Sunday 15 September 2019

Fighting Fake News with REAL,15/9/19; A year has past it began as a joke and it's really soured; We wish Morrison Morrison went to the end of town; How to hide a Government in plain sight;



The Morrison Government: It’s no longer funny

A fundamental break with our egalitarian history

I don’t want to sound overly melodramatic, but I think we can now see the outline of our future if Scott Morrison wins the current rounds of the culture war against the rest of us.
Our civil society is being hollowed out and replaced with a 24/7 panopticon in which our rights are gradually and forcefully taken from us.
 Australia was once known for its open and egalitarian ethos — it is being stolen from us. The time for laughing is over. We can no longer “grin and bear it”, it’s time to fight back.

Paula Mathewson: ' If you’re paying attention to federal politics at the moment, despite evidence that a growing number of us aren’t, you may have noticed a lot of ‘distraction’ politics going on.
This is the political equivalent of the “oooh, look over there” tactic that your child, spouse, friend or work colleague may use to avoid discussing something that casts them in a bad light.
By pointing the finger at someone else and making a fuss, the Morrison government has create...
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Paula Matthewson: Scott Morrison is trying really hard to distract us

Paula Mathewson: ' If you’re paying attention to federal politics at the moment, despite evidence that a growing number of us aren’t, you may have noticed a lot of ‘distraction’ politics going on.
This is the political equivalent of the “oooh, look over there” tactic that your child, spouse, friend or work colleague may use to avoid discussing something that casts them in a bad light.
By pointing the finger at someone else and making a fuss, the Morrison government has created a whiplash of distractions in the hope that the small number of voters who are actually paying attention won’t notice there’s at least one disaster, and potentially more, looming for the federal government.

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