The Top 10 of 2020

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.