Auspol Snackpod: Australian Politics and Memes

Whatup snackerfans! We're back with a one-off episode we owe to our Shadowy Financiers! Noon read Weatherboard and Iron by Barnaby Joyce, the pettiest book ever written. We miss you and hope you love the episode

Well, that's it! We're out of here. And we're leaving you with one last episode that unfortunately has the worst sound quality since like episode 5. Hopefully it's still listenable and you enjoy hearing me and Zac say goodbye. Huge immense thankyous to all our listeners, friends, supporters, patreons, snackerpals, well-wishers and onlookers, and especially to the people who sent in potlucks for our final episode. This week we're serving up... NOTHING. And you'll have to listen to the end for our last ever Pupdate. Please don't sign up to our patreon! Please don't follow us on social media! Please don't tell your friends about us! You can read transcripts at www.auspolsnackpod.com but you probably shouldn't do that either. We have plans for the future so keep Auspol Snackpod on your feed and come visit us on FB here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/auspolshitposting Much love from Zac and Noon and Dante and Bagel.

We're very sad to announce that Auspol Snackpod is coming to an end. We've got a regular news episode for you this week, then next week will be some kind of special finale episode. It's your LAST CHANCE to send us potlucks about news, politics, or memes, or really anything and we'd really love to hear from you so PLEASE record yourself speaking for a minute and send it to us at contact@auspolsnackpod.com. We also have another bonus episode to do and our plan is to answer EVERY SINGLE QUESTION OR REQUEST all in one bonus episode so please suggest topics! Even if you're a $1 patron, this is a liquidation sale, EVERY TOPIC MUST GO! We have a couple more episodes in the works, and some schemes for the future, but this is the end of Snackpod as a weekly news / current affairs-ish sort of show. It's been our absolute pleasure and honour to make the show for you all and we can't thank you enough for tuning in every week and supporting us with your time and haha reaccs. Well, we still have this episode for news, politics, and memes, so this week we're serving up... Positivity Corner: SEQUR, a staunch QLD renters union, block the eviction of a disability pensioner. Election Section: Unfortunately Clive's huge spend technically got a result as Rrrrrrrralph Babet has been elected UAP senator for Victoria (sorry). Lambie also got a new senator, Tammy Tyrrell (not to be confused with Tammi Terrell). Fashy Australia: Labor is going ahead with Liberal debt recovery plans to punish people on welfare. Also a change in how mutual obligations work. First Nations: Seven artefacts have been returned from the Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection to the Walpiri people. Now do it for the 2200 other items. Climate Cookies: Sam sent us another awesome potluck about offset mechanisms and useless "limits" on emissions. ACAB: NSW govt and police are targeting Blockade Australia activists in pretty horrible ways. You can support them here: https://chuffed.org/project/blockade-australia-support-fundraiser Potluck: Josh tells us about libraries (and a way to contain the evil power emanating from this piece of Gina Rinehart's soul) SPOTW: The future is now Business: Don't follow us, that's silly. Just send us your bonus episode suggestions and your final potlucks! And you'll just have to wait til the end for our Penultimate Pupdate!

We're very excited to have friend, confident, and member of our inner sanctum, Travis on the show! He's a founder of Awesome Black, a First Nations multi-media organisation that "develops original First Nations talent and unique storytelling content across a variety of mediums". Go check out their shows and support the AB Club: https://awesomeblack.org/ This week we're serving up... SPOTW: Bevaning is at dangerously high levels after the SMH outed Rebel Wilson. The good news is this new data allows us to develop a clearer understand of Bevandynamics. Kook Watch/First Nations: Travis brings us a new concept for the segment - how can we PROVE BEYOND DOUBT that the Uluru Statement from the Heart is part of Craig Kelly's nefarious plans? Blurst Take: *looks at watch* Oh is it transphobia in the Victorian Greens time already? Zac takes us through what's been going on with the elections for Convenor. Positivity Corner: Minimum wage rise babbyyyyyyyy. It's still bad! Haha, economics. Election Section: Hanson got back in. Abetz got the boot. We all voted for Kodos. Plus a rant from Travis about democracy. UFU: *looks at watch* oh is it capitalism destroying essential services time already? The Energy Market is a complex and evil (and expensive) machine. But don't worry, no billionaires will be harmed as a result. Mains: Travis needs help with casting a film. Noon scrolls through IMDB pretending to be able to recognise faces. And you'll just have to listen to the end for our Pupdate! and a cuckdate from Travis. Please support Awesome Black! Check them out and give $$ here: https://awesomeblack.org/awesome-black-media/donate/ Support Auspol Snackpod! We're on Patreon at www.patreon.com/AuspolSnackpod You can read transcripts of the show usually within a few days at www.auspolsnackpod.com Watch noon play games at www.twitch.tv/NoonPlaysGames And keep watching the skies....

Welcome back to... season 2? We've taken a hard right turn so we can continue to be critical of SOCIALIST TYRANTS the Australian Labor Party. This week we're serving up... Aperitifs: Price of money going up. Coolibah herb unionist get an incredible win. Clowns CAN legally rub their butt on windows. Positivity Corner: the Murugappan family are back in Biloela!!!! (Post-) Election Section: There, uh, there was an election? We have a new PM, a new opposition leader, and... well, that's about it thus far. First Nations: Tasmania is raising the minimum age of children in detention from 10 to 14. And in the NT Karrinjarla Mwajarri is a campaign to disarm the police and get guns out of Indigenous communities. Have a look at their website here: https://karrinjarlamuwajarri.org/ Also their fb page: https://www.facebook.com/karrinjarlamuwajarri Support their fundraiser at https://chuffed.org/project/ceasefire Potluck: You wanted it, we got it: a series of potlucks from climate genius Sam. This week they're telling us about carbon offsets and the fast and slow carbon cycles. SPOTW / Broken Clock: Did you know politicians can post memes? Wtf??? Well, Dominic Perrottet made fun of Gladys Berryjuicelemon and we commend him for it. Mains: the CEO of the NDIS has resigned. What else is going to change at the NDIA under the Labor government? Hopefully at least something. And you'll have to listen to the end for our Pupdate! Support the show financially and help us reach our goal of 175 patrons when we will release Noon and the Dunce Season 2! Head over to www.patreon.com/AuspolSnackpod You can read transcripts of the show at www.auspolsnackpod.com

Zac's been taken to a black ops site on a small island, so we're releasing last month's bonus episode this week! It's a fun, loose and long one today because we dived as deep as we could into some whacky (or are they??) Australian conspiracy theories. As the basis of our research we used @John_Macgowan's "definitive Australian conspiracy theory iceberg" which you can see in high(er) res here: https://mobile.twitter.com/john_macgowan/status/1333922659185303553 The ones we ended up going into were: RAAF Min Min Lights Investigation, Tamam Shud, Bjelke-Petersen Death Camps, pre-colonisation viking settlements, and Lightning Ridge vril mining. If you want to send us bonus potlucks about any of the ones we didn't cover we would absolutely love that. Try to make it as a) brief and b) ranty as possible. Preferably you should be pointing emphatically at diagrams that can't be seen by the listener.

We had an election! Not sure if you heard. This episode is in two parts, the first part on Election Day and the second part after the results have come in. It's a loose & fun one where we just shoot the shit. And we also have an extra special Political Pupdate! Support Snackpod financially: www.patreon.com/AuspolSnackpod If you can't or don't want to listen you can READ our episode transcripts over at www.auspolsnackpod.com Watch Noon play games at www.twitch.tv/NoonPlaysGames

It's a super special excellent amazing NOT AN ELECTION special episode! We are heartily sick of the boring, reactionary, useless and misguided policies that are being floated, proposed and discussed during this election campaign. So we thought we would reach out to some of our extended Snackpod family who work or volunteer or study or live or care about various issues and topics to ask, what would an actual GOOD policy be? The potlucks we're serving this week are... Feminism: Leah from Loud Angry & Not Sorry gives some wide-ranging and incredible policy suggestions around gendered inequality. If you want more from Leah you can check out their podcast here: https://loudandangry.podbean.com/ Housing: David Kelly told us about housing policy, and blows our minds with some actually meaningful analysis instead of the nonsense housing policies that our politicians are proposing. Listen to a longer interview Zac did with David here: https://auspolsnackpod.podbean.com/e/075-pub-lunch-housing-with-david-kelly/ And follow him on Twitter: https://twitter.com/davelkelly Climate: Policy mastermind Sam talks to us about coal seam gas, fugitive emissions, and dodgy carbon accounting. Fashy Fash: It couldn't be anyone other than Tom Tanuki, talking about how "leaders" can and should oppose fascism through their words and actions. Obviously you should be watching his videos: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYgRzstFX-CwCGq781If_dw Queer Emancipation: Guest from our most successful of all time episode, Tilde Joy, talks to us about their experience of medical transition and some of the policies could support that process. Obviously watch them stream at https://www.twitch.tv/ultros_professional and follow them on twitter https://twitter.com/ULTROS_PRO Poverty and Welfare: Jez Haywood from the Australian Unemployed Workers' Union (AUWU) runs us through their key demands and why they're necessary. Follow Jez on twitter: https://twitter.com/jezheywood And support the AUWU: https://www.auwu.org.au/ Cops: JB - our guest who spoke to us about sex work decrim a few months ago - is back on a related but totally different issue, which is: why are cops considered emergency services? Media: Our erstwhile colleague and future guest host, Tom McLean from the recently-finished Not Good Enough podcast talks to us about the media landscape, the ABC, and employment in journalism. Follow them on twitter: https://twitter.com/mcccclean Human rights: Steph was unable to record but sent us a script of their strong opinion that we should have a Bill of Rights to protect people of all sorts. Follow her on twitter: https://twitter.com/GivenToRant Elections: How bad are elections? King of nuance, Jess, talks about sortition and why it's maybe an appealing option but also unlikely to fundamentally change anything. Huge enormous thanks to everyone who sent us content and also to everyone we asked and couldn't do it this time. We're legitimately so pleased to have such a wonderful community and we can't overstate how much we appreciate you putting in the time and effort to get this done at very short notice (oops sorry). If you love the show and want to support us financially you can do it over at www.patreon.com/AuspolSnackpod If you can't or don't want to listen to the show you can read transcripts over at www.auspolsnackpod.com Watch Noon play games on twitch at www.twitch.tv/noonplaysgames

This week we’re serving up… Aperitifs: The government gave a sort of dodgy contract to a fairly dodgy company and also wrote them a nice letter Election Section: Pauline Hanson has ‘ghost candidates’ and a hilarious website, and the News Corp media is bashing the teal independents Positivity Corner: Strikes, strikes, more strikes! Vic & NSW Bus Drivers and also NSW Public School teachers have all taken industrial action this week. Fashy Australia: refugees are being treated awfully and moved in handcuffs to Christmas Island First Nations: the NT Government is pouring in a huge investment into police, directly against the wishes of the First Nations communities in the Territory Blurst Take: (34:13 - 51:10) A woman was killed by her husband this week and the media has reported on it irresponsibly and unethically SPOTW: We’re doing a Worst Person in Auspol Tournament in our meme group UFU: REIV CIA Agent (nickname pending) resigns after stealing ads…. But was it a false flag???? And you’ll just have to wait til the end for our Pupdate! Read Amber Schultz’s article on the major parties’ policies on women’s safety Support the show financially: www.patreon.com/AuspolSnackpod If you can’t or don’t want to listen to the show you can read transcripts at www.auspolsnackpod.com

Earlier this week Zac sat down with Anastasia Kanjere from A New NTEU. She's running for the NTEU General Secretary position and came on the show to chat about her campaign, the National Tertiary Education Union, and the tertiary ed sector in general. You can follow Anastasia (https://twitter.com/a_kanjere) and A New NTEU (https://twitter.com/ANewNTEU) on twitter to keep up to date with their work. We also have a regular show for you! This week we're serving up... SPOTW: Goes to first time poster Maeve, with honorable mentions to Hill, Amy and others. Election Section: The Sausage Queen endorsed Anthony Albanese and all hell broke loose. Also a One Nation candidate has been referred to the Federal Police for electoral fraud. First Nations: CW for discussing deaths in custody. Story runs from 22:15 - 30:00. An inquest has begun into the death of Veronica, a Yorta Yorta woman who died while in prison on remand. UFU: Ben Roberts-Smith continues to win unrelentingly in court: one of his star witnesses wore a KKK outfit; one liked a violent post about killing lawyers while giving evidence; and one has been charged with assault police while trying to prevent them looking at his phone; and they've admitted they're all under separate investigation for war crimes. Positivity Corner: unions are putting a green ban on the redevelopment of the Curtin Hotel. Mains: it's the interview with Anastasia! And you'll just have to wait til the end for our Pupdate! Please support us financially: www.patreon.com/AuspolSnackpod The money goes to paying transcribers; you can read the show over at www.auspolsnackpod.com

There's pretty much nothing happening except the election, i.e., there's pretty much nothing happening. But we have a show about it! Election Section: There was a leader's "debate", the Labor Party have announced they hate the planet and everyone in the country, Albo got "da bib", and Liberal Transphobe Katherine Deves continues to make everyone mad (see episode 108 for more: https://auspolsnackpod.podbean.com/e/108-cheese-n-crikeys/) Fashy Australia: Todd Sampson is a doofus and is taking happy snaps with active, out-and-proud white supremacists First Nations/Positivity Corner: CW for discussion of massacres + genocide from 27:50 - 32:35. A massacre site at Gai-i has been handed back to the control of the traditional owners, the Darumbal people. UFU: Frydenberg is having a bad week, almost entirely of his own making Potluck: If you want to send in a recording of you talking about Australian politics, news, or memes (or, uh, singing a TV show theme song?) please send it in to contact@auspolsnackpod.com SPOTW: Adam Bandt ruined my shitposting group and I will be voting UAP from now on and you'll just have to wait to the end for our Pupdate! Support us financially (especially if YOU ruined my shitposting group) at www.patreon.com/AuspolSnackpod We use the money to pay transcribers and you can READ the episodes over at www.auspolsnackpod.com

"Mini" he said. "Just a few minutes" he said. Well, here's a not-super-long episode from ya boy Noon about Pesach (Passover) the Jewish festival that Easter happens at the same time as. There's even a teeny tiny little bit of Auspol in there if you pay attention. I hope you all have a revolutionary pesach full of freedom

Get your mowers going because it's a long episode this week. We're serving up: Aperitifs: Shoutouts to Loud, Angry and Not Sorry for their recent episode with Celeste Liddle, listen here: https://loudandangry.podbean.com/e/feminist-baddies-with-celeste-liddle/ Also, the Government's reduction in the fuel excise has left truck drivers with almost nothing. Mains: What is an inflation? What is an interest rate? What the hell is everyone talking about? Positivity Corner: All the men held in Park Hotel Prison have been released! First Nations: Two Indigenous senators from the Greens went to Hakea prison for a meeting; they were escorted out by police. Fashy Australia: Clive Palmer lies blatantly about all the anti-semites he associates with. Also Craig Kelly got egged lmao. Read Tom Tanuki's piece here: https://independentaustralia.net/politics/politics-display/clive-palmer-must-answer-for-uap-antisemitism,16232 SPOTW: Everyone keeps piling it on Morrison, hilariously. Also there's more news about his alleged corruption and racism, woo Blurst Take: The Greens are struggling yet again with transphobes in Victoria. Read more here: https://twitter.com/epistemophagy/status/1510084272585347076 And you'll just have to listen to the end for our Pupdate! Support the show financially at www.patreon.com/AuspolSnackpod

It was the budget! And you know what that means: almost nothing. This week we're serving up... Fashy Aus: A couple of terrible laws have been passed: the Mutual Obligations Bill and new anti-protest laws in NSW. Yikes! Positivity Corner: Australia is at record high levels of industrial action. And it was Trans Day of Visibility this week!

This week we're serving up... Aperitifs: Aged care workers getting screwed over by the government (surprise!) and John Barilaro is suing Google. Election Section: Labor won the SA election last weekend! First Nations: Yoorrook Justice Commission has officially launched! Go check out their website: https://yoorrookjusticecommission.org.au/ ACAB: Why are cops involved in the flood recovery? Seriously, wtaf? Watch Tom Tanuki's video about it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=srbwelwyzlo SPOTW: Shoutouts to Liam and/or the Herald Sun for their Albo policies infographic Positivity Corner: Blockade Australia have been rocking out with direct action all week And you'll just have to wait til the end for our Pupdate! Please support us financially at www.patreon.com/AuspolSnackpod Your money helps us pay people to transcribe our episodes! If you can't or don't want to listen with your ears, you can read our episodes over at www.auspolsnackpod.com Watch Noon stream games at www.twitch.tv/NoonPlaysGames

Hello dear listener! We're back on our regular nonsense with a normal show for you all. This week we're serving up... Aperitifs: Kimberley Kitching has died, and the government has announced a one-off vote buying payment First Nations: (CW 7:30 - 23:35) the result of the Rolfe trial in NT Election Section: South Australia went to the polls! Positivity Corner: Star Casinos is getting absolutely hammered for their alleged massive crimes C is for Climate: Good news everyone! The Environment Minister doesn't need to consider Australian children when expanding coal mines. Potluck: Thanks to C for sending this in! My bad, and thanks C for the correction! If you have something you'd like to talk about on the show, please record yourself talking for about a minute and send it to us at contact@auspolsnackpod.com SPOTW: Real Smooth Albo UFU: The Women's network giant purple peen logo And you'll just have to listen to the end for our Pupdate! Support the show financially at www.patreon.com/AuspolSnackpod Watch Noon stream Hades n stuff at www.twitch.tv/NoonPlaysGames

Zac's away having fun or something so earlier in the week I sat down with Jo, host of the Chronically Fully Sick podcast to snack down on the news and memes. There's been a LOT of news since we recorded, especially the murder trial for a police officer in the NT, which we will definitely talk about next time. So just a warning that there might be some things you expect us to discuss that we do not. This week Jo and Noon are serving up... Aperitifs: International Women's Day and Labour Day! First Nations / Blurst Take: For the first time ever, Victorian First Nations groups are getting a water allocation from the Murray Darling. It's historical but also pretty miniscule. SPOTW: Sonic erotica. Need we say more? Shoutouts Liam for the layup/assist. Fashy Australia: Ever heard of BusyBeans? No? Well, ever heard of soul destroying fake "employment training providers"? No? Well, ever heard of brutal corruption and exploiting disabled people for financial gain? Ever heard of the NDIS and the Minister blatantly lying? And you'll have to listen to the end for our Pupdate! Listen to Chronically Fully Sick: https://www.chronicallyfullysick.com/ Follow them on Insta: @ChronicallyFullySick Support Auspol Snackpod financially to help us pay our transcribers: www.patreon.com/AuspolSnackpod If you can't or don't want to listen, you can read our episodes over at www.auspolsnackpod.com

We're back! Sorry about last week. Also maybe about next week. But this week we have a regular old show for you all! We're serving up... Aperitifs: Morrison has COVID; Clive Palmer has Hitler's car; World War III? SPOTW: You never want to go full Bill Shorten. Climate Cookies: Floods all over the North East of Australia First Nations: a teenaged boy was killed by cops and then the cops lied to his father about it. Also, Victoria has approved reparation payments for victims of the Stolen Generations. Positivity Corner: Mark Latham's transphobic bill #1 has been defeated in the NSW Parliament. Potluck: Bike helmets. Bike lights. Pedestrian helmets. Pedestrian lights? And you'll just have to listen to the end for our Pupdate! Please support the show at www.patreon.com/AuspolSnackpod. Your donations help us pay for transcripts so if you prefer or need to read things instead of listening you can get those over at www.auspolsnackpod.com Listen to Zac's choons at https://soundcloud.com/zaclesnak Watch Noon play games on twitch www.twitch.tv/NoonPlaysGames

We had such a good time with our guest last week, we decided to get another one! We got JB to come on the show to talk about sex work decriminalisation and other legal frameworks, as well as the ethics of the sex industry, moralising, and about a million other things. And they didn't even get to their second point! This week we're serving up... Election Section: NSW had four by elections, most of which were at least fairly interesting! SPOTW: Antony Green got Ligma'd. Positivity Corner: JB talks to us about sex work decrim passing the Victorian parliament. First Nations: on the anniversary of the Apology for the Stolen Generations, we had some very powerful speeches from First Nations leaders and a rage-inducingly bad one from the Prime Minister. And you'll just have to listen to the end for our Pupdate! Check out JB on twitter: https://twitter.com/fairy_godslut Check out Vixen Collective: https://www.vixencollective.org/ Decolonise Sex Work: https://www.instagram.com/decolonisesexworkau Assembly Four: https://twitter.com/AssemblyFour Digital Rights Watch: https://digitalrightswatch.org.au/ Support Snackpod financially: www.patreon.com/AuspolSnackpod You can read transcripts of our episodes at www.auspolsnackpod.com

We're very excited to announce our guest host Tilde! She's a unionist and organiser and twitch streamer and a confirmed poster and came on to talk to us about the Religious Freedom / Anti-Trans Kids Bill and to explain the sad machinations of our political parties. There's a content warning for our First Nations story which involves an Indigenous man who was killed by police, and the use of his name. The story runs from 44:40 to 55:50. Oh and by the way, sorry about the little peeps from Bagel. He was in dog jail while we recorded and was protesting his unfair treatment. This week we're serving up... Aperitifs: South Australian politicians did a sit-in in the Lower House to demand something that literally can't happen. And a Victorian Labor MP will likely be expelled from the party because she crossed the floor to support a petty revenge bill. Fashy Australia: Tilde talks to us about the Religious Discrimination Bill, the Labor Party's conservative arm (ie most of it), the Liberal Party's failed attempt to whip up concern, and to remind you to buy your trans friends a PS5. First Nations: CW from 44:40 to 55:50. We talk about the murder trial of the Indigenous man killed by Officer Zachary Rolfe in Yuendumu in 2019. Kook Watch: This show could pretty much just be renamed Kook Watch at this point because there's so much cooker nonsense going on in the nation's capital that we have to keep talking about it. Luckily this week we also have... SPOTW: which goes to @ThoughtlessDeed on twitter for his personalised playing cards of all the key cooker leaders. And also a... Potluck: a short song written by Jase! About the Cooker Convoy. And you'll just have to wait til the end for our Pupdate! Go check out Tilde on twitter (https://twitter.com/Ultros_pro) and Twitch (https://www.twitch.tv/ultros_professional) Support Snackpod with your dollarydoos: www.patreon.com/AuspolSnackpod Also watch Noon on twitch: www.twitch.tv/NoonPlaysGames