The time has come to honor our Down Under F*ckers who have been supporting UNFTR since we launched. As we’ve done in prior shows about other countries, we attempt to explain the Australian political system, provide an overview of key issues and draw parallels between our experiences. Basically, a rough translation of Aussie politics for American listeners that only scratches the surface of this incredible nation. There’s an election coming up and several hot button issues facing the Australian people so it’s a good time to level set on what’s up down under. Note to our beloved Down Under F*ckers: This will be hilariously rudimentary to you but hopefully amusing enough to keep your attention. Now, piss off.

Chapters

Aussie Disclaimer: 00:00:05

Intro: 00:01:15

Chapter One: 00:05:48

Chapter Two: 00:10:13

Chapter Three: 00:16:09

Chapter Four: 00:21:20

Chapter Five: 00:35:08

Post Show Musings: 00:46:23

Outro: 00:59:50

Resources

Australian Government Style Manual: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples

CIA: The World Factbook

Parliament of Australia: Hon Anthony Albanese MP

Parliament of Australia: Hon Scott Morrison MP

The Parliamentary Education Office: Prime Minister

Australia.com: Guide To Christmas Island

Australia.com: Guide To Cocos (Keeling) Islands

Australia.com: Guide To Norfolk Island

Hydrocarbons Technology: Gorgon LNG Project

The Guardian: Australian leader Tony Abbott ousted by Malcolm Turnbull after party vote

Law Council of Australia: Indigenous Legal Issues

Centre For 21st Century Humanities: Colonial Frontier Massacres, Australia, 1788 to 1930

Common Ground: Massacres

The Guardian: The Killing Times

SBS News: Great Barrier Reef avoids UNESCO 'in danger' listing after Australian lobbying effort

The Guardian: PM personally approved $443m fund for tiny Barrier Reef foundation

The Guardian: ‘A mockery’: Great Barrier Reef Foundation raises just $21m of $357m target

The Sydney Morning Herald: Barnaby Joyce suggests God is the solution to climate change in Christmas video

ABC News: Barnaby Joyce says he sent 'an awful lot' of special drought envoy reports to PM

The Guardian: ‘Orwellian’: Coalition accused of planning to open green bank to fossil fuel investments

Book Love

Dominic Kelly: Political Troglodytes and Economic Lunatics: The Hard Right in Australia

L.F. Crisp: The Parliamentary Government of the Commonwealth of Australia

Pod Love

Weekly Planet Podcast

The Guardian Podcasts

The Australian Podcasts

Progressive Podcast

The JUICE Media Podcast

UNFTR Episode Resources

F*ck Milton Friedman.

Manufacturing Dissent.

Oh, Canada.

Procedural F*ckery.

Capitasociafascilibdemarxism.

Playing Chicken with China.

Libertarians Are Exhausting Part 1.

Libertarians Are Exhausting Part 2.

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