32 — Not Snack Enough (feat. Noon of Auspol Snackpod)

Guest host Noon of Auspol Snackpod joins us for a roundup of media news, an explanation of how clean energy could get us out of the recession and a stirring dive into Marxist theory.   News Corp are simps

• Bill Shorten declares that Scott Morrison is a simp
• A lot of government’s non-english Coronavirus safety information is gibberish.
• The Australian ran a front-page story claiming that a graph pulled from a random twitter user came from an anonymous government source. The Editor’s response is incoherent.
• Miranda Divine wants to you to take a drug for killing ringworms to cure coronavirus.

Clean energy: It’s good

• A report from business strategy consultants AlphaBeta shows that a push for transforming Australia’s energy grid could happen by 2035.
• Green manufacturing and energy could create 400,000 jobs and boost the economy by $50bn.
• Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s Green New Deal ad shows a hopeful view of the future.
• Beyond Zero Emissions’ plans show policy suites for a green energy transition, including the creation of a million new jobs.
• Auspol Snackpod covered a bunch of options for clean energy transitions.

Just in: Labour creates value

• Under the new ownership of venture capital vultures Bain Capital, Virgin airlines will be firing 3000 people and cutting Tiger Air.
• Treasurer Josh Frydenberg refused to consider public ownership of the airline.
• Australian farms rely on exploited guest workers.
• To make up for missing labour, Australia will be shipping in people from Vanuatu to pick fruit in the coming harvest season.
• The Australian Navy is also using underpaid workers from the Philipines.
• Workers create value, even the governor of the reserve bank agrees.
• Check out Auspol Snackpod’s episode on MMT for more!
• Workers at a Mitre10 warehouse stuck for safer work environments, and won a slew of concessions within two hours.

Pulling up the ladder

• Education Minister Dan Tehan (who got his Uni education for free) wants to cut funding to uni students who are failing their classes.
• Former Treasurer Joe Hockey protested against a $250 university fee in 1987.

Actions

• Support the AUWU, if you’re able to.
• Listen to friend of the show Tom Tanuki’s podcast episode on Aussie QAnon.
• Listen to the 7AM podcast’s episode on the young Australians suing for climate action.
• Listen to Auspol Snackpod to hear more good takes from Noon!