
state capture on ‘rules to reality’ podcast
In mid February I spoke to Simon Katterl on the underrated ‘Rules to Reality’ podcast.

In mid February I spoke to Simon Katterl on the underrated ‘Rules to Reality’ podcast.

That time me and Saffron Zomer from Australian Democracy Network were interviewed for a good half hour on state capture, with the quite legendary Phillip Adams on Late Night Live. Listen here and pass it on 🙂

We are increasingly aware our politics have been captured by lobbyists and industries, so what can we do about it?

‘The Activist’, they called it. Recruit half a dozen social justice campaigners and save the planet–type people and make them compete against each other in a reality TV format for US media conglomerate CBS.
A crisis has its own way of focusing our minds on what matters and what doesn’t. Thoughts on a pandemic.
And here we all are, pencils poised — at least those of us who didn’t already get it over with at prepoll — to pronounce judgement on six years of Abbott, Turnbull and Morrison.
The belief that Australians aren’t concerned with the political system betrays a deep disconnection.