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The Pub Test

The Pub Test

Australian politics, minus the spin. Neil Pharaoh and Erin Watson put the week's biggest political stories through the pub test - does it make sense, is it fair, and what does it really mean? New episodes weekly.

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37 episodes

  1. Why One Nation Rejected Albanese’s Offer and What’s Happening in Ukraine 50:28
  2. Democracy in Decline 59:09
  3. Who Is Teaching Australian Boys What It Means to Be a Man? 45:03
  4. How Did an OpenAI Agent Break Into an Australian Government Website? 53:10
  5. Why Governments Are Addicted to Stamp Duty 49:38
  6. Albo's Trump Selfie, Labor Running Third in Victoria & Kazakhstan’s Growing Power 53:22
  7. Who Wins Victoria, the Broken GST Deal & Why We Forgot Myanmar 46:24
  8. Are We Over Diagnosing Kids, The Parenting Crisis & Moldova’s Fight for Democracy 50:08
  9. Australia's Parenting Problem & Why Ireland Looks So Rich 59:07
  10. Pakistan’s Growing Power, Australia’s Child Protection Crisis & Alice Springs 41:28
  11. Australia’s Lobbying Problem, Victoria’s New Premier & The One Nation Test 49:47
  12. Pauline Hanson’s Parental Leave Backflip, Childcare Battlelines & The American Royal Wedding 1:04:45
  13. Karl Stefanovic’s Podcast Problem, Are the Teals Uniting & Albania’s Revolution 1:01:47
  14. Leadership Spills, Lobbying Loopholes & Why Georgia Matters 46:42
  15. Why Are We Still Talking About the Budget? 43:53
  16. Student Debt, Work From Home & Argentina’s Economic Gamble 44:47
  17. One Nation Beats Labor, Parliament’s Passport Problem, & the Rise of the New Serfdom 57:45
  18. Australia's Water Crisis & Why America still Fears Cuba 51:07
  19. Antony Green on The Farrer Election & Australia’s New Political Divide 44:33
  20. Australia’s Childcare Trap & Why Nepal Matters 52:13
  21. Nepean By-Election's One Nation Surprise, NT Crisis & Why Japan Matters Right Now 51:08
  22. Gas Tax Debate & What Rwanda Gets Right 43:05
  23. Sydney or Bust and the Straits that Control Everything 54:24
  24. Government Failure & What New Zealand Gets Right 42:49
  25. The Lie of Fuel Security & Can NATO Fail? 56:27
  26. Victoria’s Free Public Transport, Tax Reform & Why Sri Lanka Suddenly Matters 51:33
  27. One Nation Rising, Petrol Prices Spike & Is Australia Facing a More Dangerous World? 50:22
  28. Canberra Said No, Howards Gun Laws & Why Britain Has No Way Out 49:33
  29. Victoria's Debt Problem, The Political Pension Debate and What Makes Greenland so Valuable? 50:50
  30. The ISIS Bride Problem, Trump's War in the Middle East and Albanese's Bad Week 1:02:05
  31. Prince Andrew Arrested, State Election Bloodbath & The Rise of India 1:07:59
  32. Liberal Spill, Four-Year Terms & A Female Dictator in North Korea? 1:07:07
  33. The $300k Housing Trap, WA's Mining Identity & Israel’s New African Ally 44:46
  34. The Rise of Pauline Hanson, the Australia Day Debate & Ukraine at War 1:00:43
  35. Victoria Fires & Floods, Parliament Recall, Iran Explained (ft. Kylie Moore-Gilbert) 1:17:34
  36. Bondi Royal Commission, NSW Election & The Venezuela Situation 53:43
  37. The Pub Test | Teaser 0:55