Fighting Fake News with REAL 9/4/21; Morrison's MESS; Doubting Democracy; The Shovel; Image of the REAL Morrison

 

 

 

 

Why did we ever think the government wouldn’t stuff up the rollout — or that consultants would actually help?

Based on its previous form, the government responsible for disasters like the COVIDSafe app and aged care was always going to botch the vaccine rollout.

As it turned out, the COVIDSafe model of maladministration ended up applying to the vaccine rollout: handing large sums of money to consulting firms to produce an outcome woefully short of that claimed by the government, which seemed more focused on having announcements than producing a working and effective product.

UPDATE FROM PETER COSTELLO's THE AGE 

 

Australia secures 20m more Pfizer doses; PM seeks advice on overseas travel

What's Not said- "Some time before or after XMAS. Morrison is now even a smaller version of himself still promising. No, hoping waving and drowning!!

‘It’s a mess’: Melburnians turned away from vaccine hubs 

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New Mass (Vaccination) Vacuation Hub To Administer 30,000 Vaccine Announcements A Week

 

 Defence Minister Peter Dutton has issued defamation threats to a number of social media users who labelled him a “rape apologist” after he made dismissive comments about Brittany Higgins. ( Crikey)

 

ANDREW P STREET: Morrison's electoral hopes are on the fade

At the beginning of the year, it all seemed to be going so very well for Prime Minister Scott Morrison.

 

 

 

We’ve Received A Leaked Copy Of The Liberal Party’s Empathy Training Program

To all resident aliens

"Try to mimic being a human by copying their movements and body language"

 

Vaccine rollout in disarray as clot worries spark switch to Pfizer jab in under-50s

Pfizer is now the preferred vaccine for people under 50 after Australia’s medical experts held a lengthy meeting to discuss a rare but serious clotting side effect linked to AstraZeneca.

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    Morning mail: Australia’s ‘national shame’, vaccine rollout disarray, Biden tackles gun control

    Friday: New research shows at least 474 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people have died in police custody or prison since 1991. Plus: ‘Mrs World’ on-stage fracas

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    Full Story 474 deaths in 30 years: why are Aboriginal people still dying in custody?

    With the release of the third update of the Deaths Inside database, Gabrielle Jackson talks to Lorena Allam and Mike Ticher about what needs to change so we are not having the same conversation in 30 years’ time 

    

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    Inside “Captain Chaos” with Michael Cohen

    Apr 8, 2021

    Host Reed Galen is joined by Michael Cohen, the former personal attorney to Donald Trump. Galen and Cohen discuss 45’s pending litigation, how ingrained the former president continues to be in the Republican party, and how Trump completely blundered the COVID-19 pandemic. Plus, will Donald Trump run for president in 2024?

     

  

GAMING THE SYSTEM

The Republican effort to reclaim power and threaten American democracy: 

After the fall of the Trump Administration, the GOP is making new efforts to regain power by gaming the system.