Something Wonky

Featuring Guest Dave Jeremy Sear and Guest Jeremy Dave Gaukroger. This week: Nauru (and their Australian government sponsors) vs press scrutiny Tony vs all refugees, not just the ones on boats Chris Kenny impresses real estate agents with his listing for Nauru Annabel Crabb’s Kitchen Cabinet gives Scott Morrison the kind of promotional advertising on the ABC money can’t buy (but a Treasurer could totally cut from the ABC) Every day that passes, this government makes the housing problem worse for the next generation Knitting lawyers are the best lawyers

Episode 163, recorded Wednesday, October 21, 2015. Featuring Dave Guest and Jeremy Feat. Australia continuing to brutalise refugee rape victim in ever more obscene ways! Brutal cruelty developing into cartoonish super villainy but not the amusing kind. Say Sorry To Chris Kenny Also Remember When Australia Actually Had A Safety Net? Richgate! Tablegate! That gate Marty jumped over in 1985! Farewell to Joe, who only wanted to contribute to Australia (by making poor people starve for 6 months of every year)

Dave Returns

Ella Webb joins Jeremy to discuss: The glorious TPP! Rehabilitating Miners and Detention Centre Refugee Tormenters! When the govt does things that look almost humane, but actually aren’t! UPDATE: They so, so weren’t.

A slightly less focused than usual fairly chatty discussion about the first two weeks of PM Malcolm. Including (but not limited to):  - Pancetta Mandibles and Andrew Blot go bonkers - Tony Won’t Snipe/Dignity In Defeat - A Whole New Exactly The Same Economic Conversation  - Australia vs Humanity And The UN   Real Dave progress update: has left Cambodia. Still in Thailand. Dave Will Return In The Man With The Golden Microphone. 

Sadly there was very little to talk about this week.

Guest Dave Steve Molks joins Jeremy on Tuesday night for a quick* post-spill episode farewelling our beloved Tony, wherever he may be, and welcoming the smooth-talking Malcolm, as he promises to continue doing all the same things. *In SomethingWonky terms

Guest Dave: Jo Wallace A bumper discussion on two giant topics: Australia’s Two Greatest Years Ever; and Why The Hell Are We Like This To Refugees?

Guest Dave Original Dave, aka Dave Classic (TM), has missed us all, and returns briefly to reminisce about that time when the government was so terrible each SomethingWonky episode had no choice but to laugh at its breathtaking villainy and surprisingly fortunate incompetence. Ah yes, that time.

Guest Dave Ben Pobjie (from the Gather Around Me podcast and Comedy Festival shows and Various Newspapers) joins us to discuss Border Farce Piers vs Education Joe and the Ratchet IS IT ON (ScoMo edition) Australia vs Humanity War on Cranks AND MUCH MUCH MORE We leave the Latham stuff because come on don’t make us.

Feat. Guest Dave Erin Riley Vigilante green groups; oppressed Lathams; should we be exposing Madison related Ashleys; merit; Stalking Sarah; Everybody Loves Kathy Jackson; How did Tony convince us that he’d reduce our energy bills; Australia vs Humanity; Warney Art. Erin’s Links: http://erinriley.com.au/ and the Amateur Hour podcast - https://twitter.com/amateurhourpc

Feat. Guest Dave - Rebecca Shaw (aka Brocklesnitch) Heydondoor Why Not Let Lyle Shelton Vote On Your Relationship War On Youf Australia Vs Humanity Why Is It Still Happening

Guest Dave - Carol Duncan This week - nobody gets what they’re expecting. Bronywn Bishop gets the boot days before Tony Burke’s obvious hypocrisy would have given her cover. Other politicians wonder if, against all the odds, they’ll actually have to come up with some real rules winding back this sort of thing. The government’s biggest funders get a disappointing Productivity Commission report with a silver lining, and the Australian Senate somehow, if only temporarily, stops the TPP. The environment gets a surprise victory, along with a laughable defeat. Journalists who’ve been blocked by Nauru from reporting on it are surprised when its President excoriates them in the Daily Telegraph for not visiting. And Andrew Bolt finds himself in a delicious but startling little fight with The Australian. Everything’s coming up Milhouse! …And then, in the ultimate surprise, unexpectedly most of the above gets abandoned when we forget about the running sheet entirely.

Guest Dave: Keri. Additional Guest Dave: a surprise. Bronwyn Bishop leads us into Corruption Corner, Adam Goodes takes us into Discrimination Dangerzone, and the ALP abandons us completely. Also we send in the lawyers.

Feat. Guest Dave: Dave Gaukroger. In which Bronwyn flies hard, Joe dies hard, Malcolm tries hard and Bill is a bit of a git. Also looks like 150 episodes of Australia Vs Humanity* haven’t actually worked yet. *Yes, we know it wasn’t actually in episode 1. Shh.