The Morrison government owes us radical transparency
Until recently the federal government was displaying “a degree of self-congratulation and even hubris” in how well it had controlled the virus in Australia, according to Peter Rozen QC, counsel assisting the royal commission into aged care. This hubris was unjustified in aged care: Australia now has one of the worst rates of aged care deaths caused by COVID-19 globally.
Thank the gods for the royal commission, though, because despite Morrison’s moral outrage, there would have been no other mechanism to discover the poor preparedness and conditions of the sector, for which his government has responsibility.
The federal government is asking a lot of its citizens right now – in many instances, it asks nothing short of obedience. The least it can give us in return is radical transparency when it comes to its decision-making and its mistakes.
Morrison government rejected Victoria's pleas to help disability sector
It's the first time the Andrews government has indicated its calls for help had not been answered by the Commonwealth.
Victorian Disability Minister Luke Donnellan first highlighted issues
within the sector on April 8, and called on the Commonwealth to extend
financial support and set up a crisis accommodation response team, both
of which were rejected by federal counterpart Stuart Robert.
- by Sumeyya Ilanbey
Liberal Party investigates branch-stacking claims
An internal audit found some members breached party rules by paying for other people's membership fees.
HYPOCRISY
In stark contrast, the Liberal Party are found Branch stacking too. But claim their stacking to be less of a stacking than the ALP's they know how to handle their stacking to avoid a scandal. Have MSM media make less of an issue of it (ODT)
Covid-19 aged care guidelines: ‘They’re not a national plan. This is a plan!’
Dr
Sarah Russell critically examines two documents that Scott Morrison
asserts were the federal government’s pandemic plan for aged care. The
first is a set of vague guidelines that places responsibility for
protecting residents on individual providers. The second is a plan for
the health sector, not aged care.
The numerous inquiries, reviews and consultations over the years have provided mounds of evidence of negligence, neglect and abuse in residential aged care homes. Yet the recommendations have mostly been ignored. Now we watch in horror as the number of elderly residents who have died from Covid-19 continues to climb. The government is going to have to explain how this predictable tragedy occurred on its watch. (M West)
The numerous inquiries, reviews and consultations over the years have provided mounds of evidence of negligence, neglect and abuse in residential aged care homes. Yet the recommendations have mostly been ignored. Now we watch in horror as the number of elderly residents who have died from Covid-19 continues to climb. The government is going to have to explain how this predictable tragedy occurred on its watch. (M West)
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Fake News
TONIGHT: HOW WE DIDN'T LEARN FROM THE DISGUSTING WITCH HUNT AGAINST LINDY CHAMBERLAIN. PLUS: HOW THE VIRUS FIGURES ARE EX
On The Bolt Report on Sky News at 7pm: How we didn't learn
from the disgusting witch hunt against Lindy Chamberlain, 40 years ago.
And police and media just did it all over again with George Pell. Plus
creepy, creepy footage of Joe Biden: what is this man? And how the media
Left turned feral when cartoonist Johannes Leak exposed his racism.
1) The media judged Lindy Chamberlain who was hanged on the evidence of a post mortem and coroner. The essence of British justice is to bring charges on "evidence" and not the commentary of opinionators like Bolt screaming for blood but selling it as news. Things haven't changed.
2) Ray Hadley was right Bolt is soft on paedophiles as he was soft on Pell who protected a number of them and admitted doing so. Ergo what do you say about someone like Bolt who was a Pell protector?
3) Let Bolt's English speak for itself "Johannes Leak exposed himself"
HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE: HOW MAD TO BAN IT
COLUMN
Of all the virus bans in Australia, the most lunatic is on a cheap drug
that could save your life. How many Australians might die because the
National COVID-19 Clinical Evidence Taskforce tells doctors to “not use
hydroxychloroquine for the treatment of COVID-19”, claiming it doesn’t
work and could instead kill? But look at its dodgy evidence.
MY PROBLEM WITH 2GB. AS TOLD TO STEVE PRICE
Steve Price knows how to get publicity: "Andrew Bolt is
about to go public with a huge spray at his ex-employer 2GB. In a
podcast interview with his friend and former radio co-host Steve
Price,... Bolt will give the station both barrels for 'bailing out' of
conservative commentary because of a fear of losing advertisers."
HOW MANY ARE REALLY DYING FROM CORONAVIRUS?
COLUMN
The coronavirus panic has been exaggerated by a simple counting
confusion. Not all our nearly 400 dead were actually killed by the
virus. Many almost certainly were dying already. We need to know who is
dying from the virus, and not just with it.
CORONAVIRUS KILLS GRETA THUNBERG'S BIG SCARE
The coronavirus has given the Left something more real to
freak about. That's left climate alarmists like Greta Thunberg desperate
to get back some attention, trying to whip up panic even over the
monsoonal rains that Asia badly needs and which a Thunberg ally once
said would dry up. My editorial from The Bolt Report.
DIDN'T ALBERICI ONCE REPORT FOR THE ABC? DO I REMEMBER RIGHT?
Odd, but almost the only time I hear of Emma Alberici is
when she's brawling with the ABC, not reporting for it. Is there a
link?: "Parties close to Alberici tell us her case against the ABC is unrelated to the redundancy. Instead, her claim is filed under Section
739 of the Fair Work Act, which deals with disputes in industrial
agreements."
ABC PLAYSCHOOL ASKS: 'DOES YOUR MUM OR DAD HAVE A BIG BEARD?'
How woke can the ABC's Playschool get?
BACK to some REAL NEWS and some REAL Bolt friends
Snotty Paterson and why Andrew Bolt is so devoted to the IPA and it's issues
The Bulletin
HOW IPA OPERATIVES VOTE IN OUR PARLIAMENT
Neo-Liberal, James Paterson chaired the committee that voted against a
code of conduct for politicians. This list of what he voted for goes a
way to illustrate his character. There's
no argument that he has all the attributes required, to enable him to
be a fine example of a young Liberal in every way.
The energetic and ambitious Paterson was also deputy executive director of the Institute of Public Affairs.
The energetic and ambitious Paterson was also deputy executive director of the Institute of Public Affairs.
Voted very strongly for
A declared area offence
A Free Trade Agreement with China
An Australian Building and Construction Commission (ABCC)
Changing the wording of section 18C of the Racial Discrimination Act ( The Promise BFF Abbott Failed to keep)
Civil celebrants having the right to refuse to marry same-sex couples
Continuing Detention Orders (CDOs)
Drug testing welfare recipients
Getting rid of Sunday and public holiday penalty rates
Giving approval for mining in the Liverpool Plains
Imprisoning immigration detention workers who record or reveal information from their work (including Doctors and Nurses)
Increasing investment in the coal industry
Increasing parliamentary entitlements for current MPs and Senators
Increasing the initial tax rate for working holiday makers to 15%
Increasing the initial tax rate for working holiday makers to 19%
Increasing the passenger movement charge ('PMC')
Increasing the price of tobacco
Live animal export
Maintaining or increasing defence spending
Making more water from Murray-Darling Basin available to use
Offshore oil mining
Offshore processing for people seeking asylum in Australia
Preventative Detention Orders (PDOs)
Prioritising religious freedom
Privatising government assets
Privatising government services
Privatising the ABC
Reducing personal income tax
Reducing the corporate tax rate
Regional processing of asylum seekers
Same-sex marriage equality
Senate electoral reform
Storing all citizens' telecommunications data for access by government agencies
Technology neutral emission reduction targets
Temporary Exclusion Orders
The Coalition's new schools funding policy ("Gonski 2.0")
The Coalition's Youth Jobs PaTH
Tighter means testing of family payments
Turning back asylum boats when possible
Unconventional gas mining
What does this mean?
Voted strongly for
Adani's proposed Carmichael coal mine in the Galilee Basin
Australia's timber industry
Putting welfare payments onto restricted debit cards
A declared area offence
A Free Trade Agreement with China
An Australian Building and Construction Commission (ABCC)
Changing the wording of section 18C of the Racial Discrimination Act ( The Promise BFF Abbott Failed to keep)
Civil celebrants having the right to refuse to marry same-sex couples
Continuing Detention Orders (CDOs)
Drug testing welfare recipients
Getting rid of Sunday and public holiday penalty rates
Giving approval for mining in the Liverpool Plains
Imprisoning immigration detention workers who record or reveal information from their work (including Doctors and Nurses)
Increasing investment in the coal industry
Increasing parliamentary entitlements for current MPs and Senators
Increasing the initial tax rate for working holiday makers to 15%
Increasing the initial tax rate for working holiday makers to 19%
Increasing the passenger movement charge ('PMC')
Increasing the price of tobacco
Live animal export
Maintaining or increasing defence spending
Making more water from Murray-Darling Basin available to use
Offshore oil mining
Offshore processing for people seeking asylum in Australia
Preventative Detention Orders (PDOs)
Prioritising religious freedom
Privatising government assets
Privatising government services
Privatising the ABC
Reducing personal income tax
Reducing the corporate tax rate
Regional processing of asylum seekers
Same-sex marriage equality
Senate electoral reform
Storing all citizens' telecommunications data for access by government agencies
Technology neutral emission reduction targets
Temporary Exclusion Orders
The Coalition's new schools funding policy ("Gonski 2.0")
The Coalition's Youth Jobs PaTH
Tighter means testing of family payments
Turning back asylum boats when possible
Unconventional gas mining
What does this mean?
Voted strongly for
Adani's proposed Carmichael coal mine in the Galilee Basin
Australia's timber industry
Putting welfare payments onto restricted debit cards
Neo-Liberal,
James Paterson chaired the committee that voted against a code of
conduct for politicians. This list of what he voted for goes a way to
illustrate ...
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