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There was no hiding the animosity between Scott Morrison and Anthony Albanese as Parliament resumed after the winter break.

But Morrison made it personal by accusing Albanese of not bothering to get a briefing on the vaccine rollout from the co-ordinator in charge, General John Frewen.

“That’s not true,” Albanese said across the dispatch box. “You’re just a liar.”

Morrison demanded Albanese withdraw that remark, which he did, but the contest was on from that moment. It was political. And personal.

‘You’re just a liar’: Things get personal and political between Morrison and Albanese

 

“Incentives are good, but they need to be properly targeted"

Coalition Agrees To Give $300 To Gerry Harvey For Every Australian Vaccinated

LONG READ: In Malcolm Turnbull’s various critiques of the toxic role on News Corp in the United States and Australian politics, his most damning indictment extended beyond the traditional arguments that the Murdochs and their outlets were bad for democracy. When giving evidence to a Senate inquiry into the media in April, Turnbull went much further in articulating how the company is a threat to national security and safety. His words are worth quoting at some length:

"Look a…

Sky News ban shows that Turnbull was right: News Corp threatens more than democracy

 

Morrison’s not up to the job is something Keane’s been saying since 2018. And many others, not part of a sycophantic, Pravda-like media which blankets Australia. Is Scott a dangerous incompetent?

 Typhoid Mary, Gladys, no longer PM’s poster girl, gets the Delta blues. – » The Australian Independent Media Network

 Australia once had government run banks but now it a debt creator enslaving a nation. The lesson is learned from the cradle to the grave. Remember when banks once taught kids in primary school to save!!

The basic functions of investment are too important to be left in the hands of private banks only interested in accruing profits. We need public banks — something the Public Banking Act, introduced by Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Rashida Tlaib, would provide. 

We Need Public Banking