Janaline Oh

Janaline Oh

Janaline is a former diplomat and current climate, environment and anti-racism activist.

“As a longstanding Canberra-based bureaucrat, I believe in the power of policy to shape and improve lives. I am also acutely aware of the importance of having those policies understood by the people affected by them.

“I started Why Can’t They Just? as way of moving beyond slogans and into what policies really are and what they mean for real people.”

Episodes Hosted By Janaline Oh

Is Labor too tame? In person at the ALP national conference [S2-12] Why can't they just fix aged care? [S2-11] Is child care working in Australia? [S2-10] What's the government trying to do with the National Disability Insurance Scheme and is it going to work? [S2-09] Why can't the government ditch AUKUS and the US alliance? [S2-08] Why can't we have publicly owned renewable energy? [S2-07] Why should you care about human rights? [S2-06] Will the 2026 Federal Budget reduce inequality or destroy the economy? [S2-05] What are One Nation's policies and what would they do? [S2-04] Government spending: why can't they just balance the budget? [S2-03] How can the government raise more revenue? [S2-02] Why can't they just plug all those tax loopholes? [S2-01] Bonus episode: War on Iran and Australia's response [S1-16] Housing and cost of rent [S1-15] One Nation overtakes the Coalition in the polls [S1-14] Australia's new hate speech laws [S1-13] US bilateral relationship and international rules-based order [S1-12] Venezuela, US foreign policy and Australia's response [S1-11] Future Made in Australia [S1-10] Special episode: EPBC environmental law reform [S1-09] Gambling reform [S1-08] Economic inequality [S1-07] Racism and immigration [S1-06] Defence spending, national security and AUKUS [S1-05] Environmental law reform [S1-04] Tax, superannuation, economic reform and productivity [S1-03] Iran, nuclear proliferation and international law [S1-02] Why can't they just stop new coal and gas? [S1-01]