July 24, 2022

Weekend Wrap 24th July 2022: Tony Burke talks workplace reforms on Insiders, Climate change targets, Liberal scaremongering & it pays to be union

22 minutes

Ben Davison examines Tony Burke's Insider's interview where he announced the end of the ABCC misusing taxpayer funds to persecute workers over union stickers, logos and flags. Minister Burke also discussed how some corporations are using "loopholes" to lower wages as an Age/SMH piece finds workers in union agreements are winning higher pay rises than non-union workers.

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Tony Burke is promising minimum standards for all workers, the end of "illegitimate" labour hire uses and to build a ramp for gig workers to move to more secure employment. Ben reminds us that the ramp will still need safeguards to stop bad bosses from pushing secure jobs down rather than help bring workers up.

Katherine Murphy lets rip on a decade of the Coalition choosing to be "on the wrong side of history" over climate change as cracks appear in the Dutton opposition ahead of the 43% emission reduction target coming to the parliament.

Mark Kenny tells us Karen Andrews "should consider her position" as it is revealed she politicised the arrival of an asylum seeker boat on election day and pressured the department at the behest of Scott Morrison.

Phil Coorey accuses workers of "sneaking around" parliament ahead of the first sitting week where family and domestic violence leave, the establishment of Skills Australia and the emissions reduction target legislation is due to be introduced.

Plus a reminder of what the nurses of Australia want us to do to stay safe and keep our loved ones safe from COVID.

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