63 — The boys are back in government

We discuss plagues of mice, sexual misconduct and coverups in Parliament, and left-wing Nazis.
 
Content warning: we spend about half the episode discussing the ongoing saga of sexual assault and misconduct within Australia’s Parliament.
 

Climate changed
The floods are bad, folks.
Plagues of mice too.

Boys club
Thousands of people in Canberra and other cities across Australia marched against sexual assault.
Scott Morrison says the people marching for justice should be glad they aren’t shot.
NSW police commissioner Mick Fuller suggested an app for solving the problem of sexual assault.
Mick Fuller defended his police force’s strip searches of children, saying young people should feel “little bit of fear” of police.
Dumbass apps for consent have been around for a while.
Captain Awkward on the Missing Stair.
Staffers brought sex workers into Parliament house, and “performed a solo sex act on a female politicians desk”. The staffer has been sacked.
A long list of freaks in parliament. Chair sniffing. Big tiddy anime figurines. Calling your co-worker a slut.

Spy guys
ASIO are going to stop using terms like “rightwing extremism” and “islamic extremism” in their reports.
Concetta Fierravanti-Wells thinks that ASIO should look into the left-wing Nazis.
Fierravanti-Wells went to a celebration of the Croatian Nazi regime in 2007.

Shoutouts
Play Trash the Planet! It’s good and fun.
Join RAHU’s rally against the end of the eviction moratorium on March 28th.