News Fighters

This week to mark the summer holidays I'm replaying a bunch of segments following Scott Morrison's disastrous world trips, including: ScoMo meets Trump in Washington (hosted by Mark Humphries from Ep25, Sept 21 2019) ScoMo goes to the G7 Cornwall and meets the Queen (Ep 71, June 18 2021) ScoMo versus the World at the G20 and COP26 in Glasgow (Ep88, November 5 2021) Enjoy! News Fighters is a comedi...

In summing up 2021 we decided to look back on the cavalcade of disasters inflicted upon Australia this past year. From floods and an earthquake to the Delta outbreak, the subsequent lockdown, botched vaccine rollout and the return of Barnaby Joyce; this whole year has felt like an endless bad disaster movie. So we look back and laugh (mostly) and look ahead to what Australia’s hot Omicron summer m...

This week on the news Germany finally has a new chancellor, Olaf Scholz, I replay my interview from the week of the German election in September with Joel Dullroy from Deutsche Welle and the podcast Radio Spättkauf. Enjoy! Watch this interview on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WsgSVYtCz9Q Follow Joel on twitter at https://twitter.com/joeldullroy Find Radio Spätkauf at https://www.radiosp...

This week The Omicron variant arrives in Australia and we rehash the same covid jokes from the last two years Greg Hunt and Christian Porter step down while Education Minister Alan Tudge learns to stand aside Scott Morrison promises to unmask online trolls We try to interview Barack Obama And our guest is Canadian musical treasure B.A. Johnston. We talk songwriting, touring, Covid driveway shows a...

This week a very special episode as TV comedy writer (Win The Week, Question Everything, Tonightly) and our regular news correspondent Bec Melrose stops by to recap the annual global apocalypse that was 2021 in all it’s hilarious glory, from the Delta outbreak to the twerking outrage, from the Suez canal blockage to ScoMo’s overseas failures. Follow Bec on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/be...

This week we look at the early phony pre-election campaign which has seen Scott Morrison embrace anti-vaxxers, robots, coal and a carbon tax by another name. Meanwhile Anthony Albanese accuses Morrison of lying which he denies believing. This week the interview guests are Jackson Baly and Joel L. Zammit from Sanspants Radio, the hosts and brains behind such huge pop culture podcasts as Plumbing Th...

This week we do a deep dive into Scott Morrison’s disastrous latest world trip to the G20 and COP26 UN climate conference where he: disappointed the entire world with Australia’s backwards climate policies lost the trust of one of our most longstanding allies France was thrown under the bus by Joe Biden unnecessarily irritated our biggest trading partner China And annoyed our future head of state,...

As Scott Morrison jets off to the Glasgow COP26 Climate Change Conference, this week we take an in-depth look at his new Net Zero by 2050 plan announced this week and why it’s basically a sham. Also why does Barnaby Joyce love methane so much? And to celebrate Halloween we’re excited to announce our regular contributor Stefan Pazur has a spooky new spin-off podcast coming soon! Boo! Watch this epi...

This week we look at Melbourne and Sydney’s freedom days as their (hopefully) final lockdowns end. And we ask is the worst of the Covid 19 pandemic finally over in Australia? Also our interview guest is comedian Alice Fraser, host of the weekly news comedy podcast The Gargle. Check out The Gargle here: ​​https://www.thebuglepodcast.com/the-gargle Check out Alice Fraser’s website at http://www.alic...

This week: In a special unscripted episode, I look at an epic week in New South Wales politics with the resignations of Premier Gladys Berejiklian, Transport Minister Andrew Constance and Deputy Premier John Barilaro, as well as the scandal-ridden rise of our new anti-lockdown Premier Dominic Perrottet, coming to power the week before lockdown ends. God help us. News Fighters is a comedic look at...

This week: a massive deep dive into why Gladys Berejiklian’s roadmap to get NSW out of Covid is actually at odds with what the rest of the well-vaccinated free world is doing in terms of vaccine passports. Also we talk German election results and Berliners voting out their landlords with Joel Dullroy from Deutsche Welle and the podcast Radio Spättkauf. Follow Joel on twitter at https://twitter.com...

This week: Melbourne hit by overhyped Earthquake! Mr ScoMo goes to Washington (again) Which means Barnaby is in charge (god help us) Canadian Election Roundup: How Trudeau won with vaccine mandates and cheap childcare And News correspondent Bec Melrose talks shrinking Dutchmen and crappy vaccine incentives Follow Bec Melrose on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/becmelrose/ News Fighters is a co...

This week: The USA, UK and Australia team up to buy big expensive submarines go brrrrr. Adam Bandt goes nuclear on nuclear! Gladys Berejiklian tries cancelling and then uncancelling her 11am news conference. Labor tries parachuting Kristina Keneally into Western Sydney. Christian Porter’s mysterious money mystery! Also guest Craig Reucassel stops by to talk about the new documentary he’s directed...

This week: Greg Hunt skips a Pfizer meeting ScoMo 747 takes off (again!) Who’s that Guy? Victoria’s new Opposition Leader! NSW’s Freedom day is coming, but with extra crowded hospitals! And our guest is the Deputy Lord Mayor of Sydney, Jess Scully! She’s here to talk about how Sydney will recover from the lockdown and the upcoming NSW local council elections on December 4. Follow Jess on instagram...

This week we revisit almost all our segments covering the current Delta outbreak in Australia, from the first signs of it in June all the way up to mid-August. Taken from Episodes #72 (June 24), #73 (July 1), #74 (July 9), #77 (August 6), #78 (August 13) and #79 (August 19). All these segments are on our Youtube Channel here: http://www.youtube.com/newsfighters Or for a more concise overview pleas...

I listened to all 20 episodes of former Liberal Minister Christopher Pyne’s post-politics vanity podcast project PYNE TIME so you don’t have to. Enjoy the inanity! Also my guest is ABC 730’s chief satirist Mark Humphries here to talk about his new book with Evan Williams, On Politics and Stuff . Follow Mark Humphries on instgram here: https://www.instagram.com/humphriesmark/ Buy “On Politics and S...

This week: Some never-ending wars in failed states The Taliban takes over Afghanistan NSW gives up on Covid zero Gladys gives up on everything Jungle Cruise looks like a bad movie News Fighters is a comedic look at the week in Australian news, media and political hypocrisy, hosted by ex-Tonightly and Chaser editor Dylan Behan. Support us and get monthly bonus episodes: http://www.patreon.com/newsf...

This week: Delta hits Canberra (and Tamworth and Dubbo and everywhere else) NSW abandons Covid zero as Emperor Gladys says we have to vaccinate our way out. Things can only get worser! We’re all doomed! Also from The Chaser Report podcast Dominic Knight stops by to talk daily news comedy! News Fighters is a comedic look at the week in Australian news, media and political hypocrisy, hosted by ex-To...

This week: Melbourne enters Lockdown Number 6 Labor offers $300 a jab NSW’s Delta Farce Continues with schools closed until who knows when. Stefan Pazur updates us on the Tokyo Sporting Event News Fighters is a comedic look at the week in Australian news, media and political hypocrisy, hosted by ex-Tonightly and Chaser editor Dylan Behan. Support us and get monthly bonus episodes: http://www.patre...

With Sydney currently facing its longest ever lockdown and highest ever Covid case numbers thanks to the current Delta outbreak, we take a comprehensive look at every single stuff up, mixed message and confusing backflip the Gladys Berejiklian and the New South Wales government has done to get us here. Watch this episode on Youtube: https://youtu.be/6e9Gvq9hqA4 News Fighters is a comedic look at t...

It's our 75th episode and this week we look overseas to Russia and take a look a bizarre and bombastic annual TV event: Vladimir Putin’s marathon annual call in show, Direct Line (Прямая линия с Владимиром Путиным). This year it offers some interesting insights into the state of Russia as Putin feigns interest in the everyday struggles of his subjects for a massive four hours while dodging respons...

This week we revisit our deep dive episode from April on Australia's botched vaccine rollout, updated with some new clips and info that has since come to light. Were we at the front or the back of the queue? How many eggs did we order and why were they all in one basket? Why did Scott Morrison tell us he was going to get AstraZeneca and then he got Pfizer? Watch this segment on Youtube here: https...

As Sydney’s outbreak of the Covid Delta strain keeps getting worse, we’re stuck in a Vaccine Hunger War Games (except if you were one of the lucky private school kids who ‘accidentally’ got vaccinated). There’s so many repeats of the stuff ups of 2020 it feels like we’re listening to the same songs over and over again! Also Comedian Bec Melrose stops by with some funny updates on some dark new sto...

As most of Australia goes back into the lockdown for the first time since the pandemic started, we blame Scott Morrison while Scott Morrison blames the virus. And our botched vaccine rollout gets re-botched as AstraZeneca becomes allowed for younger people (kind of) while Queensland says ‘Yuck, No Thanks! Also some good news! Happy News Correspondent Stefan Pazur stops by with some happy good news...

This week: Sydney catches Covid, NSW State Parliament hosts a super spreading event, Gladys goes casual and Barnaby is back! Also Greg Jericho, economics writer for The Guardian Australia, talks housing affordability and how good Australia’s economic recovery has really been. Follow Greg on Twitter at  http://twitter.com/GrogsGamut and read his Guardian columns at http://www.theguardian.com/p...