VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on the Westpac scandal

“[The Westpac scandal] comes at a bad time for the government which has legislation before parliament to crack down on union behaviour that goes off the rails, and here you have business behaviour being even worse,” says Michelle Grattan. Joel Carrett/AAP

Michelle Grattan, University of Canberra

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Michelle Grattan
Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra

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Michelle Grattan owns Westpac shares.

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University of Canberra Vice-Chancellor Deep Saini discusses the Westpac scandal with Michelle Grattan. They then delve into the government’s recent changes to the robo-debt program, and Scott Morrison’s announcement that the government will be bringing forward infrastructure projects. They also talk about what to expect in the last parliamentary sitting fortnight, which starts on Monday.

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Infrastructure
Westpac
Scott Morrison
Medevac bill
Robodebt
Anthony Albanese
Ensuring Integrity Bill

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