Unf*cking Down Under: And the Long Arm of the Chicago School.
Unf*cking The Republic
UNFTR Media
4.9 • 683 Ratings
🗓️ 2 April 2022
⏱️ 65 minutes
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Summary
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
UNFTR Episode Resources
Libertarians Are Exhausting Part 1.
Libertarians Are Exhausting Part 2.
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| 0:00.0 | Warning. The content you're about to consume was put together by a Bruce who's never set foot in Australia. |
| 0:08.1 | Fuck me dead if he gets something's right. And good on you if you do. It's heaps of bloody work to |
| 0:14.4 | understand how things go around here. Oh, and down under, the word Tucker means food, so don't confuse it with that wanker from |
| 0:23.3 | the idiot box in the States. Now, piss off. Unfucking the Republic is brought to you by insane |
| 0:30.3 | level members, Assocay, Nick G slash Cassie LMM and the Worry Clan, Nathan Seirst, Nathan |
| 0:36.6 | Second, Awesome A, Gen S, Rinef, and |
| 0:40.2 | asshole. |
| 0:42.0 | This is the story of a political pundit who looked at the world around him and just said, |
| 0:48.8 | fuck it. |
| 0:49.4 | Gives the middle finger to authority and says, my ass But instead of a revolution |
| 0:54.9 | He started a podcast |
| 0:56.5 | Just what the world needs |
| 0:59.2 | He started a podcast |
| 1:00.6 | Another basic white guy |
| 1:02.5 | Who started a podcast |
| 1:04.4 | But it's fun because he curses |
| 1:06.5 | All through the podcast |
| 1:08.3 | On the fucking the republic |
| 1:10.2 | With his motherfucking podcast. |
| 1:15.5 | Well, we're finally here on fuckers, taking the show on the road again, just like we did with our Canada episode. |
| 1:21.3 | Only today, we're heading to the bottom of the globe to unpack the mysteries of down-under politics and pay homage to our beloved down under |
| 1:28.7 | fuckers. And as it was with our Canadian episode, I want to state up front that no one show can |
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