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"The Week on Wednesday" with Van Badham & Ben Davison
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Weekend Wrap 13 November 2022: Ben updates on mid terms, Victorian election, Secure Jobs, Better Pay laws and Van’s mum
23 mins; November 13, 2022
Weekend Wrap 30 October 2022: Van Badham joins Ben to talk Insiders, budget and workplace law reforms
28 mins; October 29, 2022
Episode 111: The dragon slaying budget, Secure Work Better Pay laws, Sunak is Britain’s billionaire PM and good news about batteries
66 hours 56 mins; October 26, 2022
Weekend Wrap 23 October 2022: Chalmers invests in social security, Angus Taylor putting profit before people, Truss gone and Thorpe’s resignation
35 mins; October 22, 2022
Episode 110: Labor to grow wages as big business whines, Ukraine update and propaganda in your timeline and the good news is rewiring Australia
55 mins; October 19, 2022
Weekend Wrap 16 October 2022: Six months parental leave, Coorey clanger on Insiders, King fixing Morrison mess and Hunt in for Kwarteng
22 mins; October 15, 2022
Episode 109: The Week on Wednesday LIVE at Melbourne Fringe! Van and Ben talk tax cuts, Putin, Musk and neo-Liberal nightmares with a LIVE audience
48 mins; October 12, 2022
Weekend Wrap 9 October 2022: Dutton’s fantasies of improbable future wealth rationale for tax cuts on Insiders, gig economy reforms and Putin’s bridge is on fire
39 mins; October 08, 2022
Episode 108: Anti-government protests sweep Iran, Thorburn saga is about more than money and the good news is no new extinctions in Australia
61 hours 45 mins; October 05, 2022
Weekend Wrap 2 October 2022: NACC will either be reform or knackered, Truss shows tax cut follies, COVID isolation to end but whats next?
21 mins; October 01, 2022
Episode 107: Sally McManus calls for end to war on workers, Labor federal ICAC is NACC and Queensland to end reliance on coal by 2035
61 hours 50 mins; September 28, 2022
Weekend Wrap 25 September 2022: Coalition doesn’t have policies its in opposition, Labor abolishing cashless debit card, creating a federal ICAC and leading in Vic and NSW
23 mins; September 24, 2022
Episode 106: Morrison a cabinet of one, Labor’s new budget and new approach, gig reforms ready for delivery and good news in WA AND Queensland
64 hours 16 mins; September 21, 2022
Weekend Wrap 18th September 2022: RBA admits lack of worker power undermining wages and bosses profiteering
23 mins; September 17, 2022
Episode 105: NSW state of chaos, too many jobs but not enough pay, breakthroughs in Ukraine and the good news is about air
40 mins; September 14, 2022
Weekend Wrap 11th September 2022: SPECIAL Van Badham joins Ben to discuss parliament, the death of Queen Elizabeth II and what’s next
35 mins; September 10, 2022
Episode 104: Qantas Gets Joyced, the Economy, and Dutton Goes Nuclear
57 mins; September 08, 2022
Weekend Wrap 4th September 2022: Jobs Summit wins for workers, Dutton’s ideological blinkers and big business turns on small business
27 mins; September 03, 2022
Episode 103: The jobs summit, wages, unequal pay day and tax cuts
67 hours 37 mins; August 31, 2022
Weekend Wrap 28th August 2022: Morrison Inquiry announced, Robodebt royal commission, Sally McManus on Insiders
23 mins; August 27, 2022
Episode 102: Inquiry into Morrison’s power grab, ACTU Climate plan for jobs summit, neo-liberal higher ed and good news on PFAS
63 hours 57 mins; August 24, 2022
Weekend Wrap 21 August 2022 Barnaby admits ignoring Morrison power grab to keep perks, gig economy ruling needs overturning and Morrison’s grants scam
21 mins; August 20, 2022
Episode 101: Morrison’s shadow government, unions launch skills and migration plan, wages cut as profits soar
66 hours 23 mins; August 17, 2022
Weekend Wrap 14 August 2022: Bowen’s masterclass on Insiders, Morrison’s COVID power grab and real economic reforms
24 mins; August 13, 2022
Episode 100: Jobs summit clash, Trump raided and good news about the Great Barrier Reef
63 hours 26 mins; August 10, 2022
Weekend Wrap 7th August 2022: Climate progress as Dutton moves to culture war mode and a look at Uberisation in the NDIS
21 mins; August 06, 2022
Episode 99: Broken economics, climate change targets, Liberals at it again and good news on plastic
69 hours 28 mins; August 03, 2022
Weekend Wrap 31st July 2022: Albo announces Voice question, grim economic outlook inspires rapid Labor agenda and rebalancing workplace power
22 mins; July 30, 2022
Episode 98: The challenges facing Albo’s parliament, half of Australia has COVID, Morrison AWOL, Bison are BACK!
59 mins; July 26, 2022
Weekend Wrap 24th July 2022: Tony Burke talks workplace reforms on Insiders, Climate change targets, Liberal scaremongering & it pays to be union
22 mins; July 23, 2022
Episode 97: Barilaro busted, Corporations driving up inflation, Labor commits to 30:30 by 2030 to fix environment & COVID update
65 hours 26 mins; July 20, 2022
Weekend Wrap 17 June 2022: Albo listens to workers on paid pandemic leave, Bandt threatens to vote with Dutton on Insiders & Van and Ben get MARRIED!
25 mins; July 17, 2022
Episode 96: Making the job summit work for workers, Bosses bumper bonuses, COVID update and good news about sand
72 hours 29 mins; July 13, 2022
Weekend Wrap 10th July 2022: Bye Boris, Sri Lankan upheaval, Abe assassination and media fails, NSW attacks workers, COVID update
20 mins; July 10, 2022
Episode 95: Albo visits floods, industrial action in New South Wales, COVID getting worse and good news about maritime parks
69 hours 1 min; July 05, 2022
Weekend Wrap 3rd July 2022: Albo rebuilds Australia’s reputation, Per Capita shines a light on NDIS, grim COVID milestone
44 mins; July 02, 2022
Episode 94: The boomer fantasy of wage spirals, the failed states of America and good news about Queensland coal
76 hours 39 mins; June 29, 2022
Episode 93: Morrison’s march through the institutions uncovered, we have COVID and Albo signs up for ambitious action on climate change
44 mins; June 22, 2022
Weekend Wrap 19th June with Van Badham! Albo’s agenda, Dutton on Insiders, early childhood reforms
42 mins; June 18, 2022
Episode 92: Workers win pay rises, how Labor won government, coal fails during snap and good news about energy transitions in WA
73 hours 32 mins; June 15, 2022
Weekend Wrap 12 June 2022: Shorten on Insiders talks NDIS fixes, Qantas, Merivale and toxic corporate cultures
29 mins; June 11, 2022
Episode 91: A decade of economic damage, minister making their mark, NSW workers face down wage cuts and good news about sea grass
68 hours 43 mins; June 08, 2022
Weekend Wrap June 5 2022: Liberal energy policy bites, profits soar as wages crash, Labor makes moves
26 mins; June 04, 2022
Episode 90: Albo’s new Labor Ministry, Does the media have a class bias, and Dutton imports culture wars
72 hours 56 mins; June 01, 2022
Weekend Wrap 29 May 2022:PM Albo’s first week, Insiders learns nothing from election, Dutton the glass jaw villain, Barnaby for the chop and industrial actions
23 mins; May 28, 2022
Episode 89: PM Albo and the gang of four, Liberal Leader Dutton, Murdoch media fails and democracy sausages
66 hours 57 mins; May 25, 2022
Weekend Wrap: Post election special with Van Badham and Ben Davison
42 mins; May 22, 2022
Episode 88: Morrison cuts wages, jobs and retirements, unions win domestic violence leave, election 2022
65 hours 38 mins; May 18, 2022
Weekend Wrap 15th May 2022: Albo calls for wage rises on Insiders, Morrison promises to change and delivers more of the same and Dutton’s lies
16 mins; May 14, 2022
Episode 87: Morrison demands workers take pay cuts, voting has started and the 3rd leaders debate
63 hours 43 mins; May 10, 2022
Weekend Wrap May 8 2022: Waleed gets it wrong on Insiders, Tanya nails workplace reforms, Medicare scandal and 2nd debate
23 mins; May 07, 2022
Episode 86: Halfway through election 2022 who is winning? Morrison or Albo?
58 mins; May 04, 2022
Weekend Wrap: May Day 2022, James Campbell’s Insiders embarrassment, Labor’s campaign launch & Morrison’s campaign chaos
24 mins; May 01, 2022
Episode 85: Morrison bungles the economy, Labor launches economic policy and chaos in the coalition campaign
63 hours 38 mins; April 27, 2022
Weekend Wrap: Morrison’s ”blessing” a curse on NDIS, Barnaby’s Insiders sell off plus wage theft & pork barrelling
26 mins; April 23, 2022
Episode 84: Morrison promises wage cuts, Labor to reform NDIS, COVID rules changing and good news on solar storage
66 hours 45 mins; April 20, 2022
Weekend Wrap Easter Election: Insiders calls out Morrison’s bigot strategy, Morrison dodges ICAC, a new health minister & disinformation warfare
68 hours 56 mins; April 17, 2022
Episode 83: Morrison ”hosts” the media, election campaign highlights and low lights, good news about solar panels at night
64 hours 0 mins; April 13, 2022
Election kick off special: Morrison has called the election!
64 hours 36 mins; April 10, 2022
Episode 82: Morrison’s trust deficit worsens, Liberals with questions to answer, election battle lines drawn, good news about Fortnite and Ukraine
67 hours 31 mins; April 06, 2022
Weekend Wrap 3 April 2022: Frydenberg’s train wreck on Insiders, Unions are campaigning to lift wages & Putin’s war crimes?
23 mins; April 02, 2022
Episode 81: Morrison’s election budget misses the point as Liberals expose who he really is, COVID making a come back and good news about wind turbines
64 hours 54 mins; March 29, 2022
Weekend Wrap with Van: Pre-Budget Insiders, Morrison’s Hillsong lies, Putin’s War and good environmental news about cows!
63 hours 24 mins; March 26, 2022
Episode 80: Morrison cuts wages, Albo’s reality signalling, Putin’s war and good news about forests
29 mins; March 23, 2022
Weekend Wrap 20 March 2022: Labor wins in South Australia, Morrison couldn’t stop a penguin invasion, teachers under strain & pork barrelling backfires
21 mins; March 19, 2022
Episode 79: Morrison’s cost of living crisis can’t wait until budget night, Malinauskas on path to victory in South Australia, Putin’s War and good news about solar powered water
68 hours 58 mins; March 16, 2022
Weekend Wrap 13 March 2022: Morrison’s defence waste exposed on Insiders, Flood fundraiser highlights Liberal failures, Eureka ban a symbol of skewed priorities
18 mins; March 12, 2022
Episode 78: Morrison’s flood disaster and the crisis of small government, Putin’s War and energy in the West plus solar panel flowers
59 mins; March 08, 2022
Weekend Wrap 6th March 2022: Dutton’s incompetence shines through poor Insiders interview, Morrison fails flood victims, profits soar as wages fall
25 mins; March 05, 2022
Episode 77: Morrison missing for women and elders, Putin’s war, flood disasters in Queensland and NSW
85 hours 22 mins; March 01, 2022
Weekend Wrap: Putin’s war in Ukraine and floods in Queensland
18 mins; February 26, 2022
Episode 76: Morrison attacks workers and children, real wages cut, billionaires are not the answer to climate change
64 hours 52 mins; February 23, 2022
Weekend Wrap 20 February 2022: Morrison gets desperate on national security while welding his own face, South Australia off to the poll and WA set to reopen
18 mins; February 19, 2022
Episode 75: Morrison plays the ukulele while Liberals burn Australia, Dyson Heydon and the Liberal problem with women plus good news about clean energy & trees
64 hours 55 mins; February 16, 2022
Weekend Wrap 13 February 2022: Van gives a special breakdown of how ”get Albo” week got turned on it head with Labor beating Morrison on religious discrimination and more!
26 mins; February 12, 2022
Episode 74: Morrison’s parliament apology but what’s really changed? Colbeck no show on aged care crisis, Morrison MPs support QAnon protests and a million flowers bloom
59 mins; February 09, 2022
Weekend Wrap 6 February 2022: ”We need to get him out” Morrison minister flaps on Insiders, Barnaby and Colbeck show Morrison priority is image over lives, the bigot bill and around the states
17 mins; February 05, 2022
Episode 73: Qanon loons caravan of crazy, ”psycho” Morrison crashes at Press Club, ’how to vote cheques’ won’t solve aged care crisis and good news about bees!
62 hours 57 mins; February 01, 2022
Weekend Wrap 30 January 2022: Ash Barty and Special K win at Australian Open, Albo on Insiders, COVID update and Where is Richard Colbeck?
18 mins; January 29, 2022
Episode 72: Grace Tame channels Australian women, COVID deaths spiking, Australia and Survival Day plus good news on rivers
66 hours 36 mins; January 26, 2022
Weekend Wrap 23 January 2022: Morrison wants kids driving forklifts, The Wiggles win the Hottest 100, WA keeps borders closed, Vic and NSW announce school restart plan
20 mins; January 22, 2022
Episode 71: Morrison rambles while states make COVID moves, aged care calls for military help, NDIS being left behind in vaccine race and good news about Australian birds
59 mins; January 18, 2022
Weekend Wrap16th January 2022 Morrison’s blunders see corporations trying to send COVID positive workers back to work, Djokovic exposing the flaws at immigration & WA prepares for Omicron
25 mins; January 15, 2022
Episode 70: Morrison let it rip now the shelves are bare, ideology vs policy vs politics on COVID and were Djokovic’s COVID test results altered?
66 hours 8 mins; January 11, 2022
Weekend Wrap 9th January 2022: COVID explosion in Australia, staff shortages, school return delayed and what the Djokovic saga shows us about asylum seeker policy
25 mins; January 08, 2022
Episode 69: Morrison surrenders to the virus, what Omicron means for you and the good news about beavers!
57 mins; January 05, 2022
Episode 68: Omicron COVID strikes back, What we learned about Morrison‘s government in 2021 and will 2022 be any better?
77 hours 21 mins; December 15, 2021
Weekend Wrap 12th December 2021: Qld to reopen, Omicron brings boosters forward, tornado exposes the brutality of US workplaces, inequality gets worse
22 mins; December 12, 2021
Episode 67: Special focus on the impacts of insecure work
63 hours 29 mins; December 08, 2021
Weekend Wrap 5th December 2021: Morrison ends 2021 in a shambles, Albo launches Powering Australia and skills training while transport workers win and teachers prepare for strike
27 mins; December 04, 2021
Episode 66: Morrison‘s parliament and workplaces unsafe for women, living standards drop to 2018 levels, Albo tells a boofhead to sit down and jaguars!
51 mins; December 01, 2021
Weekend Wrap 28 November 2021: Morrison‘s attempt to censor the internet and other intrusions into people‘s lives to distract from economic failure plus a new COVID variant
24 mins; November 27, 2021
Episode 65: Morrison wants more migrant workers, Lambie takes on One Nation, Morrison chooses chaos over leadership and Washington turning waste into gold
67 hours 9 mins; November 23, 2021
Weekend Wrap 21 Nov 2021: Tim Paine resignation highlights Morrison‘s lack of leadership on Alan Tudge, Wages going backwards, final sitting fortnight, QAnon rallies coordinated across the globe
26 mins; November 21, 2021
Episode 64: QAnon protests in Victoria, Morrison‘s 2022 election re-run of 2004, Strollout is the word of the year and good news
62 hours 49 mins; November 17, 2021
Weekend Wrap 14 November 2021: QAnon march in Melbourne, CoP26 ends, COVID surging in Europe, Morrison jobs policy failing
24 mins; November 13, 2021
Episode 63: Morrison lies about his electric vehicle lies, ‘can do capitalism‘ leaving Australia in last place on climate plus good news on forests and Qanon and On
65 hours 22 mins; November 10, 2021
Weekend Wrap 7 November 2021: Farm workers win minimum wage, hospitality demands more migrant workers while 200,000 can‘t get work due to caring responsibilities plus Sticking Together launches
21 mins; November 06, 2021
Episode 62: Liberal lies, cover ups and side hustles, Morrison selling gas at climate conference and ‘my name is Cleo‘ a little girl saved
60 hours 35 mins; November 03, 2021
Weekend Wrap 31 October 2021: Gladys explains her love circle at ICAC, Morrison to sell more gas at Glasgow, Tim Smith gets drunk and crashes his car
18 mins; October 30, 2021
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