83 — Who grifts the Griftmen?

The NSW Government almost got scammed out of half a billion dollars, and who knows what McKinsey are up to? At least we have a strong opposition to keep things in check.

 

Please stop making us do this

• Origin Energy is writing down a bunch of their fossil fuel assets.
• Origin Energy is Australia’s most polluting corporation, and Angus Taylor has worked hard to make sure they stay that way.

NSW Mask watch

• The NSW Government almost paid $430 million to a scammer, for 50 million N95 masks that didn’t exist.
• He also scammed investors out of $1.2 million dollars in oil and gas deals.
• NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian has been involved with corrupt individuals for some time.
• She’s now dating her ICAC lawyer though, I’m sure he’ll keep her on the straight and narrow.

Grifting goes national

• The government has paid McKinsey $2.2 million for two months work, but won’t say what it was for.
• McKinsey was also paid $1.89 million for “strategic supply chain support services”.
• They were also paid $600,000 to tell the government to not do anything.
• Dave Chappelle’s friend didn’t know he couldn’t do that.
• Minister for Energy and Emissions Reduction Angus Taylor, and his brother Charlie, both previously worked for McKinsey. Check out Episode 20 for more fun facts.
• Only 25% of the JobKeeper fund was passed on from companies to their workers.
• McKinsey says Australian governments need to “Build trust with citizens”.

At least we have a strong opposition

• The Labor party has agreed to keep the Liberal’s massive tax cuts.
• They’ve also dumped their plan for cancer care & dental coverage.
• Murdoch rag the Australian gave the policy changes a small thumbs-up.
• Labor leader Anthony Albanese has taken some very serious profile pictures.
• The tweets are bad.

Shoutouts

• Workers at Better Read Than Dead have reached an agreement with management in historic industrial action.
• New Renters Union dropped in in Queensland! Join SEQUR, if you’re in the area.
• Citations Needed did a great episode on the Olympics and why they’re bad.
• Listen to Auspol Snackpod with Tom Tanuki on the lockdown protests.

Actions

• Chuck us a review on Apple Podcasts.
• Change your power provider, if you’re still buying power from a polluting company like Origin.