The Bush Telegraph: Dire straits in the status quo

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🗓️ 5 June 2025

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Inclusion, exclusion, cervical wands, disallowed ads, sunk rescue deals, and three whole women: Jen and Mick cover the lot in this week’s look at the news. Sexism of the Week uncovers a not so brave new world in how young men view women, and in JOTB there’s a pride of Lionesses, and some excellent cycle team names. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Bush Telegraph.
0:02.2	Welcome to the Bush Telegraph.
0:04.4	I'm Mickey Noonan, excitedly awaiting my acceptance into the echelons of power.
0:10.2	I'm joined by Jen Osset.
0:11.8	Jen, hello.
0:13.2	Hi, hello. This is interesting, this talk of power.
0:16.2	Are you in the echelons of power yet?
0:18.3	I don't think so.
0:19.2	You tell me.
0:21.2	Well, Jen, I don't know if you remember that just over a year ago,
0:25.3	long-standing gents-only establishment, the Garrett Club,
0:28.7	announced it would be accepting applications for women
0:31.5	a mere 193 years after the club was founded.
0:36.0	I do remember this because it was quite the thing at the time, yes.
0:40.4	Yeah, it was quite a thing.
0:42.0	How exciting, how progressive.
0:44.6	Do you want to hazard a guess?
0:46.6	How many women have been accepted to the Garrett Club
0:49.4	since it technically opened its doors to us?
0:52.8	I feel like this is a trick, Mickey, and I'm walking into a trap.
0:56.5	Is it 100?
0:58.3	It's three, three whole women, Jen.
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