The Great Environmental Backflip and the Joy Division

(00:00:00) The Great Environmental Backflip and the Joy Division
(00:01:09) Green Light, Red Flags: Labor’s Environmental Backdown
(00:16:40) Nuclear Déjà Vu: The Coalition’s Broken Record
(00:29:26) Between Beijing and Washington: Albanese at ASEAN
(00:41:10) Culture Wars on Vinyl: The Joy Division Distraction

We examine one of the biggest environmental retreats in years as the Albanese government prepares to hand decision-making powers on coal, gas and water projects back to the states, gutting environmental protection and empowering the fossil-fuel lobby. It’s supposedly about “cutting red tape,” but critics say it’s a green light for mining giants and a betrayal of Labor’s climate promises. We also assess the new “national interest” override, the anger from NT Aboriginal land councils, and the government’s growing resemblance to the Morrison era. Meanwhile, the Coalition revives its nuclear energy obsession as Senator Jane Hume pushes to lift Australia’s nuclear ban, reigniting divisions between Barnaby Joyce and the moderates. Plus, Anthony Albanese’s balancing act at the ASEAN summit – caught between China and the US – and Sussan Ley’s bizarre attack on the Prime Minister for wearing a Joy Division T-shirt. Sharp analysis, politics without spin, and all the week’s contradictions in Australian politics.

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Song listing: 

1. ‘Bonnie And Clyde’, Serge Gainsbourg (French Accent remix).
2. ‘Satellite Anthem Icarus, Boards of Canada.
3. ‘Love Will Tear Us Apart’, Joy Division.
4. ‘Sign O’ The Times’, Prince, remix by Michael Saxom.