”The Week on Wednesday” with Van Badham & Ben Davison
News:Politics
Van Badham and Ben Davison dive into the Liberal lies, cover ups and side hustles that have come to typify the Morrison government.
With Morrison himself called a liar, not just by President Macron but also, by Former Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull the credibility of Morrison's leadership is being called into question. If other leaders can't trust Morrison what does that mean for our national security? If we can't trust him here at home what does that mean for our economy, jobs, health and education systems?
Dom Perrottet is holding a review of grant decisions following Glady's ICAC hearing testimony. In a piece of pure political theatre the man who was treasurer and a member of the expenditure committee is pretending to not have been in government when his government was "throwing" money to win seats.
Did you know that Liberal Senator Hollie Hughes is also a consultant? It has been revealed that the Senator for NSW has a side hustle as a consultant for a bio-fuels company that she has pay into a trust where she is the only shareholder and only beneficiary. She's taken something meant to make our democracy stronger and perverted it to add to her $249,000 salary.
No wonder the Morrison government won't regulate the gig economy!
The Cop26 Climate Conference has started in Glasgow and Morrison has wasted no time in rejecting the Global Methane Pledge and giving pride of place to massive gas exporter Santos. In a move described as "a joke" by Malcolm Turnbull Santos' "Blue Hydrogen" process, where you burn and "carbon capture" gas to make renewable hydrogen instead of using solar, wind or hydro to make renewable hydrogen, has been promoted by the Australian stall and Morrison minister Angus Taylor.
On the plus side we have signed up to end deforestation and will participate in the protection of large parts of the worlds rainforests.
The heart-warming news that every Australian awoke to this morning was the rescue of four year old Cleo Smith. WA Police found the little girl alone in a locked house, her first words to them were "My name is Cleo".
The impact of the rescue, coming 18 days after her disappearance, is serving as a beacon of hope for many people after a trying period for the nation.
Plus news on pay rises for hairstylists and a pay dispute at Country Road with gender equity undertones.
Episode 36: Is Morrison preparing for an early election? Sabre rattling on China and The Winter of COVID.
Weekend Wrap May 2, 2021
Episode 35 India's record COVID outbreak, International Workers Memorial Day, Tasmania goes to the polls and the good news is about jaguars
Weekend Wrap Apr 25, 2021
Episode 34: George Floyd's murderer convicted, Morrison fails on vaccines for aged and disability care, 1 in 3 suffer financial stress plus good news on SuperLeague and bananas
Weekend Wrap Apr 18, 2021
Episode 33: Australia Post scandal, Morrison turns to the states on vaccines, Murdoch defends Carlson's "theories" & good news about trees & rhinos
Weekend Wrap Apr 11, 2021
Episode 32: Morrison plays vaccine blame game, big business wants to cut minimum wages, NZ opens a travel bubble and good news about birds and blue skies
Episode 31: Morrison's Men problem, the vaccine rollout that's not rolling and good news about condors and trees
Weekend wrap Mar 28, 2021
Episode 30: Morrison isn't getting it, Fires and Floods as climate changes, Jobkeeper ends this week with the destruction of 100,000 jobs and rat island recovers
Weekend Wrap Mar 21, 2021
Episode 29: The March for Justice, IR Omnibus Bill, Vaccine rollout & good news about polystyrene
Weekend wrap Mar 14, 2021
Episode 28: Morrison's Job Massacre, Meghan and the Modern Monarchy and Good News About Mars... and Toads!
Weekend Wrap Mar 7, 2021
Episode 27: More Morrison crises, aged care royal commission & good news about busting Nazis and fighting climate change
Weekend Wrap Feb 28, 2021
Episode 26: Cuts to Jobseeker, more accusations of misconduct in the Morrison government as Kelly quits Liberals and Democracy vs Capitalism
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