“We didn’t know just how severe Omicron would be” says PM
Prime Minister Scott Morrison claimed on Tuesday that he and his government were “blindsided” by the virulence of the COVID-19 variant, Omicron. This claim is referred to in most news reports as an...
View ArticleWhat is required of a woman if she wants a seat at the powerful men’s table?...
2021 Australian of the Year Grace Tame yesterday met with Prime Minister Scott Morrison, and she did not smile at him. In fact, Ms Tame used powerful body language and a steely side-eye to convey her...
View ArticleMorrison’s misinformation campaign is his greatest weapon
STEVE BANNON, sometime White House Chief Strategist in the administration of former U.S. President Donald Trump, coined the term “flood the zone with shit”. This strategy, succinctly identified by...
View ArticleMorrison’s apology derails rape trial
Yet again many of us are asking ourselves, is Prime Minister Scott Morrison thoroughly ill-intentioned, or merely driven by blindly arrogant stupidity and incompetence? That we are forced to ask this...
View ArticleScott Morrison uses Ukraine war to push coal agenda
IN A PRESS RELEASE on 20 March, Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced that his Government is donating 70,000 tonnes of thermal coal to Ukraine, in response to a ‘direct request’ for the fuel, made...
View ArticlePolitical journalists are framing the election
The mainstream media is shaping the narrative of the 2022 election into a battle between two leaders. Perhaps one of the more remarkable journalistic observations last week came from ABC’s political...
View ArticleMainstream journalists are failing to speak truth to power
THE NON-VIOLENT TACTIC of speaking truth to power was a focus of the 1950s struggle by Black Americans for equal rights and racial equality in the U.S. It was shortly thereafter adopted by journalists...
View ArticleIf you want an example of the Australian media’s ingrained toxicity…
If you want an example of the Australian media’s ingrained toxicity, the reporting of Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s decision on Saturday to reinstate COVID payments to casual workers is a splendid...
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