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FontCast

A podcast dedicated to Tasmanian news, politics and business from Font PR. Join Brad Stansfield, Becher Townshend and Win News" Alex Johnston to get up to date on everything that"s happening in Tassie, and take an in-depth look at the biggest issues of the day.

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40:36

The year that was and predictions for 2022

FontCast ·

2021/11/26

Alex Johnston joins the team as they make reflect on 2021 and make their sweeping predictions for 2022. Alex helps Brad, Becher and Brad cover everything from state and federal politics to Covid-19 and small business. This episode is the last one of the year before the famous awarding of the coveted Golden Font later in the month. Don't miss this episode for some of the state's most astute and informed political analyses.UPDATE: The Hon Ruth Forrest and the Hon Mike Gaffney advise she did not have a

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42:14

Estimates wrap-up with Jenna Cairney

FontCast ·

2021/09/24

The editor of The Mercury newspaper, Jenna Cairney, joins the FontCast team to unpack budget estimates and all the excitement that goes with it. It wasn't so much the Government's performance in delivering the estimates that got the conversation flowing but the opposition's reply. Jenna's assessment of the opposition, on the whole, is that it was a "shocking state of affairs". She says the opposition has been so severely affected by the demise of David O'Byrne and the internal politics continuing to

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28:24

Bringing out the hay - budget analysis with Amanda...

FontCast ·

2021/08/26

Becher calls it the hay-out-of-the-barn budget. The Gutwein Government has handed down a surprise-free state budget. The first since the Liberals held power in the election. The numbers were better than expected. While other states are foundering, Tasmania is sailing strong through the COVID storm. Fresh out of budget lockdown, the editor of the Tasmanian Business Reporter, Amanda Lovell, joined the FontCast will all the juicy budget details. Most importantly, she said the journalists were fed

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28:28

The Cheshire cat that got the cheese

FontCast ·

2021/07/09

Great Scott! We're going back to the future in an action-packed episode. Rebecca White has reclaimed the opposition leader's throne just weeks after losing a state election. In the words of Doc Emmet Brown "If you're going to build a time machine... why not do it with some style?" And nobody can accuse Ms White of lacking style. But was she the best choice the Labor Party had? Rejoining the FontCast team newshound and former Labor Party senior advisor Alex Johnston says yes and Becher agrees

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19:18

Out of the shadows

FontCast ·

2021/06/18

As David O'Byrne emerges from the shadow ministries to lead the Labor party after its third election defeat in a row, the FontCast team emerge from the halls of Font PR to analyse the situation in a special episode of the FontCast. While Labor gets used to its new-look front bench the Government has made a veritable cascade of announcements with a "renewed vigour" as Brad Stansfield describes it. "The Government's has achieved more in the last six weeks than it did in six months prior to the

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19:16

Sunrise on a new government

FontCast ·

2021/05/19

Stansfield is quite keen to point that he predicted friend-of-the-FontCast Madeleine Ogilvie would be the 13th Liberal elected to the house, handing the party another four years in government. The team was recording this episode as the sun was rising over Government House where Peter Gutwein was arriving to be sworn in as Premier. But what is in store for this unprecedented third Liberal Government in the Labor state that is Tasmania? Nowland says the election of former Glenorchy Mayor Kristy

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49:35

FontCast Your Vote - the wash up

FontCast ·

2021/05/03

The votes have been cast and Brad Stansfield returns to the FontCast to analyse the events of the past six weeks. Brad Nowland, Becher Townshend and regular guest Alex Johnston are joined by Luke Martin from the Tourism Industry Council of Tasmania as the Liberal Party solidifies its majority government for the third time. Fresh from working on the Liberal campaign Stansfield declares it a resounding success. Alex, however, points out that it's pretty much the same government except they've swapped

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34:15

FontCast Your Vote - Episode 5

FontCast ·

2021/04/30

This is the final pre-election FontCast Your Vote and the team are beginning to doubt almost every prediction they've made so far. The past week was a strong week for Labor but what do the team think the outcome is going to be. Brad Nowland and Becher Townshend are joined by senior state political journalists David Killick and Alex Johnston to analyse the campaign and make some wild predictions of what could happen. Make sure you have a listen before you head to the polls to FontCast Your Vote. See

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34:27

FontCast Your Vote - Episode 4

FontCast ·

2021/04/23

There's only one week to go until election day. Just as Labor starts to pull itself back together and shed the chaos of disunity that's plagued it for the first few weeks of the campaign, both parties appear to be getting a bit tired, showing signs of fatigue. Brad Nowland and Becher Townshend are again joined by Win news director and proud beard owner Alex Johnston. Alex says the Premier seems to be getting more and more confident as the campaign wears on, continuing to push his line that if you

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38:18

FontCast Your Vote - Episode 3

FontCast ·

2021/04/16

The opposition has had a shemozzle of a week, according to Brad. There was so much to talk about the team had to bring in The Mercury's political editor David Killick in addition to Becher Townshend and regular guest Alex Johnston from Win News. The past week has been described as a turducken or political incompetence, the highlight of which would have to be Labor's state president considering suing Labor leader Rebecca White. The team also noted that the Liberals have plenty of money to spend on

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36:11

FontCast Your Vote - Episode 2

FontCast ·

2021/04/09

After one of the most chaotic election weeks in living memory, the FontCast team will not let anything go through to the keeper. Again in the studio with Brad Nowland and Becher Townshend is Win news director and seasoned political newshound Alex Johnston to shovel through the past seven days of steaming chaos. In what Brad describes as the "Tasmanian politics version of Tiger King", both major parties appear to have dealt themselves more damage than their opposition. As a journalist, Alex says he

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30:25

FontCast Your Vote - Episode 1

FontCast ·

2021/04/01

Tasmania is headed for an early election and the Font team are ramping up their coverage. This is the first episode of their weekly coverage of election thrills, spills and shenanigans. This week the part of Brad Stansfield is played by Win News Director and veteran state politics newshound Alex AJ Johnston. The biggest slip up in the first week of the campaign was Labor's inexplicable refusal to nominate popular Kingbrough Mayor Dean Winter in the seat of Franklin. The Liberals weren't without

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27:14

The Sir Humphrey Appleby principle

FontCast ·

2021/03/18

Is Tasmania heading for an early election as the Premier rides high after his handling of the pandemic? That's exactly what Nowland is predicting in this firey episode. The team at Font rarely blow their own trumpet but sometimes it just can't be avoided. In episode one of season three, they made some massive predictions, all of which have turned out to be true. It's almost as if they have some inside information into Tasmanian politics. In episode two they warn the Tasmanian Labor party that they

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28:40

Hook, line and sinker.

FontCast ·

2021/02/26

Back for a third season, the FontCast team are backed up with opinions, analysis and breaking news. The Tasmanian Premier seems to be in an almost unbeatable position but Brad Stansfield is scathing of some of the Government's recent decisions. Brad Nowland has some breaking news about upcoming Legislative Council races and Becher Townshend throws some shade at the AFL.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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48:46

The 2020 Golden Font with Alex Johnston

FontCast ·

2020/12/18

Can Peter Gutwein make it two from two? 2020 has been an extraordinary and challenging year. Brad, Becher and Brad are joined by FontCast stalwart and WIN TV’s news director Alex Johnston. In a year where half of the FontCast episodes had to be recorded remotely, the impact of the COVID pandemic has dominated and the Premier has been in the spotlight more than usual. But, is it enough for him to take out the coveted Golden Font for the second year in a row?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy

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23:51

Cautious, conservative, unremarkable. The state...

FontCast ·

2020/11/12

Fresh from the state budget lockup, Tasmanian Business Reporter editor at large Amanda Lovell, joins Becher and the Brads to unpack the state budget. Anyone who was expecting a surprise, suspense or excitement will be sorely disappointed. Becher described it as "cautious and conservative", Amanda wraps it up as "racking up a lot of debt" and Brad Stansfield reveals how he would advise the opposition to prepare its budget reply. Join the team to find out how it's likely to affect you.See

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28:18

Federal Budget Breakdown - jobs, jobs! Jobs?

FontCast ·

2020/10/07

After a historic budget in the wake of the Covid recession, Brad, Becher and Brad put their heads together to unpack what it all really means and how it's going to affect Tasmania.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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22:25

Never say never with Matt Denholm

FontCast ·

2020/09/14

After Brad Stansfield's column in The Mercury calling for Labor to dump leader Rebecca White Brad Nowland and Becher Townshend want to know what he thinks the opposition leader should be doing. Given the disastrous position the party is in is it possible for Labor to win power in 2022? Becher also says Stansfield should "never say never" when it comes to working for the Labor party himself. After some intense and sometimes loud discussion, they are joined by The Australian's Matt Denholm to talk

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39:27

Shut until Christmas with Anna Reynolds

FontCast ·

2020/08/09

All together in the same room for the first time in more than six months, Brad, Becher and Brad are resigned to the likelihood the state's borders will be closed until Christmas. Hobart Lord Mayor Anna Reynolds makes her in her first appearance on the show, and nothing is off the table, from her frustrations with council politics and possible council amalgamations to the city's worsening homelessness crisis.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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37:27

The last ever iso episode with Daniel Hanna

FontCast ·

2020/06/02

In what is probably their last episode from isolation, Becher and the Brads have mixed feelings about the prospect of joining each other back in the office. Just moments after the Premier announced the state was reopening they are joined by Daniel Hanna, the Executive General Manager of Federal Group. Daniel has previously worked as the head of the Tourism Industry Council of Tasmania and the Hotels Association and gave the FontCast a very frank assessment of the Tourism industry's prospects in the

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