”The Week on Wednesday” with Van Badham & Ben Davison
News:Politics
Van Badham and Ben Davison look at the Morrison government's failure to make workplaces in Australia safer for women with the latest report showing even the parliament is plagued by bullying and harassment. Morrison's failure to deliver on the last report into these issues across the economy doesn't bode well for his so called promise to implement these new 28 recommendations.
Australian living standards have declined to 2018 levels with the latest economic figures showing Australia has just had our 3rd worst economic report EVER. With wages going backwards, petrol prices climbing and fewer secure jobs under the Morrison government it is no wonder the once impenetrable "better economic managers" title is shifting away from the Morrison Liberals.
Albo got fired in parliament this week with his call out of Peter Dutton to "sit down boofhead" capturing a national mood. Morrison's government voted against itself numerous times as some thought cuddling up to anti-vaxers and QAnon conspiracists was more important than good governance, for which they received no punishment while others were given Prime Ministerial "counselling" when they crossed the floor to vote for a federal ICAC.
The good news is that the Mexican Jaguar being saved by local communities working together with government and conservation groups.
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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