Responding to the CFMEU Watson Report || Did the CFMEU really push up construction costs?

About this episode

The episode discusses the CFMEU Watson Report and its implications on construction costs and union politics in Australia.

Featuring the latest in activist campaigns and struggles against oppression fighting for a better world with anti-capitalist analysis on current affairs and international politics.Presenters: Jacob Andrewartha, Zane AlcornNewsreportsHeadline news discussion on the issue of the Isis brides and how the Albanese government's refusal to repardiate them back to Australia enables and feeds into the populist right.Discussion about Albanese's sexist characterisation of Grace Tame as "difficult".Interviews and DiscussionRecording of a talk by Guy Gillor from Anti-zionism Australia speaking at a public forum on February 24 titled "Speaking up against genocide: Why Labor is criminalising dissent". You can listen to the individual talk here.Sue Bull, former CFMEU trainer and member of Socialist Alliance discusses why Geoffrey Watson’s CFMEU report to Qld inquiry is an attack on all unions. You can listen to the individual interview here.Saul Eslake, independent economist based in Tasmania joins the program to unpack the real cost of the Big Build Project in Victoria and whether the CFMEU really cost the tax payers over $15 billion. You can listen to the individual interview here.

People in this episode

Host: Jacob Andrewartha

Guests: Guy Gillor, Sue Bull, Saul Eslake

Topics covered

• construction costs
• union politics
• activism
• government policy
• economic analysis

Keywords

• CFMEU
• Watson Report
• construction costs
• Albanese government
• Isis brides
• Grace Tame
• Anti-zionism Australia
• Big Build Project
• tax payers
• Socialist Alliance

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Speaking up against genocide

Places: Australia, Qld, Tasmania, Victoria

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