”The Week on Wednesday” with Van Badham & Ben Davison
News:Politics
Van Badham and Ben Davison dive into the Morrison government's bungling of the COVID situation in Australia that has seen people with a disability go from being in a priority group to "refocussed" almost out of contention for vaccines, payments being cut from people left unemployed due to COVID restrictions, states going off the road map at the expense of thousands of lives and extra hospitalisations. All while Victoria has its worst day for cases and NSW has its worst day for deaths. And Singapore is having a lockdown with well over 80% of the population vaccinated.
The choices our political leaders have made during the pandemic and are making again now are determining whether people fall into poverty, homelessness and hunger. Or not.
The political pantomime that is Coalition policy around climate action has reached WWE levels of spectacle this week. With a clash between the Nationals (rural seats) and the Liberals (city seats) being billed as part of distracting from the reality that the world is moving to net zero emissions. The only questions are how and what happens to people as that occurs. Neither question is one that Morrison's political side show is interested in answering but both are the focus for environment groups, union, companies and farmers.
And the good news is that old European enmities have been set aside to create a land sanctuary some are calling "the European Amazon."
Plus we thank everyone who made The Week on Wednesday the number 1 news and the number 1 politics podcast in Australia last week!
Weekend Wrap February 21st 2021
Episode 25: Morrison government's bungling of alleged rape complaint & changes to BOOT given the boot but cuts to wages & job security still a threat
Weekend Wrap Feb 14, 2021
Episode 24: Crown loses its sparkle, Morrison's Omnibus Bill hits a pothole & Eddie Maguire's poor me resignation
Weekend Wrap Feb 7, 2021
Episode 23: Tanya takes on Kelly, The Reserve bank predicts a painful 2021 & a Bernie meme changing lives
weekend wrap Jan 31, 2021
Episode 22: Biden hits the ground running, Morrison fires up the culture wars & good news on rhinos
Weekend Wrap Jan 24 2021
Episode 21: What's going on with the economy & jobs? Plus austerity is taking away kids lunches.
Weekend Wrap Jan 17, 2021
Episode 20: Trump's failed coup, Morrison & McCormack try on Trumpery & the good news is "Plyscrapers"
Weekend Wrap Jan 10 2021
Episode 19: COVID 2021, Morrison creates more poverty & good news on electric cars...
Episode 18:What COVID has meant we learnt about government, politics, work, power and the world in 2020
Weekend Wrap Dec 13, 2020 16:51
Episode 17: The Ominous Omnibus IR Bill, Scott Morrison plays dress-ups and THREE pieces of good news
Episode 16: After COVID are we heading to a brighter future or returning to a dark past? Plus Brexit is cooked.
Episode 15: Andrews shows Morrison how to do recovery, digital sham contracting is killing people & the world is not waiting for us on electric vehicles
Episode 14: Andrews' social housing revolution, Liberal Party lack of integrity & beeees!
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