Jeremy Cordeaux returns to the garage for a blistering post-Budget reckoning. With 83 percent of Australians telling pollsters Labor has lied, Jeremy argues this wasn’t a Budget — it was a political suicide note. He traces the eerie parallels between Anthony Albanese and Gough Whitlam, walks through the carnage Whitlam left behind in the 1970s, and warns that scrapping negative gearing — a tax mechanism introduced in 1936 to fix a housing shortage — will make today’s housing crisis worse, not better. He takes aim at the bloated public service (the largest in the OECD), the broken promises on tax, the unchecked immigration intake, and the Treasurer’s maths on who his measures will help versus hurt. Plus a hat tip to Pauline Hanson’s Friday appearance, the case for a Liberal–Nationals–One Nation showdown at the next election, and the usual sweep through the day in history.

• Seven million views in twenty-eight days — and Friday’s blockbuster panel recap (Adam Creighton, Dr John Bruni, Professor Plimer, Catherine Tilley, Frank Pangallo and Pauline Hanson)
• Why Jeremy calls the Budget a “political suicide note” for Labor
• 83 percent of Australians say Labor has lied — the post-Budget polling fallout
• The Whitlam–Albanese parallel: landslide majorities, “reform” rhetoric, and the dead hand of socialism
• What actually happened after Whitlam: 60 percent stock market crash, 83 percent house price surge, record bankruptcies and recession
• Negative gearing scrapped — and why that contradicts the very 1936 logic that created it
• The Treasurer’s 7,500-people maths problem: who gets hurt vs who gets helped
• Pauline Hanson’s “shit sandwich” line and the case for Liberal–National–One Nation cooperation
• The 2019 Bill Shorten flashback: Australians already rejected this policy mix
• Australia has the largest public service in the OECD — start the cuts there
• Made in Australia Week and the legacy of the 1975 Lima Declaration
• This day in history: Karl Benz, Anne Boleyn, Marilyn Monroe sings to JFK, Pete Townshend’s birthday and more

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Jeremy Cordeaux delivers a fiery reaction to the Federal Budget in this special GARAGE edition of The Court of Public Opinion, taking aim at Labor’s handling of negative gearing, capital gains tax, immigration, energy policy and housing affordability. Jeremy questions the government’s integrity over broken promises, warns younger Australians are being locked out of wealth creation, and criticises what he sees as socialism “by stealth”. He also discusses the future of commercial radio following the shutdown of America’s historic CBS Radio Network, and reflects on Australia’s economic direction, leadership, and cost-of-living pressures.

Topics Discussed

• Fallout from the Federal Budget
• Coalition budget reply speech
• Pauline Hanson’s budget speech
• Negative gearing debate
• Capital gains tax concerns
• Family trusts and taxation
• Housing affordability crisis
• Rental shortages and rising rents
• Immigration levels in Australia
• Government spending and taxation
• NDIS fraud and budget blowouts
• Cost of living pressures
• Green energy and electricity prices
• Criticism of Anthony Albanese and Jim Chalmers
• Comparisons to Whitlam and Keating governments
• Singapore’s economic model
• Bracket creep and taxation
• Decline of AM/FM radio
• CBS Radio shutting down in the USA
• Social media, podcasts and digital media replacing radio
• Historical anniversaries and celebrity birthday

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Jeremy Cordeaux returns for another fiery edition of The Court of Public Opinion – GARAGE Edition, tackling Australia’s looming Federal Budget, the rise of One Nation, the collapse of traditional political parties, and growing concerns around government spending and immigration. Jeremy questions Labor’s promises on negative gearing and taxation, blasts government waste and inflationary policies, and examines the political fallout from the Farrer by-election. He also discusses Britain’s political shake-up, Australia’s handling of ISIS brides, and concerns surrounding national fuel security. Plus, reflections on the collapse of America’s CBS Radio Network and a nostalgic look at entertainment and historical anniversaries.

Topics Discussed

• Federal Budget expectations and criticism
• Jim Chalmers and government spending
• Negative gearing and capital gains tax debate
• Inflation and interest rate concerns
• One Nation’s by-election success
• Liberal Party identity crisis
• Immigration and housing pressures
• Nigel Farage and Reform UK political surge
• British political upheaval
• ISIS brides returning to Australia
• Syrian government claims against Australia
• Fuel security and diesel reserves
• Fossil fuel policy debate
• Collapse of CBS Radio Network
• Burt Bacharach and Perry Como reflections
• Elizabeth Taylor anecdotes
• Historical anniversaries and entertainment history

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