Wednesday, 31 May 2023

Fighting Fake News with REAL, 31/5/23, AFR vs Michael West Media, Kohler, China, Belarus-Russia, Trump 2024,

 

AFR, Nine Entertainment

Ch9 and it’s stable of journalists have been sorted OUT

Yet from Nine Entertainment’s chairman down to senior editors though this is an organisation of yes-men and yes-women. The likes of yours truly, Michael Pascoe, Mike Carleton, John Hewson – just to name a few – have been weeded out for failing to cower sufficiently to Nine’s advertisers and assorted corporate and political agendas.

Descending the greasy pole all the way down from Liberal Party heavyweight and fundraiser Peter Costello, we have Editorial Director James Chessell (who is an ex-Liberal staffer for Joe Hockey), his 2IC Tory Maguire (whose husband is a Liberal Party linked lobbyist), Editor in Chief of the AFR Michael Stutchbury, a true believer in the virtue of big business whose ideology is to the right of the Liberal Party.

On the radio front, it’s no accident that Nine owns 2GB and 3AW. On the TV front, it’s no accident Nine Network is now framing The Voice as “The Divisive Voice to Parliament“. This is unambiguous Coalition messaging.

Source: On captured media: we respond to Nine Entertainment and the AFR’s tepid hit-job – Michael West

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How the rise of China changed America – and not for the better

I don’t know, but I suspect it means that MAGA and Trumpism will be more durable and will last longer than the technology leadership of Silicon Valley, which is already lost.
Political extremism is feeding off America’s decline, which is locked in.

Source: National Times – Alan Kohler: How the rise of China changed… | Facebook

 Vladimir Putin and Alexander Lukashenko smile as they shake hands and pose for a photo between two white columns.

Lukashenko offers 'nuclear weapons for everyone' joining Belarus-Russia union

 

Former President Donald Trump watches the first round of the LIV Golf Tournament at Trump National Golf Club, Friday, May 26, 2023, in Sterling, Va. When Republican Sen. Tim Scott launched his campaign for the White House last week, Trump welcomed his new competitor with open arms. There were no accusations of disloyalty or nasty nicknames from the GOP front-runner like the barrage he unleashed when Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, considered his leading rival, joined the race two days later with a bungled Twitter announcement. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

The more Republican opponents Trump has the better for him. He could sponsor more himself to win the Republican nomination or even not turn up.

Republicans once warned about a repeat of 2016, when the sprawling GOP field failed to coalesce around a Trump alternative, giving him the nomination. But much of the urgency that once existed among Trump’s GOP rivals to limit the field has faded in recent months.

Source: Trump’s 2024 Calculus: The More GOP Rivals, The Better For Him | HuffPost Latest News

Tuesday, 30 May 2023

Fighting Fake News with REAL 30/5/23, Truth in Humor, Inter national Consultants, Racialism & Discrimination, Fadden, Byelection,

 

Plans for a First Nation’s Voice to Parliament have been abandoned, with Indigenous leaders saying it will be easier to have a say on Government policy via a rolling contract with consulting firm PwC instead.

Source: Voice to Parliament Scrapped After Indigenous Leaders Realise Hiring PwC Will Give Better Access to Government — The Shovel

Detailed map of the world in all the world's currencies.

Predatory capitalism has become visible across the world as neo-liberalism becomes fully transnational. Consultancies working to authoritarian rules have consumed big business by making executives richer. They may be set to engulf governments and even entire societies.

This litany of world-wide probity scandals suggests something more sinister, more frightening. This interlocking network of advisors provides group-thinking to business and government executives worldwide, the advice is accepted and practiced everywhere. ‘Best practice it seems is ‘make as much money as fast as possible, regardless of consequences. Highly intelligent people run international business, yet they act as if the planet is a Monopoly™ game.

Is there a world government of big business? Probably not, but the big consultancies with such international influence must be candidates, coordinating common attitudes and practices. Where does tax avoidance and tax havens and the growing disparity between the few very rich and the numerous poor of the planet fit with this scenario? – right in the middle of course – with 1 trillion dollars moved annually into tax havens with little international regulation.

As citizens we must wonder – over 50 years of scientific evidence of global warming still strenuously denied, seen in the failure of industry and governments to seriously combat it. Why do so few leaders act to stop all CO2 emissions? Do business consultants provide ethical climate advice to address accelerating emissions? – I fear they don’t. If business and governments have but one view, where then is democracy heading? We must first be rid of their pernicious neo-liberal ideology.

Source: The swarm: International consultancies – Pearls and Irritations

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Leaders warned not to racialise Voice
Australia’s race discrimination commissioner has appealed to political leaders and the media to steer clear of making race the focus of the Voice to parliament debate, warning it will embolden racists and expose Indigenous Australians to abuse and vilification. After Opposition Leader Peter Dutton last week declared the Voice would “re-racialise” Australia, commissioner Chin Tan, pictured, said politicians in particular have a responsibility to ensure debate does not become a “racial bun fight”.
“The concern I have is when the debate degenerates into a more racialised discussion,” he said. “That, for me, is always a dangerous sign.” Tan did not directly address his comments towards Dutton, but issued a general call for a “very clear reflection, particularly by our leaders, about what they are saying and how they say it”. He said the “Voice in itself is not racist and it does not racialise Australia”, arguing that it is not about granting one group of people rights at the expense of another, but about elevating the rights of Indigenous people to participate in democracy.
But his perspective is at odds with that of his colleague, Human Rights Commissioner Lorraine Finlay, who wrote in The Australian recently that the Voice “inserts race into the Australian Constitution in a way that undermines the foundational human rights principles of equality and non-discrimination”. However, her view has been rejected by five of her predecessors in the role and the Australian Human Rights Commission has formally endorsed the Voice as consistent with human rights principles. The parliamentary debate on the Voice and the legislation that will authorise the referendum later this year will continue in the lower house this week.
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 Stuart Robert and the up and coming byelection for the seat of  Fadden. Dutton is between a rock and a hard place with the LNP 's integrity rating below zero. He does find places under rocks it seems where people listen " Mr Dutton spoke to a News Corp conference for weapons manufacturers about relations with Beijing." How inclusive he is in the company he chooses to keep.

About $375 million in contracts have been subject to scrutiny, all won by clients of a company part-owned by his friend and former fundraiser, Synergy 360, which lobbied on behalf of multinationals looking to win Australian government tenders.

Mr Robert opened doors for their clients and gave advice to them while serving as an MP, an arrangement that first drew calls for Mr Dutton to relieve him of his frontbench duties months ago.

Source: National Times – With Robodebt report looming, Dutton prepares for… | Facebook

Monday, 29 May 2023

Fighting Fake News with REAL, 29/5/23, Pile-on Stan, Stain of Shame, History untold, Kissinger,

 

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Stan Grant at the Sydney Writer’s Festival on Friday.

Instead of wondering what it is about them that has made them a target, we should be wondering what it is about us that we tolerate a mob mentality or, much worse, participate in it.

Source: The Stan Grant pile-on says way more about us than about him

 

The Stain of Shame

The Victorian Nationals have fallen into line with their federal counterparts and formally voted to oppose the Indigenous voice to parliament, at the start of National Reconciliation Week.

Source: Vic Nats to oppose voice as Reconciliation Week begins – Michael West

Former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger arrives to testify at a Senate hearing

Kissinger took a passionate, personal interest in promoting despotic governments throughout the globe.

Source: Opinion | Henry Kissinger: A War Criminal Who Has Not Once Faced the Bar of Justice | Common Dreams

 

 

 

 

 

Kissinger, it turns out, was responsible for even more misery and death in the U.S. bombing of Cambodia than was already known — which is truly saying something.

Source: Henry Kissinger, History’s Bloodiest Social Climber


It’s Henry Kissinger’s 100th birthday today. The fact that this monster is celebrated instead of in jail tells you that he’s part of a much bigger problem — and that problem is America’s global empire.

Source: Henry Kissinger Is a Disgusting War Criminal. And the Rot Goes Deeper Than Him.

Sunday, 28 May 2023

Fighting Fake News with REAL, 28/5/23, Lehrmann Trial Inquiry, Modi Media Rush stories, Hillsong to be Docuseries released,

 

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When the Head of the investigation claims his team all suffered PTSD and due to the pressure put on them were medically incapable of doing their jobs. Yes, a whole “team” and even today some can’t return to work. Now does that sound feasible or a prepared statement? They were so distraught they gave all the prosecution evidence collected to the defense by mistake!!

Note not a word from DS Moller about the pressure put on Brittany Higgins by his team’s open disbelief in anything she had said happened. Here is an example case of Brittany Higgins being judged and blamed, making the police seem the victims of rape.


The DPP of the ACT, Shane Drumgold, was cross-examined for a week over his handling of Lehrmann’s prosecution. Drumgold expressed concerns with the conduct of police before and after the aborted trial, and even levelled explosive allegations that he thought the case may have been subject to improper political influence. He later walked this back, and instead claimed his concerns with the police were most likely due to “a skills deficit”.

 So  it's not the police who decided to prosecute or not it's the DPP  and Drumgold made it clear Moller's "team" were either got at or were simply dumbfucks. If the latter why has Moller so much salad on his shirt?

 The question of who decides whether or not to prosecute is fundamental to our community and democracy. At the moment, our system has not really resolved the question of how much politics we want in prosecutions, if we want any at all.

In an email to DS Moller in September 2021, Mr Drumgold voiced his concerns that the brief would “become relevant to a fact in issue, as well as credibility issues”. He asked him several questions about the creation of the brief and the circumstances of its delivery. He also requested statements from the police to support this.

DS Moller told the inquiry today that these statements were prepared but, to his knowledge, were never used. When asked why he believed they were requested, he said: “I felt like … the DPP was attempting to collect evidence against the police for use at a later time … to show criticism towards the police.

Source: National Times – ‘I didn’t think there was enough evidence’ to… | Facebook

 

Modi has a history of bloodshed that nobody should be proud of

As a start, let’s look at two recent incidents, one in India and the other in the United States.

Too many upper-caste Indians and white Americans think of themselves as the only ones worthy of enjoying the spoils of the Earth. They want it all and are ready to get it by exploiting, not to say violating, non-upper-caste bodies in India and non-white ones in the U.S., along with cows and fetuses, using religion as a tool in both cases. The bodies of Dalits, Muslims, Christians, the people of occupied Kashmir, liberals, journalists, historians, climate and human rights activists, educators, Blacks, Indigenous people, women, LGBTQ people—all of them are fodder for the violent right-wing in both countries.

Source: The Grim Lesson India Offers the US | The Smirking Chimp

 

Yes a bit more Bollywood the media gave Modi than the  reality

With all the fanfare, the stadium event was not all it seemed. One beady-eyed journalist noted that a venue with a seating capacity of 18,500 seemed less than packed. Vivek Astri, covering the visit for The Wire, noted “empty chairs scattered throughout the expansive venue.” It struck him as rather odd, given the fact the tickets had been gratis, with registration noisily promoted through such platforms as WhatsApp months before. “Curiously, there seemed to be a veil of secrecy surrounding the ticket distribution process, lending an air of privacy to the entire event.”

Source: Modi in Australia: Down Under Bliss for Hindutva – » The Australian Independent Media Network

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Carl Lentz from “The Secrets of Hillsong" (Photo courtesy of FX Networks)

The Organization and the Making of Scott Morrison’s Pentacostalist LNP

The four-part feature takes a closer look at Carl Lentz’s firing and the church’s history of financial abuse

“Whatever happens with Hillsong, whatever happens with Brian Houston, they have provided a template for churches all around the world, to charismatic Christians to exploit and to convert their personal careers and art into financial acquisition,” said journalist Lech Blaine. “That doesn’t end with Brian Houston.”

 

The documentary noted that at its peak, Hillsong boasted locations across 30 countries around the world and over 150,000 congregants. As of March 2023, only six out of 16 Hillsong U.S. locations remain.

 

The verdict for Houston’s court trial for the alleged concealment of child sex abuse is expected in June 2023. Additional charges are also expected in regard to Hillsong’s alleged financial malfeasance.

Source: “The Secrets of Hillsong”: The 8 major bombshells from FX’s new Hillsong Church docuseries | Salon.com

Saturday, 27 May 2023

Fighting Fake News with REAL 27/5/23, Class Structure/ Poverty, Morrison, AmericanDebt Ceiling,

 

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Is Scott Morrison saying "listen to what I say ingore what I do?" We saw what he did and no longer believe in what he says. The man says "fear the unknown" yet claims he believes in it and acts ethically and morally accordingly. His decisions are for the betterment of the "elected" "the chosen ones".

National Times

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In fairness, Scott knows a thing or two about how to create constitutional risk.
As a matter of fact it is such a relief to have Scott’s intelligent, thoughtful, wisely considered, conciliatory and beautifully crafted take on this issue…
So the dead came to life when Morrison spoke !
The comments from Scotty are surreal-coming from a bloke who held how many Ministries secretly.
The man is a HYPOCRITE
 

Yes Morrison  and the LNP have basically said The UN can fuck themselves

The United Nations and its member nations generally support the principles of indigenous rights and the need to address historical injustices faced by indigenous populations around the world. The UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, adopted in 2007, provides a framework for the recognition and protection of indigenous rights.

Regarding Australia specifically, the UN has urged the country to take further steps in recognizing and protecting the rights of its Indigenous peoples. In 2019, the UN Human Rights Council conducted a Universal Periodic Review of Australia's human rights record and recommended that Australia adopt constitutional reforms to recognize Indigenous peoples and ensure their meaningful participation in decision-making processes specifically relating to them.

Regarding constitutional recognition and treaty, it is important to note that Australia does not have a treaty with its Indigenous peoples, nor does its constitution explicitly recognize them. This distinguishes Australia from countries such as Canada and New Zealand, which have taken steps toward constitutional recognition and have signed treaties with their respective Indigenous populations.

 

Don’t Buy or Steal this book. Will Morrison even write it?

He was Australia’s first Pentecostal prime minister, declaring the coalition’s 2019 election win a miracle but went on to lose government at the 2022 poll.

HarperCollins Christian represents more than 2000 authors and the world’s largest Bible translations.

Source: Former prime minister Morrison pens religious book deal

 

 

Friday, 26 May 2023

Fighting Fake News with REAL, 26/5/23, Cartoons, Tax, The Voice,

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The most livable country according to those surveyed

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Ignoring it, burning books and banning teaching it as history would ensure a united truth built on bullshit.

 

 


Joe Benke

 The top end of town keeps promising a trickle down if their opportunities improve but the certainly scream when taxes trickle up and not down don't they? Whats more they have the mainstream media's megaphone to help as they depend on being financed from the top and not the middle or bottom income earners

The Andrews government continues to insist its plan to slap larger businesses and landlords with $8.6 billion of extra taxes over the next four years to help “stabilise” the state’s hulking debt won’t hurt people on low or middle incomes. But is this really the case?

Josh Gordon

Will the $8.6b tax slug really only hit the top end of town?

Some people have criticised the draft proposal for a First Nations Voice as a radical change to Australia’s Constitution.

Source: No, the Voice isn’t a ‘radical’ change to our Constitution

Thursday, 25 May 2023

Fighting Fake News with REAL 25/5/23, PWC, Scamers like Morrison Scammed by Scammers, Victoria, Injustice System, Lehrmann

 

 Stuart Robert is laughing

In Australia, it has also been particularly galling to see the prospect that sharing such confidential information – notably in terms of tax policies – will see no PwC employee or member of management spend time mournfully gazing from a prison cell. That prospect is what faces Richard Boyle, the Australian Taxation Office’s whistleblower who exposed the predatory conduct of its debt collecting practices with tigerish courage.

Source: Rogue Consultants: PwC, Tax Evasion and Getting Clients – » The Australian Independent Media Network

 

PwC, the Big Four

 The LNP gutted the Australian Public Service and were then gutted themselves by those who they opened the doors for

The Centre for Public Integrity has published analysis of political donations and government contract work for Big 4 firms EY, KPMG, Deloitte and PwC. What’s the scam?

Source: Government gutted as PwC, Big 4 pick up $1.4b a year for giving advice – Michael West

 Andrew Dyson

Fact Check: the Victorian Liberals say the state’s debt is larger than any other state and larger than NSW, Queensland and Tasmania combined. Is that correct?

Considering the States debt is less than 30% of the economy and not the 120% predicted in 2026 the term disaster as expressed in the Mainstream media is a total exaggeration and political scaremongering. Fact Check; Shows the LNP and the media are gilding the lily. Compared with other Nation States Victoria is carrying a very respectable debt level having managed Covid and still being the most desirable state to come to. Cherry picking in Peter Costello's Age shows the bias.

 UK 95%, Brazil 93% USA 259% Japan 200% and under the LNP the Australian is 132% https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/countries-by-national-debt

 Dan Andrews has actually achieved  real things in his 14 years. Much more than can be said of the LNP Federally and NSW. Both governments are now in opposition because of their disastrous records of damage done and promises unfulfilled.  Drive from Vic to NSW and compare the quality of our roads cross into NSW and you'll discover an unmade bed.(Old Dog)

Mr Davis’s claim is gilding the lily. So are similar claims from Mr Guy, Mr Bach and the Liberal Party organisation. It’s important to note that Victoria’s net debt in June 2022 was $99.98 billion. It is not yet the $165.9 billion only projected to be in June 2026, despite Liberal Party claims it has already “blown out” to similar magnitudes and Mr Davis’s claim that it will reach that level by 2025. 

Nonetheless, Victoria’s June 2022 debt sits head and shoulders above any other state or territory in nominal terms. But adjusting for the size of each state economy, using a debt as a proportion of gross state product as a measure, Victoria and the Northern Territory are neck and neck, with other states still far behind. Victoria’s June 2022 debt is also larger than the combined total of NSW, Queensland and Tasmania in both nominal terms and as a share of gross state product. However, the gap is larger now than it is projected to be in June 2026. The debt in Victoria in June 2026 is projected to be larger than any other single state, including the NT, on both measures. But projections for four years in advance are far less reliable than actual and estimated figures for the most recent

Source: Fact Check: the Victorian Liberals say the state’s debt is larger than any other state and larger than NSW, Queensland and Tasmania combined. Is that correct?

 

ACT Policing Detective Superintendent Scott Moller liked a social media post supportive of Bruce Lehrmann.

 Failed Justice System

Jurors are held to strict rules of control that provide undue outside influence. However, not so police, who can entertain their personal opinions and beliefs.   As a consequence fail to abide by the strict rules of criminal investigation and collection of evidence.  This ACT Detective admits to serious bias in his investigating methodology.

ACT Policing: Detective Superintendent Scott Moller also admitted to an inquiry into the abandoned criminal trial he shouldn’t have liked a social media comment that was supportive of the man he had charged with Higgins’ sexual assault following the discontinuation of the case.

Source: Bruce Lehrmann case: NSW Police detective liked social media post in support of defendant

Wednesday, 24 May 2023

Fighting Fake News with REAL, 24/5/23, Police, Tasers, Dutton, LNP Corruption, Stuart Robert,

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Demented Policing: Tasering the Elderly - The AIM Network

 A VIDEO & A Police Decision from the top "Not in the public Interest"  means not in the Police's Interest

A local community advocate, Andrew Thaler, holds little hope for her recovery. “I don’t think there’s going to be a recovery. Tasers take out bulls and fully grown men. She’s a slip of a woman.”

A number of conversations have been generated by the incident, mostly avoiding the reality of Tasers. There is much chat about dementia and the need for better understanding. “It is not just about memory,” says one touted expert on the ABC news network. “We need people to understand that our brains are slowing down.” And not just dementia sufferers.

It would be useful if such an understanding would extend to the police. But these recruits are not exactly renowned for their intelligence, emotional or otherwise. Cotter is adamant that the video and audio coverage of the incident, captured by the body cameras of the two police, would not be released. It was “confronting” and “not in the public interest” which, in Australian institutional terms, tends to mean that disclosure should take place.

Australia is a country addictively hostile to the elderly. Despite being a continent that speaks to immemorial origins, respect for those who age is uncommon. In The Lucky Country, that seminal, repeatedly misunderstood text, written in frustrated, sour prose, Donald Horne observes that Australia is not a place where one should grow old. And so,…

Source: Demented Policing: Tasering the Elderly – » The Australian Independent Media Network

For Peter Dutton

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Climate Protesters to Dress Up as Neo-Nazis, in New Strategy to Avoid Being Hassled by Police

 

Stuart Robert insisted he did nothing wrong in his dealings with his consultant friend David Milo and others.

Former judges believe the new federal integrity watchdog should investigate former cabinet minister Stuart Robert after months of revelations about his help for consultants who sought lucrative deals with federal agencies.Political Reputation

Source: Stuart Robert should face National Anti-Corruption watchdog, say experts

Tuesday, 23 May 2023

Fighting Fake News with REAL, 23/5/23, Journalism, Stan Grant, Murdoch Media The Shovel,

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The Los Angeles Press Club recently announced the finalists for its 65th annual Southern California Journalism Awards naming ScheerPost staff and contributors as finalists in nine categories.

Source: ScheerPost Finalist in Nine SoCal Journalism Award Categories – scheerpost.com

 

Stan Grant makes an emotional speech after stepping down as host of Q+A.

 . I’m not just responsible for what I do, but for what you do.”

“Sometimes we just need to take time out, sometimes our souls are hurting, and so it is for me,” Grant said, as tears welled in his eyes. “I’m not walking away for a while because of racism – we get that far too often. I’m not walking away because of social media hatred. I need a break from the media. I feel like I’m part of the problem. And I need to ask myself how or if we can do it better.”

Source: Stan Grant farewells ABC’s Q+A, delivers powerful speech

 Stan Grant on Q&A. 

Q+A host Stan Grant standing down from ABC show after racist abuse

  Streem has found that there were more than 150 mentions of the ABC’s coronation coverage by the Australian and Sky News in the two weeks since the broadcast.

That included 18 mentions in the Australian online, four on Chris Kenny’s program, three on Sky News’s media show, and two each on Bernadi, Outsiders and Paul Murray Live.

That coverage included the Australian’s media writer Sophie Elsworth on Kenny’s show describing the ABC broadcast as a “pile-on” and “hate-fest”. Outsiders hosts Rita Panahi and James Morrow said the ABC’s broadcast was “over the top”, “race-obsessed” and a “woke bin fire of self-loathing”.

That coverage included the Australian’s media writer Sophie Elsworth on Kenny’s show describing the ABC broadcast as a “pile-on” and “hate-fest”. Outsiders hosts Rita Panahi and James Morrow said the ABC’s broadcast was “over the top”, “race-obsessed” and a “woke bin fire of self-loathing”.

The ABC did not specifically call out Sky News or the Australian but we know that Murdoch outlets will never miss an opportunity to attack the public broadcaster. Indeed SKY has a media show weekly that seems to be fashioned around denigration of the ABC. A spokesperson for the ABC indicated that the ongoing coverage of the coronation broadcast could “clearly generate or contribute to fuelling abuse” that had led to racist attacks on social media.

 

Opposition Leader Peter Dutton says he has HUNDREDS of Indigenous mates who think The Voice is total bullshit, but you probably wouldn’t know them because they live ages away in another suburb.

Source: Dutton Says He Has Loads of Indigenous Mates Who Oppose the Voice but You Wouldn’t Know Them Because They Go to Another School — The Shovel

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“My real worry is that the witnesses who’ve been willing to help me will think that this is part of the price [of cooperation] – being stalked to their home, photos taken unawares, of being made fun of in the national media. If that’s the personal cost, why would anybody willingly be a part of this?

Source: National Times – Photo on The Australian front page ‘risks interfering’ with Lehrmann probe, head of inquiry says ( Ben Doherty and Amanda Meade and The Guardian)

Monday, 22 May 2023

Fighting Fake News with REAL, 22/5/23; Scott Morrison, Brittany Higgins, Cosultancy Contracts;

 

Brittany Higgins and Scott Morrison

There is a powerful prima facie case, which I will outline in this article and the below video, that Scott Morrison and his office oversaw a government conspiracy to cover-up the alleged rape of Brittany Higgins since 2019.

Source: Scott Morrison and his office oversaw the conspiracy to protect Bruce Lehrmann – The prima facie caseKangaroo Court of Australia

 

The big four consulting firms have increased their federal business by 400 per cent over a decade.

The big four consulting firms have increased their federal business by 400 per cent over a decade while donating steadily to the major political parties that shape big decisions on government projects.

Source: Big four consultancy contracts blow out to $1.4 billion

Sunday, 21 May 2023

Fighting Fake News with REAL 21/5/23, The Shot, The Voice Referendum, Rudy Giuliani,

 

So a minister squirming and feeling uncomfortable about doing the unconscionable does send a mildly better message out into the universe, an improvement over ceding the airwaves and their mesmerising quality to parliament’s remaining Neanderthals – bought husks waving lumps of coal around Parliament House as a proxy for being able to waggle their tiny Neanderthal dicks in their hairy Neanderthal hands, something parliamentarians have needed to recently be discouraged from doing any more. No arguments from me there.

But that’s not the only worthwhile measure, though, is it? In reality – a place that needs to contend with the laws of physics and not the laws of political messaging – a place that billions of future humans will be dropped into head-first, drowning and burning – the upset feelings of any single minister consigning more carbon into the atmosphere matters not one single fucking iota.

Source: If this is the best we can hope for, why do we even bother? – The Shot

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In a pathetic justification, Warren Mundine continues to try to insist the man he falsely claimed to be Lingiari’s grandson is, even declaring “you don’t know Aboriginal culture”!! It seems Mundine knows more than the man himself in their effort to justify the misguided and false Fair Australia ad he and Price used in their vote “No” campaign.

A Millwarparra man has said he did not know what the Voice to Parliament was when he was filmed reading anti-Voice sentiments that were written for him.

Source: Mundine, Price falsely claim Millwarparra man as Vincent Lingiari’s grandson to push No campaign | SBS NITV

 

Warren Mundine with Senator Jacinta Nampijinpa Price and other opponents of the government’s Voice proposal at Parliament House.

This Editorial Opinion is a Ch9 is free election Ad not a subscription piece for paying readers

On any other day on any other topic if you want to read Peter Costello’s AGE you need to subscribe and if you don’t you won’t get delivery, and your locked out of the digital version of what it declares is a “News Paper”. However strangely enough not this editorial “opinion piece” or better said propaganda piece written by Parnell Palme McGuinness. Parnell is a PR Liberal Party hack who can be found writing for Murdoch’s Australian and in this case  The Age preaching to everyone without any need to subscribe to vote “No” and that’s no accident. That’s the clear and loud mainstream media that calls itself News in this country over 75% controlled by the elite and powerhouse conservatives of this country doing to Indigenous Australians what has been done to them for the past 240 shameful years. The only colonial country on the planet that still declares that the Indigenous First Nations people need no recognition, treaty or voice.

" The Voice referendum is on track to fail." Parnell Palme Mcguinness

Parnell makes no reference to the fact that the problems raised here have not been found anywhere else on the planet and exceptional and only raised by fearmongering Australian racists and conservatives. Strange isn't it, No intended!

Parnell Palme McGuinness is managing director strategy and policy at award-winning campaigns firm Agenda C. The company was engaged to work for a Liberal Party MP during the federal election. She has also worked for the German Greens.

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