Join notorious Guardian columnist Van Badham and her labour activist co-host (and partner!) Ben Davison. As they deep-dive into the big news themes of the week and provide fresh, irreverent analysis about what's really going on in Australia and around the world.
Episodes
Wednesday Feb 24, 2021
Wednesday Feb 24, 2021
Van Badham & Ben Davison look at the Morrison government announcement of a real cut to Jobseeker being dressed up as an increase of $3.75 a day - and what this news really means.
There's a fourth report of an assault by the Liberal staffer accused of attacking Brittany Higgins, and more revelations about misconduct by Craig Kelly's senior advisor. Morrison admits to having raised these problems with Kelly BEFORE he announced his resignation from the Liberal Party to post conspiracy theories from the cross bench.
With the Victorian government announcing a Royal Commission into Crown, the arm-wrestle over news on Facebook and the collapse of the privatised and deregulated Texas energy grid, Van and Ben discuss the tension between democracy and capitalism and why they are on the side of democracy every time... even if it gives us Morrison.
The good news is about being able to eat food and breathe the air thanks to soil!
And Germanicus, the dachshund, nose bumps the mic, gets cuddles and jumps around.
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