Weekend Wrap 29 January 2023: Alice Springs, a complex story needing complex solutions, West Australian opposition shuffles deck chairs and stranded ship crews

Ben Davison takes a closer look at the situation in Alice Springs
and how the end of a 15 year ban on alcohol in some communities
coincided with cuts to support services, a federal election and a
Morrison government unable to think beyond the news cycle to
create the slow moving storm that has now engulfed the
community.  And maybe provides the clearest example of why
The Voice is needed.


Ben looks at how the West Australian opposition, with only six
lower house members across two parties, has managed to find
itself in disarray at the start of 2023.


With more companies abandoning ships Ben takes a look at the case
of the Yangtze Fortune and the crew.  Owed money, unable to
get home to the Philippines and no clear path to freedom the
workers are relying on the International Transport Federation
(ITF) and the Maritime Union of Australia to make it through each
day.  Join your union at australianunions.org.au/wow


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