Weekend Wrap April 30 2023: Van Badham joins Ben to discuss Insiders, reforming jobseeker, YES on track to win and migration reforms

Van Badham joins Ben Davison for a special weekend wrap! They
dissect David Speers' on defence policy, consider Insiders'
decision to ignore reforms to the pharmaceutical benefits scheme
(PBS), ask whether Albo attending the Sandilands wedding was
either good or bad politics and the dangers of mistaking online
abuse for a real-world movement.


Our hosts discuss what real reforms to the social safety net
would look like, and how media needs to be careful not to fall
into the traps that right-wing media are now tangled in when
reporting on policy reforms to the NDIS, unemployment and
housing.


They also cover the union movement using May Day to campaign for
The Voice, with Sally McManus and Michele O'Neil on the ground in
the "soft" states of Queensland and Tasmania. This comes on the
back of polling showing that YES would win the referendum if it
were held today.... so, join your union at
australianunions.org.au/wow


Ben and Van also discuss the announced reforms to migration, the
improved protections for workers, the uplift in regulation in the
sector and how Labor is facing down vested interests to deliver
needed skills as well as opportunity for people to make Australia
their home while contributing to our commonwealth.