"The Great Aussie Rort" with Punter's Politics
Uncomfortable Conversations with Josh Szeps
Josh Szeps
4.6 β’ 863 Ratings
ποΈ 20 February 2025
β±οΈ 76 minutes
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Summary
Varied are the ways in which political parties, media moguls and corporations screw you. One man who stands up to them all -- or who at least makes funny, informative, viral videos explaining their shenanigans -- is the phenomenon known as "Punters Politics". Millions of Aussies devour his Instagram and YouTube videos to learn how the system is ripping us off.
Why is there a revolving door between politicians and the industries they regulate? What does Norway do that we should, too? And what does it mean to “pass the pub test?”
From Rupert Murdoch to mining taxes, from government lobbyists to the beauty of the mullet, Konrad and Josh gleefully explore what, exactly, ails democracy... and how to fix it.
There’s a lot more terrific stuff over at the Substack page. Don’t miss it at https://uncomfortableconversations.substack.com/subscribe
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| 0:00.0 | Gahey, humans. |
| 0:03.0 | Welcome to the safe space for dangerous ideas. |
| 0:06.0 | Here's a dangerous idea for you. |
| 0:08.4 | The idea is that there are a small handful of things that governments could do, |
| 0:14.1 | which would dramatically improve the lives of their citizens, |
| 0:18.8 | which on both sides of politics, they declined to do because |
| 0:23.5 | political parties, along with corporations and media moguls, conspire to keep things rotten |
| 0:30.7 | because it's in their interest. If all that sounds a little bit conspiratorial, a little bit |
| 0:36.2 | dogey, a little bit Elon-y, a little bit dogey, a little bit Elony, a little bit QAnon, |
| 0:40.4 | rest assured, there is a handsome and thoughtful young gentleman who has been producing viral videos |
| 0:45.9 | about precisely this subject for years, with millions of views on YouTube and Instagram, |
| 0:52.0 | he goes by the moniker punters politics and reveals to Australians specifically the revolving |
| 0:59.2 | door between their elected officials and lobbying positions and cushy jobs in the |
| 1:05.2 | industries that they are supposed to regulate, the negligence of governments in collecting |
| 1:10.5 | adequate revenue from the vast mining |
| 1:13.0 | and natural resources and gas profits that this country spins off, and the kind of cozy |
| 1:18.6 | alliance between big media, big corporations and big politics that immiserates regular people |
| 1:25.8 | and could easily be reformed if only we had the will and the know-how to do so. |
| 1:31.4 | Australia is going to face a national federal election in the next few months, |
| 1:35.7 | and I thought we would kick off the beginning of our election programming |
| 1:39.4 | with a fun, whimsical, freewheeling chat with the one, the only, the ever charming, |
| 1:45.7 | Hunter's politics. |
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