The Top 10 of 2020
December 30, 2020 • Episode 51
Join us as we wrap up 2020 with Not Good Enough's official Top 10 ranking for the year.
10. Forced handshakes
- Scott Morrison’s visit to Cobargo
- The firefighter who really didn’t want to shake his hand.
9. Meme war with China
- The meme war, covered in episode 48 and the trade war fallout in episode 50.
8. Anne Ruston
- Anne Ruston, covered in episode 14 and episode 45.
7. State discourse
- Sexy Dan Andrews covered in episode 28.
- People getting horny for Victorian Chief Health Officer Brett Sutton covered in episode 30.
6. Gas led recovery
- We’ve talked about gas before. Check out episodes 4, 9, 11, 16, 19, 20, 23, 26, 28, 34, 38, 43 and 47 for a quick recap.
5. Coronavirus
- Not just SARS-CoV-2, but the Coronavirus disease too.
4. Industrial actions and union wins
- The NU Unions making big wins: RAFFWU, AUWU, RAHU.
- The Wyong Woolies Workers Winning Their Wages With A Walk Off
- RAFFWU taking McDonalds to court and winning
- AUWU getting in three senate submissions and running a Mutual Obligation strike
- Centrelink workers releasing a letter saying they disagree with the work they’re being made to do
- RAHU helped negotiate over $20k in rental debt and getting eviction notices overturned.
- Spotless Laundry workers walked off the job over safety concerns
- Canberra garbage truck drivers going on multiple strikes
- The Mitre 10 stop work that was won in less than four hours
- The bus driver stop work that was won before it started
- The NTEU wage theft repayment protest that was successful before it started
- Coles workers on indefinite strike after being locked out of their worksites, after striking back in March
- Maritime Union of Australia going on strike all along the east coast
3. Sports!!!!
- Sports rorts covered in episode 3
- The NRL island that wasn’t
- The AFL teams were isolated into quarantine hubs.
2. Insecure work
- Handling of Victorian hotel security covered in episodes 27, 29, 33, and 39.
- In two months, five food delivery workers were killed on the job.
- Government’s move to change laws for part time workers covered in episode 48.
1. Robodebt
- In 2017 it was found unlawful
- The Not My Debt campaign
- Bill Shorten announces class action lawsuit
- Debts will be repaid
- Scott Morrison apologizes
- Kathryn Campbell doesn’t know what Robodebt is?
- Gordon Legal settles out of court
- Correction: Anthony Pratt has donated millions (not hundreds of thousands) to both the Liberal and Labor parties.