Weekend Wrap July 9 2023: Robodebt Royal Commission exposes abuses of power, Health unions win better deal in NSW and teaching reforms but where’s the funding?

Ben Davison spends some time looking at the Robodebt Royal
Commission report, the scathing rebuke of the Morrison
government, the potential crimes of former ministers and the
culture of cooperation between corporate and billionaire owned
media and the Coalition of treating people in need as less than
human.


Ben explains why Robodebt was bad policy, how we avoid such
policies in the future and why unions calling for a more secure
public sector workforce are part of the solution.


Join your union at australianunions.org.au/wow


The Health Services Union (HSU) in NSW has won a pay rise of up
to 8.5% for its lowest paid members and Ben explains how this
union has tackled the issue of low paid "essential workers" and
won.


The Commonwealth has also announced changes to teacher education
over the next two years so Ben has a look at why that's happened,
why we need to fix the Morrison era funding set ups and what
impact it has on productivity,


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