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.
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Sunday Aug 01, 2021
Sunday Aug 01, 2021
McCain in Tasmania locks out the workers for asking for equal to with other McCain workers denying them wages in a cold Tasmanian winter: Listeners can support the workers with a crowdfunding campaign set up by the Australian Manufacturing Workers Union (AMWU)
Gladys' mockdown continues to fail the people of NSW as 239 new cases of COVID are reported with up to 150 of them active in the community while infectious and over 100 not linked to a known case. People are starting to die in their homes.
Qld has 9 cases and has locked down 11 local government areas while research from Victoria shows how important vaccinations are to staying alive and why Morrison's strollout is putting Australian's at huge risk.
A big win for 2,000 workers who were unlawfully outcoursed by Qantas in an attempt to cut their wages by a collective $100million. A court has ruled in a case, led by workers from the Transport Workers Union (TWU), that Qantas was trying to "rid itself of the influence of the union". An unaustralian act from the so called spirit of Australia.
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