The Joy of Making Things Out of Journalists

"I took a lot of joy in setting loose people, like thousands of people on journalists with assholes," she says. "It's really useful to use the same tactic when you look at coverage of trans issues ... They don't get stories." She adds: "There was a sense of joy in making things made out of journalists"

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Hooning with the Katter Party. Emerald and Tom start with a recap of some of the week’s news. The LNP had their annual conference and the Brisbane Lord Mayor has lost his mind in existential fear of Jonno and the Greens. Then Mehreen Faruqi’s hypocrisy and koalas story - was it a stitch up? And Tasmanian Greens leader Cassy O'Connor had an unusual retirement announcement. Then, they are joined by Asher Wolf, grassroots campaigner and one of the people most responsible for ending robodebt! What has the toll been and what comes next? And why is Bill “What we've increased the rate would already be far greater than what I think the Commissioner would imagine” Shorten gaslighting us about following the RC’s recommendations? Finally, a call to action.

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Links -

Follow https://twitter.com/Asher_Wolf

Australian Unemployed Workers Union - https://unemployedworkersunion.com/

Save Barak Beacon campaign -

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1T8A2HxDzYkXH4q5MIAOeb6SlC1diMr7L/view

https://chuffed.org/project/savebarakbeacon

Summary of the Robodebt RC findings -

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/jul/07/robodebt-royal-commission-final-report-what-did-it-find-and-what-will-happen-next

7am Podcast series on Robodebt -

https://7ampodcast.com.au/

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