32 — Not Snack Enough (feat. Noon of Auspol Snackpod)

Guest host Noon of Auspol Snackpod joins us for a roundup of media news, an explanation of how clean energy could get us out of the recession and a stirring dive into Marxist theory.
 

News Corp are simps
Bill Shorten declares that Scott Morrison is a simp
A lot of government’s non-english Coronavirus safety information is gibberish.
The Australian ran a front-page story claiming that a graph pulled from a random twitter user came from an anonymous government source. The Editor’s response is incoherent.
Miranda Divine wants to you to take a drug for killing ringworms to cure coronavirus.

Clean energy: It’s good
A report from business strategy consultants AlphaBeta shows that a push for transforming Australia’s energy grid could happen by 2035.
Green manufacturing and energy could create 400,000 jobs and boost the economy by $50bn.
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s Green New Deal ad shows a hopeful view of the future.
Beyond Zero Emissions’ plans show policy suites for a green energy transition, including the creation of a million new jobs.
Auspol Snackpod covered a bunch of options for clean energy transitions.

Just in: Labour creates value
Under the new ownership of venture capital vultures Bain Capital, Virgin airlines will be firing 3000 people and cutting Tiger Air.
Treasurer Josh Frydenberg refused to consider public ownership of the airline.
Australian farms rely on exploited guest workers.
To make up for missing labour, Australia will be shipping in people from Vanuatu to pick fruit in the coming harvest season.
The Australian Navy is also using underpaid workers from the Philipines.
Workers create value, even the governor of the reserve bank agrees.
Check out Auspol Snackpod’s episode on MMT for more!
Workers at a Mitre10 warehouse stuck for safer work environments, and won a slew of concessions within two hours.

Pulling up the ladder
Education Minister Dan Tehan (who got his Uni education for free) wants to cut funding to uni students who are failing their classes.
Former Treasurer Joe Hockey protested against a $250 university fee in 1987.

Actions
Support the AUWU, if you’re able to.
Listen to friend of the show Tom Tanuki’s podcast episode on Aussie QAnon.
Listen to the 7AM podcast’s episode on the young Australians suing for climate action.
Listen to Auspol Snackpod to hear more good takes from Noon!