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Live from the Comedy Republic in Melbourne, it’s our 200th episode! It’s Emerald’s last weekly show! First, Albo is secretly a Joy Division t-shirt nazi!? Then some good news as Victoria signed a treaty with its First Peoples, and some bad news as Queensland banned puberty blockers for adolescents. Will some Zohran Mamdami and Zack Polanski save the movement? Next, Wil Anderson joins for a chat about the future and some audience Q & A’s. Thank you everyone, and 200 more!

Bonus live segment with Wil analysing political ads coming to Patreon next week!

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Just released on Patreon - “The Information Rights Project - Freedom For The Press event”

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See Tom live on tour in Melbourne Fringe, Geelong and Brisbane -

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In this bonus episode for Patreon subscribers, Tom moderates the ‘Freedom For The Press’ event live at The Wheeler Centre in Melbourne on Tuesday 15th October 2025.

“Censorship and secrecy threaten democracy. A discussion on press freedom and the public’s right to know.”

The panel features:

• Andrew Wilkie MP – Independent Federal MP & defender of whistleblowers
• Greg Barns SC – Barrister & human rights advocate
• Melissa Fyfe – Award-winning senior writer, Good Weekend

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Links -

The Information Rights Project
https://informationrights.org/

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Mr. Albanese Goes To Washington and sells our resources for cheap to dictator while media takes Rudd bait. Emerald and Tom look at the announcement that the government's overhaul of Australia's environment laws won’t include a climate trigger. (9:09) But would a trigger have even stopped them from approving every possible mine? Then, duelling of the thinkpieces as Emma Dawson and Max Chandler-Mather both put out articles about the First Home Guarantee scheme. (40:07) So it’s just a big scam to help the banks? Finally, a call to action (1:06:29).

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Just released on Patreon - “Student Politics 101 ft. Dru Sims, UQ Greens President”

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Emma Dawson in the Australian Financial Review: Greens are misrepresenting the facts about Labor’s First Home Guarantee https://www.afr.com/politics/federal/greens-are-misrepresenting-the-facts-about-labor-s-first-home-guarantee-20251008-p5n142

Max Chandler-Mather in Deep Cut News: Labor’s 5% deposit scheme will only make the banks richer – and that’s the point

https://www.deepcutnews.com/p/labors-5-deposit-scheme-will-only-204

See Tom live on tour in Melbourne Fringe, Geelong and Brisbane -

https://comedy.com.au/tour/tom-ballard/

Produced by Michael Griffin

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