”The Week on Wednesday” with Van Badham & Ben Davison
News:Politics
Van Badham and Ben Davison analyse the final day of Grace Tame's tenure as Australian of the Year, that handshake, that look, that photo, Morrison's failures on policy issues, Morrison entrenchment of unsafe cultural attitudes, the conservative response to Tame doing her duty and what it tells us about the state of politics and the status of women in Australia.
Van and Ben also remind people they can get active to support better safety for women at work, and in society, through their union at australianunions.org.au/wow with the We Won't Wait campaign and the demands to implement all the recommendations of the Respect@Work report.
COVID deaths in Australia are spiking with daily deaths per million currently higher in Australia than in Brazil.
With Morrison prioritising making RAT importer millionaires over providing RATS to NDIS participants and aged care residents Van and Ben look at how people in those sectors are struggling as well as how the Ministers are, not only failing, but hiding out at the cricket!
The union movement is holding webinars TOMORROW (Thursday 27th) on your workplace safety rights, hosted by Australian Unions leaders Sally McManus and Liam O'Brien, the webinars are a must for any worker who is concerned about COVID exposure at work, the shortage of RATS and what the rules are about not having to work in an unsafe environment. The Australian Unions webpage and twitter has all the details.
Dylan Alcott is the Australian of the Year for 2022! His first acts were to call for more support for the NDIS, free RATS, a shift in mindset and to take a very cheerful selfie with Grace Tame.
Today is the Australia Day public holiday but the desire for a national day that all Australian's can celebrate is gaining momentum. Van and Ben discuss some of the issues surrounding today, cameo some remarkable social shifts that commemorated Survival Day and suggest people check out Thomas Mayor's article on this topic in the SMH and Age.
The good news is about the Yarra River!
And we give shout outs to our Cadre and Extend the Reach supporters. You can get a shout out by contributing at www.buymeacoffee.com/weekonwednesday
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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