November 23, 2022

Episode 112: Workers asking Pocock which side are you on? Victoria heads to the polls, Musk burns billions for Twitter lols and good news on the NSW Super Battery

1 hour 19 minutes

Van Badham and Ben Davison RETURN to the podcast following the sad passing of Van's mum, Barb. With the Secure Work, Better Pay laws before the senate and Barb being a lifelong unionist Van and Ben pay tribute to her life by examining why David Pocock needs to pass the whole package of laws to get wages moving. And just what the laws really mean for jobs, wages, climate action and social change.

Joining your union and being part of making this change happen is just a few clicks away at australianunions.org.au/wow

The Victorian election is on THIS SATURDAY. Van and Ben look at the campaign that has been punctuated by scandals, cookers and a Liberal Party so far removed from the Menzian ideal that top of the ticket candidates are being told they can't sit in the party room while marginal seat candidates are telling people they "don't believe in kinder". Van and Ben will be doing a LIVE election night broadcast, join the watch party here https://fb.me/e/6NK1MrjXu

Elon Musk has taken over Twitter, saddled it with debt, broken it and invited some of the worlds worst people to slop about on it. Van and Ben look at the economic, social, political and potential legal ramifications, as well as the history of billionaire takovers of social media platforms.

There is good news about the largest renewable energy storage battery being built in NSW

And we give a special shoutout to all our supporters from www.buymeacoffee.com/weekonwednesday who have stuck with us during this difficult time.

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