EPISODE · Jun 25, 2021
UWFB: Mystery Celebrities & Obligations
from The SUWA Show - Squatters and Unwaged Workers Airwaves
We are much obliged to the fast-talking and fast-thinking Luke McGregor, actor and writer on the highly acclaimed comedy, Rosehaven, and comedian well-known on the stand-up circuit. What was Luke about to say when Barnaby Joyce interrupted him on ABC's panel show Q+A? Luke reveals all. Meanwhile economist Riccardo Welters suggests the government might have a "mutual obligation" towards unemployed workers, if it insists on not providing enough good jobs for everyone who wants one.Show NotesMMT and the media: Taking Charge of the Narrative, an online conversation with Luke McGregor and Bill Mitchell, register here or hereLukenomics segment, 'Will Australia Ever Run Out of Money?' on Charlie Pickering's The WeeklyLuke McGregor's appearance on ABC's Q&A program, especially around minute 45:00'New finding: jobseekers subject to obligations take longer to find work', article in The Conversation by Ruud Gerards, and Riccardo WeltersAUWU's campaign on the new social security legislation, search for it on Twitter and Facebook: #RejectTheMOsBill Theme music credit: St. Germain by Alice Ivy
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We are much obliged to the fast-talking and fast-thinking Luke McGregor, actor and writer on the highly acclaimed comedy, Rosehaven, and comedian well-known on the stand-up circuit. What was Luke about to say when Barnaby Joyce interrupted him on ABC's panel show Q+A? Luke reveals all. Meanwhile economist Riccardo Welters suggests the government might have a "mutual obligation" towards unemployed workers, if it insists on not providing enough good jobs for everyone who wants one.Show NotesMMT and the media: Taking Charge of the Narrative, an online conversation with Luke McGregor and Bill Mitchell, register here or hereLukenomics segment, 'Will Australia Ever Run Out of Money?' on Charlie Pickering's The WeeklyLuke McGregor's appearance on ABC's Q&A program, especially around minute 45:00'New finding: jobseekers subject to obligations take longer to find work', article in The Conversation by Ruud Gerards, and Riccardo WeltersAUWU's campaign on the new social security legislation, search for it on Twitter and Facebook: #RejectTheMOsBill Theme music credit: St. Germain by Alice Ivy
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