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• The FlyDubai incident: Fear and art of political fiction

  October 9, 2026 · 17 min

  A crisis doesn’t have to be manufactured to become propaganda. We examine FlyDubai Flight FZ1073, Benjamin Netanyahu’s response and how terrorism and national security narratives can serve political survival, while diverting attention from…

• The Greens take on Labor, Supermarkets, AUKUS & Palestine

  October 8, 2026 · 16 min

  Can David Shoebridge turn frustration with Labor into electoral support for the Australian Greens? From publicly owned supermarkets and cheaper groceries to housing affordability, AUKUS, Pine Gap and Palestine, this episode examines who…

• Will David Shoebridge give Labor the boot?

  October 2, 2026 · 27 min

  Can David Shoebridge turn frustration with Labor into lasting support for the Australian Greens? In this episode, we examine how the Greens can rebuild after the 2025 federal election by connecting their policies to the cost-of-living…

• The AI Medicare wake-up call

  October 1, 2026 · 24 min

  The OpenAI Medicare breach exposes a widening gap between artificial intelligence and corporate accountability. In this episode, we examine what unauthorised access to Australia’s Medicare statistics portal and delayed reporting reveal…

• Australia wants a seat at the UN but what would it stand for?

  September 25, 2026 · 26 min

  Australia wants a UN Security Council seat in 2029–30, but what would it do with that influence? Anthony Albanese promises to defend international law, yet his government has declined to join proposed restrictions on goods from illegal…

• What is ASIO really telling us about terror threats?

  September 24, 2026 · 27 min

  ASIO director-general Mike Burgess says the agency has disrupted 16 potential terror threats and four more serious plots since the Bondi Beach attack. But what does “disrupted” mean, and what did ASIO know before the Bondi attacks? In this…

• Labor is becoming what it once condemned

  September 18, 2026 · 24 min

  The Albanese Labor government came to office promising integrity, transparency and accountability, but four years later those standards are being tested by allegations of pork-barrelling, politically targeted grants and questionable…

• Macklemore, Mary Kostakidis and the red line on Palestine

  September 17, 2026 · 27 min

  Political power doesn’t always operate through governments or legislation – it can work through vexatious litigation, lobbying, money, professional pressure and the ability of influential organisations to impose consequences on those who…