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

Everybody’s got a special kinda story
Everybody finds a way to shine
It don’t matter that you got not a lot- so what?
They’ll have theirs, you’ll have yours and I’ll have mine
And together we’ll be fine,
Cause it takes Diff’rent Strokes to move the world, yes it does
It takes Diff’rent Strokes to move the world!

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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Betty White on Saturday Night Live

Mike, Paul and Kristen Miller are on mic this week to update you on their big week, someone went to get medical procedures, someone went on a date and someone got drunk. Plus Ben joins us via phone to update us on what he is up to and where he is and give us some observations of the week.

However its the news of the week that counts and if anyone is burning up television at the moment, its 88 year old Betty White whose amazing career has spanned every decade since 1950. She recently hosted ‘Saturday Night Live’ and made a splash, the team review the appearance.

The Ploy News makes a triumphant return with a brand new anchor, The 2010 Meet-Up has changed dramatically and Paul has the updates. The Billboard Top 5 has some fresh tracks and we review the 2010 U.S. Fall Television season, are any of your favourite shows canceled?

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Catherine Deveny was fired from the newspaper ‘The Age’ for offensive comments she made on Twitter, were her comments out of line?

Victoria is further tightening anti-smoking laws but are they going too far? Paul thinks so, I sense a debate brewing.

Ben’s observations of the week is back with news about Kim Kardashian, Justin Bieber and Christina Aguilera and Tech with Ben focuses on the latest news about Australia’s National Broadband Network.

Plus Paul reviews the HBO film ‘You Don’t Know Jack’ about the infamous Dr. Jack Kevorkian played by Al Pacino, the film raises questions about euthanasia – should it be legal?

All that and heaps more on a shiny new episode, it’s easy as 123.

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From Obama’s appearance at The White House Correspondents Dinner making jokes at others expense, especially our favourite directed at Jay Leno, to Conan O’Brien’s interview on 60 Minutes, finally breaking his silence.

Ben helps us understand the Henry Tax Review and how Rudd’s plans will effect us and businesses across Australia. Mike and Paul revisit the Arizona Immigration Bill and this time manage to not have a on-air brawl. Last year Paul warned us that Swine Flu was a big ploy to sell medicine by big pharma and now come reports he may have been partly right!

All that, The Billboard Top 5 and heaps more on a packed episode of The Ploy.

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Also this week we tackle; the controversial Arizona Immigration Bill that is being labeled racist by some on the left and the right. Bieber Fever hits Australia hard and we go over the trail of weeping teenage girls left behind the Biebster. Do Aliens really exist? Stephen Hawking says beware of trying to contact them.

Plus Ben wraps up the week that was in Technology. This week’s show is packed tighter than a Bieber concert.

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The Australian Healthcare debate heats up, whose side are the team on? Ben observes Daylight Savings, We go barking mad over the guy who keeps yapping.

Plus we go over the latest Mac News in Tech with Ben, with the iPad’s delay in Australia, new MacBooks and a possible new iPhone.

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We find out about Escorts who can accompany the bachelors around Brisbane, we manage to track one down via phone and ask her about what goes on during a ‘date’.

Paul has been watching strange documentaries involving a weird couple and barnyard animals and brought us some disturbing audio.

We chat about the Tea Parties in the US and why are they becoming so popular? Should Australia ban risque magazines from clear view of children? Plus Ben has another load of Ben’s Observations of the Week.

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