Episode 131: Dutton tanks Liberal vote, NDIS reboot, Father Bob passes and good news about EVs

"The Week on Wednesday" with Van Badham & Ben Davison

Van Badham and Ben Davison look at the shocking collapse in support for the Coalition, the nose dive in Dutton's approval and how Labor has overtaken the Liberals as the party perceived as best to manage all aspects of the economy, jobs, wages and the delivery of services. Van and Ben explore Dutton's recent poor decisions and how taking shadow cabinet appointment advice from Pauline Hanson may be symptoms of a wider set of problems in the Liberal Party.

Bill Shorten has announced a reboot to the NDIS. Van and Ben look at what Bill announced at the National Press Club this week, the work unions are doing to make the program better and Ben shocks Van with who Dutton has put in as shadow Minister for the NDIS.

Do you know who it is? Here's a hint, they would never join their union at australianunions.org.au/wow which you can do online right now.

Father Bob Maguire passed today. Van and Ben discuss Bob's contributions to the community, to their own lives and to their sense of faith and solidarity. It gets emotional.

And the good news this week is that Australia has an Electric Vehicle strategy. Chris Bowen and Catherine King have announced an electric vehicle strategy to help reduce emissions, lower fuel bills and improve the quality of cars available in Australia.

As always we give shoutouts to our Cadre and Extend the Reach supporters who are making contributions on www.buymeacoffee.com/weekonwednesday plus there's a couple of other special shout outs.