Weekend Wrap 21 May 2023: A year of Albanese Labor government, media obsesses on the negative and Liberals in disarray

Ben Davison looks at the first 12 months of the Albanese Labor
government and some of the big changes ranging from the National
Anti-Corruption Commission and Robo-debt royal commission to
improvements in job security and wages to NDIS reforms and
genuine action on climate change.  The first year of Labor
at a national level has achieved a lot.


The union movement has had successes on wages, women's
participation in the workforce, job security, the energy
transition authority and improvements to the social wage. 
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Ben also takes a look at why media is obsessed with the
negatives.  The Voice is a classic example where two polls
released in the same week get very different treatment by the
media.  Ben explains how this empowers the fringe elements
and the impact that has on people, such as Stan Grant's
announcement, and our political system.


The Liberal's in Victoria continue to want a party leader that
will embrace hatred and defend Nazism with the state conference
in Bendigo marred by walkouts, booing and cries of "shame" as
Menzian Liberal leader John Pesutto took the stage.


Ben asks the question, if we want more progress on education,
healthcare, NDIS, tax reform and climate change do we really
think the Liberals will deliver it better than Labor?


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