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On the subject of Dan Andrews, I found this piece by Rick Morton interesting. (It's in the Saturday Paper. If you don't subscribe, you might have to enter an email address to read it all.)
https://www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au...get-wedges-morrison-aged-care/160648200010773
https://www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au...get-wedges-morrison-aged-care/160648200010773
When Victoria was gripped by a second wave of Covid-19, the acute failures of the public health response soon became clear. As the months stretched on, though, other issues came into focus – from insecure work to the state’s emaciated aged-care system. These systemic weaknesses deepened the crisis.
Never again, says Premier Daniel Andrews.
As Victoria emerges from the catastrophe, during which more than 800 people died, its leaders have signalled they will not wait for the federal government to re-engage with its responsibilities in aged care and industrial relations. The declaration is short and sharp – a combination of incentive and wedge politics – but born of hard-won understanding.
“Insecure work is toxic,” Premier Andrews told reporters on Monday this week, during the announcement of a two-year pilot program that will provide sick leave for workers in precarious employment.