May 29, 2022

Weekend Wrap 29 May 2022:PM Albo’s first week, Insiders learns nothing from election, Dutton the glass jaw villain, Barnaby for the chop and industrial actions

23 minutes

Ben Davison looks at a huge first week for the Albanese Labor government as five ministers bring the Muragappan family home to Bilo, push to lift wages, rebuild our relationships in the Pacific, ensure our role in the Quad and commit to the Uluru Statement from the Heart and a Voice to parliament.

Ben also reviews the latest episode of Insider's where Phil Coorey calls Education, Health, The NDIS, ICAC, early childhood, aged care, industrial relations, the arts, infrastructure, climate change, the environment and women's rights "2nd tier spots" demonstrating that a panel of two people who's papers endorsed Morrison and a third who worked for Howard probably haven't fully digested the impact of last Saturday's election.

Speaking of people who learnt nothing from the election, The Liberals seem set to crown Peter "not a monster" Dutton as leader this week. Despite his slanderous comments about the Bilo family, and the Biloela community, and his long track record of division and misuse of power the "Liberals" can't come up with anyone better. The Nationals will be running a three horse race between Barnaby Joyce, Darren Chester and David Littleproud to see who gets the dubious honour of being Dutton's side kick.

The episode ends with a round up of some of the key industrial actions in schools, universities, aged care and against Amazon that have occurred this week with a reminder that joining your union at australianunions.org.au/wow is the best way to lift your wages, make your job more secure and be part of a community committed to building a better future for workers in Australia.

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