”The Week on Wednesday” with Van Badham & Ben Davison
News:Politics
Van Badham and Ben Davison discuss "horse race" political journalism in light of the revelations that Morrison is "hosting drinks for the media" during the campaign and that the "cash rate gaffe" was based on a question asked after a visit to a nursing home that needed nurses but where the media wasn't interested in asking about aged care policy.
With disinformation campaigns having shaped national elections in Australia, the UK and the USA in recent years Van and Ben discuss why trust in the media is so important and how recognising the potential for bias by being up front with your views, values and interactions is so critical to democracy.
There have been some policy announcements in the first days of the election, on Medicare from Labor and on jobs from Morrison (though the details might be better news for workers in Vietnam than in Western Sydney). There have also been revelations about Liberal travel rorts and George Christensen locking in his $100k severance by jumping into an unwinnable senate spot for One Nation.
Australian Unions have put out a secure jobs policy paper which shows 1 in 3 workers in Australia currently has no job security. Union jobs are more secure jobs and you can join your union at Australianunions.org.au/wow
The good news is that solar panels are being designed that collect energy at night!
Plus we give a huge shoutout to our Cadre and Extending the Reach supporters who have allowed us to keep promoting the show, despite the spike in advertising costs due to the election. Check out www.buymeacoffee.com/weekonwednesday to make a contribution and read the posts.
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
Episode 56: Far right riots in Melbourne, Morrison skips country to play submarines with Biden and Boris but the good news is about fossil fuels
Weekend Wrap 19 September 2021 Nuclear subs blowing up jobs, diplomatic and trade relations, Morrison‘s Port Problem, Pro-Covid protestors and union wins!
Episode 55: Porter‘s mystery donor and Morrison‘s problem with accountability, Education under attack, COVID updates and good news about cows
Episode 54: Morrison‘s father‘s day jaunt, Women‘s summit ”platitudes”, more vaccinations needed before COVID under control and good news about scooters & football
Weekend Wrap 5 September 2021: Morrison minister calls COVID reopening a plan for a framework that might change as a plan plus Jobkeeper overpayment hypocrisy and worker wins for the week
Episode 53:COVID here to stay, Morrison kills off respect at work for women, The recession and good news on magnetic liquid fighting microplastics
Weekend Wrap 29 August 2021: Glady's and Morrison delusions of Freedom day while 15,00 COVID cases active, daily records tumble, a thousand in hospital and 10% of jobs destroyed
Episode 52: Morrison & Glady's rolling COVID disaster, Corporates trying to use the pandemic to cut job security as workers fight back and the good news is roads that charge electric cars
Weekend Wrap: Morrison goes on Insiders to spin vaccines failures and abandoning Aussies in Afghanistan, COVID doubles in NSW in 10 days, violent fascist recruitment rallies broken up
Episode 51: Morrison fails allies in Kabul, COVID explodes in NSW, wages go backwards and good news on electric highways
Weekend Wrap 15 August 2021
Episode 50: Houston, Canavan, Christensen and Kelly, The company Morrison keeps. Morrison blames developing countries to avoid climate action. COVID gets worse. Good news is whiskey powered trucks!
Weekend Wrap 8 August 2021
Episode 49: NSW suffers 233 new cases of COVID as man in his 20's dies, Morrison's women problem is a problem for everyone, good news about solar cars!
Weekend Wrap 1 August 2021
Episode 48: Gladys locks down for another month, Morrison gives a little more but still no wage subsidy as food prices rise. Canavan and the capitol hill riot link. Good news about plastic and PFAS
Weekend Wrap 25th July
Episode 47: Gladys "Mockdown" fails, Morrison's leadership failings continue, Is the UK opening up or giving up? And the good news is about oil and gas in Greenland!
Weekend Wrap 18 July 2021
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