19 — The podcast of Australia to all Australians

We break down the Prime Minister's meaningless speech patterns, then dig into the politics of journalism and climate change.

 

Morrison’s words
Scott Morrison hates hiding under the doona. Not Good Enough is a pro doona podcast.
Is Morrison copying Buttigieg, copying Obama?
What is the Promise of Australia?
As immigration minister, Morrison awarded himself a trophy celebrating stopping the boats.
He has no idea how to deal with people with less power.
Employment Minister Michaelia Cash advocates “Having A Curry For The Country”.

Climate news and climate journalism
Greenpeace has released an investigation into News Corp’s role in pushing the fake narrative around Australia’s bushfires, with an accompanying short documentary.
Annabel Crabb is responsible for pushing the narrative of Scott Morrison as the goofy dad. In 2015 she cooked dinner with a man responsible for the deaths of asylum seekers.
Australia’s Coronavirus commission, responsible for creating a plan for economic recovery, is heavily stacked with oil and gas executives.
Shell oil has announced they plan to be carbon neutral by 2050.
Blackrock, the world’s biggest investment firm, is divesting from fossil fuels.

Unions and why you need them
The NTEU have been shown to be in secret negotiations with university leadership to cut hours of casual workers by 10% and wages by 15%.
RMIT university has taken the lead by firing 200 casual workers, and asking other workers to pick up the slack.
If you’re worried about being screwed over by the NTEU, join the NTEU Fightback group. Here’s the Google Drive with resources and talking points.
BHP implemented a new enterprise agreement that left workers worse off than the award minimum.
Gerard Boyce, the Fair Work Comissioner responsible for oversight of minimum wages shared internal modeling with BHP. He also decorated his office with big tiddy anime figurines.
Senator James McGrath reckons he’ll own the libs with some taxidermy.

Smooth brain business news
A Northern Territory business lobby has proposed re-opening climbing on Uluru.
The Australian Newspaper has appointed Michelle Gun as their first female editor. Is this a glass cliff?

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