News Fighters

As part of our daily show pilot week, host Jake Stone deconstructs the headlines of the week you may have missed, then The Chaser’s Chris Taylor talks us through all the political clips from the week including all the Gladys-related gaffes. This episode written by Jake Stone, Chris Taylor, Dave Bloustien and Stefan Pazur, and written, edited and produced by Dylan Behan. News Fighters aims to shove...

In the first episode of our daily episode pilot week, comedian Greta Lee Jackson guest hosts and we look at Canberra’s parliamentary Midwinter Ball (now in Spring!), NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian’s near-spill experience over legalising abortion and the rocky start for Pauline Hanson’s new family law inquiry. Follow Greta Lee Jackson on Facebook at facebook.com/gr etaleejackson and on twitter at t...

Fresh from abandoning the entire South Pacific over climate change, Scott Morrison decides to declare war on leftie activist group, GetUp! Why? Why not! We look at his claims about their subversive evil activities and why it actually would be better if they became a political party. Watch this episode on YouTube here:  https://youtu.be/-guxz2iB9x8     Hosted by Dylan Behan, News Fighters aims to s...

What a week! We round up all the news from the Hong Kong airport democracy protests inconveniencing Aussies to Alan Jones blaming the Sydney stabbing rampage on a lack of painted fruit (?!?!) We also look at the Australian press freedom inquiry and then discuss the state of satire in Australia with Greta Lee Jackson on the first anniversary of the axing of Tonightly with Tom Ballard. Enjoy! Hosted...

On the eve of Boris Johnson likely becoming British Prime Minister, we look back at the role Australia has played in his rise to power. From learning Aussie slang during his gap year in Geelong to learning race-based wedge politics off John Howard’s political advisor, could Boris Johnson wind up being the first ever Australian-style British Prime Minister? Watch this episode on Youtube here . Host...

Parliament is back and it’s tax cut time! We look at how the coalition masterfully guided its tax cut legislation through the parliament by letting Albo and Labor predictably just give up and support it. Also Jacqui Lambie is back, holding all the power and ready to rap! Watch this episode on Youtube here . Hosted by Dylan Behan, News Fighters aims to shove the entire 24/7 Australian news cycle ri...

The Australian Federal Police raids the ABC at the same time as the GDP data is released. What a coincidence! Also we catch up on the federal Labor leadership race and discover who is this Anthony Albanese anyway and what are his policies on snubbing the Spice Girls?   Watch this episode on Youtube:  https://youtu.be/TPx1HDFMvTg Check out our website at  http://www.newsfighters.com Follow us on tw...

Our Election Night Wrap Up episode: Wha happened!?! How Labor lost the unlosable election! ScoMo does a Nixon! Julie Bishop goes rogue! Chris Bowen takes stock! Penny Wong needs a drink! Kerry Anne Kennerly prepares for the apocalypse! And Clive Palmer takes credit! Hosted by Dylan Behan, News Fighters aims to shove the entire 24/7 Australian news cycle right into your ear-holes in less than ten m...

In the jam-packed very last episode of News Fighters before the election, we wrap up last weekend’s Liberal campaign launch in Melbourne which was also Josh Frydenberg’s leadership campaign launch. And just because ScoMo got a sweeping biography film at the Liberal launch does’t mean the Labor leader doesn’t deserve one, so we present “Bill Shorten: Human of the People” ( Watch here on Youtube )....

Scott Morrison loves saying random numbers so much he keeps doing it even after calling bingo! And Bill Shorten tries to tell a funny meme story at theNational Press Club final leaders debate. You can probably guess how that goes. Also the conspiracy theory of this election that the mainstream media refuses to talk about: Engadine McDonalds! Hosted by Dylan Behan, News Fighters aims to shove the e...

In this episode: all the flubs and clunky outdated video game metaphors from the second election leaders debate in Brisbane between Prime Minister Scott Morrison and Labor leader Bill Shorten. Also: Paul Keating crashes the Labor launch. Scott Morrison tries to kidnap a baby. And Bill Shorten’s “Joe The Plumber” moment. Hosted by Dylan Behan, News Fighters aims to shove the entire 24/7 Australian...

Former Liberal Prime Minister Tony Abbott and Former Olympian and independent candidate Zali Steggall go head to head to imitate each other and rewrite history in the Sky News Warringah debate. Also resignations and disendorsements rain down as candidates drop like flies, stepping down over stripper incidents, racist memes and of course, alien space lizard conspiracy theories. Hosted by Dylan Beha...

On Monday Channel Seven in Perth attempted to host the first leaders debate of the election campaign between Bill “John” Shorten and Scott “Digger” Morrison and the wacky sound effects guy couldn’t be stopped! Meanwhile the rest of Australia watched Lego Masters.     Hosted by Dylan Behan, News Fighters aims to shove the entire 24/7 Australian news cycle right into your ear-holes in less than ten...

We dissect Barnaby Joyce’s spirited and shouty interview with Patricia Karvelas on RN Drive about the water buy back scandal dubbed “Watergate” by idiots on twitter. Also Pauline Hanson talks gibberish on the campaign trail… again.   Hosted by Dylan Behan, News Fighters aims to shove the entire 24/7 Australian news cycle right into your ear-holes in less than ten minutes. Check out our website at ...

It's on! And they're off! While Winx enthrals Australia, Election 2019 will prove to be the race that bores the nation. We recap all the gaffes and blunders from the first week of the federal election campaign, including Scott Morrison's suitably apt Borat impersonation, Bill Shorten's weird catchphrases and Michael McCormack's odd wombat addiction. Hosted by Dylan Behan, News Fighters aims to sho...

We dissect Liberal treasurer Josh Frydenberg’s Seinfeldian first budget speech before the upcoming federal election. Are we really "back in black" or just getting a cash splash? Also the car parks that Australia had to have! Hosted by Dylan Behan, News Fighters aims to shove the entire 24/7 Australian news cycle right into your ear-holes in less than ten minutes a day. Check out our website at  ht...

We wrap up all the thrills, spills and National Party fish kills from the crazy night that was NSW State Election 2019. Including: Alan Jones' bizarre video shop remarks, Michael Daley’s lucky pie, Gladys Berejiklian’s sausage-fest, Antony Green's computer crashes and Barnaby Joyce's angry shouting match.  Hosted by Dylan Behan, News Fighters aims to shove the entire 24/7 Australian news cycle rig...

We look back at the 2019 NSW state election campaign, including Liberal leader Gladys Berejiklian’s shocking admission that she’s never tried drugs and Labor leader Michael Daley’s countless apologies. Also Kyle Sandilands and his listeners hit the candidates with some hard hitting questions! Hosted by Dylan Behan, News Fighters aims to shove the entire 24/7 Australian news cycle right into your e...

In an earnest and serious episode of News Fighters, we take good hard look at the Australian media’s addiction to giving airtime to right wing extremist viewpoints. Also Alan Jones blames the internet, Andrew Bolt announces he’s quitting racism and Fraser Anning versus Egg Boy. Hosted by Dylan Behan, News Fighters aims to shove the entire 24/7 Australian news cycle right into your ear-holes in les...

We break down Scott Morrison’s International Women's Day speech about the mining industry and also check in to see how One Nation’s Mark Latham and The Greens Julian Burnside celebrated women. Also: it’s the per-capita recession nobody wants to talk about! News Fighters is a comedic look at Australian news, media and political hypocrisy from TV comedy video editor Dylan Behan. Buy me a (fee free)...

Rats to the lifeboats! Weeks out from the federal election, Christopher Pyne & Steven Ciobo are the latest Coalition MPs to jump overboard, while Captain ScoMo stays with the ship. Also Alex Hawke thinks maybe female quotas could be a good thing, while almost every other Liberal seems to disagree.   Hosted by Dylan Behan, News Fighters aims to shove the entire 24/7 Australian news cycle right into...

On Hollywood's night of nights, get ready to watch rich white people on stage talk about something else they know nothing about: climate change. And ScoMo reacts to Newspoll! News Fighters is a comedic look at Australian news, media and political hypocrisy from TV comedy video editor Dylan Behan. Buy me a (fee free) coffee: https://ko-fi.com/newsfighters Watch episodes on Youtube: http://www.youtu...

On our 2nd episode we investigate why Julie Bishop has suddenly announced she's quitting parliament even though she thinks the coalition will win the federal election. And why is Sco-Mo obsessed with her shoes? And does the Liberal party have a "woman problem"? Maybe! They're all leaving! Hosted by Dylan Behan, News Fighters aims to shove the entire 24/7 Australian news cycle right into your ear-h...

On the first episode of News Fighters we look at how Australian Finance Minister Mathias Cormann almost scored a free family trip to Singapore. And who exactly is Mr Burns?   News Fighters is a comedic look at Australian news, media and political hypocrisy from TV comedy video editor Dylan Behan. Buy me a (fee free) coffee: https://ko-fi.com/newsfighters Watch episodes on Youtube: http://www....