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• Am I Wrong About Gas Tax? I Asked An Expert

  October 20, 2026 · 44 min

  This week, we’re joined by Alison Reeve from the Grattan Institute to ask who actually owns Australia’s gas and why we’re told taxing it is too complicated. We get into the petroleum resource rent tax, the export contracts Albo keeps…

• Legal Scams and Why Millennials Are Waiting For Their Parents To Die (with Chris Kohler)

  October 13, 2026 · 56 min

  This week, we’re joined by Chris Kohler, to break down the legal-ish scams companies use to take more of your money, from surveillance pricing to loyalty programs. We also get into housing: the CGT and negative gearing changes, and what a…

• The Car-spiracy: Why the Government Decides What Car You Drive

  October 6, 2026 · 59 min

  I sat down with Ads Morris from the Redriven YouTube channel to talk about the cars we drive, and the political decisions behind them. From why our cars keep getting bigger, to the cars we can't buy here, to why so many new cars seem built…

• A Mayor Who Approves His Own Developments, Albo Dodges a "Gotcha" & Is the New Gas Bill a Catfish?

  September 29, 2026 · 44 min

  This week, we dig into the Gold Coast mayor still running the council that approves his own property developments, a taxpayer-funded Mar-a-Lago trip that lined up suspiciously well with a $1.5 billion Trump Tower deal, and expense rorting…

• The Digital Duty of Care Bill, According to Two Experts Who Actually Read It

  September 23, 2026 · 1 hr 1 min

  This week, we bring in two experts to actually break down the Duty of Care bill. "Angertainment" author Ed Coper explains how algorithms exploit human psychology to manipulate us, and lawyer James Glissan, who's actually read the bill…

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