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Podcast: "The Week on Wednesday" with Van Badham & Ben Davison
Episode: Episode 167: Brethren, Robes, and Ballot Box Shenanigans
Description: Van Badham and Ben Davison launch into analysis of the Australian election campaign so far, with Ben barely emerged from a three-day strategy lockdown at his job but happily reunited with faithful hound, Germanicus.Ā
Van has been keeping an eye on the election,Ā and a couple of perturbing recent twists: parents from Catholic schools in key marginal seats received thinly-veiledĀ āWeāre not saying vote Liberal, butā¦āĀ letters from the Catholic education authorities and publishing them on the internet, with horror. Van, a Catholic herself, delivers a righteous takedown:
Just when you thought it couldnāt get weirderā...