SPECIAL Weekend Wrap: Dutton’s Garma dishonesty, parliament wrap , bosses bemoan worker rights, teachers and truck drivers take a stand

"The Week on Wednesday" with Van Badham & Ben Davison

Van Badham joins Ben Davison for an extended Weekend Wrap to look at Dutton's dishonesty about Garma being exposed on Insiders, the bosses pamphlet (Australia Financial Review) confirming the Noalition views the referendum as a political opportunity to hurt Labor and why it is so important people get involved in their local YES campaign and join your union at australianunions.org.au/wow as your union takes action for the referendum.

There's also a look at the policy action from parliament this week with family and domestic violence leave becoming avaliable to employees in small businesses, the Noalition opposing increases to Jobseeker which Labor was able to push through and the Housing Affordability Future Fund making it's return to the parliament. If the Greens team up with the Noalition again to block it the government will have a trigger for a double dissolution. Ben and Van discuss what that could mean.

Innes Willox, CEO of the Australian Industry Group, gave a national press club speech this week which could just as easily have been given in 2013. The usual justifications for corporate greed were rolled out so Van and Ben explore what's really happened with productivity, wages and profits. Hint: Corporate executives are not an oppressed class.

We take a special look at two big campaigns to improve our Commonwealth. The www.foreverychild.au campaign of the Australia Education Union which is trying to close the funding gap that currently sees 98% of public schools not get MINIMUM funding and the Transport reform campaign from the Transport Workers Union that is trying to make our roads safer and our supply chains more sustainable.

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