Sales, a veteran ABC interviewer, did not lay a glove on the marketing maestro and the interview ended with Sales smiling, “Thank you Prime Minister”: the sort of sardonic smile which – in the land of Insiderville which is the Canberra Press Gallery, denotes a doff of the cap, an acknowledgment that yes, okay, you sure can spin the proverbial PM. “You’re good, a bit too good”. There was also the obligatory whine that the PM should come on more often. But why would he when he has the cheesily fawning Paul Murray on Sky, or 2GB, or fan-man Chris Uhlmann on Nine as his go-to?
To get to the point, Labor may be streets ahead in the polls
but Scott Morrison is now in his element. His government is a shambles
but, with the three major media houses backing him, and the ABC and
others truckling to their daily news agendas, Anthony Albanese will have
to win this thing, not wait for Morrison to lose it. The propagandists
of News Corp will run hard for Morrison. Already, according to their
questionable Newspoll, the gap has narrowed sharply. Sure, they want a
contest, it sells their propaganda sheets, but given all the subsidies
and favors which Rupert Murdoch, Nine Entertainment, and Seven have
wrung out of the Coalition they will surely be barracking for the
Coalition and bagging Labor till the cows come home.
Source: The Dirty Election: how the cards are stacked in favour of Scott Morrison – Michael West Media
John Howard laughed when he heard and responded “So What?”
Labor treasury spokesman Jim Chalmers came to Albanese’s defence and education spokeswoman Tanya Plibersek played it down on the ABC. “Elections aren’t memory tests,” she said. “They are tests of leadership.” Former prime minister John Howard was in Perth kick-starting the campaigns of Swan candidate Kristy McSweeney and Hasluck MP and Indigenous Affairs Minister Ken Wyatt when he was asked whether it was bad that Albanese didn’t know the nation’s unemployment rate. He responded incredulously: “Is that a serious question?” “Anthony Albanese didn’t know the unemployment, all right, so what?” Howard said. Howard was himself asked what the unemployment rate was and said it had a ‘3’ in front of it. Wyatt then stepped in and said it was coming down.
Source: Election 2022: Anthony Albanese Australian unemployment rate gaffe seized on by Scott Morrison
FOR DECADES, advocates have claimed foreign aid is critical to Australia’s defence and foreign affairs preparedness. They have warned that cutting aid – which all coalition governments have done since the Fraser years – trashes Australia’s global image and risks regional security.
Now it has actually happened. The Government of China is snatching from Australia the mantle of the strong, protective regional power partnering with our Pacific neighbours.
The Solomon Islands Government signed a security pact with Beijing late last month, generating shock and dismay in the USA and beyond.
Colleague Dr Binoy Kampmark was quick off the mark with astute analysis. The spineless mainstream media in Australia, of course, downplayed the debacle.
Source: Slashing development aid harms our security and the destitute abroad
Grass Roots Help for Dr Monique Ryan to Rise in Kooyong
here’s some serious journalism listing all the questionable decisions that ScoMo and co made after he forgot to check with Jenny first. With Matthew Davis/www.mdavis.xyz The federal government has:
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