83 — Who grifts the Griftmen?

The NSW Government almost got scammed out of half a billion dollars, and who knows what McKinsey are up to? At least we have a strong opposition to keep things in check.

Please stop making us do this Origin Energy is writing down a bunch of their fossil fuel assets. Origin Energy is Australia’s most polluting corporation, and Angus Taylor has worked hard to make sure they stay that way. NSW Mask watch The NSW Government almost paid $430 million to a scammer, for 50 million N95 masks that didn’t exist. He also scammed investors out of $1.2 million dollars in oil and gas deals. NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian has been involved with corrupt individuals for some time. She’s now dating her ICAC lawyer though, I’m sure he’ll keep her on the straight and narrow. Grifting goes national The government has paid McKinsey $2.2 million for two months work, but won’t say what it was for. McKinsey was also paid $1.89 million for “strategic supply chain support services”. They were also paid $600,000 to tell the government to not do anything. Dave Chappelle’s friend didn’t know he couldn’t do that. Minister for Energy and Emissions Reduction Angus Taylor, and his brother Charlie, both previously worked for McKinsey. Check out Episode 20 for more fun facts. Only 25% of the JobKeeper fund was passed on from companies to their workers. McKinsey says Australian governments need to “Build trust with citizens”. At least we have a strong opposition The Labor party has agreed to keep the Liberal’s massive tax cuts. They’ve also dumped their plan for cancer care & dental coverage. Murdoch rag the Australian gave the policy changes a small thumbs-up. Labor leader Anthony Albanese has taken some very serious profile pictures. The tweets are bad. Shoutouts Workers at Better Read Than Dead have reached an agreement with management in historic industrial action. New Renters Union dropped in in Queensland! Join SEQUR, if you’re in the area. Citations Needed did a great episode on the Olympics and why they’re bad. Listen to Auspol Snackpod with Tom Tanuki on the lockdown protests. Actions Chuck us a review on Apple Podcasts. Change your power provider, if you’re still buying power from a polluting company like Origin.