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It’s been a week of turmoil – our economy is in recession for the first time in 29 years, an historic reset for workplace relations is looming, and we’ve seen a massive about-face on robodebt. Also dominating headlines, protests are sweeping the streets of America and here too, with some describing it as a long overdue reckoning for Australia.
The government has admitted its robodebt scheme was flawed and will refund $720 million of debt to 333,000 welfare recipients. Debate is also raging over what the Government should do with the $60 billion dollar windfall from the JobKeeper bungle, and the PM is now urging unions and employers to "put down weapons" and embark on a major overhaul of industrial relations. For Indigenous Australians, the chaos in America has been a bitter reminder of the lack of attention given to our own shameful history of black deaths in custody.
Joining Hamish on the panel:
Andrew Bragg, Liberal Senator for NSW
Jim Chalmers, Shadow Treasurer
Nakkiah Lui, Actor, Writer and Gamillaroi and Torres Strait Islander woman
Nyadol Nyuon, Commercial Litigator with Arnold Bloch Leibler and Community Advocate
Meyne Wyatt, Wongutha-Yamatji man, raised in Kalgoorlie, Writer and Actor
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