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News Corporation employs Right-Wing Broadcasters providing them with a platform ensuring the inequality of speech. Their Social Media Platforms not only advocate conservative, and extreme right-wing wing views. They monitor out most opposing opinions which they are entitled to do. However, they also simply lie when they say they provide an arena for fair and balanced discussion in a no-spin zone. They don't it's all spin.
To
keep a strong, independent, and accountable society, Australia must
protect its labour unions, regulatory bodies, policing services, and
military from both external influence and internal power abuse.
There
is a persistent trope in media analysis of Trump supporters that
distorts reality, legitimises the illegitimate Trump and hides the
hateful core of the MAGA movement.
This letter
is the immediate reaction of distinguished Australians, who hope many
more will express their outrage that the State of Israel continues to
ignore the United Nations, breach its charter and attack its personnel.
It is time the Australian Government stood up to Israel to demand a
halt to all military violence and offered its full support to the United
Nations and the Office of the Secretary General.
They
may be short on detail, but Opposition Leader Peter Dutton is charging
ahead with two policies that may swing the Teals to Labor and deliver
Albanese a second term as PM.
There was a time when Netanyahu’s tactics would go unquestioned.
That time helps explain those who continue to give Israel unqualified
and unquestioning support and ties in with the “hard man” image Peter
Dutton wants to own, writes Michael Pascoe.
The
Morrison Government fought long and hard to suppress early Robodebt
policy documents, spending $250,000 in the process. But the Labor
Government has spent another $650,000 in the same fight.
Australians were madly rushing to clear up empty beer
bottles and stray bongs this morning after the landlord announced he
would be doing an inspection soon.
On the anniversary of The Voice referendum, it is worth reflecting on why the referendum did so poorly in regional Australia. Brian Burkett challenges claims the ABC is a left-wing monolith.
Because of the NACC’s secrecy we are forced to guess a lot, but as
per above, there are enough known facts that by themselves prove blatant
corruption and cover-ups. Imagine if there were public hearings at the
NACC and we knew all of the facts.
As I already said, the NACC is bouncing from one cover-up scandal to
the next and it will be a major issue at the federal election.
The
leader of Australia’s Opposition, Peter Dutton, is aligning himself
with a proposition about good and evil, civilisation and tyranny, that
can only lead to the perpetuation of violence and the glorification of
war, not its diminishment. The position of both men is dishonest,
self-deluding and dangerous.
Rupert Murdoch’s latest
News Corp director, Tony Abbott, is launching the biography today of
former British PM Liz Truss tonight. Rosco Jones reports on a big week for the conservative movement in Australia and the weekend CPAC conference.
Not content with wiping ourselves out, we are also intent to wipe out all life.
The
planet would be better off without us. Have we earned our place in the
future? Will we be in it? Unless we can evolve into a higher level of
consciousness we’d better start looking for another planet about a
billion years earlier than expected.
But as it is, the earth is a very dangerous place. Nobody gets off alive.
Free trade remains, in general, a fantasy, dangerous for the naïve who feel that by embracing it, they are somehow enlarging their appeal and standing.Often, countries extolling its value are only those desiring exclusive or privileged access to a market. From 2016 onwards, the free traders have beenpummeled. With Donald Trump in the White House, America First meant imposing, among other things, tariffs of 25%on US$50 billion on Chinese goods under Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974. More rises followed.
Under the Biden administration, Trump’s tariff legacy remained in place, though some suspensions were made. (These were subsequentlyreimposed.) This enabled President Joe Biden to sharpen the focus on specific categories: electric vehicles (EVs), semiconductors, lithium ion batteries. Tariffs on Chinese semiconductors spiked to 50%, while Chinese EVs received a bruising 100% increase.
The
decision by the National Anti-Corruption Commission not to investigate
those found to be responsible for the Robodebt scandal is a slap in the
face for victims.
I
am at risk of getting banned from both Instagram and Facebook as both
Meta-owned platforms keep censoring my criticisms of Israel’s
U.S.-backed atrocities in Gaza and Lebanon, placing strikes on my
accounts in the process.
Fox News is completely ignoring a new report that former President
Donald Trump has regularly communicated with Russian President Vladimir
Putin since leaving office — the type of behavior that some of its star
hosts dubiously described as criminal when it involved a Democrat.
Privatisation in Australia has been a gigantic transfer of public wealth into private hands. Michael West address to the Academy of Social Sciences conference.
Donald
Trump declined to take part in a sit-down interview with "60 Minutes"
in an apparent dispute over fact-checking, but MSNBC's Jonathan Lemire
said his refusal actually hints at growing strife inside his re-election
campaign.
Peter Dutton has softened his stance on planned protests,
saying they should be able to go ahead if they refrain from expressing a
point of view and are held in a small sound-proof room away from public
In
Australia, politicians have harnessed social media platforms, especially
Facebook, to craft a carefully curated narrative. While these pages
highlight “feel-good” photos and positive achievements, they rarely
provide a space for citizens to voice their concerns or discuss pressing
issues.
Political
manipulation is a significant threat to democracy and social progress.
By understanding how vested interests use media, psychology, and
education to shape our thinking, we can take steps to reclaim our
critical faculties. Solutions lie in promoting independent media,
enhancing education, using Australia’s monetary sovereignty, and
encouraging civic engagement. Together, we can build a more
compassionate and ethical political system.
One thing
you have to admire about Greg Sheridan is that – like Donald Trump – he
sticks to his ideas and doesn’t allow them to be influenced by reality.
