Thursday 15 September 2022

Fighting Fake News with REAL; 15/9/22 Media; Privatised education; Phil and Gough; Public Service the Liberals want to rid us of it;

 

Clinton Austin, left, and his brother Shaun.

 How often do we need to hear news as real as this and simply shrug?

 Clinton Austin was meant to be getting out of prison. His family is now mourning after he died in jail, one of more than 500 First Nations people to die in custody since the 1991 royal commission.

Aboriginal man dies in custody, the second in Victoria in just over a month

 More attention given to

The real issue here is not “parents’ rights” but children’s rights. In most cases, the parents’-rights gambit is rhetorical sleight-of-hand meant to distract people from what’s really going on, which is adults depriving vulnerable children of the resources they need to grow into healthy adults. Book bans, “don’t say gay” laws, crackdowns on school newspapers and right-wing takeovers of school boards: It all serves the same purpose. For all the talk about “liberty” and “choice” that anti-education activists engage in, the end goal here is to limit the freedom of thought, and the freedom of life choices, that kids can have as adults.

Source: Upset by New York Times Exposé on Hasidic Schools? That’s What GOP Wants for All American Kids | The Smirking Chim

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Prince Philip and Gough Whitlam: the story The Crown forgot. A Repost. By Jenny Hocking
As Gough Whitlam put it- ‘I am the first prime minister since Sir Robert Menzies who … has been able to survive a second visit from Prince Phillip’. The long-standing consort described Whitlam as ‘a socialist arsehole’

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 Were we being served? Yes, and it's a chance to reflect on our gutted public service

The Fiberal Party of Australia - Lies & Misdemeanours

The queen dedicated her life to the service of the public good, writes Madonna King. A mere decade ago our state and federal public service served with the same dedication. Now it's a shadow of its former self.

"The word “service” is too often maligned. Bad service. Expensive service. A cheap, quick service. Dodgy service. Second-rate service.
Increasingly it’s been used to describe shoddy or substandard work complaints aimed at everyone and anyone — from hairdressers to lawyers, restaurants to insurance companies and airlines.
But this week, as word bubbles filled with the attributes of Queen Elizabeth II floated across media headlines and presidential tributes, “service” sat at…

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