So this week Balls Radio is uncharacteristically positive, about everything. Listen in and have your spirits lifted.
This week’s running order:
- Joe Hockey gets happy
- Amanda Vanstone and the anti-rich rubbish
- The ACOSS Report on the poverty line
- Richard Kazimer – US Report
o Time zone worries
o Most Americans live in states with marriage equality
o California to ban plastic bags
o South Carolina gerrymandering
o Treason on Fox News
- The Onion – permanent unpaid maternity leave
- David Campbell – New Zealand
o Labour leadership
o NZ’s part in the IS war
o Latest NZ spying allegations
o Rolf’s latest accusations
- The Pope’s guide to happiness
- Richard Denniss, Australia Institute – terrorism or the environment – our disproportionate sense of risk
- Welfare fraud: Media coverage v reality
- What’s the Big Idea, with Brian Haverty
o Car key tracking app
o Secret ballots for all parliament votes
o Synthetic food that looks big
o Home liposuction to collagen kit