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#SmashingAvocado<\/a> is a millennial column by @CharliCaruso<\/a>‘s for #ausvotes<\/a> 2019. \n\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Rod Bower’s journey from church signs to Senate candidate: @CharliCaruso #AusVotes #podcast<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\t\n\t
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NSW Senate candidate for Independents for Climate Action Now (ICAN), Rod Bower (@FrBower) is a husband, father, grandfather, author of Outspoken and \u2014 until recently \u2014 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 […]<\/p>\n

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Margo Kingston wants to clean up democracy: @CharliCaruso #AusVotes #podcast<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\t\n\t
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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.<\/p>\n

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We’re at war, Assange is on the front line: @CharliCaruso #AusVotes #podcast<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\t\n\t
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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 […]<\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tPosted in<\/span> #auspol<\/a>, #ausvotes<\/a>, #Columns<\/a>, #freespeech<\/a>, #SmashingAvocado<\/a>, AABill<\/a>, ABC<\/a>, Charlie Caruso<\/a>, Corruption<\/a>, Democracy<\/a>, election2019<\/a>, Freedom of Speech<\/a>, Freedom of the Press<\/a>, human rights<\/a>, ICAC<\/a>, Journalism<\/a>, Media Reform<\/a>, Podcast<\/a>, Youth Vote<\/a>\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t|<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\tComments Off on We’re at war, Assange is on the front line: @CharliCaruso #AusVotes #podcast<\/span><\/span>\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n
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Political donation loopholes: @CharliCaruso #AusVotes #podcast<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\t\n\t
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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<\/p>\n

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Adam Blakester taking on Barnaby Joyce: @CharliCaruso #NewEnglandVotes #podcast<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\t\n\t
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@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 <\/p>\n

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Agendas behind the AABill: @CharliCaruso #AusVotes #podcast<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\t\n\t
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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 Daith\u00ed \u00d3 Glias\u00e1in, and Felicity Ruby. More commonly referred to as the AABill, the Assistance and Access Bill (2018) was […]<\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tPosted in<\/span> #auspol<\/a>, #ausvotes<\/a>, #Columns<\/a>, #SmashingAvocado<\/a>, AABill<\/a>, Charlie Caruso<\/a>, election2019<\/a>, Federal Election<\/a>, Front Page<\/a>, Podcast<\/a>\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t|<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\tComments Off on Agendas behind the AABill: @CharliCaruso #AusVotes #podcast<\/span><\/span>\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n
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Pre-election AABill explainer: @CharliCaruso #AusVotes #podcast<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\t\n\t
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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); Daith\u00ed \u00d3 Glias\u00e1in (@okdaithi) who […]<\/p>\n

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Gen Y could change the #ausvotes game this May: @CharliCaruso #SmashingAvocado comments<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\t\n\t
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A few months out from the 2019 Australian federal election the flurry of graphs, predictions and opinion pieces about \u201csafe seats\u201d and \u201cseats in danger\u201d have begun to fill my Twitter feed. These predictions \u2014 numbers that often dictate target electorates for a procession of campaign buses \u2014 is largely based on the data of […]<\/p>\n

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The @NoFibs #IndependentsDay Twitter mission at #ausvotes: @margokingston1 comments<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\t\n\t
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The way I see it, every safe Coalition seat must be in play in the sense that quality indies ask tough questions incumbents are forced to answer. That requires courageous indies & committed, creative citizens because a weakened local media can\u2019t do it. Ready to play? #ausvotes \u2014 Margo Kingston (@margokingston1) February 22, 2019 Hi. […]<\/p>\n

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