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As Australia hurtles toward election day, dark money is flooding the field. In this week’s Scam of the Week, we unpack the Coalition’s uncosted policies, the $4.3 trillion nuclear fantasy, and the flip-flopping chaos that defines this campaign.

We expose how fossil fuel giants and foreign interests are bankrolling astroturfing groups like Better Australia, and reveal how both major parties are teaming up to crush independents and Greens. Meanwhile, multinationals like Inpex ship our gas overseas tax-free, while Australians pay sky-high prices at home.

From foreign interference to billion-dollar scams hidden in plain sight, this election is anything but clear. Watch as we follow the money

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Ever stared at a ballot paper and thought, how the hell does this work?
You’re not alone.

In this episode of The West Report Live, we’re joined by David Cox from Auspol Explained to break down how Australia’s preferential voting system really works, why how-to-vote cards aren’t as powerful as you think, and how a candidate with fewer first votes can still win an election.

We also dive into some real-world examples including Clive Palmer’s bizarre 2013 win and what it means for your vote in 2025.

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Peter Dutton’s Nuclear Policy just vaporised like the steam off a reactor. Coalition says it will cost $331B, Labor reckons $600B, top energy analyst Tim Buckley estimates at least $4.3 TRILLION! What’s the scam?

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The Russians are coming! Or are they? This week on Scam of the Week we check out the LibLab housing duel, John Howard, the AMP shareholder question of the year, executive remuneration and the love and caring of the Election campaign. #auspol #AMP #RioTinto #Westpac #Seven #ANZ

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🧨 Corporate spin
🏠 Housing policy theatre
💸 $7 million bonuses
☠️ And, of course, dead customers still being charged

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The housing crisis isn’t a bug, it’s a feature.

Australia’s housing market has been hijacked — turned into a slow-motion wealth transfer that punishes renters and first home buyers while rewarding investors, landlords, and the politicians who protect them. In this West Report, Josh breaks down how decades of tax policy, political cowardice, and media spin turned homes into tax shelters, not shelter.

We look at the real causes of the crisis — negative gearing, capital gains discounts, supply failure, and land hoarding — and ask why neither major party will touch them. Spoiler: they’re all in on it.

From “housing Hunger Games” to face-eating leopards running the economy, this isn’t just unaffordable — it’s unsustainable.

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Chapters
00:00 – The Australian Dream (Is Dead)
02:00 – How the System Was Rigged
05:00 – Investors Win, Everyone Else Loses
08:00 – The Political Class Owns the Crisis
12:00 – Immigration Scapegoats
17:00 – A Generation Locked Out
21:00 – What Needs to Change

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No wonder the majors are so mean to the Greens, they have policies! Plus Scots baronial castle, media hijinks, leaders debates, Mars and much more #auspol

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00:00: Introduction — What is The Green Scare?

00:17: Greens policy: Taxing billionaires, ending negative gearing, and stopping the next war

01:45: Media reaction: Why sensible policy gets framed as dangerous

02:58: The leaders’ debate: “You lied” — a snooze-fest with no substance

04:10: Scots College’s baronial castle: A library? Or a taxpayer-funded monument to privilege?

06:00: Foreign policy, AUKUS, and the bipartisan love letter to the US military-industrial complex

07:20: Gaza, war crimes, and the Greens’ alignment with international law

08:35: Donald Trump’s market manipulation and the billionaire Mars fantasy

10:15: Legal bullying and social media gag orders — free speech for the rich only

11:22: The Northern Beaches Hospital backflip — a rare public win?

12:30: Legal Case update
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Donald Trump’s latest – a 104% tariff on China – raises the stakes. But China has the nuclear option, the US debt. But who advised him? #auspol #bonds #tariffs

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Donald Trump’s latest – a 104% tariff on China – raises the stakes. But China has the nuclear option, the US debt. But who advised him? #auspol #bonds #tariffs

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This week on Scam of the Week:

Trump declares Liberation Day with a fresh round of tariffs that somehow hit… the penguins of Antarctica. Gold surges, markets tumble, and Donald even slaps tariffs on uninhabited volcanoes.

Meanwhile, Sky News uncovers a terrifying new threat: a Chinese spy ship… that turns out to be a bunch of marine scientists studying climate change. But hey, why let facts get in the way of a good scare campaign?

And back home, the Coalition is now demanding we buy back the Port of Darwin—the very port they sold to a Chinese company in 2015. Yes, the same deal that landed a former minister a cushy $900,000 job.

Tariffs, spy ships, and political U-turns, all while Dutton dreams of a $600 billion nuclear plan with no costings and no clue.

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The bizarre truth about Australia’s energy market. We unpack all the scams, how it is rigged against consumers, who is making the money, why power bills are so high. #auspol

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🚨 SCAM OF THE WEEK: WAR CRIMES, DEAD FISH & FAKE TAX CUTS 🐟💸

Buckle up besties, the Aussie political circus is in full swing and this week’s scams are so cooked we’re serving them with a side of dead salmon 🐠

👉 Senator Michaelia Cash says Netanyahu is welcome Down Under? Girl, be serious.
👉 Albo’s handing out $5 tax cuts like it’s 2004 pocket money — meanwhile Gina Rinehart’s getting energy rebates. Equality, babes.
👉 Peter Dutton’s doing a gas reservation U-turn — slay? Or suss?
👉 Influencers got invited to the budget lock-up but journos didn’t. Priorities.
👉 Teal drama! Monique Ryan’s husband nabbed a Liberal poster and somehow made front-page news.
👉 And yes, the Human Rights Commission is busy… stonewalling actual rights issues while the Israel lobby clogs their inbox.

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Senator David Shoebridge in full-flight tackling evasive bureaucrats in Parliament. Politicians at their finest, holding government to account #auspol #dps

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Imagine saving the country $300 million, blowing the whistle on Australia’s biggest tax scam … then losing your home to lawyers. This is the story of Tony Watson, former Lendlease tax adviser #PwC, #KPMG, #Freehills #auspol #Mallesons

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Why are Aussie music festivals vanishing? Another one, Good Life, bit the dust today

From Splendour to Groovin the Moo, iconic festivals are collapsing under the weight of insurance hikes, dodgy policing fees, and a rigged ticketing system dominated by corporate giants. In this episode of The West Report, we follow the money, expose the monopoly, and ask the big question — is this the end of live music as we know it? Or is there a new model emerging to show the way forward

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Welcome to another episode of Scam of the Week

This week, Peter Dutton launches a referendum to deport people and antisemitism tests for new citizens. Do you support Israel, as well as Australia? #auspol #ACCC #groceries #antisemitism #aukus

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If Donald Trump and Big Pharma in the US comes for Australia’s PBS, our major parties are likely to cut their ‘sucking up to Donald’ routine. Higher prices for medicine cost votes … and lives #auspol

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Awkwardus AUKUS, to suck up to Donald or not to suck up, that is the question. While AUKUS dwarfed all scams, Sarah Henderson’s battle against Wokeness and the government hiding from Rex where the nuclear waste is to be buried did rate a guernsey #auspol

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Song Starts 00:34

Live music investigation curtain-raiser. In true musical kid fashion, we’re experimenting: blending in a few musical numbers to keep the energy high. Here’s a sneak peek at one of those tracks. I recorded all the instruments myself and brought in a friend to help nail those high notes. Finally putting those two music degrees to work!

It’s got that old-school punk rock vibe and, while it’s a bit left-of-field for The West Report, we think it’ll give our storytelling a fresh twist. Stay tuned for the full drop soon.

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They called it the biggest terror plot in Australian history – a caravan packed with explosives, a synagogue on the hit list. But there was just one problem, it wasn’t true but it still changed the laws. #auspol

In this video, we break down how a media-fueled hoax which set off mass hysteria, led to rushed Hate Speech laws in yet another attack on freedom of speech.

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The sky is falling! The media turned Cyclone Alfred into a blockbuster event, Peter Dutton skips town, Scomo returns, and Jacinta Price and Julie Bishop battle it out for title of Big Spender (of other people’s money) Welcome to Scam of the Week

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Australia has never had a talent problem when it comes to heavy music. The problem has always been distribution.

For decades, metal and hardcore bands have been grinding it out in back rooms and warehouse gigs, building global followings without mainstream support. But Parkway Drive’s sold-out Opera House shows prove that heavy music isn’t just surviving—it’s thriving.

So why does it take an international breakthrough before Australia starts paying attention to its own talent? While Parkway Drive, Polaris, Northlane, and countless others dominate overseas, mainstream recognition at home has always lagged behind.

And when it comes to ticketing, it’s a similar story—while Ticketmaster’s dynamic pricing exploits demand, Parkway Drive proves there’s a better way: invest in the show, not in corporate profits.

It’s time we stop pretending Australia’s music scene lacks talent. The real issue is how the industry chooses to support and distribute that talent.

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Big banks love to talk about ethics, ESG, and human rights – until you follow the money. ANZ Bank is a signatory to multiple human rights agreements, yet it’ s backing the Israel war lobby #auspol

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Peter Dutton, the Wolf of Bridge Street, has executed a brilliant trade buying up bank shares at their nadir, just before a big government bank package #auspol
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In this explosive Senate Estimates session, Senator David Shoebridge takes government officials to task over a mysterious legal settlement involving journalist Marcus Reubenstein and a DPS employee Dr Geoff Wade.

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Clive Palmer is baaack – with his new party, the “Trumpet of Patriots,” claiming to fight for everyday Australians. Josh Barnett dissects the rhetoric and the political reality as Clive bids to coalesce the hard right minor parties #auspol

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They say we have free speech in Australia, but if you have enough money, you can sue journalists into silence #defamation #law #lawyer

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Labor and Liberal team up to rig the system against independents. Golf days ruled out then in for Coalition lunch subsidies, and nuclear pipe dreams #auspol #scamoftheweek

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Murdoch’s Daily Telegraph teams up with Israel provocateur to manufacture antisemitic incident. It backfires badly #auspol

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🏠 Australia’s Housing Crisis: Who’s Really Calling the Shots?

Aussies are being priced out of their own country while foreign investors and institutional landlords laugh all the way to the bank. The latest move? Tax breaks for BlackRock, Vanguard, and offshore billionaires to snap up housing stock, turning home ownership into a distant dream for young Australians.

Meanwhile, the pollies in Canberra. Labor and Liberal continue to prioritise donors over democracy. Want to buy a house? Good luck competing against super funds and overseas investors who don’t even live here. Want affordable rent? Too bad, the system is rigged to keep you paying off someone else’s mortgage forever.

David Pocock is asking the right question: is housing for wealth creation or strong communities? The answer, if you follow the money, is pretty clear. The real fix? It’s staring us in the face, but there’s no political will to make it happen.

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