The Ploy: Leadership Spill Special
After an extraordinary week in Australian Politics, the team break down how Julia Gillard ousted Kevin Rudd to become the first female Prime Minister.
The Ploy 127: Spilling Over
On the nose? Is Kevin Rudd a one-term Australian Prime Minister? Recent polls are on the slide but can he recover?
Kevin Rudd & Julia Gillard
The Ploy breaks from our mid-year hiatus to bring you this special on the Australian Political Turmoil that saw Prime Minister Kevin Rudd ousted to make way for Deputy Julia Gillard, now Australia’s first female Prime Minister.
Ben and Mike discuss these extraordinary set of circumstances and give their view of the events of the last week. Paul Tevis also chimes in from Los Angeles with his international view on the event.
The whole team return from Wednesday August 4th with regular weekly episodes, where we will be covering the upcoming Australian Elections and U.S. mid-terms. Until then keep up to date on our Twitter and Facebook accounts.
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Gulf Oil Spill
Paul chimes in on this weeks news live from his Summer Vacation in the Bahamas as we tackle The BP Oil Spill in the Gulf. Who is to blame and why is it taking so long to fix?
Tech with Ben covers the new iPhone 4, what are the hot new features on the latest update, and should we all run out to line up at the Apple Store? The latest pricing is out for The National Broadband Network roll out in Tasmania, will it be worth the price when it rolls out nationally across Australia?
Hollywood Blitz looks at the Sandra Bullock and Scarlett Johansson kiss at the MTV Awards last weekend. Is this a desperate attempt from Bullock to move on from her split with Jesse James? Paul thinks so.
Prime Minister Kevin Rudd’s polls have taken a nosedive at we approach a Federal Election, what is he doing wrong? How can he fix it and will we really face Tony Abbott as Prime Minister?
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Gary Coleman
Ben is fresh back from his trip to Sydney this week for CeBit, he will give us the juicy details on one of Australia’s top Tech conferences, but its not all geek fun this week as we tackle the tough question “Is Justin Bieber a good kisser?”. He seems to think so, we will debate.
Sad news, Gary Coleman died. Best known for playing Arnold Jackson for eight magnificent seasons of “Diff’rent Strokes”, we will reminiscence about the actor.
Paul tackles Lady GaGa’s “Paparazzi” in a brand new segment ‘Autotuned’. Ben got his hands on a iPad and is giving us a full review, but one of the hosts thinks they are useless. Hear the fireworks go off on this important subject.
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Now the world don’t move to the beat of just one drum
What might be right for you, may not be right for some
A man is born, he’s a man of means
Then along come two, they got nothin’ but their jeans
But they got Diff’rent Strokes
It takes Diff’rent Strokes
It takes Diff’rent Strokes to move the world
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Has Akermanis put his foot in it?
Should the media be allowed to out closeted politicians? Seven News in Sydney did to Labor MP David Campbell, and are now facing a backlash, the team debate whether its crossing the line. Jason Akermanis a AFL Football player wrote a controversial newspaper article saying closeted AFL players should remain in the closet, what sort of message is that sending and does his article have any merit?
Kristen Miller joins the boys this week to dish the dirt on Hollywood, updating us on the legal issues facing Lindsay Lohan at present and how she may avoid prison. Australian Customs wants to know if you are carrying porn, is this a good safety measure or another Nanny State policy in Australia?
Plus we play a brand new game “Picka-Porn” and find out about ‘Porn for the Blind’.
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