Weekend Wrap16th January 2022 Morrison’s blunders see corporations trying to send COVID positive workers back to work, Djokovic exposing the flaws at immigration & WA prepares for Omicron

Ben Davison gives a wrap up on the COVID figures for the week and
looks at how "mild" Omicron has been able to bring much of
Australia into an undeclared lockdown.


Ben looks at the situation in WA as they learn from the failures
of the NSW Liberal Party and prepare for re-opening to the rest
of Australia on the 5th of February.


Morrison has opened the flood gates to corporations forcing COVID
positive workers back into the workplace with Teys abattoir
instructing its 140 covid infected staff to come to work in
different coloured hairnets.  Teys, who supply Woolworths,
has apparently earmarked most of the meat for export. 
Australian Unions are running a campaign #WTFWoolies to pressure
the supermarket giant to stop their supplier from making workers
come to work infected.


Morrison opened the flood gate by announcing a three priorities
framework for allowing exposed workers back to work earlier in
the week. 


Australian Unions are holding an emergency meeting on Monday to
discuss how to deal with the situation


Ben looks at the double standards in applying the framework as
dock management company Patrick tries to cancel its workplace
agreement to cut workers wages, but in the process would end 24
unloading shifts, without a peep from the Morrison government
about the impacts on Australia's supply chain.


And of course Novak Djokovic has ruined everyones weekend (and
last two weeks really) with his ongoing anti-vax saga. 
Today we will find out if a court will keep him in Australia or
if Morrison's punitive immigration system can throw out an
anti-vax, lying, multi-millionaire friend of foreign governments
or just poor, scared, refugees.


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