”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.
Weekend Wrap 28 November 2021: Morrison‘s attempt to censor the internet and other intrusions into people‘s lives to distract from economic failure plus a new COVID variant
Episode 65: Morrison wants more migrant workers, Lambie takes on One Nation, Morrison chooses chaos over leadership and Washington turning waste into gold
Weekend Wrap 21 Nov 2021: Tim Paine resignation highlights Morrison‘s lack of leadership on Alan Tudge, Wages going backwards, final sitting fortnight, QAnon rallies coordinated across the globe
Episode 64: QAnon protests in Victoria, Morrison‘s 2022 election re-run of 2004, Strollout is the word of the year and good news
Weekend Wrap 14 November 2021: QAnon march in Melbourne, CoP26 ends, COVID surging in Europe, Morrison jobs policy failing
Episode 63: Morrison lies about his electric vehicle lies, ‘can do capitalism‘ leaving Australia in last place on climate plus good news on forests and Qanon and On
Weekend Wrap 7 November 2021: Farm workers win minimum wage, hospitality demands more migrant workers while 200,000 can‘t get work due to caring responsibilities plus Sticking Together launches
Episode 62: Liberal lies, cover ups and side hustles, Morrison selling gas at climate conference and ‘my name is Cleo‘ a little girl saved
Weekend Wrap 31 October 2021: Gladys explains her love circle at ICAC, Morrison to sell more gas at Glasgow, Tim Smith gets drunk and crashes his car
Episode 61: Morrison ”the weakest link” on climate action, Morrison gives Telstra billions to block China and the good news is solar powered steel
Weekend Wrap 24 October 21: Obied, Gladys, and Porter make the case for a federal ICAC, Tudge and Dutton distract from Morrison climate woes and strawberry hunger games vs truckie solidarity
Episode 60: Pru and Sally expose the divide in Australian politics, Morrison wants praise for doing half what others are doing on climate and the good news is travel between Sydney and Melbourne
Weekend Wrap 17 Oct 21: COVID updates as Vic and NSW head out of lockdown, Whats Josh Frydenberg‘s problem? And Morrison is finally off to Glasgow
Episode 59 Murdoch‘s greenwash and the fallacy of the Coalition, Insecure work and the pandemic, has Morrison learnt nothing? Good news about plastics!
Weekend Wrap 10 Oct 2021: NSW to reopen but concerns remain, Labor to buy Australian as Coalition suggests mortgage increases to pay for coal mines and removing social media anonymity
Episode 58: Right wing Perrottet picked as NSW Premier, Far right protests against Australia in USA and Poland and the good news is about forests!
Weekend Wrap 3 October: Gladys is gone, Dom is up, Constance is going federal, COVID is still kicking but maybe we‘ll get to see each other at Christmas
Episode 57: Morrison cuts payments amid COVID uncertainty, Coalition play acting on climate action and good news about land protection
Weekend Wrap 26 September 2021 Insiders disgrace with Barnaby the fool, 40 percent fully vaxxed but its not evenly spread and the Demon‘s win the grand final
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