Weekend Wrap 24th July 2022: Tony Burke talks workplace reforms on Insiders, Climate change targets, Liberal scaremongering & it pays to be union

Ben Davison examines Tony Burke's Insider's interview where he
announced the end of the ABCC misusing taxpayer funds to
persecute workers over union stickers, logos and flags. Minister
Burke also discussed how some corporations are using "loopholes"
to lower wages as an Age/SMH piece finds workers in union
agreements are winning higher pay rises than non-union workers.


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Tony Burke is promising minimum standards for all workers, the
end of "illegitimate" labour hire uses and to build a ramp for
gig workers to move to more secure employment.  Ben reminds
us that the ramp will still need safeguards to stop bad bosses
from pushing secure jobs down rather than help bring workers up.


Katherine Murphy lets rip on a decade of the Coalition choosing
to be "on the wrong side of history" over climate change as
cracks appear in the Dutton opposition ahead of the 43% emission
reduction target coming to the parliament.


Mark Kenny tells us Karen Andrews "should consider her position"
as it is revealed she politicised the arrival of an asylum seeker
boat on election day and pressured the department at the behest
of Scott Morrison.


Phil Coorey accuses workers of "sneaking around" parliament ahead
of the first sitting week where family and domestic violence
leave, the establishment of Skills Australia and the emissions
reduction target legislation is due to be introduced.


Plus a reminder of what the nurses of Australia want us to do to
stay safe and keep our loved ones safe from COVID.