Episode 131: Dutton tanks Liberal vote, NDIS reboot, Father Bob passes and good news about EVs

Van Badham and Ben Davison look at the shocking collapse in
support for the Coalition, the nose dive in Dutton's approval and
how Labor has overtaken the Liberals as the party perceived as
best to manage all aspects of the economy, jobs, wages and the
delivery of services.  Van and Ben explore Dutton's recent
poor decisions and how taking shadow cabinet appointment advice
from Pauline Hanson may be symptoms of a wider set of problems in
the Liberal Party.


Bill Shorten has announced a reboot to the NDIS.  Van and
Ben look at what Bill announced at the National Press Club this
week, the work unions are doing to make the program better and
Ben shocks Van with who Dutton has put in as shadow Minister for
the NDIS. 


Do you know who it is? Here's a hint, they would never join their
union at australianunions.org.au/wow which you can do online
right now.


Father Bob Maguire passed today.  Van and Ben discuss Bob's
contributions to the community, to their own lives and to their
sense of faith and solidarity.  It gets emotional.


And the good news this week is that Australia has an Electric
Vehicle strategy.  Chris Bowen and Catherine King have
announced an electric vehicle strategy to help reduce emissions,
lower fuel bills and improve the quality of cars available in
Australia.


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supporters who are making contributions on
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other special shout outs.