{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/61315efc0e3cdc0014fbae00/69f40ed2ad9857928974d19e?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"NoPEC, Air Pauline & The Journalism Tax","description":"<p>This week on&nbsp;<em>News Weakly</em>, Sami Shah looks at power, money, and the systems that insist everything is working fine while clearly not working at all.</p><p>The UAE exits OPEC, raising the prospect of cheaper oil and a full-blown Gulf power shuffle. Pauline Hanson receives a $1 million plane from Gina Rinehart, because nothing says anti-elite politics like private aviation funded by billionaires.</p><p><br></p><p>Meanwhile, a royal commission into a deadly terror attack finds no systemic failures, which is somehow more disturbing than finding some. And the government’s new plan to tax tech giants to fund journalism raises a bigger question: in 2026, what even counts as journalism anymore?</p><p><br></p><p>All that, and more.</p><p><br></p><p>Sami Shah is a multi-award-winning comedian, writer, journalist, and broadcaster.</p><p>For more:&nbsp;http://thesamishah.com</p><p>Theme music 'Historic Anticipation' by Paul Mottram</p><p>This podcast is written, hosted, and produced by Sami Shah.</p>","author_name":"Sami Shah"}