Episode 155: Optus outage chaos, new RBA is just like the old RBA and good news from America

Van Badham and Ben Davison dish the latest on the Optus outage
chaos that has swept across Australia - and argue why key
national infrastructure should be in public hands. They discuss
why another interest rate rise is yet another painful example of
an economy outgrowing the neoliberal zealots who insist on
running it, and they take a tour into the history of abusive
welfare policy. The good news is from America - with key
victories for Democrats (and the rights of women) in Ohio,
Virginia and Kentucky elections. The dog makes a number of noises
that we hope you politely ignore and the whole unscripted,
unedited and DELIGHTFULLY ORGANIC conversation is recorded
through an improvised tether on Van's (Telstra) mobile
phone...