The Australian Broadcasting Corporation television show Gruen1, which examines the advertising industry, sometimes hilariously, is always entertaining. On a recent show telecast on Wednesday June 3rd, one of the regular panellists, Todd Sampson, was talking about a couple of young blokes that were going to Antarctica and found it difficult to get funding. He stated that explorers have a hard time getting support.
I must admit I burst out laughing when I heard him refer to them as ‘explorers’. You can fly over most of Antarctica by plane or helicopter. In fact, I have several colleagues who have flown down there. What ‘exploration’ is going on? I then wondered if Todd Sampson would consider climbing Mt Everest as exploration. I am afraid I wouldn’t do so because, during the climbing season, there are queues of people at the top waiting for their chance to reach the summit.
We can get to everywhere on the planet using technology (vehicles, aircraft, etc). I have been to some very remote places in central Australia, and in some of my peregrinations, I could have been the first white person to stand in a particular rocky outcrop, or climb down a particular gully. I would not call that exploring. Furthermore, given that Aboriginal people have been on this continent for tens of thousands of years, how could you construe what anyone does on this continent as exploring?
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Completely right admin. These people are tourists at best. Stuffing up the few pristine places left on the planet with their stupid escapades. Why the fuck should they be funded by anyone to do that?
Speaking of exploring new boundaries. I see Albo has been searching for answers on how to add some character and likeability to his naturally drab personality again. Having learnt nothing from his unknowing humiliation by Modi three years ago he’s now been cajoled by an “influencer” into this piece of appalling and cringeworthy sexism. Can only hope Jodie gave him an earful and left him to his own devices after it became public. Probably not coincidentally Souths were also made to look like rabbits in a spotlight at the weekend.
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/jul/06/anthony-albanese-apologises-kylie-minogue-podcast-comment
Extract:
Anthony Albanese has apologised “unequivocally” for his comments while playing a “shag, marry, date” game on a comedy podcast when he nominated Kylie Minogue for all three categories. The prime minister issued a statement on Monday morning after receiving criticism at the weekend for his appearance on the Bush Deep podcast with the comedian Nikki Osborne.
Amid a lighthearted interview released late last week, in which topics included Albanese’s dog and gifts he’d received from world leaders, the host asked Albanese in a “rapid fire” question round to place Kylie Minogue, Nicole Kidman and Rhonda Burchmore in a “shag, marry, date” game. Albanese was initially reluctant, responding: “I just got married, I’m only six months in.”
Osborne replied: “But if it goes tits up, let’s just pretend.”
Albanese then responded: “Kylie, clearly.”
Osborne persisted: “You’d marry Kylie, and shag her, and date her?”
Albanese replied “all of the above”, adding: “She’s terrific.”
In another part of the interview, Osborne asked whether Albanese and his wife, Jodie Haydon, were “bonking like rabbits”. Albanese replied jokingly: “Well, when we have time. After the footy. It’s always a good aphrodisiac, a Souths [Sydney Rabbitohs] win.”
Betoota was FAR too kind imo.
“The Prime Minister has been asked this week by his chief of staff if he is indeed f…ed in the head after he entertained a question on a podcast that is so far beneath his office, you wouldn’t even find it in the Nationals wing………….”
https://www.betootaadvocate.com/albo-enjoys-first-of-many-nights-this-week-out-with-toto-in-the-lodge-backyard/
Clearly we ARE the lucky country, and especially blessed to have such an adult stateman as Albonko to plot our path forward.
Jon,
Very much a rolling of eyes time.
It wasn’t a one-off though. It was another case of a needing-to-be-liked (hence the cringworthy Modi sycophancy) easy mark showing VERY poor – nay, appalling – personal judgement. Quite a few Labor govt members have been caught in their own hubris lately, but Albonko has led from the front with his ignorant dismissal of Pocock (a FAR more credible person in every way) as a promoter of grievance simply because he pointed out that Australia raises more tax from beer (around double) than it does from the exploitation of OUR finite national gas reserves. After Labor did an exceptonal job in shoring up international fuel supplies Albonko couldn’t help but despoil his own nest when confronted by that simple fact.