Weekend Wrap5 March 2023: Angus Taylor exposed on Insiders, Stuart Robert fronts robodebt royal commission, media a barrier to reform, NSW Labor and May Doyle launch

Ben Davison takes a look at Angus Taylor's dreadful performance
on Insiders and the disproportionate focus on tax concessions for
the wealthiest at a time when more people than ever are working
multiple jobs and wages are making up less and less of our
national income.  Unions keep raising these issues and
reminding us that superannuation is for retirement, not tax
evasion, and you can join your union at
australianunions.org.au/wow


Stuart Robert is the opposition spokesperson for superannuation
but was to busy avoiding media scrutiny over his time as the
minister responsible for Robodebt to get involved in the attacks
on Labor's reforms.


Ben looks at how the Robodebt royal commission has exposed the
media's lack of focus on the material reality of millions of
Australians and how that allowed a consequence free environment
for the Morrison ministers.


The NSW Labor Party is launching it's state election campaign in
Hurstville TODAY and Mary Doyle launched her campaign for Aston
on Saturday.  While neither story was covered on Insiders,
Ben looks at why these are crucial campaigns and very winnable
for Labor.


More broadly Ben laments that the Insiders panel wants reform but
remains addicted to the gotcha moments and feeding of the
Murdoch/Stokes outrage machinery.


Also this week we won an Adelaide Fringe AWARD for "best workshop
and talks".  You can still get tickets to our FINAL two LIVE
shows here:
https://adelaidefringe.com.au/fringetix/the-week-on-wednesday-live-with-van-badham-ben-davison-live-podcast-af2023


We hope to see you at the Yurt on Wednesday!