”The Week on Wednesday” with Van Badham & Ben Davison
News:Politics
Ben Davison looks at the shambles that is the Morrison government as it failed to create a federal ICAC, failed to increase people's super, failed to pass its Trumpian voter ID laws, failed to pass its religious discrimination laws and saw its member's cross the floor to vote for Qanon motions, hold up the senate and possibly mislead Morrison (and Australian's) about their vaccination status.
And that's all before the "retirement" of Christian Porter and Greg, I don't take calls from Pfizer, Hunt. To pile further shambles into the cess pit of the Morrison government Alan Tudge was forced to stand aside following allegations of physical and mental abuse by his former staffer/lover. Having promoted the hypocritical Tudge to education Minister, where he spent his time lecturing educators on Australian Values, Morrison was finally forced to investigate his behaviour following the public revelation of the abuse complaint.
Ben look at how in a desperate attempt to distract Morrison made a university funding announcement, but the devil is in the "must be insecure work" details
All of which stands in stark contrast to the Albo Labor Party which this week announced a new Powering Australia policy which delivers 600,000 new jobs, 84% renewable energy, $275 a year power bill savings, cheaper electric vehicles and a 43% cut in emissions. And today announced 20,000 new university places and 465,000 free TAFE places to skill up Australian's for in demand industries.
Plus Ben looks at the fact SA won't make Christmas day a public holiday, transport workers winning improved job security by standing together in union and previews the reasons for Tuesday's NSW Teachers strike #MoreThanThanks.
Episode 139: The RBA demands more unemployment, Greens delay action on housing, the referendum is coming and so is the dirt machine but The Voice is winning!
Weekend Wrap 18 June 2023: Liberal at centre of misconduct allegations quits party, Labor delivers housing and we answer YOUR questions
Episode 138 Brittany Higgins targeted as Liberals flood the zone, pay rises for CEOs but not so much for you and good news about waste reduction
Episode 137: Phil Lowe, The RBA and the ideology trying to keep the rich richer and the rest of us poorer, more Morrison era misery and Roger Cook is WA Premier
Weekend Wrap 4 June 2023: Minimum wage win, RBA gaffes, Green housing hocum and the Ben Roberts Smith verdict
Episode 136: Tackling sham contracting and forced casualisation, Aussie content on Aussie screens, The Voice a step closer and good news about hydrogen
Weekend Wrap 28 May 2023: Insiders opens gates for Murdoch, Liberals flail in senate, gig reform and Australia is Proud to be Public
Weekend Wrap 21 May 2023: A year of Albanese Labor government, media obsesses on the negative and Liberals in disarray
Episode 135: Housing policy or why the Greens and Dutton are wrong, wages vs profit prices spirals and good news about national parks
Weekend Wrap 14 May 2023: Insiders lacks insight, we know who Dutton is and Greens blocking homes
Episode 134: Labor’s big Keynesian budget and good news for the environment!
Weekend Wrap 7 May 2023: Budget preview, Angus ’Inflation’ Taylor on Insiders and the social wage
Episode 133: RBAs clumsy politics, budget leaks, worker news and good news on electric roads
Weekend Wrap April 30 2023: Van Badham joins Ben to discuss Insiders, reforming jobseeker, YES on track to win and migration reforms
Episode 132: Tucker taken down, Elon gives Twitter the blues, tackling the cost of living and good news about batteries
Weekend Wrap 23 April 2023: Labor reforming social wage, Insiders intrigues and the dangers of self-appointed advocacy
Episode 131: Dutton tanks Liberal vote, NDIS reboot, Father Bob passes and good news about EVs
Episode 130: Duttons unelectable boofheads, Greens block more homes and a listener sends good news about batteries
Weekend Wrap 9 April 2023: Child labour, minimum wage wars, NDIS under attack
Episode 129: Trump in court, Duttons Noalition, RBA says rates may rise again and the good news is the majority say YES to The Voice
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