Labor loses one election in South Australia, wins another in Batman, and faces a scare campaign about 'going after pensioners' on their dividend tax policy. Meanwhile, academic/internet personality/memelord Jordan Peterson visits our great nati
Can the Nick Xenophon Team survive as a party without its leader in federal politics? Does Bill Shorten's career have much of a future? NPJ and Tim take on the above issues on this week's Continuity and Change.
With the postal vote having been approved by the High Court, and a new Fair Work bill having passed parliament affecting franchise underpayments, your original correspondents (and good audio quality) are back in the one place to discuss those d
This episode was recorded while our usual audio equipment was out of commission. We recorded one anyway to see how it would go and were pretty disappointed with the result. We'll have our regular gear back next episode. We've decided to upload
With Nick in India, Tom fills in and tells us the wisdom Tony Abbott gave a Labor boy, how to get hired by ASIO and his feelings on the success of Corbyn in the UK. We also consider the 20th anniversary of the handover of Hong Kong from UK to C
This week, Kai, Nick and a guest analyse the talking points of the 2017 budget, go into the history of China and Korea and elucidate the implications of James Comey's resignation.
Does One Nation have a vetting issue, or do they naturally only attract freaks? Was it right for Obama to take a $400,000 speaking fee? What direction will Korean and French elections take us in world politics? These questions and more answere
Despite constant criticism/praise that Turnbull is supposedly "moving the liberals to the Left" the Coalition has gone and scrapped 457 visas and toughened up the citizenship test! The Continuity and Change team have a yak about that, housing a
Trump has taken the unexpected step of an air strike in Syria and the Continuity and Change team discuss this, as well as the idea vs the reality of Malcolm Turnbull, NSW by-elections, and the other matters of the week.
We continue to reach new heights and unforeseen surprises as our self-identified far-right recurring guest, Daniel returns and compares Nelson Mandela to Pauline Hanson. On this episode, we talk about the closing of Hazelwood, the failed attemp
Kai and Tim share their hot takes on the WA election, the failure of the Obamacare repeal, proposed amendments to 18C, the Westminster Attack, the visit of Li Keqiang, and whether penalty rates cuts have a relationship to lost tax revenue!
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Our returning Trump-supporting guest Daniel returns to share his insights into the populist movement that your humble regular hosts despise. The key stories of the week we examine are the Penalty Rates decision along with Victorian state issues
Nothing will ever be the same since Trump unleashed his first solo press conference in the world. Satire is dead. You are now living in the hyper-real. But one thing remains - Continuity and Change is here, and we follow up the latest in Austra
According to the Sydney Morning Herald and the ANU, this is the cross-section of the population that Continuity and Change represents. With Bernardi having left to create the Australian Conservatives, Turnbull attempting to channel shades of Pa
The boys reflect on the tragedy of poor Malc having paid $1.75million to become Prime Minister only to be called Trumble, the French election, the local justice system Bakers Delight, and whether One Nation has alienated single mothers.
On this episode, the hosts debate: Can you be economically right-wing and socially progressive? Does putting the Liberals first and the Greens second make any sense? We also explore the continuing news fodder of One Nation, with MPs defecting
Our guest this week, Daniel, identifies with the Alt Right - he's happy to go on record as a Trump supporter. The regular Continuity and Change team question him on his view that Australia has a left-wing media bias, and we also go into detail
We take on such uncontroversial issues as Trump and Hanson teaming up to free Taiwan, lobbying for overweight citizens, Australia becoming a republic, and Barrie Cassidy stealing our content for ABC Insiders on this episode.
We take on the backpacker tax, Tanya Plibersek's comments on private schools, Trump freeing Taiwan, and the Liberal party's war with Simpsons memes. This episode with special guest Toby filling in for Kai.
Along with discussing the death of Castro, Nick's dating preferences and the supposed clash of identity v class politics, we return to a focus on Australian domestic shores discussing ABCC, One Nation, domestic violence leave, and the racist co
We're back from our hiatus with a podcast reflecting on the recent election of Donald J. Trump and how it happened, with a quick catch-up on Australian and international politics as well.