Memo to Tony Abbott: your government is seven weeks old, here’s why you’re on the wrong track and what you should do about it. Plus Crikey Canberra correspondent Bernard Keane and deputy editor Cathy Alexander talk about the Commission of Audit, debt — and how a successful PM needs to be ready to cope with surprises.
Crikey Calling is independent media for independent minds – in handy podcast form! Join the Crikey crew for a lively (if somewhat wonky) look behind the scenes of politics and power in Australia.
Learn about what’s really happening in Canberra and around the country as we chew on the biggest national affairs issues of the week, dissecting the politics, policy and players as only the Crikey newsroom can.
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Dear Bernard
hello? hello? are you there Bernard?..Bernard??
Hey Julie!!!I don’t think they can hear me. I can hear him and Cathy but they don’t seem to be able to hear me. hello?hello? come in Bernard, hello? Come in Cathy come in.
Julie: Kevin, press the other button on the right and it will track through..Simple!
Kevin: I have pressed every button that’s available but there does n’t seem to be a connection. What the hell is going on with these podcasts and why can’t they hear me? What’s the matter with them? Bernard!..are you there? click clack scratch! thump!Bernard!..will you please stop talking and listen for a moment? I want to talk about unemployment, mainly mine…hello? hello? is anyone there?
Julie:
Yours Sincerely
Kevin & Julie Harris
Dear Kevin and Julie,
Sadly this is a one-way podcast. You can hear us, but we can’t hear you. However, I very much welcome your suggestions for what I should ask Bernard. You can give me some pointers here in this comment thread.
Thanks, Cathy
The podcasts are excellent, Cathy.
It was nice to hear the smooth and soothing dulcitones from you and Bernard. You both would go well on radio, not that you would want to.
You did seem to catch Bernard with a couple of broadsides but he did n’t flinch and just kept marching on, as he does.
It would be really interesting to hear the two of you on a podcast related to a more controversial topic other than the staidness of political issues. You know, a topic that’s perhaps, a bit more “out there.”
Cheers
BERNARD @ CATHY: Rabbott and Co have been too busy knocking down anything Labor instigated-with resultant media coverage, and no time bringing in their own legislation.