Pass The Pub Test: Recent Episodes
Mark Dibdin
In Australia, the "Pub Test" is apparently the way politicians can check whether their policies make sense to the average Australian. Of course, political decisions have consequences, positive and negative. And it is often hard to tell what is spin or actually a good decision. So let's look at the spin and see if we can figure it out.
The social media company Twitter has banned Trump this week and Facebook and Youtube were not far behind. The right/conservatives are really upset about it, but can they ban the president and his supporters, who's to blame and should they ban them?
Facebook and social media companies have been deleting accounts and posts, as well as posting fact check warnings. What does this mean for Australia. Should we be worried? do we need to take action? In this podcast, we listen to Cadence Owens new ad on her being deleted and think about what action we do need.
The gold standard has been set, and it would appear that this includes escaping prisoners and viruses. Mark, Tom and Josh chat about the recent Australian outbreak, low paid employment and fruit picking. To watch the episode and others, got to our youtube channel.
The iconic South Australian brewery, West End, will be closing their doors in a few months. The plant workers have taken to picketing to stand up against the billion-dollar, multi-national company that owns them. We went down to show our support, chat with the picketers and discuss the issues closing a plant has on the community.
The pub test is Aussie slang for "I think there's something fishy about what that Politician said/did!" And there is nothing fishy with the claim that we moved the governments position with our first podcast!?!?! Well maybe not, but they did. As well as that, the Australian government are paying $4,300 an hour to help the unemployed to get a job, while trying to change their position on the "green economy" Watch on YouTube
The pub test is Aussie slang for "I think there's something fishy about what that Politician said/did!" South Australia entered a "circuit breaker" on the 18th of November, you know what that is; the politician's way of saying a lockdown. And in true SA style, we decided to end it halfway. The state that is known for being a large country town with a laid back attitude, decided that apparently, the entire lockdown occurred because of one bloke lying about what where he worked. Well, that was the official line, so what really happened? Watch on YouTube