Weekend Wrap 19 February 2023: Insiders press Greens on climate blockage, Labor passes signature policies, Voice campaign launches and NSW election heating up

Ben looks at the first two weeks of the parliamentary sitting for
2023 where Labor introduced housing policy, manufacturing policy
and emissions reduction policy all of which were opposed by
Dutton and the Greens.  Plus our friend Mary Doyle is
running for Aston following Tudge's retirement.


The bosses pamphlets have argued against working people being
involved in the running of the country but you can have your say
by joining your union at australianunions.org.au/wow


Adam Bandt went on Insiders and couldn't name one country that
has banned new coal and gas, couldn't say how much it would cost
and wouldn't support his own Senator's statement that the
government should arbitrarily override the RBA.  Ben
discusses why the RBA is wrong and how the government can
systemically address the issues without random interventions.


While the nation is gearing up for the launch of YES to The Voice
campaigns (union online launch this Wednesday night
https://www.australianunions.org.au/action/voice-campaign-launch 
and Statement from the Heart campaign launch on Thursday
https://fromtheheart.com.au/take-action) Samantha Maiden repeated
Dutton talking points about the Voice not "fixing things" on
Insiders.  Ben looks at how empowerment has improved
outcomes in the NDIS and why The Voice will help close the gap.


And finally Ben takes a look at the chaos that is the NSW Liberal
state government.  From Minister's distributing explicit
pictures to undisclosed conflicts of interest in toll roads to
MPs banned from entering parliament while facing criminal charges
running as an "independant" the Liberal-National Coalition looks
on the ropes.  UnionsNSW is running a campaign "Essential
Workers Deserve Better" focused on the high costs, low wages,
high workload approach of the Liberals that Labor has promised to
change.


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