Weekend Wrap 29 May 2022:PM Albo’s first week, Insiders learns nothing from election, Dutton the glass jaw villain, Barnaby for the chop and industrial actions

Ben Davison looks at a huge first week for the Albanese Labor
government as five ministers bring the Muragappan family home to
Bilo, push to lift wages, rebuild our relationships in the
Pacific, ensure our role in the Quad and commit to the Uluru
Statement from the Heart and a Voice to parliament.


Ben also reviews the latest episode of Insider's where Phil
Coorey calls Education, Health, The NDIS, ICAC, early childhood,
aged care, industrial relations, the arts, infrastructure,
climate change, the environment and women's rights "2nd tier
spots" demonstrating that a panel of two people who's papers
endorsed Morrison and a third who worked for Howard probably
haven't fully digested the impact of last Saturday's election.


Speaking of people who learnt nothing from the election, The
Liberals seem set to crown Peter "not a monster" Dutton as leader
this week.  Despite his slanderous comments about the Bilo
family, and the Biloela community, and his long track record of
division and misuse of power the "Liberals" can't come up with
anyone better.  The Nationals will be running a three horse
race between Barnaby Joyce, Darren Chester and David Littleproud
to see who gets the dubious honour of being Dutton's side kick.


The episode ends with a round up of some of the key industrial
actions in schools, universities, aged care and against Amazon
that have occurred this week with a reminder that joining your
union at australianunions.org.au/wow is the best way to lift your
wages, make your job more secure and be part of a community
committed to building a better future for workers in Australia.