Weekend Wrap 28 November 2021: Morrison‘s attempt to censor the internet and other intrusions into people‘s lives to distract from economic failure plus a new COVID variant

Ben Davison looks at the Morrison government's latest
announcement on Insiders that they will try to police comments on
the internet and how it fits into Morrison's strategy of
government "stepping back"  on economic issues while
simultaneously starting culture wars and stepping in to protect
corporations.


Ben looks at Morrison's attempts to stop class action lawsuits,
like the one that ended robodebt, his attempt to protect aged
care companies from prosecution while delaying the implementation
of the Aged Care Royal Commission recommendations, Morrison's
NDIS Minister calling the scheme welfare that people need to "get
off" and Morrison's attempt to make it easier to sack people for
who they are and who they love at a time when Australian's are
already facing the greatest period of job insecurity in our
history.


Ben examines why Morrison is doing all this while running away
from the interventionist economic policies of the pandemic that
worked.  Like raising Jobseeker, creating a job security
program (as flawed as their roll out was) and providing free
childcare.


A new COVID variant is out in the world and two years into the
pandemic Morrison hasn't built any quarantine facilities, is
still allowing international flights next week and will be
relying on hotel quarantine.  Buckle up, vax up and get
ready for wild ride!