”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!
Episode 13: Misogyny & hypocrisy in Canberra, more cuts to JobSeeker & the ideology ruining our recovery
Episode 12: The chaos of the US election, John McCain's ghost & American's "legalize it"
Episode 11: Elections in Queensland and America while Melbournians line up for steaks at midnight
Episode 10: a jobless jobs plan, a new McCarthyism and Victoria is the place to be
Episode 9: Daryl and Gladys go to ICAC,The Murdoch empire & Trump can't stay at the YMCA
Episode 8: The Budget, chaos in Trump World and the good news about mangroves
Episode 7: The Trump vs Biden debate, cuts for 3.5 million Australians and is Morrison sending troops to the docks?
Episode 6: Payday loans, an end to the drought and the Notorious RBG
Episode 5: Its a gas! Morrison's "scam" plan, Victoria starts to reopen and are we making all the animals extinct?
Episode 4: Of Workers, Kids, Sporting People - and Scenes from the War on Daniel Andrews
Episode 3:The economy is in the toilet and Frydenburg ain't got a plan
Episode 2: Branch stacking, superannuation and Andrew Giles reports from Canberra
Episode 1: "Simps, privatisation and baby whales" (19/08/2020)
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