”The Week on Wednesday” with Van Badham & Ben Davison
News:Politics
The QAnon march in Melbourne this weekend showed off a disturbing willingness to use violent imagery and threats to intimidate democratically elected leaders, our institutions and our community. While Nearly 93% of Victorian's have had at least one dose of vaccine the rally, which featured US based QAnon symbols, flags and language, roped in a who's who of political fringe dwellers. From Peta Credlin to the Victorian upper house Liberal Democrat MP (bet you didn't even know we had one) to the bloated face of foreign propaganda in Australia, Craig Kelly, we were subjected to every wannabe opportunist's attempts to find a political base.
The serious side was on show too as a gallows was marched through the threats, "kill" chants were conducted and this week saw threats levelled against the animal justice upper house MP, Andy Meddick, as well as Labor MPs, Premier Andrews, Chief Health Officer, Brett Sutton and the Australian Labor Party Vice President.
It is no coincidence that Steve Bannon was indicted this week, the Trump strategist and podcaster (Morrison government MPs have appeared on his show), was charged with contempt of Congress as the US mid-term election season enters the final 12 months.
For more on how QAnon is infiltrating our politics check out Van Badham's new book "QAnon and On; A short and shocking history of internet conspiracy cults"
Cop26 has ended with a commitment to "Phase down", not "phase out" coal power, 130 governments increasing commitments on emissions reductions (Not Morrison's) and agreement to end "inefficient", not all, fossil fuel subsidies.
COVID is exploding again in Europe. The Netherlands is going into a three week lockdown, Austria is locking down the unvaccinated, the UK has 500 cases per million people and Germany has the worst outbreak since the start of the pandemic. Portugal and Spain, above 80% vaccinated, are doing much better. Get vaccinated and get a booster.
The Morrison government has announced a new uncapped seasonal worker program expansion despite unemployment spiking this month and hundreds of thousands of people who want to work unable to do so due to caring responsibilities.
Weekend Wrap 5th December 2021: Morrison ends 2021 in a shambles, Albo launches Powering Australia and skills training while transport workers win and teachers prepare for strike
Episode 66: Morrison‘s parliament and workplaces unsafe for women, living standards drop to 2018 levels, Albo tells a boofhead to sit down and jaguars!
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
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
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