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Senior fellow @TheAusInstitute . Former senior investigative reporter @4Corners , economics specialist @ABCnews . and staff writer for AFR & SMH.
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The questions in this leaders debate are risible. I think my profession has done the public a disservice throughout this campaign.
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Why I won’t be wearing pink to the Sydney test. From its donated money, MCGrath Foundation spends more on fundraising and marketing than breast care nurses.
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The evidence from the
#Lehrmann
defo trial shows the AFP investigation was shockingly inadequate. It makes a mockery of the Sofronoff report’s conclusion that police “consistently acted in good faith” and “carried out a comprehensive and thorough investigation”.
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Although Queen Elizabeth II deserves respect, the wall-to-wall hagiography following her death is wearing thin. Is the compulsory black mourning garb for broadcasters really necessary? Should there be more room for respectful but questioning voices on monarchy and empire?
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The press gallery refuses to recognise its own complicity in so-called “broken promises”. Journalists demand politicians “rule out” changes, entrenching a status quo that supports vested interests. It’s bad for policy and bad for democracy. The gallery is part of the problem.
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So, it turns out
@antoinette_news
Lattouf was guilty only of outstanding journalism in exposing the false claim protesters supporting Palestine chanted “gas the Jews”. Police have confirmed this. Her great reporting led to the campaign to have her sacked by the ABC. Shameful.
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I completely agree with Laura. The ABC requiring “equal time” has platformed disinformation on the Voice and created a false impression about the level of Indigenous support for the No case. When one side is relying on fear and lies, “equal time” isn’t fair, it’s failure.
At David Marr's book launch, Laura Tingle blasts ABC "balance" process on referendum: "I shouldn't be saying any of these things."
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Lawyer Nicola works for the hard-right global law firm Herbert Smith Freehills, admitted in England & Wales but not here according to LinkedIn. She and hubby live on struggle street on an income of $440,000.
Customers, The Daily Telegraph.
This is Nicola.
She and hubby make $440,000 p.a.
They've been "kicked in the teeth" by the
#Stage3
rejigging.
Seriously.
#ThisIsNotJournalism
#auspol
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All power to my ABC colleagues and
@MEAA
members for confronting the bias, cowardice and lack of support for journalists by ABC management. Good on
@TheLyonsDen
. Brave and principled for such a senior journalist and former exec to speak out.
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The No campaign relied almost entirely on fear, misinformation and disinformation. That poses diabolical dilemmas for the MSM, especially the ABC, with a mandate to cover principal relevant viewpoints.
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Disgusting racist dogwhistle. Shame. Shame. Shame.
If you live in Frankston and you’ve got a problem with Victorian women being assaulted by foreign criminals, vote against Labor.
If you do not want to see Australian women being assaulted by foreign criminals, vote against Labor.
Send Labor a message.
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I think Kim Williams is a very good choice as ABC chair. Don’t be daunted by his News Corp past, I know Kim and he supports quality journalism. He’s been critical of dumbing down at the ABC. He will also be passionate about the arts mandate.
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On a flight to Sydney and we are jammed in like sardines in a can. Why is it every other business has to maintain social distancing but not the airlines?
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Sky host lets Bridget McKenzie spout arrant nonsense, blaming Vic blackouts - caused by damage to the transmission system - on renewables. Complete lie. Letting politicians lie is not “journalism”, you quisling. Shameful stuff.
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Libs had everything in their favour in Dunkley:
- Donkey vote
- High profile local candidate
- Cost of living crisis
- Advance spending $400k to shitcan Labor
- Mid-term blues
Still couldn’t come close to winning in the kind of outer suburban area Dutton is banking on.
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The Australian’s Greg Sheridan to Virginia Trioli: “The ABC likes to dish out punishment and gang up on innocent people in a way that breaches human rights.” This is the finest example of unconscious irony - Freudian projection perhaps.
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Hey Phil, why do you & the AFR keep amplifying these ridiculous nuclear claims when the costs & timeframe show it’s just a distraction from real action on climate change?
Coalition will seek a social licence for nuclear: Dutton
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@jamesmassola
I don’t agree. He got a little annoyed. He attacked the question not the reporter — and it was a stupid question. The gallery should reflect on how its reported the issue. No one points out the Libs drafted the flawed law or that indefinite detention breaches human rights.
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John Lyons
@TheLyonsDen
has been a shining beacon on the ABC’s war coverage. Brave & principled.
This journalist confronts Israeli armed forces shooting tear gas at Palestinian children going to school.
The U.S. government funds this.
#Gaza
#Palestine
#Iraq
#Syria
#Israel
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Gina to Labor Govt: we need government handouts to develop critical minerals!
Labor: okay, here’s $840 million in support, but we thought you were opposed to government handouts?
Gina: only for poor people, it removes their incentive to better themselves.
Hand our richest citizen $840m of public money. Cool and normal in Oz today, AKA Bizarreville.
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Woolworths has AXED Australia Day.
They’re refusing to sell any merchandise.
The supermarket says there’s a decline in demand.
But Mark Levy thinks it’s ‘wokeness gone mad’.
Listen to the full details here…
🎧🎧
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This is when journalists need to stand together, all hammer the issue and refuse to let politicians dodge.
PM refuses to answer questions on this and the rest of the press conference just moves on. Not ideal.
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Such a poor article by the ABC. Adopts tabloid angle of Liberal Party outrage (clearly confected) rather than examine policy substance, or consider that the Libs are now saying they will increase taxes on the vast majority to benefit the top few %.
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I still think there is cause for soul searching at the ABC and in the media more generally. When do you draw the line when a whole campaign is based on falsehoods and say: we refuse to run this? Would that help or be counterproductive? If not, what else can be done?
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It irritates me that these Generation divide analyses invariably lack a class perspective and assume all boomers are rich and privileged and all millennials are poor and struggling.
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This tells you a lot about the current ABC management. ABC hires 'notoriously anti-worker' US law firm, Seyfarth Shaw, in Antoinette Lattouf unlawful dismissal case - ABC News
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The other issue nobody is talking about with the Libs nuclear fantasy is water. Reactors are hugely water intensive. That’s a major cost and a problem.
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Pre-empting a story by issuing a “response” before the report is even published. Extraordinary and unprofessional. First time I’ve encountered this in my long journalism career.
Today we received a media inquiry from ABC’s
@stephenlongaus
who has written a number of stories about Adani. Stephen has often omitted facts provided to him by Adani to create a negative perception of our business. We have decided to share our response to his questions below.
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This is absurd. The letter the journalists signed was totally reasonable. Ridiculous stance by Tory Maguire and Bevan Shields
SMH/Age executive editor Tory Maguire has posted a message in their Slack on behalf of the papers' leadership saying that staff who signed a letter about Australia's Israel-Palestine media coverage will be "unable to participate in any reporting or production related to the war"
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This is the article that upset Adani so much, it issued a “response” to my questions before the story was published. Coal from Adani’s Qld mine going to a project that’s being fought by some of the poorest people in India. Read & share!
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As it happens I was at Kurnell and drove past Port Botany on the day ScoMo made his “40 ships” stranded by the strike claim so I knew it was BS - as the ABC/RMIT Fact Check confirms
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@GregPankhurst
@DarylTractor
Firstly, McGrath Foundation gets so much free publicity via Cricket Australia and broadcasters, its huge marketing and fundraising spend is questionable. Secondly, so what? Government could fund all the nurses more efficiently if it exited.
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The BCA has stymied serious tax reform in Australia. It smashed the resources super profits tax that would have generated enormous revenue to fund a good society and helped torpedo an effective, functioning carbon price. The hypocrisy is breathtaking.
The Business Council is calling for a national discussion on tax reform to start a process which deals with the extraordinary economic cliff Australia will face in the future, including a declining participation rate and revenue shortfall of $140 billion.
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Peter Dutton outright lies 👇
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UPDATE: the fed gov is handing the McGrath Foundation tens of millions more $ for “all-cancer” nurses, essentially handing over admin of cancer nursing care to a charity.
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@QuentinDempster
@FinancialReview
@AlboMP
Funny how manufacturing support prompts outrage but the outraged don’t bat an eyelid about annual subsidies of $11 billion to fossil fuel companies.
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Just a reminder: the CSIRO found that even assuming a massive fall in build costs, electricity from small modular reactors would cost 3 times as much as renewable energy in 2030, not including the cost of storing nuclear waste.
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PM Anthony Albanese should be celebrated over Labor’s amended Stage 3 tax cuts |
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Ben, are you really an idiot or is this just deliberate nonsense to push an agenda?
Victoria is experiencing its worst blackout in history.
The state’s biggest power station shut down.
Half a million homes plunged into darkness.
Solar and batteries failed to fill the void.
Where were the renewables when we needed them ?
🎧🎧
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The UN’s report on mass species is extinction and threat to human life is important beyond description but, with the honourable exception of
@GuardianAus
, most media have dropped it from home pages already. We’ve got a lot to learn about journalism in the digital age.
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Great piece in Crikey demolishing Dutton’s nuclear fantasy, with evidence of delays and cost blowouts overseas. Why is the mainstream media treating this “policy” seriously?
@crikey_news
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So, on Insiders this morning the CMO said shaking hands is okay, and makes the bizarre statement that exposure of school children could help create “herd immunity”. Hours later hand shakes are out and the Acting CMO corrects the CMO on “herd immunity”. Hmmm.
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This CSIRO report - that Woodside tried to suppress - is dynamite. There is no case for new gas.
Leaked research from the national science agency CSIRO warned that
@WoodsideEnergy
's push to expand gas exports in Asia is actually displacing renewables & increasing emissions
Woodside's massive new Burrup Hub is a climate bomb that must not go ahead.
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Tune in to
@4corners
tonight for a ripping yarn on the rise and fall of Greensill Capital! The story of the boy from Bundaberg who became a billionaire is a fascinating a tale! Private jets, royal honours, and a PM on the payroll - before it all came crashing down.
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To what extent can the MSM counter campaigns built on lies and disinformation which use social media to spread their message? The problem is not going away. We can expect groups like Advance Australia to build on their success in the referendum.
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After making some criticism yesterday, I want to acknowledge the work by ABC staff, especially First Nations journos, to try to counter “No” BS. The ABC did excellent fact checks, explainers & reports addressing lies and falsehoods. Sadly, it was no match for a vile campaign.
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Things have never been the same since the abolition of slavery and the freeing of the convicts.
Is this the way to drive our country forward?
Is this the spirit with which we built our great nation?
Is this the attitude which has meant good people can work hard and get ahead?
I think not.
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NSW premier says freezing public sector wage rises is about supporting the 90% of employees who don’t work for govt. Strange reasoning, since scrapping wage rises will take away spending from a deeply recessed economy.
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Fixed this for you
@abcnews
: “[Dutton] gives no indication of big-picture thinking, let alone an ambitious reform agenda. ,.. Dutton has neither the scope nor the personality to appeal to the country as an inspirational leader.”
ANALYSIS: If the government's position doesn't improve substantially, people will take a more serious look at Peter Dutton — the hard man from Queensland — and speculate about what sort of prime minister he'd make, writes Michelle Grattan.
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This nails Dutton’s strategy
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Israel war: Nour Haydar resigns from ABC over Gaza war coverage. Big loss for the ABC.
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Not to mention
@ABCaustralia
I look forward to receiving apologies from The Australian, Sky News, Australian Jewish Association, Executive Council for Australian Jewry and at least a couple of WhatsApp groups.
#NoFearNoFavour
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You have to go back to the year 2000 (when the GST was introduced) to find a weaker annual GDP number than today's shocker. Gee those constant Coalition claims about a "strong economy" in the federal election dated quickly.
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Faced with a rampant scare campaign, did the media do enough to expose lies and spin? The old model of “he said, she said” news stories is useless in these circumstances. And fear of appearing “partisan” for calling out the lies can stop the media revealing the truth.
@vanbadham
I had voters tell me adamantly on polling booths that a 40% Death Tax was my policy. I tried to assure them it was not. They said "It IS. Yes it IS!" That and taxing pensioners. Oh, and we can't afford another Bill, and Bill's a dill.
#auspol
#HumeVotes
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When a nation has a lot more utes than tradies, there is something wrong.
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@twitfoz
Like I said, inefficient. Govt could provide the nurses directly and cut out the middle man. 64 staff in the charity that supplies a relatively small number of nurses out of charity money. Not a good model.
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Push poll by anti-ABC lobby group puts leading statement “the abc does not reflect the views of ordinary Australians”, gets only 30% agreeing, and yet Murdoch press spins it as suggesting ABC is “out of touch” with ordinary people. Ridiculous and appalling.
A new poll suggests the ABC is out of touch with the views of “ordinary Aussies” – and a surprising age group is turning against the broadcaster.
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Murdoch press. Through the looking glass absurd.
Customers, The Daily Telegraph.
This is Nicola.
She and hubby make $440,000 p.a.
They've been "kicked in the teeth" by the
#Stage3
rejigging.
Seriously.
#ThisIsNotJournalism
#auspol
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Hand our richest citizen $840m of public money. Cool and normal in Oz today, AKA Bizarreville.
You have to laugh -- Gina Rinehart takes $840 million in taxpayer cash from the Albanese government for new NT mine.
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Funny how The Australian didn’t lead with Kim Williams saying ABC staff should ignore what’s written about them in The Australian.
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@DavidJSmith3567
@ChristineMilne
Exactly. On a rough calculation, the lost government revenue from tax deductions to McGrath Foundation corporate sponsors and donors would equal what the charity spent on nurses out of its charity fundraising.
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Wow. I’m troubled by the ABC paying Lehrmann $150 thousand.
ABC Lehrmann settlement is available on Federal Court site.
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Judith Sloan reckons there's no wage growth problem. The Reserve Bank governor says otherwise - and the RBA is historically hawkish about wages; now it's saying they are too low and we need bigger wage rises.
@ABCthedrum
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Brilliant
#4Corners
by my colleagues on the draconian anti-protest laws and the use of terrorism police to target non-violent protesters trying to combat the climate change catastrophe. The power of the gas industry in this petrostate.
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I kind of think this is going to have more political cut through than “broke a promise”
I’m proud we’re delivering a tax cut for every taxpayer, and a bigger tax cut for 90 percent of workers in our local community, to help ease cost of living pressures. It’s more help for more people, delivered in the most responsible way
@AustralianLabor
@QLDLabor
#auspol
#ausecon
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“It’s clear how insubstantial this Opposition is, as it demands things that are both illegal and immoral. (Jane) Hume is seemingly incapable of embarrassment. But it is embarrassing to watch a so-called ‘moderate’ grow ever more disconnected from truth and shame”
📥 The Politics: The Coalition hounds Labor over High Court decisions, while admitting they don’t know how to stop them
Read “High nonsense”:
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These poor dears will only be able to afford a small chalet in Aspen this ski season
Customers, The Daily Telegraph.
This is Nicola.
She and hubby make $440,000 p.a.
They've been "kicked in the teeth" by the
#Stage3
rejigging.
Seriously.
#ThisIsNotJournalism
#auspol
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The staff meetings to pass motions on now ousted chairman and the “Hands off ABC” rally took place at lunchtime. Everyone continued to work while saving the ABC from threats to editorial independence in our own time!
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I’m told
@abcnews
has scrapped This Week, the current affairs program & podcast that aired Saturday after replacing Saturday AM. Another cut back in serious current affairs at the ABC. 😞
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She is clueless. There is no “both sides” of climate science. There is an overwhelming consensus >99%.
This is our new UN Ambassador, Kelly Knight Craft on climate change: “I believe there are scientists on both sides that are accurate....I think that both sides have their own results from their studies, and I appreciate and respect both sides of the science.” (via
@CBSNews
)
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Devastating critique of an ABC-RMIT Fact Check on nuclear build times. The fact check is so silly it should really be withdrawn.
⚛️
@abcnews
's recent
#FactCheck
made a classic rookie error in calculating that the latest US nukes had "build times of 10.1 and 10.4 years".
depending how you count it, it took somewhere between 13.9 years and ~19 years to build them.
easy mistake to make.
let me explain… 🧵
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Australia is a low tax country that lacks taxes on pollution and taxes on wealth. But the same business groups that stopped carbon price and resources rent tax are the ones claiming we rely too much on personal income tax. Richard Denniss at
#NPC
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Quite an admission
Sunday penalty rate cuts have not created one new job or prompted business to give workers any extra hours, admits small business lobby. This was the business rationale for the cuts. Now says whole debate has been a “waste of time”.
#AusVotes19
@australian
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@PhillipCoorey
How do you think that this is going to possibly help them, Phil? All it will do is take money and spending power out of a deeply recessed economy at a time when it really needs the spending and therefore hurt their prospects.
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The eminence gris of competition policy Alan Fels says profiteering has driven up prices, in a report that debunks denials by conservative economists, business lobbyists and the RBA.
@TheAusInstitute
was on the money when it led the way on this issue!
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We stand with
@DanielMOakes
. Journalism is not a crime —and this was fine journalism in the public interest.
So
@AusFedPolice
have declared they’re referring my colleague
@DanielMOakes
to the C’th prosecutors office ... to repeat that: the Australian Federal Police just referred an Australian journalist for prosecution over revelations about alleged unlawful killings by Aus soldiers.
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Did I mention that one of the lawyers at the anti-worker union busting firm the ABC has hired is Mr Kuntz?
This tells you a lot about the current ABC management. ABC hires 'notoriously anti-worker' US law firm, Seyfarth Shaw, in Antoinette Lattouf unlawful dismissal case - ABC News
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Terrific article by Mark Kenny on Dutton’s attempt to intimidate
@CroweDM
& Nine. The irony here is that David Crowe, a thoroughly decent chap, is far from biased; he is balanced to a fault.
‘What Dutton’s foray actually revealed…is the LNP leadership is now so accustomed to having some journalists in its pocket it can no longer differentiate between balance & barracking.
‘(It) was intended to have a chilling effect’.
@markgkenny
2/2
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ABC editorial policies allow for analysis based on demonstrable facts and balance that follows the weight of evidence. This is a timid approach.
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One quadrant short in the top paddock …
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How Labor out-loved the Coalition in its embrace of big oil and gas - The Australia Institute
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Hogwash from the former member for Mackellar. Tax breaks that encourage investors to compete against people trying to buy a home are
big part of the problem .
This is not about policy, this is about values. You don't pull yourself up by pulling others down. Getting rid of tax breaks for investments only hurts the vulnerable, building more homes helps the homeless and dispossessed. Young Canadians get this, young Australians get it.
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The ABC is inadvertently exposing its timidity in its defence to the Lattouf sacking. Imagine telling a journalist not to post about “matters of controversy.” It also shows it was reacting to complaints from the Israel lobby as soon as she was hired .
Exclusive: Race and politics were not factors in Antoinette Lattouf’s sacking, says ABC.
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So now the Coalition has to decide whether they really want to go to an election pledging to increase income taxes for the vast majority of workers by “unpicking” Labor’s reforms to stage 3. A winning stance? Riddle me that, press gallery.
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Another thing to keep in mind with Dunkley result is the Donkey Vote favoured the Libs, with their candidate at top of the ballot paper & Labor down the bottom, yet they couldn’t get more than a modest swing.
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I’ve just read AEMO’s actual report and feel some of the breathless media coverage is a tad overblown. Only in Vic is risk of power loss greater than 0.002% this summer. And Canberra political journos take care: AEMO is NOT advocating for new coal-fired power.
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Lol. The swing was way under by-election average, a failure for the Coalition, despite the racist call to arms by Sussan Ley and a massive spend by bedfellows Advance to incite fear & division. Now this pathetic spin.
The people of Dunkley have sent Anthony Albanese a strong message and it's not ‘Happy Birthday’, it's 'do something about the cost of living crisis.’ A swing of this size at the next election would see us win 11 seats from Labor. This is a terrible result for the Prime Minister.
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It’s not about taking sides. It’s about reporting the truth.
I don’t understand how ABC fans can argue that news should be unbiased, fact based and trusted, but also that journos should be able to take a side in a conflict
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“Check the brain on Brad.” Wow. Banducci handled that well. This is a company with the power to screw suppliers, workers and customers. His responses are Alan Joyce level delusional.
#4Corners
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Turnbull gave Paul Kelly too much credit. Kelly has long been an ideologue railing for the right, for fossil fuel interests & most reactionary causes. Kelly is not some decent truth-teller reluctantly trapped; he embodies News Corp’s value system.
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I sometimes think News Corp has developed a Greg Sheridan AI Bot trained to replicate his predictable opinions
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@vanOnselenP
We thought we might go for a quiet drink tonight, anticipating everyone would be home. Local pubs were packed. Not a metres space between patrons, never mind 4. Medical advice completely ignored and venues not enforcing it.
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Excellent commentary by
@rachelwithers
on what the Dreyfus farce says about the rotten state of media and politics.
The Mark Dreyfus exchange, and the ensuing beat-up, sums up everything that is wrong with our politics and media.
It is this nonsense that has stopped us having a serious conversation about immigration, or Stage Three, or any matter of public importance.
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