NSW Senate candidate for Independents for Climate Action Now (ICAN), Rod Bower (@FrBower) is a husband, father, grandfather, author of Outspoken and — until recently — an Anglican priest in Gosford, at a church where he made his signs so famous. Charlie Caruso spoke with Rod about his decision to run for the NSW Senate […]
Rod Bower’s journey from church signs to Senate candidate: @CharliCaruso #AusVotes #podcast
May 7, 2019
Preferential voting explained: @margokingston1 and @CharliCaruso #AusVotes #podcast
May 5, 2019
In 15 days, Australians will head to their local polling station and vote in the 46th federal Parliament of Australia. Preferential voting is fairly rare globally and it reflects the number and diversity of smaller parties that participate in our elections, yet few Australian voters truly understand how the system works. In today’s podcast, Charlie […]
Jill Horton calls for ‘lean, mean’ politics to end: @CharliCaruso #TangneyVotes #podcast
April 27, 2019
Dr Jill Horton is one of the few Independents running in the federal election for Western Australia. Charlie Caruso interviews Horton who is running for the seat of Tangney for the No Fibs podcast
Margo Kingston wants to clean up democracy: @CharliCaruso #AusVotes #podcast
April 26, 2019
Charlie Caruso turns the tables on Margo Kingston and explores how No Fibs started, the power and role Twitter plays in the modern Australian political landscape and the role citizen journalists have played in the elevation of profiles and the conversations around climate change.
We’re at war, Assange is on the front line: @CharliCaruso #AusVotes #podcast
April 12, 2019
This podcast has no interviews, it just comes straight from the heart. A heart that is a little bruised and battered from what feels like a persistent and blatant attack on our freedom and our rights. Fellow Australian Julian Assange was arrested yesterday by British officers and now faces a very real threat of extradition […]
Political donation loopholes: @CharliCaruso #AusVotes #podcast
April 2, 2019
How are political parties using loopholes to hide political donations? How are political donations influencing policy outcomes in Australia? Would 100% publicly funded political campaigns even be viable? Charlie Caruso chats with Kate Griffiths of the Grattan Institute and together explore some inconvenient truth about political donations in Australia
Adam Blakester taking on Barnaby Joyce: @CharliCaruso #NewEnglandVotes #podcast
March 27, 2019
@CharliCaruso interviews New England Independent Candidate @adamblakester and touched on the major issues and concerns facing Barnaby Joyce’s electorate, and the greater state of political dysfunction in Australia
Agendas behind the AABill: @CharliCaruso #AusVotes #podcast
March 21, 2019
Welcome to the second episode of the No Fibs Podcast series, following the previously condensed version of this podcast. It includes long-form, un-cut interviews with WA Greens Senator Jordon Steele-John, director of the Flux Party Daithí Ó Gliasáin, and Felicity Ruby. More commonly referred to as the AABill, the Assistance and Access Bill (2018) was […]
Pre-election AABill explainer: @CharliCaruso #AusVotes #podcast
March 21, 2019
I am honoured to produce the very first No Fibs podcast, in which I’ve focused on a summary explainer of the Assistance and Access Bill (2018). This first episode is a cut-down version that condenses three interviews I conducted over the past week with WA Greens Senator Jordon Steele-John (@Jordonsteele); Daithí Ó Gliasáin (@okdaithi) who […]
Gen Y could change the #ausvotes game this May: @CharliCaruso #SmashingAvocado comments
March 9, 2019
A few months out from the 2019 Australian federal election the flurry of graphs, predictions and opinion pieces about “safe seats” and “seats in danger” have begun to fill my Twitter feed. These predictions — numbers that often dictate target electorates for a procession of campaign buses — is largely based on the data of […]
