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Podcast: "The Week on Wednesday" with Van Badham & Ben Davison
Episode: Weekend Wrap 10th July 2022: Bye Boris, Sri Lankan upheaval, Abe assassination and media fails, NSW attacks workers, COVID update
Description: In 20 minutes Ben looks at the resignation of Boris Johnson, who remains Prime Minister but is no longer the leader of the Tory party, the political upheaval in Sri Lanka as the President and Prime Minister resign following the citizens taking over the Presidential palace and the assassination of former Prime Minister of Japan Shinzo Abe by a suspected conspiracy theorist.Â
Ben has a particular focus on the failures of Australian media in recent coverage of events that could have or may yet cause harm, with Bevan Shields from the SMH and former minister Karen Andrews being c...