Show Notes
It's a good* news week!
International news Anthony Albanese reassures the nation that no-one cares if he wins or not. Good* news Nurses in NSW are striking for better pay and safer conditions. The Omicron wave and the withdrawal of government supports has been brutal for health workers. The ICU nurse in the US who quit, and encouraged others to do the same. Environmental activists win high court case, stopping a new coal mine in the Bylong Valley. Victoria has decriminalized sex work! We won’t need to worry about inhaling burnt koala noses for too much longer. This follows deliberate action from the NSW government to block legislation to project koalas. Bigotry begone? The religious discrimination bill has been withdrawn. This follow’s Rebekah Sharkie’s successful amendment to the sex discrimination act that would have prevented the transphobia intended by the original bill. Transphobes have taken a sudden interest in “saving women’s sport”. Arizona has just passed the “Save Women’s Sports Act”, intended to do exactly the same thing. We’ve talked about the Olympics before.
More from Not Good Enough
We chat with Celeste Liddle, Greens candidate for Cooper, about unionism, protest and speedrunning Spyro the Dragon.
QLD and NSW are underwater, again. Knives are out for the prime minister. FU Pay is not good. The budget is discussed.
Carbon credits are a big scam. David Koch fantasies about cutting the rope.