Episode 102: Inquiry into Morrison’s power grab, ACTU Climate plan for jobs summit, neo-liberal higher ed and good news on PFAS

Van Badham and Ben Davison breakdown the solicitor general's
findings about Scott Morrison's shadow government of one,
himself.  There will be an inquiry and Morrison says's he'll
participate but looks to be imposing conditions.  Van
explains how Morrison's conditions are a Trump tactic to shift
blame and stall any real progress.


As Labor's support surges ahead of the Jobs and Skills summit the
ACTU, Australian Unions, has put out a discussion paper on how to
create jobs while taking action on emissions reduction and
climate change.  Van and Ben discuss the difference having
genuine stakeholder engagement and participation makes to the
policy process and, given the upcoming Jobs and Skills
Summit,  what this might mean for laws in our
workplace.  The best way to a secure job and higher wages is
to be a union member so join at australianunions.org.au/wow


The neo-liberal corporatisation of higher education has smashed
job security in our universities while also sending the wages of
the executives who are making profit driven decisions about
higher education through the roof.  Ben shares a recent
discussion he had with a leader of the NTEU (National Tertiary
Education Union) on how the Liberal party used people's
pre-conceived ideas about the sector and a strategy of not
engaging stakeholders to create a workforce that is now mostly
casual, underpaid and often the victims of wage theft.


The good news is about PFAS, the "forever chemical" might not be
so "forever" after all!


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