Asher Moses
Geelong
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“Behold, the fear of the LORD, that is wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding.” (Job 28:28)
Articles by Asher Moses
ASHER MOSES: Customer service may have once been a nice to have for the taxi industry, but now it’s mission critical
Our origins as the ‘black cab’ started back in the 17c and we’ve survived and prospered in every phase of London’s development. However, the taxi transport market has significantly changed over the last 10 years and we are no longer the only taxi option to Londoners. They have so much choice. Many companies are claiming fast efficient transport, and many are offering budget prices. We need to think from the passenger’s perspective.
ASHER MOSES: Khan must be ‘more pragmatic and less signalling’ when it comes to London air quality
There have been a lot of headlines lately about the backlash Sadiq Khan is facing over the ULEZ expansion. Tory assembly members are opposing it along with lobby groups like Fair Fuel UK, rebel MPs from his own party are talking about blocking it - and a legal challenge has been brought by the borough councils of Harrow, Hillingdon, Bexley, Bromley and Surrey County Council, claiming the move would be unlawful, as it would cause “significant social and economic harm to our residents”.
‘BEING MY OWN BOSS’: Asher Moses interviews NEW London cabbie Gilroy Forde
Asher Moses, Sherbet CEO, interviews Gilroy Forde, who passed The Knowledge in November. Asher has joined TaxiPoint to deliver monthly insights into the working of the taxi industry ranging from grassroots to business policy. What did you do before you became a black taxi driver?
‘We’re going to lose everything’: XR rebels hit the streets with an urgent message
Extinction Rebellion activists have returned to Australian streets for several actions this weekend as they build up towards major shut downs of cities across the country to sound the alarm about the climate emergency. Voice of Action spoke to key players in Extinction Rebellion Australia, who explained how they walk the line between causing “maximum disruption” and strict non-violence, which has won them tens of thousands of active supporters across the country and even moved police to tears.
‘Democracy is dead’, MPs declare, as politicians ‘bought and sold’
The Coalition government and Labor opposition are teaming up to weaken political donations and environmental protection laws while also reducing the ability of the crossbench to hold the major parties to account. The deal to restrict the number of motions per crossbench senator to one per week has united the independents and minor parties from the Greens to One Nation, who believe it is a blatant attempt to reduce scrutiny.
Grift Watch: here’s why the government is blocking a corruption watchdog
The Federal Government on Thursday continued to block long-delayed federal corruption watchdog legislation, swiftly shutting down attempts by the Greens, Labor and independents Andrew Wilkie, Zali Steggall and Helen Haines to debate the proposed bill in the House.
‘Collapse of Civilisation is the Most Likely Outcome’: Top Climate Scientists
Australia’s top climate scientist says “we are already deep into the trajectory towards collapse” of civilisation, which may now be inevitable because 9 of the 15 known global climate tipping points that regulate the state of the planet have been activated.
‘Collapse of civilisation is the most likely outcome’: top climate scientists
Australia’s top climate scientist says “we are already deep into the trajectory towards collapse” of civilisation, which may now be inevitable because 9 of the 15 known global climate tipping points that regulate the state of the planet have been activated.
Government’s IR ‘shock doctrine’ will be worse than the Accords
Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on Friday creating jobs was the national cabinet’s “singular agenda”, but what sort of jobs will they be? “Accords 2.0” or not, the Federal Government is flagging major industrial relations changes with or without union consent which, at a time when unions are at their weakest point in history, should strike fear into the heart of workers everywhere.
‘Rampant corruption’ goes unpoliced as hundreds of billions fly out the door
There are serious corruption risks around the hundreds of billions of dollars being spent by the Federal Government in response to coronavirus, integrity organisations warn, but despite a constant revolving door between vested interests and government, no mechanisms exist to investigate and police corrupt behaviour.
Millions left to starve despite $60 billion in government’s back pocket
The Federal Government is under pressure to expand the eligibility of its Jobkeeper program to the millions of workers it has deliberately excluded, after a major blunder resulted in a $60 billion underspend and 3 million fewer people being supported by the wage subsidy than previously reported. Prime Minister Scott Morrison has said Jobkeeper was a $130 billion “program of historic proportions that is helping 6 million Australians”.
‘Institutional corruption’ fears as corporates tighten grip on the Prime Minister’s office
The National COVID-19 Coordination Commission (NCCC) was set up as a fait accompli to push a deregulation agenda and divert taxpayer money to fossil fuel companies, and its advice is expected to avoid parliamentary scrutiny. Greens senator Peter Whish-Wilson told Voice of Action he was concerned the NCCC – labelled “opaque” even by its CEO – was deliberately “set up to be covered by cabinet in confidence”. He described the heavy focus on fossil fuels as “institutional corruption”.
Greens job and income guarantees seek to end the cruelty of neoliberalism
Labor and Liberal governments have deliberately maintained an underclass of poor unemployed and insecurely employed people who have been sacrificed to neoliberalism, says Greens leader Adam Bandt as he unveils an economic recovery plan that includes guaranteed jobs and basic incomes.
‘Horrific’ underemployment but the worst is yet to come
Over 2.7 million Australians either left employment or had their hours reduced between March and April, while over half of young workers are out of work, don’t have enough work, or have stopped looking for work altogether. But as terrible as these figures are, they’re expected to further deterioriate in the coming months, and the federal government has made it clear it will be pursuing policies that economists say guarantee a long and painful depression.
‘Sinister’ new spy powers rushed under cover of coronavirus
Home Affairs minister Peter Dutton (pictured) is using the COVID-19 crisis to introduce broad new powers for Australia’s chief spy agency, such as the ability to track people without a warrant and question suspects as young as 14.
‘Burn the village and go to war’: union leaders say laws must be broken
Unions should “burn the village and go to war”, breaking laws preventing strikes and secondary boycotts even if it means fines and economic devastation, says union legend Dave Kerin, who worked with Jack Mundey on the Builders Labourers Federation (BLF). Mundey (pictured top right), the union hero who united the labour and environmental movements to launch “Green Bans” on over-development, saving some of the most cherished parts of Sydney and Melbourne, has died at the age of 90.
McDonald’s cut off cash to ‘Shoppies’ union ahead of Fair Work hearings
McDonald’s cut off payroll deductions for Australia’s largest retail union – the Shop Distributive and Allied Employees Association (SDA) – ahead of Fair Work Commission (FWC) hearings this month which seek to cut pay and conditions for some of the country’s youngest and lowest paid workers.
Government protects corporate profits over human lives
The Federal Government had to do an embarrassing walk back on Sunday after spending days pressuring states to get face-to-face learning restarted at schools contrary to health advice. The ferocity of its demands was underlined by Education Minister Dan Tehan going on ABC television slamming Victorian premier Daniel Andrews for a “failure of leadership”, “jeopardising the national consensus” and taking a “sledgehammer” to education, due to his refusal to get kids back into schools.
‘Heartbreaking’: outrage and ‘discrimination’ as disabled, carers ‘left to mercy of the market’
People with disability and their carers receive less than those on the dole after the government excluded them from the $550 a fortnight coronavirus supplement payments, which “may result in discrimination”, according to a parliamentary human rights committee half stacked with Coalition senators. Voice of Action spoke to several people on the Disability Support Pension (DSP) and carer payments who are experiencing unforeseen higher costs during the COVID-19 crisis.
Australia’s ‘special interests’ creating ‘ersatz capitalism’: Stiglitz
World-renowned economics professor Joseph Stiglitz says the power of “special interests” in Australia is preventing action on climate change and a reshaping of the economy to ensure “shared prosperity” in the wake of the pandemic. During a live stream on Thursday organised by think tank The Australia Institute, Stiglitz said around the world we are seeing “ersatz capitalism” whereby “you socialise the losses but you privatise the gains”.
‘I go without medications and there’s days I haven’t eaten at all’: Jobseeker recipients slam ‘cruel’ government
Finance Minister Mathias Cormann on Wednesday dismissed calls for Jobseeker (previously Newstart) to be permanently increased beyond the initial six month period, rejecting claims the government was being “heartless”. “The [$550 a fortnight] supplement is in place for the period of the Covid-19 crisis,” he told ABC.
‘Hunger crisis’: Pressure builds on govt over ‘threadbare’ social safety net
Increased $550 coronavirus supplement payments start hitting bank accounts from Tuesday, but many were surprised and dismayed on Monday to learn that, contrary to previous statements from the government, payments may be delayed up to two weeks depending on their reporting date with Centrelink. Labor MP for Bendigo, Lisa Chesters, on Monday became the first Labor MP to call on Prime Minister Scott Morrison to keep the higher rate of Newstart and Youth Allowance permanently.
Techno tyranny or civic duty? Government contact tracing app under fire
The government has been out almost daily defending its proposed COVID-19 contact tracing app, while refusing to provide specific details on how it will work. The app would be out “very soon”, Scott Morrison said on Friday, but while initially threatening the app might be made mandatory, he has backed down and is looking for at least 40% voluntary uptake by Australians.
PM doesn’t care if poor people starve
Morrison effectively doubled the rate of Newstart (now Jobseeker) in response to the COVID-19 crisis but indicated today the higher rate will not last beyond six months. He was asked about keeping the rate today by The Guardian, which also asked Morrison if he accepts that people can’t live on the original rate of $40 a day. “We put a Covid supplement in place for the period of the pandemic and that’s what we’ve budgeted for and that’s what our policy is,” Morrison said.
‘Straight up power grab’: Unions ‘target’ employers ‘ripping people off’ during the pandemic
In the biggest virtual union meeting in Australian history on Tuesday night, the Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) said it was forming a “rapid action group that’s ready to take on any employer who abuses” new regulations introduced by the Industrial Relations Minister Christian Porter.
‘Team Australia’ a corporate feeding frenzy
Treasurer Josh Frydenberg told ABC Radio National this morning he intends to pursue a “productivity agenda” that includes deregulation, industrial relations reform and lower company taxes. He had “no plans” to lift the GST but did not rule it out, and said he had unfinished business when it comes to extending the lowered 25% company tax rate to large corporations.
Soaring unemployment could lead to ‘bloodshed’
More than a quarter of the workforce – 3.4 million Australians – could be out of jobs as a result of the COVID-19 shutdown, according to the Grattan Institute, which says Australia is facing “the worst or one of the worst economic downturns in its history”.
Close to the wind: the trials of Liberal Money-Man Stuart Robert
Stuart Robert is one of the government’s top money-men. The Liberal Party looks after him as he is a gun fund-raiser who bankrolls campaigns in marginal seats. He is also quite the Teflon Man, sailing from one scandal to the next: Rolex watches from the Chinese, outrageous home internet bills and unusually high office rents; water off a duck’s back. Asher Moses reveals new documents which show ambiguous evidence to a Queensland corruption commission.
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