Podcast appearances and mentions of peter slipper

*this episode contains bad language and adult themes* In this episode, Phoebe, Clancy and Damien discuss Julia Gillard's famous speech from October 2012 that galvanised opinion about how women are viewed and treated in political life. We discuss abuse in politics by both the public and parliamentary colleagues, sexism, the Craig Thomson affair, the Peter Slipper affair, Tony Abbott's populism, sexualised abuse of Conservative women and much more. Find the speech here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fCNuPcf8L00 Find us on Twitter at: https://www.twitter.com/letssavethegg Listen to us on Anchor.FM - https://anchor.fm/letssavethegg/ ———————————— Music by Ukulelvis https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BtPm4hb04r0 ————————————

My next guest has been a journalist for many decades, many would remember him as a reporter on Seven Local News. He then took on a role as media advisor with controversial MP Peter Slipper, the former member for Fisher. Richard Bruinsma tells me that there were times when the avalanche of phone calls into Mr Slipper’s office was so great, that he was instructed not to answer the phones. We talk about Richard’s time with Mr Slipper in the podcast you’re about to hear as well as Richard’s own run at politics, where he ran as an independent for a state seat in 2017.

In conversation with the Hon. Kelvin Thomson, ex-federal politician and Shadow Attorney General for the Rudd Labour government, we discuss immigration, population growth, the Rudd-Gilliard-Rudd years, and Australia’s addiction to gambling.Kelvin’s views on immigration address the common misconception that the Howard government was anti-immigration, when in fact the immigration intake increased significantly after the Tampa incident in 2004. On population, Kelvin contends that world population growth in the last century – which has increased from 2 billion to 7 billion, with no signs of levelling out – will eventually lead to a rapid decline in quality of life. Kelvin contends the need to stabilise the Australian population by limiting skilled migration whilst increasing humanitarian refugee intake.On the Rudd-Gilliard-Rudd years, Kelvin talks through his overall disappointment in the process of governing after such a long time in Opposition. He is, nevertheless, proud of the Labour government’s stewardship of the country through the global financial crisis. We discussed the internal leaking and undermining which affected the Gilliard government and which resulted in a hung parliament and crippled the government politically. This resulted in Gillard having to make a deal with the independent MP Andrew Wilkie, who was advocating for the introduction of mandatory pre-commitment on pokies. Due to aggressive campaigning by the NSW gambling industry, however, the reforms collapsed, resulting in the installation of Peter Slipper as Speaker of the House of Representatives.This leads into a discussion about Kelvin’s work with the Alliance for Gambling Reform, and his view that the gambling industry and state and federal governments all focus on the ‘personal responsibility’ of the gambler in a concerted public relations campaign aimed to place responsibility on people with a gambling disorder, whilst taking focus away from the industry’s highly addictive products.

Caroline recently celebrated two important milestones. She turned 50, and she marked her 20th anniversary as breakfast radio co-host on Mix FM, Sunshine Coast. You’ll hear Caroline Hutchinson explain, that there may only be one or two other female presenters in Australia that could match her 20-year record, we also talk about her brief foray into politics, when she ran as an independent candidate in the federal seat of Fisher against Peter Slipper and why she’d never do it again. We talk about her Sydney radio days when she was working multiple jobs while her husband John was recovering from a battle with cancer and we discuss why she has grave fears for the future of radio when she sees 10-year old kids.

Hi gentle listeners! Welcome to Episode 94 in a series of 1000 free markets of ideas from your intellectual friends Ben "Graham "Chook" Fowler" Pobjie and Cam "John "Completely Legitimate Businessman" Ibrahim" Smith. Look, there is nothing about crime in this podcast, but hey Underbelly 3: The Golden Mile, it was kind of a bit weird that you kept on cutting away from all these crime people (crimers?) doing crimes to a completely normal guy just trying to run a nightclub. I mean, really. I'm getting distracted by things of a past nature, gentle listeners! This podcast is all about the HERE and the NOW. Here is the general gist of the things that are discussed: War Pigs. Life saving. Clive Palmer. The press gallery. Peter Slipper. Craig Thomson. TWITTER WARS. and weird small burgers at Hungry Jacks. Wow, how do you stay so relevant guys? Well, a relaxing long weekend at Kangaroo Island every now and then certainly doesn't hurt. ENJOY THE PODCAST PLEASE. If you like it, why not tell a friend? If you don't like it, why not tell a frenemy? Subscribe on iTunes.