The Last Place on Earth

Pro-Palestinian protests around the world are escalating, and Western Australia is no exception. From Columbia to Curtin University, students are pitching tents to demand their administrations cut ties with Israel. Meanwhile, hundreds continue to join picket lines at Fremantle Port in an attempt to disrupt Israeli shipping line ZIM. Are these tactics working? And when it comes to global issues lik...

The Last Place on Earth takes you undercover at a conference linked to a shadowy network of right-wing thinktanks. Find out what Basil Zempilas wants to ban, who Gina Rinehart looks up to, and which Labor MP Tony Seabrook recently treated to a lamb lunch and a tour of the paddocks. 'Australia: The Road Ahead' was held last week at the Esplanade Hotel in Fremantle and involved a number of organisat...

Ballardong Noongar campaigner Desmond Blurton joins The Last Place on Earth to talk about what he's been hearing over the course of this summer from loved ones in prison. Plus, Jesse and Gerard debrief the WWE Elimination Chamber and peruse the first two editions of 7West Media's The Nightly . Find Des Blurton on Instagram or TikTok . Bernard Keane in Crikey: 'A Nightly vote of no confidence in Se...

In this week's episode of The Last Place on Earth : Why is Albo scrawling vows on the arms of journalists? What's the best way to sneak truth-telling about Palestine onto the ABC? Why is 7West media doubling down on traditional media with a nightly newpaper? SHOW NOTES: ' Reckless ' by Angie McMahon ' The heavy price of keeping the west happy ', by Paul Kelly in The Australian ' Power without prof...