Weekend Wrap 28 May 2023: Insiders opens gates for Murdoch, Liberals flail in senate, gig reform and Australia is Proud to be Public

Ben admits he couldn't bring himself to watch Insiders as he
gives a scathing critique of the Murdoch infiltration of the
ABC.  On a week where Stan Grant was hounded out of QandA by
Murdoch's dogs, the Uluru statement from the Heart had its
anniversary and The Australian admitted to doctoring a letter to
the editor about Aboriginal leader Noel Pearson there was an
Australian journalist on the Insiders panel.  Who didn't
talk about ANY of those issues.


Lidia Thorpe continues to not understand how a referendum works
by no claiming she'll abstain from the binary YES or NO vote on
the Voice.


Liberals in the senate used their time to continue to platform
ideas from Steve Bannon, anti-vaxers, the nuclear lobby and far
right "fathers" groups while wasting time on the fashion choices
of public servants.  In NSW they chose between the loser of
Gilmore and the loser of Parramatta to fill a casual senate
vacancy.  The loser of Parramatta was chosen.


Meanwhile in the real world more Australian's are trapped in sham
contracting and its costing thousands of dollars per worker per
year and millions in retirement.  Australian Unions and The
Centre for Future Work have research that shows in the NDIS, Aged
Care and transport platforms are being used to make people into
sham contractors but that it doesn't have to be that way. 
join your union at australianunions.org.au/wow to find out how to
protect your employment conditions.


And we had Public Education Day this week with Ben reflecting on
why so many of us are #ProudToBePublic.  You can have your
say on the importance of giving our schools the resources they
need at
https://www.education.gov.au/review-inform-better-and-fairer-education-system/consultations/review-inform-better-and-fairer-education-system-consultation