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In this blockbuster episode we discuss Gladys Berejiklian's creeping corruption, Virginia Trioli's Dr. Manhattan vibes and the death of the Dollarmite.
 
 

Black book club

• Former Finance Minister Matias Cormann is trying to get a job at the OECD.

Rules for thee, but not for me

• NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian had an affair with corrupt MP Daryl Maguire, facing no consequences.
• She gave $40,000 to Daryl Maguire’s electorate from her own discretionary fund.
• Berejiklian took a COVID test, but didn’t isolate for the 90 minutes she had to wait for the results.
• Evidence from reconstituted shredded documents shows that the NSW Liberals heavily pork-barrelled the last election.

Centrist brain

• Virginia Trioli doesn’t vote.
• Real Dr. Manhattan vibes.
• Yes, her husband’s name is actually Skelton, not Skeleton. But he know’s what he’s doing. Also their child is a boy, not a girl. Whatever. Who cares. ALL POINTS STILL STAND.

Dollarmites are dead

• Dollarmites are dead. (in Victoria at least)
• They used to be cute aliens, now they’re terrifying CG children.
• There’s little evidence that in-school banking programs actually help children learn to save.
• Banks hate regulations, and are lobbying hard to roll back “responsible lending” laws.
• Afterpay and similar non-bank credit services are becoming increasingly popular.
• They claim they are “not a payments system”.
• Afterpay line go up..
• The Committee on Financial Technology and Regulatory Technology will be releasing it’s recommendations on the matter next year.

Smol gas beans

• The Narrabri gas project has been approved!
• That’s nice, they seem like such good customers of the local coffee van.
• The NSW government is looking to fast-track new mine approvals, including 850 new gas wells.
• The Minerals Council is just a smol business.

Actions

• Check out the Hidden Cities podcast, on Victorian housing policy.
• And the Floodcast podcast on Labor party political assassination attempts.
• Shoot the Dollarmite in your brain and change your bank.