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April 07, 2020 • Episode 13

We remind you all that the climate still exists, then discuss the government's 'Jobkeeper' stimulus plans, cruise ship crimes and landlord crimes.

The airline industry’s push for using 2019-20 as a baseline for emissions targets has backfired.
NSW has opened up coal mining underneath one of Sydney’s major drinking water reservoirs.
Despite catastrophic bushfires and a coronavirus crisis the Victorian government has renewed native forest logging agreements.
Nearly one-in-five of Australia’s big polluters are breaching Australia’s already sub-standard emissions reductions laws.
In the US, the Environmental Protection Agency has totally stopped enforcement of environmental regulations because of Coranavirus.
Don’t forget that Flint, Michigan has been without clean drinking water for six years.
New Orleans has no public school system, and the bodies of killed construction workers on display.

The Australian government has introduced a “Jobkeeper” payment to keep workers employed by businesses.
Casual workers who have been employed for less than 12 months cannot receive the payment. These rules will disproportionally affect women and vulnerable people.
The requirements to be elegible for Centerlink/Jobseeker payments have changed.
See Episode 6 — Eat the Rich for tales of restaurant industry collapse and wage underpayment.
The Morrison government is proposing a workplace relations shakeup which will dramatically shift power in the favor of employers at the cost to workers.
The government’s promises of free childcare may not be as generous as initially promised.

Michael West and FriendlyJordies have been doing some great investigative journalism and defamatory YouTube videos on the subject, banks hungry for coronavirus bailouts.
Airlines Virgin and Qantas are begging for a handout, no strings though please.
Nemesis of the show Energy Minister Angus Taylor failed to disclose free memberships he was given by both airlines.

The Ruby Princess cruise accounting for 10% of Australia’s conronavirus infections is now under police investigation.
The Diamond Princess ship in Japan should have scared people off cruises forever.
The Coral Princess has arrived in Miami with two people dead of coronavirus. Maybe stear clear of cruises?

Real estate agents and landlords worried about rental income drying up are demanding to know how much tenants spend on food and advising them to dip into their superannuation.
Australia’s Securities and Investments Commission have reminded landlords that this is super illegal.
Don’t forget to write to your MP to demand rent and mortgage freezes. We’ve got an email template you can use.

Refugees held in immigration detention are being kept in unsanitary conditions — especially dangerous under a pandemic.
The government has simply ignored a tribunal’s decision to free an unlawfully imprisoned refugee.
An Aboriginal man held in police custody was “condition deteriorated”.

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Write to your MP to demand rent and mortgage freezes.