Episode 127: NSW Election, TERFs and Nazis, Voice a step closer and good news about baking soda!

Van Badham and Ben Davison return home from their award winning
run at the Adelaide Fringe Festival to discuss the NSW State
Election, on March 25th, the issues, the leaders, the optional
preferential system and the seats to watch.  It is looking
like a tight election but if NSW wants, as the polls are
suggesting they do, guaranteed minimum staffing levels in
hospitals, public schools that have resources for every student,
wages that are going up and leadership that's focused on the
issues that matter to everyday people then Labor should
win. 


Of course UnionsNSW and the many affiliate unions that are made
up of workers in sectors cut, smashed and abandoned by
Perrottet's Liberals are campaigning and you can become a union
member to protect your rights at work, whatever state you are in,
at australianunions.org.au/wow 


In Victoria we suffered through a TERF-Nazi joint rally on the
weekend.  Van explains how TERFs are NOT feminists, are a
vocal EXTREMIST minority and that Liberal MPs and Senators
defending those associated with these individuals are putting a
toxic set of values into our political discourse.  Van and
Ben offer their solidarity to members of the Trans community and
all minority groups who would have, understandably, been
concerned by the scenes over the weekend.


The Voice is a step closer with the machinery of the referendum
set to pass the parliament.  The laws on how to run the
referendum needed updating given we haven't had a referendum
since the invention of social media!


And there is good environmental news about the capturing of
carbon which may or may not being able to supply every home with
enough baking soda to ensure no fridge is ever smelly again!


Van also acknowledges our Cadre and Extend the Reach Supporters
who have gone to www.buymeacoffee.com/weekonwednesday and helped
us grow our audience.