”The Week on Wednesday” with Van Badham & Ben Davison
News:Politics
Van Badham and Ben Davison examine the government's bill to close the loopholes that are letting corporations take $9 billion from workers through forced casualisation, sham contracting, gig exploitation and legal chicanery.
With $9 billion on the line corporations are fighting back with some of the weirdest and most easily disprovable lies imaginable. Van and Ben breakdown why the corporate bosses are investing millions in ads to attack the improvements for workers.
Workers are fighting back to secure the pay that should be theirs by join their union at australianunions.org.au/wow and getting involved in the campaign to win over the cross bench.
Alan Joyce is no longer CEO of Qantas! As of today a new CEO has started and inherited an airline that is, in a strategic sense, on fire. With law suits from workers, consumers and the government, a potential senate inquiry, an ageing fleet and a brand so damaged it is less trusted than its wholly owned budget version the Qantas story is in heavy turbulence.
The latest GDP growth figures have been released so Ben and Van put them into the context of Australia's overall economic situation and are pleased to find Australia has grown more than five of the G7 countries.
Plus there is good news about solar glass!
And Van gives a shout out to all of our Cadre and Extend the Reach supporters who have gone to www.buymeacoffee.com/weekonwednesday
Episode 159: A future made in Australia, the disinformation wonderland & solar cars
Episode 158: Tasmanian election lessons, narrative wars, its the economy and good news about airships
Weekend Wrap 3 December 2023: Employment services reforms, the grind of government and the media circus
Episode 157: Generational economic divide, Loopholes closer to closing & good news on renewables
Weekend Wrap 19 November 2023: Profiteers cash in, school funding needs fix and why Albo went to APEC
Episode 156: Wages rise, Duttons dangerous disinformation, why school funding is a targeted use of the surplus and good news for stone workers
Episode 155: Optus outage chaos, new RBA is just like the old RBA and good news from America
Episode 154: Corporates fight to keep loopholes, Be that teacher for every child, Medicare boost and good news about spiders
Weekend Wrap 29 October 2023: Albo goes to Washington, Insiders misses context and the rules based order
Episode 153: Unions ban deadly dust, Profits fuel inflation pain, World Teachers Day and good battery news
Weekend Wrap 22 October 2023: Middle East, Fee free TAFE, Worker actions, Parental leave, state tax bonfire
Weekend Wrap 15 October 2023: Voice referendum lost, misinformation campaigning and workplace reforms
Episode 152: Republicans implode, referendum prepoll opens, rates on hold and good news about bears
Weekend Wrap 1 October 2023:the No misinformation campaign, disability royal commission report, Pezzullo and public service
Episode 151: Dan departs as Allan ascends, a job for everyone who wants one, a referendum update and good news about kites
Weekend Wrap 24 September 2023: No rallies, price gouging inquiry, workers take action
Episode 150: Referendum disinformation, NSW budget, Victorian homes, worker rights and good news on seaweed
Weekend Wrap 10 September: Pearson makes YES case on Insiders, Dutton delays billions in wages, unions win for workers
Weekend Wrap 3 September 2023: New rights for casuals, gig and labour hire workers, Qantas profiting from failure and you are the Voice
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