The Trough Podcast
Summary: Hi, I'm Francis Keany - author and broadcast journalist. Welcome to The Trough, your daily news feed. This podcast is a bit of an experiment - a daily ten minute bite-sized wrap of all the political stories you need to know before you get to work each morning. It's something I've been keen on doing for some time and I hope you guys will love it. I'll be running this for the next few weeks as I explore the world of freelance journalism. For those wondering about the name, The Trough is a nickname given to the Parliamentary Staff Cafeteria in Canberra, where politicians, staffers and journalists can dine for breakfast, lunch or dinner. There is the occasional complaint about the serving sizes of the Beef Stroganoff
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Podcasts:
Today – Tony "No Sniping" Abbott gets a few things off his chest about the state of the Liberals, a storm erupts over penalty rates, and Dr Ken Henry's frank assessment about the state of federal politics.
Today - D-Day for Sunday penalty rates – Hanson attacks the proposed paid parental leave scheme, and Ken Henry calls for changes to the GST.
Today – The Israeli Prime Minister touches down in Sydney, amid debate about a two-state solution and Labor considering a Buffett tax for high income earners.
Today – Scott Morrison arcs up over the appointment of Anna Bligh to the Australian Bankers Association, oil and gas companies being targeted in the May budget, and a proposal to introduce four year fixed terms for politicians.
Today, credit where's credit due as a new political debate looms over the banks – the Prime Minister heads West – and moves to fund coal power using the so-called Green Bank.
The PM visits New Zealand as he hoses down speculation of changes to CGT. John Howard endorses WA Liberal preference deal with One Nation, and we test-run a new Sean Spicer name generator, with a cameo from Shinzo Abe
Today – Capital Gain Tax potentially on the chopping block to fix a budget black hole and Nick Xenophon gets the Daily Telegraph treatment as the Federal Government increases the heat on the crossbench over childcare and welfare changes.
Welcome to The Trough for Wednesday the 15th of February. Today, the government opens the door for tax rises if the Senate rejects its budget savings, political parties briefed on the risk of hackers, and feeling the love on the #auspol hashtag.
A bid to link welfare savings to the NDIS backfires for the Federal Government, One Nation Preferences causing division within the Coalition and the latest Closing the Gap report shows more work is needed address indigenous disadvantage.
Episode 1 of The Trough podcast - your daily bite-sized wrap of all the political news you need to know to get your morning started. (awkward cough) - THIS is the right episode - and the theme of today is energy security
Hi, welcome to The Trough. It's your daily bite-sized wrap of all the political news you need to know to start the day. Watch this space
