ... and we run a ruler over BHP's dodgy moral compass
In theory, robodebt is a good idea: clawing back money that shouldn't have been paid out to welfare recipients. But the government's cack-handed approach has been a disaster and taxpayers will suffer ... why ScoMo's Liu defence is loved in Beijing ... and a man and a woman have a baby in Canberra.
Today on the Breakdown: Sam Dastyari's masterclass in media manipulation, the ACT Government's low-carbon vision that'll hit you, too, and why Australian coal is freakin' awesome!
A new survey from business group CEDA says Australians want corporate Australia to speak out on social issues. Sure ... if they agree with us! The corporate boycotts are proof of that. Safer for corporate Australia to stick to what they should know best - asking for handouts.
Gladys Liu is ScoMo's totem. She won against the odds in Chisolm and her triumphant arrival in parliament has linked them together forever. But his defence of her yesterday (playing the race card no less) was a low act of a desperate man. It was the worst of political correctness.
Gladys Liu's career is toast after she realised she was involved with Chinese Communist Party front groups. But had Labor's Jennifer Yang won the seat instead of Liu, the same questions would now be asked of her, such is the reach of the CCP groups like United Front in Australia.
While the new Member for Warringah, Zali Steggall, was grandstanding in parliament over climate change and launching a garbage survey from The Australia Institute, the man she replaced, Tony Abbott, was fighting the fires at Drake in NSW. And the Canadian Cancer Society urges transwomen to get Pap smears. (There was an editing error in the first posted podcast - my apologies for the error. this has been corrected.)
You should never play chess with a pigeon because it'll poop on the board and strut like it won. The same goes with bogans. And Waleed found out last night and ScoMo is about to discover with Senator Jacquie Lambie
ScoMo calls his plan for a cashless welfare card and drug-testing Newstart recipients "compassionate conservatism" - it's also a mighty wedge that's proving irresistible for Albanese.
We're expected to listen and learn from every second-rate celebrity dingaling or 16-year-old Swede whenever they spew about politics or climate change, but heaven forbid a bloke like Shane Warne having an opinion about Brexit (and still the elites wonder why we laugh at them). And a politician tells a baby to shut up.
Due to climate change (what else?), a Swedish researcher says we must “awaken the idea” of eating human flesh to combat the effects of diminishing food production, Boris Johnson gets whacked over Brexit and Australia's less than awesome national accounts.
A Conservative MP's defection to the Liberal Democrats puts Brexit and Johnson's leadership in doubt, a corporate leader backs the climate strike and why I believe Trump wanted to nuke hurricanes
Alan Jones's editorial about the Biloela 4 hits the right notes for the left but avoids every inconvenient fact, the ALP uses ScoMo's faith as a club and free speech takes another hit in the UK
Priya, her husband Nadesalingam and their Australian-born children Kopika, 4, and Tharunicaa, 2, are not refugees. And Australia's asylum seeker and refugee policy should not be rewritten because they've got cute children.
Former Labor Senator Sam Dastyari reckons old mate Huang Xiangmo may be a Chinese Government "agent of influence". You think, Sam? What gave it away? But there's a lot more to come out of ICAC. And Greta Thunberg has arrived safe and sound and super serious in New York. Yay! Let the hectoring begin ...
Mummy and daddy were fighting and Scott Morrison picked his favourite parent. It only took a second, but when ScoMo declared China was a 'developed country', he put Australia firmly in Trump's camp to rewrite the global trade rule book.
Electric vehicles are inevitable. So is death. Sometimes delay the inevitable is a good thing. The real problem with John Setka and how ICAC exposes political finance flaws.
Today on the Breakdown: we're forced to pay into super and it's meant to be for our retirement, so why is it now the plaything of green wokers? Medevac is gamed just as we predicted, and the worst case of Trump Derangement Syndrome has been caught on tape!
There's a lot Trump doesn't understand. Fidelity, for example. But someone needs to explain to him the basics of trade. Maybe ScoMo could give him a crash course at the G7. And we breakdown Rudd's despicable comments at the National Press Club about Andrew Hastie, and pill testing for kids in the ACT.
Tim Fischer's passing highlights the toxic heart of politics, Victorian prepare for a long, hot, dark summer and the woke get a seat at the boardroom.
Today we examine the response to yesterday's Pell decision and some of the myths around clergy abuse of minors.
His Majesty Elton John defends Prince Harry use of private jets, and the media leaps to defend climate muppet Greta Thunberg's carbon heavy sailing tri. As always, it's about the feels.
Greta Thunberg is sailing to the US to reduce CO2 emissions. But it turns out it might just be another climate stunt (cue my shocked face). And the LGBTQ community finds it tough to live under the Palestinian Authority (cue my even shockeder face)
Nine owns Fairfax and Macquarie and 2GB. 2GB owns Alan Jones. Fairfax hates Macquarie. Fairfax hates Jones. The civil war has begun. And we defend GetUp (no, seriously)
What are we going to do about transphobic lesbians? And why Alan Jones attacking Jacinda Adern hurts conservatives.
The Pacific Islands want Australia to stop mining coal, the UN wants you to stop eating meat and gay YouTubers want to stop censorship on digital platforms - at least we can agree on something.
ScoMo robbed by climate fraudsters in the South Pacific, fashionistas gutless in China and does anyone in Europe remember the Holocaust?
Q&A last night gave a forum to an apologist for the Chinese Communist Party and philosopher AC Grayling, who thinks democracy is under threat (when people don't agree with him). It's time we called time on Q&A. And why recycling is the next green boondoggle.
Andrew Hastie's commentary on China highlights how sleepy, arrogant and unprepared the West was for the inevitable rise of China, which is now spreading its influence everywhere. And we examine the mental gymnastics needed to be a feminist who supports abortions.
Cricket Australia has new guidelines for biological men to play against women. They say it's inclusive. We say it's unfair. And we can prove it. And the NSW Parliament has just passed an abortion bill that allows gender selective terminations.
Today we examine the tactics behind Kristina Keneally's vicious, unhinged attack on CPAC. She labels all conservatives 'alt-right' and claims Scott Morrison is "effectively encouraging further radicalisation" that results in gun violence.
Ricci Bartels' heartbreaking story on Monday night got all the headlines in the post-Q&A wrap but there's more to the story than you've been told ... Keating escapes from his crypt ... and PNG sells itself to China.
Donald Trump isn't to blame for the recent US massacres and the opportunists should be ashamed of themselves for trying to capitalise on the murders ... and why Media Watch is wrong about Greta Thunberg.
Today we Breakdown the high cost of disagreeing with climate munchkin Greta Thunberg, and why nuclear power will never, ever in a million years be viable in Australia.
CPAC wold have died a boring death until Labor tried to link mainstream conservative ideas with hate speech. Now they've guaranteed it will be a success. And are white robots racist?
George Calombaris gets 11/10 for media management last night but the fact remains he stole from his workers, is there anything you can't blame on climate change and Caitlyn wants a baby with her boyfriend.
Today we celebrate Greta Thunberg - the Justin Bieber of Science - for being the only climate activist who isn't a hypocrite. And why ACLEI is the best choice to investigate Crown Casino.
More Australian cities are declaring a 'climate emergency' and now we know what it means - women aren't welcome after dark. Why the assault on Leigh Sales needs to be punished, and does Media Watch watch the ABC?
The ACCC has failed media consumers. Its media platform recommendations will entrench Facebook and Google while limiting conservative voices.
Pro-democracy and pro-Chinese demonstrators clash at the University of Queensland. This is the price we pay for academia selling out to Chinese propaganda.
Robert Mueller's report into Trump-Russia was meant to sink Trump. It didn't. Then Mueller's testimony today was meant to sink Trump. It didn't. But it did expose major holes in his investigation - including whether the hoax was a Russian disinformation campaign. No wonder Trump now tweets thanks to Dems for holding the hearing.
Boris Johnson wins the vote to lead the Conservative Party. He may not be great. He may not even be good. But he will be fun. A health insurance boss has the dopiest proposal ever and if you underpay workers should you really ask for a 40 per cent pay rise? Probably not.
Christopher Pyne is in clear breach of the Ministerial Code of Conduct. The head of Prime Minister and Cabinet, Martin Parkinson, knows this, but he decided to pander to his political masters rather than serve us. So much for a frank and fearless public service.
Ex-pollies want their super and their consultancies: why not make them choose? And why Peter Dutton is right to send criminals back home - especially if they're our Kiwi 'cousins'.
The $200k fine for celebrity chef George Calombaris is a joke, and how can you tell if your town is run by idiots?
Dick Smith sold a con about franking credits. A gullible and lazy media fell for it. And the NSW Government learned nothing from the pink batts disaster.
Trump's tweets about AOC, Ilhan Omar and the rest have been inelegant, but the Democrats took the bait and have now embraced the most radical wing of their party. Big mistake.
Trump tries a reverse wedge on the Democrats, Bob Brown doesn't understand economics (no shock there) and the UK media endorses censorship by Muslims.
Creating an Indigenous voice to parliament through constitutional recognition will create a third chamber and do nothing to improve Indigenous lives - but it'll never be sold that way.
Sir David Attenborough's clown show continues, will Amal Clooney stand up for the press freedom of Tommy Robinson and an ABC journalist calls ISIS fighter 'freedom fighters'.
Sir David Attenborough is probably the most trusted man in the world. But when it comes to climate change, his only expertise is in beclownment.
Four men have died on mine sites in the past six months in Queensland. The government board that oversees mine safety didn't meet because they could find "the right women" for the board. Political correctness is a joke but now it's deadly.
Australia is an emissions powerhouse, and this won't change because the promise of renewables is built on lies.
The left ruins everything because they can't keep their hands to themselves. Now they want to interfere with Sydney's water supply - and we let them do it.
Ronald Reagan was reelected in 1984 selling hopes and dreams. Trump and ScoMo are using the same playbook and the left is making the same strategic mistakes they did 35 years ago.
If politicians are only good for politics - and can't get a job in the real world - should they be trusted to make decisions in parliament?
Government should make your life easier. You're not the enemy. So why do government treat you like a golden goose to be fleeced or a naughty child needing a smack?
Journalists used to hold politicians to account. Last night, Leigh Sales urged ScoMo to break his tax promise to you. And how the chairman of Rugby Australia just gave Alan Joyce a very brown sandwich.
Donald Trump's meeting with Kim Jong-Un again shows how poorly served we are by a media plagued by Trump Derangement Syndrome.
Corporate Australia is killing free speech. They've been captured by activists because corporate Australia doesn't have the courage to stand up for themselves - the Folau saga is the latest proof. And Christopher Pyne sells his soul to become another shill.
Bullying Israel Folau got him sacked from Rugby. Then bullying got him kicked off GoFundMe. Now the left is trying to remove charity status from the Australian Christian Lobby. The more they bully, the stronger the support for Folau. Will they ever learn?
Kicking Israel Folau off GoFundMe was meant to be the death of his fight with Rugby Australia. WRONG! Once again, the left has totally misread the mood of Australia.
Media nagging has won - Israel Folau has been kicked off GoFundMe. So while conservatives might win elections, the zeitgeist is running against us. Today, The Breakdown shows you how we're losing.
The media wanted to make an example of Folau. First they gave publicity to his boring Instagram page and when he wouldn't bend to their will, he was sacked. He's now asking for $3 mill on GoFundMe. The media was appalled. He's now raised almost $750,000. Maybe it's time the media shut the hell up.
Michael Wolff wrote a sleazy discredited book on the Trump Administration. Now he has another one. And despite being a joke, when the ABC wants commentary on the US election, he's the bloke they turn to. Confirmation and selection bias par excellence - that's why ABC viewers were shocked when Trump won.
Setka and his allies have declared war on the ALP, promising to audit every MP to find domestic violence allegations. What does the 49% pay claim for childcare workers mean or you, and does Kristina Keneally want to abolish the right to claim asylum? It sure looks that way.
Australia spend $200 million a week to support the renewables boondoggle. If this is what it costs to 'do nothing about climate change', what's the cost of 'climate action' going to be? We also cover how John Setka is making a union leaker very, very nervous, and free speech is dead in New Zealand.
Watching Q&A is like poking a stick in your eye. But it's worth it to see climate scientist David Karoly concede every point to Alan Jones - especially when he doesn't realise he's doing it.
The AFL cracking down on fans is symptomatic of gap between the elites and the rest of us - the managers don't like their customers. AFL bosses think fans are uncouth and the political class thinks you're a barbarian. No wonder they don't understand you.
After nine years, countless protests, endless green wailing and lies, a 20,000 page EIS and a motorcade of morons, Adani is go, baby! Those green tears hitting their Birkenstocks is the sound of progress. About time!
The NSW ALP is leaking like a sieve - this time against Chris Bowen and a donation which can't be sourced, although there are links to CCP groups in Australia and Sam Dastyari's old mate Huang Xiangmo. It's a shocking indictment of how cheaply Australian politics influence can be accessed.
The ALP was fine with CFMEU thug John Setka threatening ABCC workers, fine with decades of abuse of employers, fine with millions in fines, fine with yelling abuse at a women over a phone, fine with dozens of charges, but the final straw was when John Setka said Rosie Batty was diminishing the rights of men.
In today's episode, learn how the left crushes conservative voices by chucking us off platforms, using advertiser boycotts and leveraging opponents. And even though the Libs won the 2019 election, check out the Libs' agenda - they were fighting on left-wing issues.
Hypocrisy and stupid abounds at the ABC and the ALP about the AFP ... and that's just the beginning.
Conservative voices have been under siege on social media for years. Maybe now, with their new-found love of free speech, the ABC will defend voices on the right. (Stop laughing, it's possible.)
As soon as SECRET-AUSTEO documents were published by the ABC and News Corp, the AFP was going to come calling. There will be consequences for both, and we must be thankful for the price they're going to pay.
ASIO and the AFP already have extraordinary powers to investigate you. That they wanted more power exposes the constant threat to our freedom. Annika Smethurst's whistleblower is a national hero. And ... how many solar panels would you need to power Sydney? It's more than you think (and it's hilarious).
ScoMo in the Solomons ... that means China. Warships in Sydney Harbour ... that means China. A crackdown on democracy ... that means China. Today on The Breakdown we look at ... China!
Kristina Keneally has hit the delete button to rewrite her past on borders, why Obama is not the scandal-free president he wishes he was and how ScoMo's win has made life tough on Aussie authors.
Of all the GOP strategists to interview, the ABC found one who wrote a book called 'Everything Trump Touches Dies' and that very day said Trump "the most petty, think-skinned, trifling, no-account s%^&-bird to ever hold the office of President". Yep, no bias there folks. No wonder ABC audiences know nothing about the world.
Special Counsel Robert Mueller found no evidence of 'collusion' and didn't recommend a prosecution on obstruction, but he has given Democrats all the ammunition they need to push for impeachment. And ... Ita finds bias at the ABC (it was behind the couch) and why won't the CFMMEU denounce john Setka?
Courtney Herron is the latest woman murdered because our mental health and court system is failing. It's time we had a serious conversation about how we treat the mentally ill who are unable to live in society. There are too many victims. We can't ignore this issue any longer.
It's taken a while - and they waited until after the election - but the ABC has now admitted that solar sucks. But if you think their cost and reliability is bad, just wait till you try to recycle them. Then the fun really begins.
There are no surprises in the Morrison Ministry - except that everyone gets a prize - but Labor is shocked to learn that Albo and his new (likely) deputy Richard Marles are both, um, they seem to be, yes they are, how did this happen ... MEN! You gotta love it when the left eats itself.
Bob Brown's motorcade of morons was the final straw for the people of Queensland. The reelection of the Morrison Government finally pushed Annastacia Palaszczuk to get moving on Adani ... thanks, Bob!
Love hasn't broken out in the ALP but Chris Bowen has faced reality. He'd be flogged like a donkey on market day if he ran against Anthony Albanese. This is a tragedy for sports fans - our only hope is that the unions go to war. Fingers crossed!
Policy wonks live for policy. Political tragics live for the bloodbaths that follow an election loss. The ritual is about to begin - again - for the Labor party. Get the plastic sheets, boys and girls. This one is going to be a ripper.
Gloating from overseas, Alex Turnbull probably thought he was safe in Singapore when he had a whack at Tony Abbott. He didn't count on an ICBM from the irrepressible Peta Credlin.
GetUp went for the sugar hit and forgot their strategic objectives. They won the battle against Abbott but lost the war (the election!) In fact, ScoMo should thank them for removing the greatest to his leadership - the Member for Warringah.
The passing of Bob Hawke is a timely reminder of Australian politics at its best - the response on Twitter to Tony Abbott's obit highlights Australia at its worst.
Ross Garnaut is one of the most important economists of the 20th century. But his speech last night at Melbourne University was economically illiterate as well as being geopolitically naive.
Get the orderlies, Keating's done a runner! The old duffer - like an ageing rocker touring country RSLs - is reading a script of abuse and cleaning up messes he left last week. Using Keating as a spokesman verges on elder abuse.
ScoMo slipped when he called China a 'customer' (they're really our landlord), but it exposed the two faces of Bill Shorten: Blue-collar Bill for the workers and Toffy Bill for the top end of town.
The Libs' housing policy is the worst announcement of 2019. It is interventionist. Counter cyclical. Expensive. Dumb. So of course Labor had to copy it immediately. The stupid is strong in this campaign.
Climate preachers got all tingly when the UK reported it went 170 hours without coal ... but there's a big difference between low carbon and renewables.
The News Ltd papers didn't attack Bill Shorten's mum - they celebrated her achievements. And they were significant. But Bill downplayed her career for his own political purposes and scored a win against Murdoch in the process.
Calling Liberals "far-right" and "extremists" is a wink-and-a-nod to calling them Nazis. And it's easy to justify punching a Nazi, right?
As a former Cabinet minister working for a foreign government-owned company, Paul Keating should be registered with the Attorney-General's department, and a registered person "must report any registrable activities undertaken during a voting period". He fits the criteria, so why hasn't PJK registered?
Labor's arguments for franking credits are remarkably similar to the arguments for death taxes - and they're an easy way to get us more used to the idea that the tax man comes when you go.
Brian Fisher released a report that questioned Labor costings and many climate assumptions. For his trouble a climate change catastrophist posted Fisher's home address (his house was egged) and the Opposition Leader compared him to doctors paid by tobacco companies. This is a dangerous path for Australian politics.
Labor was right. Some Australians do negative gear up to six properties ... they just happen to be on the Labor front bench. It's not illegal, but it is hypocritical.
Pauline Hanson is yet again a victim of bad choices in men. It's a bad look, but when she's the victim, she's the winner.
It took just one day for unions to start lining up for Bill Shorten's taxpayer-funded pay rise. A policy that yesterday cost $10 bn for childcare workers is now $30 bn and rising. It's gonna cost you.
Bill Shorten wants to decrease the cost of childcare with increased government subsidies (they make childcare dearer) and for the government to pay for childcare wage increases. Sounds like nationalisation, doesn't it?
Biden has started his campaign for president with a lie designed to paint Trump as a racist and appeal to the intersectional voters of the Democratic base. He must be learning from GetUp
Bill Shorten's carbon tax will cost jobs and drive industry offshore, but that's nothing compared with the environmental and social catastrophe of lithium-ion batteries. No wonder BIll's always so grumpy.
Spending $60k on a makeover and flash suits can't change the fact that Bill Shorten is sounds bored and looks tired on the campaign trail, while Scott Morrison has found his mojo in a dad shirt and pair of khakis.
Just when you thought the week couldn't get worse for Bill Shorten - BAM! - he outdoes himself. The Libs just might pull this one out of the bag. It is Easter, so you never know what miracles could happen!
Less than a week into Election 2019 and the pressure is starting to show on the Labor leader who yesterday unleashed his inner snark when a journalist tried to hold him to account.
GetUp has sent surveys to ALP and Greens candidates, promising on-the-ground support if candidate do what GetUp wants. The takeover of left politics by GetUp is now complete.
After seven years, Assange has been booted from the Ecuadorian Embassy. It might have been because he was ungrateful for the protection, but it might have been his man bun
Near-flawless oppositioning by Bill Shorten could be for nought as more holes appear in Labor costings, 1970s industrial policy makes an unwelcome return and more pix of Shorten with Huang Xiangmo emerge
Malcolm Turnbull has become the miserable ghost he swore he wouldn't become, giving the press licence to report on a non-story and avoid the real news today - the growing black hole in Bill Shorten's budget numbers.
When political parties get together - to solve climate change, parliamentary' entitlements, whatever - the taxpayer is always the loser. Foreign interference will be no different.
No poll is good news for the Liberals today, but at least they weren't trampled by an elephant and eaten by a lion. Yet.
The CCP cynically conflates the Chinese Government with Chinese people with to silence its critics. Clive Hamilton, author if 'Silent Invasion', was one of those victims.
'Silent Invasion' author Professor Clive Hamilton outlines the influence campaign of the Chinese Communist Party over academics, business leaders and politicians in Australia.
If you're a traditional Labor voter, Bill Shorten has promised you the world. If you're a Liberal voter (self funded or earning over $126 k a year) you're going to be paying for it.
The PM unleashes his inner Borat and the Senate condemns the garbage Fraser Anning by putting him in the spotlight
Will Josh Frydenberg's first budget be Back in Black or a Highway to Hell? He's got six weeks. Tick tock.
The more Australia sees of Bill Shorten's carbon policy, the worse it is looks. The cost, the inconvenience, the subsidies to compensate for bad policy. It's unravelling. If he's held to account.
Bill Shorten wants firms to meet carbon targets and trade excess credits to firms that can't meet their targets ... that sure sounds like a carbon tax (when you don't want to call it a carbon tax)
Pauline Hanson tells the media where to go, Scott Morrison goes where the media tells him and Andrew Forrest sells his soul to the CCP
Mueller's done and dusted but now the investigation turns to the proponents of the dodgy dossier - and the trail leads right to the desk of former President Obama
One Nation proves it's run by amateurs and the media shows it's learned nothing from the Mueller findings - won't learn, can't be taught.
Trump has started the fightback after the release of the Mueller report, and Morrison threatens free speech on social media in response to the Christchurch attack
The entire Trump conspiracy was built on dodgy Clinton research (the 'pee tape' dossier). The real story is the next step: Trump's investigation into the Deep State. Then the indictments will flow thick and fast.
PM Morrison spoke to Waleed and Greens leader Di Natale spoke to Bolt, but after the yelly emoting and emotional yelling, what did we learn?
The barbarians are winning: the University of Wollongong has taken the first step to killing the Ramsay Centre, while in the UK 'misgendering' will score you a visit from the police (after a five-month investigation!)
There was a problem with the upload this morning. The error was located between the keyboard and the chair. My sincere apologies for the mistake, and my thanks for your patience. Scott Morrison has written to the G20 urging a crackdown on the use of social media platforms to spread hate - a frightening change of policy that misunderstands the difference between a platform and a publisher
Pauline Hanson has been in the public eye for 23 years. The media and her opponents still have no idea how to deal her. But here's a tip: bullying and yelling at her won't work. It just makes her stronger.
The massacre at the Al Noor Mosque in Christchurch is a test for free speech and our maturity as a nation. The early responses are worrying.
Zali Steggall hates political smears and smears Abbott to prove it, and Julian Burnside is the greatest political candidate ever. Oh, and students strike.
While Australia watched the Pell sentencing, the High Court handed down a decision which changes everything - Native Title compensation for loss of spiritual sites.And why increasing the minimum wage isn't the best way to help the poor.
If the Nobel Peace Prize is a joke, why not the Gold Logie? And it's about time we had some facts in the debate for higher wages and the case against coal ... that's why we're here!
Bob Carr has hit back at Attorney-General Christian Porter over claims that Carr's Australia-China Research Institute was a foreign actor and Carr a useful idiot for Chinese propagandists. But if it looks like a Peking duck and ... you know the rest.And Julian Burnside resigns from the sexist and racist Savage Club to join a drum circle with the Greens. Bad choice, Julian, bad choice.
Zali Steggall wants truth in politics, so maybe it's time for her to admit she is bought and owned by GetUp.
Turnbull has become the miserable ghost he swore he wouldn't be. In the UK overnight, he rewrote history and cemented his place as a sore and deluded loser. And we teach economics to the Prime Minister
The Guardian hyperventilates that business uses social media to spread its message! Shocking!!
Bill Shorten's case for a 'living wage' instead of the minimum wage shows a fundamental misunderstanding of how the economy works, but a perfect understanding of politics.
Julian Burnside is formally running for the Greens and thank God, because we have the most frightening report into climate change you'll ever hear - we need to act NOW! ;-)
Labor's DV policy is good, so there's no reason to hide it behind DV victims. And Kristina Kenneally flagrantly misrepresents john Howard on Q&A. politics is getting nasty again.
Lightweight Pyne won't be missed by policy players, and how deluded are the Turnbull kids? Do they know who their father is and what he did?
It took less than a day and Ita has already drunk the Kool Aid at the ABC. And if hospitals have spare capacity for asylum seekers from Manus and Nauru, why aren't they treating Australians?
Richter's comments about Pell's abuse being "plain vanilla" will haunt Pell and Pell's supporters, Alex Turnbull attacks the Libs and an Aussie legend pays the price for ingenuity
If Pell's conviction is upheld at appeal, it makes the Church's Melbourne Response a hollow fix to its evil. And how do people who viciously assault police get bail? Oh, that's right, they're in Victoria.
Q&A's pathetic hijack of Jordan Peterson fails ... Julie Bishop wasn't that great ... and why are you sold lies about Australia's coal exports to China?
The Liberal recovery stalls, green lies about energy and highlight-free Julie Bishop leaks again
Loyal deputy Julie Bishop departs after a remarkably long and uninspiring parliamentary career, and China punishes Australian coal because of Huawei
The comments by Richard Marles about coal exposes the rift between the workers and the wokers in the ALP and why the AEC was right about GetUp.
Australia's worst Treasurer in recent memory, Wayne 'Swanny' Swan, leaves parliament, and according to a rock star, there is nothing wrong with Venezuela (what would we do without their incisive geopolitical analysis?)
Virtue signalling over medical evacuees doesn't go to plan in the ACT. And the story the media is avoiding: the media's role in the coup attempt against Donald Trump
The Labor lead has been slashed to 51-49 and we can thank gangbuster performances like Christian Porter yesterday on Insiders. We can also thank the AAT for shocking decisions. And is there anyone leftist MUP won't publish?
The Red Shirts rort shows Vic Police are props for the Andrews Govt. And why are foreign foundations funding groups like the Environmental Defenders Office NSW to stop economically essential projects in Australia?
All guns are blazing as the Libs find fight to tackle Labor and the media (but I repeat myself) over asylum seekers, Labor dusts of Mediscare and Trump-Russia collusion collapses
Kerryn Phelps' medevac bill has given the Morrison Government its only shot at winning the 2019 election. The question is whether they'll screw it up.
Actors dictate refugee policy, Christopher Pyne compares Malcolm Turnbull to Christ (seriously) and why is GetUp using Slack in its campaign against Abbott in Warringah? WhatsApp with that?
Tony Abbott comes out swinging against GetUp lies in Warringah, and transgender activists fight religion in Australia and free speech in the UK
It took less than a week for the banking royal commission to claim its first victim - the ever-arrogant Ken Henry. And Energy Minister Angus Taylor puts a nailing the coffin of renewables.
The influence of Huang Xiangmo - and the Chinese Community Party - extends far beyond former Senator Sam Dastyari. It's the tip of a frightening iceberg ... and does the RBA really think our banks are well regulated? Does the RBA know there was a RC recently? And Scoop FitzSimons finally gets his SMS from Clive Palmer.
Here's a challenge for you: find a bigger bastard than Malcolm Turnbull. Or a more petulant child than the former PM. Should Chris Bowen have read the Banking RC recommendations before he agreed to implement them? And has ScoMo found his mojo?
The Banking RC will empower Leftie activists to influence companies in which they have no stake (and that ain't good). Just look at what damage Lefties have done to the ABC. And we 'welcome' the return of the execrable Q&A.
The government has agreed to a cross-bench proposal to create a medical panel to decide the fate of asylum seekers, but will it restart the people smuggling trade? The last children leave Nauru - a huge win for the Morrison Government they won't get credit for. And is it right for a registered charity to lobby foreign governments against Australia's national interest?
Foreign-funded activist group GetUp has declared war against Tony Abbott in Warringah. Their campaign exposes the inherent weakness in conservative politics ... and what will we do without the sane and calming voice of Clementine Ford?
Chris Bowen tells oldies what he really thinks, Alex Wodak throws a red herring to get drugs legalised, Jacinta Price is banned from Facebook for being abused and why are former admirals the face of Huawei?
Yumi Stynes couldn't make the Daily Breakdown today but we pressed on ... we take a deep dive into the FBI's investigation into Huawei and why a universal wage in India will make life better for Aussie farmers.
Could Scott Morrison actually win the 2019 election? Will we ever stop talking about Australia Day 2019? And facts to combat the latest lunacy from Davos.
Attacking Australia Day, the flag and the anthem are all linked - they are baby steps to the republic. We outline the strategy and why it will work unless fight on all fronts. Adnwe analyse the attacks on Warren Mundine and a man gets a call from the police for posting a limerick.
Sophie Monk doesn't need a quota system to be Australian of the Year, and why you should ask who's paying for Julie Bishop to attend the Australian Open.
We dissect why the Liberal base is bored, why the Battered Wife fish shop owner shouldn't have been surprised there was a backlash over that name and let's pray Clive Palmer goes to prison
The latest on the Lib preselection catastrophes, the bravery of Tony Wood and Saeed Maasarwe, and I rant about the worst argument for a republic (until the next one).
Don't believe the headlines. Union power will grow under Bill Shorten's election anti-democratic funding thought bubble. And why Greens taking drugs might not be so bad after all.
Halal goes mainstream, Bill Shorten wants to teach your kids to swim (almost) and Kelly O'Dwyer announces her retirement.
BREAKING NEWS: Buzzfeed has the exclusive that Trump instructed his lawyer Michael Cohen to lie to Congress. If true, it is all over for Trump. So much for a light-hearted weekend show. And we learn more about Clive Palmer. Clive, if you're bored, build a Death Star!
Bill rides and bus, why Today's Brooke Boney is the most important person on Australian television and how China is shooting itself in the foot
Vic Police eat a brown sandwich, Rob Oakeshott wants to re-enter politics to fix a pool, the Libs get serious about winning in 2019 and FIRB wakes up to China and the China Communist Party (about time!)
Serial pest Rob Rob Oakeshott is back for that sweet, sweet Parliamentary money, Keating talks super and still doesn't understand it comes out of your wages and has Gillette cut its throat?
The launch edition of The Daily Breakdown cracks open the wallet of GetUp - Australia's most powerful political body and its global network of foreign donors. Show notes available at DailyBreakdown.com.au.
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