#119 - The First Efficiency Dividend is the Deepest




Something Wonky show

Summary: This week on Something Wonky, we go to Brisbane for the G20, take off our scarves like Jacqui Lambie, cast an eye over Victoria’s election, pour some sugar on Scott Morrison and of course we look at the cuts to the ABC, with a side serve of LOLBolt. The Focus Group G20 Bad beforehand G20: Australians bury heads in sand to mock government climate stance Joe Hockey says climate change talk should not overshadow G20’s real work Tony Abbott Says ‘Nothing But Bush’ In Australia Before White Settlement A Worse Start G20: Prime Minister’s remarks at G20 leaders’ retreat about domestic issues ‘weird and graceless’ - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) Continuing Embarrassment Red faces for Tony Abbott on Green Climate Fund G20: David Cameron urges Tony Abbott to do more on climate change Tony Abbott rules out more contributions from Australia to Green Climate Fund No Joy G20 summit: Tony Abbott denies access to Tanya Plibersek View from the Street: Abbott was told the G20 was about international matters, surely? Tony Abbott confuses China with Tasmania while toasting President Xi Jinping G20 Summit Was The Icing On Abbott’s Horror Year Comment: Australia suffers another cringe-worthy moment during G20 summit | SBS News We are governed by idiots Halal products may be funding Islamist extremism, claims Nationals MP Carmichael mine: environmental impact will be unknown for years Senate Inquiry Into Vocational Education Could Shake Up Coalition’s Deregulation Push Corporate fraud: rewards for whistleblowers make sense Why did Katy Perry give her $10,000 prize to a private Melbourne school? PUP PUP deal unravels as Lambie plans to vote down financial advice reforms Kamikaze government was never going to win on FoFA Victoria Victorian government gives $5.4 million to Scotch College for land previously valued at $1 million Why Labor has had its fill of Greens State Labor dumps Great Forests park plan ahead of Victorian election Victorian State Election: Greens would only support a Labor government Parties fail on donation reform Australia versus Humanity Video shows disabled Brisbane man being punched by Queensland police Removal Of Aboriginal Children At Crisis Point And Rising Fear and abuse: the Nauru letters | The Saturday Paper Refugees told by locals to leave Nauru or face ‘bad things happening’ again Refugee settlement in Cambodia ‘a dodgy deal’, says Sarah Hanson-Young Scott Morrison cuts off access to Australia for refugees in Indonesia Scott Morrison thumbs his nose at Indonesia, and sets back the only humane solution for refugees | Richard Ackland Scott Morrison: barring resettlement from Indonesia is ‘taking the sugar off the table’ Ian Macdonald: asylum-seeker law changes aimed at avoiding high court Asylum Seekers Not Provided With Full Details Of Data Breach The people versus the political class: The distance between us and our rulers is getting bigger | The Monthly Stop The Press ABC budget will be cut by 5%, says Malcolm Turnbull The ABC Cuts Are Not A Budget Tidy Up, They’re About Revenge ABC cuts: Christopher Pyne fights to keep production in South Australia Australians Are Counter-Trolling Christopher Pyne’s ABC Petition The Australian sticks up for the ABC The ABC doesn’t deserve Turnbull’s cuts. But don’t pretend its current model works | Jason Wilson Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp cops major investor revolt ‎Channel Ten furious at increased competition from SBS Only deterrent to politics is you, Mark Latham | dailytelegraph.com.au LOLBolt Not racist, but popular with racists - Greens outraged by Abbott’s truth | Herald Sun Andrew Bolt Blog Andrew Bolt can’t count - Are our journalists the world’s most warmist? | Herald Sun Andrew Bolt Blog