Weekend Wrap 17 June 2022: Albo listens to workers on paid pandemic leave, Bandt threatens to vote with Dutton on Insiders & Van and Ben get MARRIED!

Van Badham joins Ben Davison for a very special weekend
wrap.  Our hosts got married yesterday!  In a small
family ceremony at the beach where Van's father's ashes were put
into Botany Bay, Van and Ben have tied the knot.


But the news waits for no one. Albo's decision to reinstate paid
pandemic leave payments for worker's who have to isolate shows
the power of working people raising their voice together and the
willingness of a Labor government to listen to workers.  The
union movement (which you can join at
australianunions.org.au/wow) worked hard to make sure the full
social, economic and health impacts of forcing people into an
economic choice around COVID were understood by the federal and
state governments. As COVID continues it will be more important
than ever that worker's voices are heard.


On Insiders this morning Adam Bandt managed to reignite the
mistakes of the climate wars by threatening to vote with the
Dutton Liberals to block a legislated 43% reduction in emissions
because it wasn't "ambitious" enough. Or if it didn't have a
mechanism to stop ALL future coal and gas projects.  Or
possibly because he wants the campaign issue.  Van and Ben
breakdown why this is bad policy development and self indulgent
politics.


Plus the happy couple take a look at why Van's mum's local MP,
Scott Morrison, is delivering a sermon on the other side of the
country at the church of well known anti-equality activist
Margaret Court.