Episode 70: Morrison let it rip now the shelves are bare, ideology vs policy vs politics on COVID and were Djokovic’s COVID test results altered?

Van Badham and Ben Davison dive into the mess of Scott Morrison's
ideology and the Boy Prince Dom's unenforceable COVID policies as
the politics of material reality, that is millions of
Australian's having COVID, being exposed to COVID and being too
sick to go to work, starts to bite into both NSW based Liberal
Party leaders.  Shelves are bare, businesses cannot
function, economic activity is collapsing and the truism is being
proved: To have a healthy economy you need healthy people.


With workers being sick and exposed to COVID Morrison intends to
use national cabinet to try and water down workplace safety
protections while the Australian Union movement and leader Sally
McManus have call on Morrison to abandon his plans and instead
focus on more rapid antigen tests, masks and support for workers
to stay safe and small businesses to function.


Ben takes us through the state by state numbers, the impacts
across industries and some of the more "interesting" policy
approaches, while Van gets theoretical guns blazing against two
political leaders who have chosen ideological blindness just when
more Australian's than ever are experiencing the lived reality of
COVID.


In a late breaking addition Ben and Van look at whether Novak
Djokovic was not only lying about his COVID situation but asks
the question; Were Djokovic's tests altered? 


Information published by German news outlet Spiegel questions the
legitimacy of Djokovic's claims through an examination of public
information, timelines and testing records. 
https://www.spiegel.de/international/world/novak-djokovic-were-the-results-of-his-positive-pcr-test-manipulated-a-cf3e7344-e98f-4fc3-8bb3-7727d4795e97 


Good news out of Germany, where rapid antigen tests can be bought
from vending machines and despite KFC running out of some chicken
products there is good news in the form of plant based
alternatives!


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