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Let's Save The Governor-General!

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Two Aussies and a Pom discuss Australian politics, be it reviewing recent events or discussing certain figures and moments that have shaped Australian political history.

Episodes released semi-regularly.

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Let's Save The Governor-General!Sep 11, 2022

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Episode 42 - Colesworth, Cops, Dastardly Deeds, Dunkley, Derryn, Drunken Drama

Episode 42 - Colesworth, Cops, Dastardly Deeds, Dunkley, Derryn, Drunken Drama

Topics covered:

- The Four Corners investigation into the Coles/Woolworths Duopoloy

- The killing of Jessie Baird and Luke Davies, impending charges against Beau Lamarre-Condon, the Gay & Lesbian Mardi Gras response.

- ASIO reveals a former Australian politician was working for a foreign intelligence agency.

- The Dunkley-byelection, and a brief discussion on border policy.

- Derryn Hinch's mayoral tilt.

_ What is woke?

- Rupert tries again to go down the aisle.

- Sam Kerr's absolutely Aussie display of drunkenness and racism!


Links referenced:

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-02-20/woolworths-coles-supermarket-tactics-grocery-four-corners/103405054

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/MK-mNaEsmi0

https://www.9news.com.au/national/bombshell-allegations-revealed-about-alleged-coverup-of-jessie-baird-and-luke-davies-murders/b913fd1e-10d2-45d9-9e33-7ec671264d07

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2024/feb/27/nsw-police-commissioner-criticised-for-quoting-taylor-swift-while-defending-response-to-missing-sydney-couple

https://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/real-life/news-life/whats-the-point-queer-cops-express-anger-over-mardi-gras-ban-on-police-marching/news-story/55d30b5c4a46ee02abfb10db4e9e6a21

https://www.aap.com.au/news/calls-to-name-traitor-ex-mp-who-sold-out-australia/

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-02-29/what-we-know-asio-traitor-politician/103526508

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-03-04/dunkley-by-election-dutton-strategy-didnt-materialise/103539644

https://www.msn.com/en-au/news/australia/dutton-and-ley-chastised-for-using-immigration-detainees-mistaken-arrest-ahead-of-dunkley-by-election/ar-BB1j81Kl

https://www.news.com.au/national/victoria/politics/former-radio-personality-and-politician-derryn-hinch-announces-next-move/news-story/0386519e6b4f0e4a7de152c64049b9f4

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/rupert-murdoch-92-plans-to-marry-for-5th-time/ar-BB1jC5ak

https://www.standard.co.uk/lifestyle/rupert-murdoch-wives-lovers-relationships-divorce-b1068891.html

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-03-05/sam-kerr-charged-over-allegedly-harassing-cop/103545168

https://www.smh.com.au/sport/soccer/i-apologise-to-sam-craig-foster-s-180-degree-turn-on-kerr-saga-20240309-p5fb4f.html

https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/511058/as-it-happened-tvnz-to-cut-up-to-68-jobs-in-proposed-restructure

https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/510406/newshub-closure-proposal-what-the-changes-will-mean

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-03-08/cranbrook-headmaster-nicholas-sampson-resigns-four-corners/103543614

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZIZNXZVNk74


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Mar 18, 202401:36:26
Special Episode - 30th Anniversary Of "The Unloseable Election" Retrospective
Mar 08, 202401:09:48
Episode 41 - First Episode Of 2024!

Episode 41 - First Episode Of 2024!

We're back! Damo, Feeby and Clan-C are back on the horse to discuss:


- 'Nemesis' and who we would have served under

- Barnaby Joyce's run-in with a footpath

- ScoMo finally buggers off...we mean, resigns from Parliament

- The NZYQ High Court Decision fall-out

- Refugees reach the mainland

- Tasmania's upoming election

- Asbestos in the Sydney streets

- And more!


Feb 27, 202401:27:19
2023 Wrap-Up!

2023 Wrap-Up!

Join Damo, Phoebe and Clancy as they recap:


- Usman Khawaja's cricket protest

- Annastacia Palaczuk resigns as QLD Premier

- Adelaide doctor killed in home invasion

- Local government shenanigans


Then we wrap up the year that was 2023!

- King Charles III's coronation!

- Ben Roberts-Smith loses his defamation suit.

- Bruce Lehrmann tries a defamation suit

- Politicians resigning

- Clare Nowland tasered in a nursing home

- Australia's first instance of Christian terrorism

- Charlie Teo found guilty of unprofessional conduct

- Nazi salutes and Moira Deeming

- Lidia Thorpe made the headlines for the wrong reasons

And more!


Dec 31, 202301:38:11
Episode 40 - Optus Drama, Drama On The High C(ourt), Drama On The High (South China) Sea & Much More

Episode 40 - Optus Drama, Drama On The High C(ourt), Drama On The High (South China) Sea & Much More

It's nearly the end of the year. It's been a topsy-turvy year. We got one more left in us.

In both Tasmania and Michigan's favourite Australian politics podcast, the three blusketeers discuss:

- Optus drops the ball.

- Gladys may take the reigns.

- Britain's High Court and Australia's High Court have their say on immigration and detention.

- Bruce Lehrmann screws the pooch.

- Ageing gracefully.

- AI and the entertainment industry


Links referenced:

- https://news.sky.com/story/how-the-chaos-at-chatgpt-maker-openai-has-unfolded-as-ousted-ceo-sam-altman-returns-and-why-it-matters-13012732

- https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/australia-climate-change-activists-disrupt-shipping-coal-port-2023-11-25/

- https://www.aljazeera.com/amp/news/2023/11/24/australian-warship-sails-through-taiwan

- https://amp.theguardian.com/technology/2023/nov/23/does-australia-exist-bing-search-no-bluesky-mastodon

- https://amp.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/nov/20/child-sexual-abuse-study-finds-94-of-australian-men-report-having-offended-against-a-child

- https://amp.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/nov/23/australia-100-wealthiest-schools-earnings-income-data-education-department

- https://www.thenewdaily.com.au/news/national/2023/11/15/albanese-dutton-anti-semitism

- https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-11-12/mulgrave-byelection-politics-after-daniel-andrews/103091818

- https://www.theage.com.au/business/companies/mcdonald-s-loses-legal-bun-fight-with-hungry-jack-s-20231115-p5ekam.html?btis=

- https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-11-26/dave-sharma-takes-marise-payne-nsw-senate-seat/103152738

- https://www.theage.com.au/world/europe/unlawful-supreme-court-rules-against-uk-plan-to-send-asylum-seekers-to-rwanda-20231115-p5ekbq.html?btis=

- https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-11-18/confusion-over-high-court-indefinite-detention-ruling-response/103119836

- https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/nov/09/high-court-indefinite-immigration-detention-coalition-safety

- https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-11-22/optus-outage-documents-behind-the-scenes-two-weeks-since/103130998

- https://www.afr.com/technology/optus-ceo-kelly-bayer-rosmarin-resigns-20231120-p5el9o

- https://www.afr.com/technology/what-early-signs-suggest-may-have-gone-wrong-at-optus-20231108-p5eig9

- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=huvD5apYnfU

- https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/suella-braverman-tents-homeless-lifestyle-b2441565.html

- https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/nov/23/bruce-lehrmann-defamation-trial-brittany-higgins-rape-sexual-assault-channel-ten-lisa-wilkinson-ntwnfb

- https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/school-funding-stoush-looms-over-spiralling-autism-costs-20231121-p5elpc.html



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Dec 10, 202301:26:11
Episode 39 - Qantas Turbulence, Airbus Albo, Jacinta Allan's New Clothes & more..

Episode 39 - Qantas Turbulence, Airbus Albo, Jacinta Allan's New Clothes & more..

**WARNING** - Discussions of domestic and intimate-partner violence and murder **


Oh my gosh! It's not only almost Christmas...but it's episode 39 of Tasmania's highest-rated politics podcast, Let's Save The Governor-General! (*no guarantee to governors-general)


Topics discussed:

- The board rejects Qantas' attempts at a pay rise.

- Albo gets on a plane...yet again!

- A discussion on politics and diplomacy.

- Mark Knight draws the ire of politicians without clothes.

- A discussion of satire in politics, which then becomes a discussion of sexualisation in society.

- Men behaving badly:

- Bruce Lehrmann's rape allegations

- Erin Patterson being charged with murder and attempted murder

- Russel Brand and the numerous allegations he is facing.

- Proposal to GPS-track and monitor the activities of men suspected to be capable of domestic violence.

- Adelaide is officially Australia's coolest city!


Sexual assault support services: https://au.reachout.com/articles/sexual-assault-support-services


Links referenced:

- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQMXmq5rUkc

- https://www.theaustralian.com.au/breaking-news/prime-minister-anthony-albanese-has-touched-down-in-washington-dc-for-a-series-of-meetings/news-story/f609c0077d87ae43e1d7a3b30a18ee2f?amp&nk=19cb9b328ec9ca4d9be1127e4ee175c3-1699129323

- https://amp.smh.com.au/politics/federal/airbus-albo-take-that-bait-and-you-ve-been-played-like-a-trout-20231101-p5egud.html

- https://www.aljazeera.com/amp/news/2023/9/25/us-recognises-cook-islands-niue-as-biden-hosts-pacific-island-leaders

- https://www.theage.com.au/politics/victoria/jacinta-allan-has-every-right-to-call-a-cartoon-sexist-but-that-doesn-t-mean-it-is-20231026-p5ef6r.html?btis=

- https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-10-24/jacinta-allan-victorian-premier-herald-sun-cartoon-mark-knight/103013652

- https://web.archive.org/web/20231104231245/https://www.washingtonpost.com/style/power/2023/10/25/state-dinner-biden-albanese/

- https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/patterson-faces-court-over-alleged-deadly-mushroom-murder-plot-20231103-p5ehih.html

- https://7news.com.au/news/qld/bruce-lehrmann-named-as-high-profile-man-charged-with-rape-in-toowoomba-queensland-c-12193580

- https://www.theage.com.au/national/tracking-men-likely-to-kill-the-radical-proposal-after-five-women-dead-in-nine-days-20231103-p5ehdd.html

- https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/keeping-denyer-in-prison-is-not-about-punishing-him-but-protecting-us-20231101-p5egol.html?btis=

- https://www.theage.com.au/national/nsw/his-behaviour-was-escalating-court-views-video-of-o-keefe-s-arrest-20231031-p5eghy.html?btis=

- https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/man-accused-of-killing-ex-partner-logee-osias-was-on-bail-20231102-p5egxg.html?btis=

- https://glamadelaide.com.au/is-adelaide-the-coolest-city-in-australia-the-wall-street-journal-seems-to-think-so/


Nov 17, 202301:34:18
Episode 38 - Post-Referendum Discussion, Israel-Palestine, Dan Resigns
Oct 22, 202356:07
Episode 37 - Qantas' Terrible, Horrible, Very Bad Year, Dan's Grand Housing Plan, Murdoch's Retirement & more

Episode 37 - Qantas' Terrible, Horrible, Very Bad Year, Dan's Grand Housing Plan, Murdoch's Retirement & more

Topics discussed:

- Qantas' High Court appeal being dismissed

- Qantas' CEO stepping down

- New Qantas CEO's apology

- The Vic Govt's Cosy-Up To The Developers, and the general housing crisis and poor efforts to tackle it.

- Man gets fined for whipping his snake out in public

- Rupert Murdoch steps down


Links to articles used:

https://thenewdaily.com.au/finance/work/2023/09/13/qantas-high-court-appeal-workers/

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-09-01/qatar-expansion-would-reduce-air-fares-accc-boss/102803266

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/aug/25/peter-dutton-qatar-flights-blocked-labor

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/sep/22/qantas-ceo-vanessa-hudson-video-apology

https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/wholesale-destruction-of-public-housing-fears-raised-over-tower-knockdowns-20230920-p5e670.html

https://www.theage.com.au/politics/victoria/a-grand-bargain-indeed-why-the-property-industry-is-smiling-20230922-p5e6qm.html

https://www.premier.vic.gov.au/affordability-partnership-build-800000-victorian-homes

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-09-20/tasmanian-police-bugged-conversations/102881712

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-08-10/potentially-hundreds-conversations-live-streamed-risdon-prison/102713944

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-09-23/fire-damages-stansbury-cafe-after-kingscote-building-destroyed/102893212

https://www.aap.com.au/news/man-charged-over-uni-stabbings-frying-pan-assaults/

https://news.sky.com/story/australia-man-who-took-pet-snake-surfing-fined-12964218

https://www.afr.com/politics/federal/king-reveals-strip-searches-as-a-factor-in-qatar-rejection-20230907-p5e2q1

https://apnews.com/article/murdoch-fox-quit-emeritus-30286a4a3107b7bde612adbfc7891958

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-09-02/tel-aviv-is-worlds-most-expensive-city/101387350

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-09-14/housing-australia-future-fund-passes-parliament/102844098

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-09-23/tony-abbott-nominated-for-fox-corporation-board-of-directors/102893364

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K98xgzFkw28

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-07-29/cooney-avoid-distractions-and-stay-focussed-on-the-budget/5632080


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Oct 10, 202301:04:48
Episode 36 - It's The Voice, Can We Understand It?
Sep 03, 202301:12:58
Episode 35 - Dan Gives Up The Games, Matildas Win Games, A Bad Vibe From Tim, Mr. Ofli An Apology To Him
Aug 08, 202301:00:00
Special Episode: Robodebt & Scott Morrison - Has ScoMo Lost His Halo?
Jul 23, 202301:22:29
Episode 34 - Albo, Nazi's, David Van The Hands Man & More

Episode 34 - Albo, Nazi's, David Van The Hands Man & More

In this somewhat delayed issue of "Let's Save The Governor-General", the crew discuss:

- Albo, The Greens and Homelessness

- Nazi memerobilia

- Sexual harassment in parliament

- And much more


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Jul 05, 202301:35:46
King Charles III Coronation
Jun 11, 202303:26:07
Episode 33 - Ben Roberts Smith, Rolf Harris, Dan Andrews, Bruce Lehrmann, Luton Town
Jun 06, 202301:50:11
Epiode 32 - Post-Coronation Blues, More Moira Deeming, Something-Something Albo
May 15, 202301:09:25
Episode 31 - A Coronation Quiche Of Barry Humphries, Father Bob, Lidia Thorpe, Kevin Rudd and much more!
Apr 23, 202301:32:22
Episode 30 (Pt 1&2) - Voice To Parliament, Posey Parker Protests, Paul Keating Pontificates, Plus More!
Mar 27, 202302:35:44
The Citizenship Seven - A Retrospective
Feb 26, 202301:41:08
Episode 29: Alice Springs Intervention, Dominic's Catholic Gut, Aussie Cricketers In A Rut

Episode 29: Alice Springs Intervention, Dominic's Catholic Gut, Aussie Cricketers In A Rut

Episode 29 of Let's Save The Governor-General, the most monarchist-sounding non-monarchist podcast going around today, Damo, Clance and Feebs chat about:

- The Alice Springs intervention
- Dominic Perrotet's Opus Dei, and his gambling reforms
- David Warner and overworked cricketers
- Michael Clarke's bust-up
- Gay rugby players
- ScoMo's forgivess ploy
- George Pell's funeral
- THAT lost nuclear capsule
- Jim Molan, and Tony Abbott's possible return
- RoboDebt
- Jacinda Ardern resigns

References:

- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WyKjejBvcpM
- https://www.news.com.au/finance/business/media/abc-issues-apology-over-biased-coverage-of-alice-springs-community-meeting/news-story/80ada717c42898bf0878bbd03f5bf94d
- https://www.smh.com.au/national/not-a-crime-to-be-catholic-perrottet-defends-faith-as-former-school-comes-under-fire-20230130-p5cgkd.html
- https://amp.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/jan/19/liberals-jostle-for-molans-senate-seat-with-call-for-tony-abbott-to-fill-spot
- https://www.news.com.au/sport/cricket/im-exhausted-david-warner-wants-to-skip-compulsory-cricket-awards-night/news-story/5eea71b390d68073ad28d0c1bdd9e1f9
- https://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/real-life/news-life/carnival-is-over-pip-edwards-slams-ex-michael-clarke-after-noosa-cheating-scandal/news-story/9df4759eaad9ad18019417683f8998f9
- https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/jan/29/new-technology-deployed-in-search-for-tiny-potentially-deadly-missing-radioactive-capsule
- https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/jan/31/clubsnsw-boss-sacked-after-accusing-dominic-perrottet-of-acting-on-his-catholic-gut
- https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-02-01/qld-robodebt-scheme-government-royal-commission-fraud/101910062
- https://www.skysports.com/rugby-union/news/12321/12798993/campbell-johnstone-new-zealand-player-first-to-come-out-as-gay
- https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/482755/jacinda-ardern-quits-the-bombshell-resignation-no-one-saw-coming
- https://www.skynews.com.au/australia-news/gambling-reform-advocate-tim-costello-declares-clubsnsw-made-the-right-decision-in-sacking-josh-landis-as-ceo/news-story/4eb244014bf67e234f03f2ad760f164ahttps://www.skynews.com.au/australia-news/gambling-reform-advocate-tim-costello-declares-clubsnsw-made-the-right-decision-in-sacking-josh-landis-as-ceo/news-story/4eb244014bf67e234f03f2ad760f164a
- https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-02-01/nsw-george-pell-protest-court-verdict/101915930

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Feb 06, 202301:49:12
Episode 28: Pell Dies, Perrotet (almost) Cries, Australia Fries, Gambling Lies
Jan 16, 202301:19:08
2022 Wrap-Up!
Dec 19, 202201:41:46
Episode 26 - Victoria State Election Post-Mortem, The Failure Of Drug Policy, Why Is Family First Back? + Damo Livestream!
Nov 28, 202202:42:15
Episode 24 - Floods, Brittany Higgins, Dan Andrews, Vic Election
Oct 16, 202201:00:37
Episode 23 - Optus Hack, Liz Truss-enomics, Religion & Sport
Oct 06, 202253:36
"London Bridge Has Fallen" - Queen Elizabeth II Passes Away
Sep 11, 202201:10:55
Same-Sex Marriage Vote Special: Interview With Rodney Croome (@rodneycroome)
Sep 04, 202201:09:32
Episode 19 - Outtakes Special
Jul 10, 202224:27
Episode 17 - Post-Election Analysis
Jun 06, 202201:07:25
Episode 16 - Pre-Election Rumblings, Mumblings and Tumblings
May 15, 202259:18
Episode 15 - ANZAC Day, Ben Roberts-Smith, The Campaign Drudges On
Apr 27, 202201:29:43
Episode 14 - ScoMo's Pub Barney, Jeremy Is The New Peter, Why Is Warney Getting A Funeral?
Apr 17, 202201:07:55
Episode 13 - ScoMo's Radio Gaga, Ash Barty's Retirement Ra-Ra, Public Housing La-di-dah!
Mar 30, 202201:11:53
Episode 12 - Stan Grant, Free Speech, Kimberley Kitching, Lismore Flood Breach (And More)
Mar 18, 202201:11:27
Episode 11 - Victoria Police Bungle, Transgender Rumble
Mar 06, 202201:03:58
Episode 10: Grace Tame Speaks Out, ScoMo Apologises, The Religious Discrimination Bill Get Shelved.
Feb 19, 202201:00:39
Episode 9 - Novak? No Thanks; Boris McPartyPants; Scott's Minor Plan; The Ashes; Invasion Day Discussion
Jan 25, 202201:17:23
Episode 8 - "Captain's Call": Tony Abbott As Australia's 28th PM
Jan 14, 202201:19:51
Episode 7 - The 2021 Wrap
Dec 31, 202101:15:53
Episode 6 - (Clancy Goes Off On) The Religious Discrimination Bill, The Jenkins Report, Vaccine Rollout
Dec 26, 202101:03:43
Episode 5 - The 1999 Referendum - A Missed Opportunity?

Episode 5 - The 1999 Referendum - A Missed Opportunity?

*EPISODE CONTAINS MILD SWEARING & SEXUAL THEMES*

In our second topical episode, Clancy, Phoebe and Damien discuss the 1999 Australian Referendum which involved both a change in proposed Head Of State as well as a proposed change to the preamble to the Constitution of Australia.

Elite Division & Voter Confusion: Australia’s Republic Referendum In 1999 - can be found here.

Damien discusses his former thoughts as a Fundamentalist Conservative Christian.
Clancy discusses losing a friend over her voting preferences (as well has her dislike for Democracy Sausages)
Phoebe also speaks some French.

"The Preppers" on ABC iView - here.

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Dec 07, 202101:13:06
Episode 4 - Julia Gillard & THAT Misogyny Speech!
Nov 23, 202101:24:13
Episode 3 - ScoMo At Glasgow, Tim Smith Crashes Out, Cleo Smith Is Found, A Miracle At Crown.
Nov 11, 202101:03:09
Epsiode 2 - Malcolm Roberts, Vaccinations & Re-opening, Eddie Obeid, Glasgow Climate Summit
Oct 27, 202155:60
Episode 1 - Gladys, Dominic, Dan and Discussing Being Transgender

Episode 1 - Gladys, Dominic, Dan and Discussing Being Transgender

Phoebe and Damien discuss recent happenings with Dan Andrews, Gladys Berejiklian and Dominic Perrotet.

Phoebe also discusses being transgender!


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Oct 19, 202139:58