Ben Davison gives his view on Mark Dreyfus big week appointing the first female majority High Court in Australian history, introducing the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) to parliament and appearing on Insiders to explain why he thinks they've got the balance right on public hearings.
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Ben discusses the ups and downs of public hearings and how the union movement first passed a policy on a national anti-corruption Commission in 2015! You can join your union at australianunions.org.au/wow
https://twitter.com/InsidersABC/status/1576341031360290816?s=20&t=bvy6bSG50-7ClYtXQCeTPg
The RBA is likely to raise rates this week and Ben looks at how the unfunded tax rebates to the wealthy in the UK have caused an economic meltdown and what signal that sends Australia on the stage three tax cuts due in three budgets time.
https://twitter.com/_DrFrusci/status/1575940848616865799?s=20&t=bvy6bSG50-7ClYtXQCeTPg
The big news about COVID was national cabinet's decision to remove the five day isolation orders from mid-October. Ben looks at the Insiders analysis of the decision as well as the BIG spike in UK hospital admissions and wonders what might happen next.
https://twitter.com/c_s_wallace/status/1576310918169755649?s=20&t=bvy6bSG50-7ClYtXQCeTPg
Don't forget to get your tickets for the Week On Wednesday LIVE! at Melbourne Fringe on October 12th here: www.melbournefringe.com.au/event/the-week-on-wednesday-live