57 — The new Kelly Gang sucks too

We chat about Australia's bushfire/covid/storm situation, then a deep dive into why exactly Eddie Maguire should quit (he did), followed by a check-in with cooked unit Craig Kelly.
 

Australia is on fire
Perth has massive bushfires, with at least 86 homes lost.
COVID lockdowns and evacuation orders make for confusing mixed messages.
Fire, plague and storms.
Kangaroo Island is on fire, threatening the little Pigmy Possum, which was feared lost after devastating the 2019-20 bushfires.

Eddie McGuire corner
Eddie McGuire is a weird little freak with a long history in Australian media and sports. He is currently the president of the Collingwood football club.
Former Collingwood player Héritier Lumumba’s complaints about the culture of racism at the football club sparked a report, which was finally leaked on February 1st (PDF Link).
Read along with Tweet-thread horror of Eddie’s press conference.
Eddie says Collingwood can’t be racist because the larger wing of the club has asian netball players.
Around the time of the internal release of the report, Eddie Maguire announced his “retirement”.
Eddie supported Collingwood football coach Nathan Buckley after he made insinuations about Héritier’s mental health.
Premier Dan Andrews reckons Eddie stepping down is poor leadership.
The Project had Héritier on to grill him on his racist treatment. They’ve since removed the episode.
In 2017, a documentary about the racism that Héritier Lumumba has faced was released.
Between the recording of this segment and the release of this episode, McGuire has quit.

Australia Open
The Australia Open went into lockdown for a day.
The Quarantine hotel workers has a party with 60 people to celebrate the end of Australian Open quarantine, sparking fears that the infected person caught or spread it there.

Craig Kelly
Craig Kelly is big on Facebook, and is a totally cooked unit.
Kelly went on conspiracy-addled celebrity chef Pete Evans’s internet show.
Scott Morrison finally told Kelly to keep a lid on it.
Labor member Ged Kearny called Kelly a “dangerous fool”.
Labor’s Tanya Plibersek and Craig Kelly had a Parliament House corridor showdown.
On the same day the Julia Gillard made her famous “misogyny” speech, she threw thousands of single mothers off parenting benefits and into poverty.
Following a report into cross-burning nazi meetups in Australia, the Labor party moved a senate motion to condemn far-right extremism.
After amendments, it was watered down to be completely meaningless. It was passed anyway.
George Christensen posed with a gun, asked “greenie punks” if they’re feeling lucky, then called it a joke.
Peter Dutton insists that ‘leftwing lunatics’ must be dealt with.

Shoutouts
Shoutout to We Are Hughes, who trying to unseat Craig Kelly.
Listen to a great interview with Héritier Lumumba on friend-of-the-podcast Vocal Minority, and read his interview in Junkee.
Listen to Floodcast, it’s good.