A Super Backdown and the Politics of Retreat

In this week’s podcast, Labor’s superannuation retreat exposes a government afraid to lead – Treasurer Jim Chalmers’ watered-down super tax gives wealthy Australians another break while real reform on housing, climate and tax fairness slips further away. We examine the bizarre corruption scandal of the Australian Parliamentary Sports Club – with Prime Minister Anthony Albanese presiding over a registered lobby group – and the vindictive legal crusade of former senator Linda Reynolds against Brittany Higgins, highlighting Australia’s broken defamation laws. Plus, Donald Trump’s so-called Gaza “ceasefire” reveals more illusion than peace, as Israel’s narrative control collapses and global calls for justice and accountability grow louder.

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Song listing: 

1. ‘Off The Grid’, Beastie Boys.
2. ‘Confessions Of A Window Cleaner’, Ed Kuepper.
3. ‘Talking To A Stranger’, Birds of Tokyo (cover).
4. ‘Sign O’ The Times’, Prince, remix by Michael Saxom.