Why Can't They Just...

Janaline, Luke and Glenn discuss why the Australian government continues to approve extensions and expansions of export coal and gas projects. They look at whether stopping new projects would actually reduce global emissions, or potentially make it harder for Australian governments to persuade their trade partners to decarbonise. Is sovereign risk real or overblown? And what is the best strategy to reduce global emissions? Spoiler alert - decarbonising global heavy industry supply chains might help.
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Music: "Insurrection"
Written by Pierre Chrétien
Performed by the Soul Jazz Orchestra
Courtesy of Do Right Music Inc.

Janaline, Luke and Glenn ask why the Australian government is committing so much of your taxes to defence and whether they are getting value for money. This takes them into questioning what we are getting, from whom and why, and also whether working seamlessly with allies also means giving up sovereignty (spoiler alert - Janaline thinks not). We look at how warfare is changing and whether autonomous drones are an ethical substitute for nuclear powered submarines. And to nobody’s surprise, Janaline thinks we should invest more in diplomacy as a front-line component of our national security strategy.
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Music: "Insurrection"
Written by Pierre Chrétien
Performed by the Soul Jazz Orchestra
Courtesy of Do Right Music Inc.

Janaline, Luke and Glenn look at migration policy, what all the political parties are saying about it and whether the narrative actually matches reality. Are migrants essential for Australia’s economic prosperity or a drain on national resources? And how is it possible that there are too many migrants except in pretty much every economic sector? Should Australian citizenship be conditional on good behaviour, and if so, does that only apply to some people and not to others? Maybe it’s actually not about economic reality and more about culture wars and political expediency?
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Music: "Insurrection"
Written by Pierre Chrétien
Performed by the Soul Jazz Orchestra
Courtesy of Do Right Music Inc.

Janaline, Yassine, Luke and Glenn ask why countries bother with multilateralism and the United Nations, particularly when the big powers don’t seem to care and there is no enforcement of international law. The bottom line is that it is actually in countries’ interests to cooperate and international law doesn’t just constrain them but also their partners and international rivals. And the biggest losers from a big country’s withdrawal from multilateral processes are actually the people of that country…
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Music: "Insurrection"
Written by Pierre Chrétien
Performed by the Soul Jazz Orchestra
Courtesy of Do Right Music Inc.

Janaline, Yassine and Glenn ask why Australians lose more to gambling than any other nationality in the world and what can be done to stop gambling harm. Turns out a lot can be done, so they then ask why the Government isn’t doing it.
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Music: "Insurrection"
Written by Pierre Chrétien
Performed by the Soul Jazz Orchestra
Courtesy of Do Right Music Inc.