Episode 147: Naplan shows need for school funding, CPAC goes full racist, ACTU report a rip off wins government taskforce and good news about micro plastics

Van Badham and Ben Davison take a look at how the release of
NAPLAN results highlights the need for our public schools to get
the MINIMUM FUNDING that 98% of them are currently being denied.


The Australia Education Union is running a campaign at
foreverychild.au calling for every public school to get the funds
they need for every child to get the education they
deserve.  


The American CPAC event was held in Sydney last weekend and Van
Badham gives a breakdown of how this piece of American
cultural-political imperialism is used as a front for hatred,
division and racism.  Van and Ben discuss how "identity
death" is driving these events, just how few people actually
participate and compare it to the grassroots movement of people
supporting the YES campaign.  You can get active in making
Australia a better place with your union by joining at
australianunions.org.au/wow 


The recent ACTU Price Gouging Inquiry was given a boost today as
the federal government announced its own taskforce into
competition.  The announcement comes as the two major
supermarkets announce massive increases in margins and almost
double digit increases in their dividend to investors.  Ben
and Van discuss how weak competition impacts working people
through prices and undermines wages.


There is good news about micro plastics, sawdust and tea!


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