The Age and SMH haven’t apologized for the misinformation they
published in the article by Lisa Visentin which started this shitstorm
about whether or not John Farnham was paid or not. Instead, they have
come back with a poorly attempted deflection of “It’s Complicated” by
Michale Dwyer.
This isn’t complicated it's bullshit ” Farnham has allowed his 1986 hit to be
used in a commercial, having agreed to license it for an undisclosed sum
to Yes campaign outfit Uluru Dialogue.” It’s fake, it’s a lie and
that’s what was published by Visentin pure and simple. Now, neither Lisa Visentin, Dwyer, or anyone at Ch9 has actually said sorry John, sorry Tim.
Rather they have tried to duck the issue true political style of “never
say sorry” just deflect, distract, throw a dead moggie on the table and move on. Will they get away with
it? John Farnham and his management have clearly stated they gifted all
their rights to the Voice gratis. The question did Peter Costello's Ch9 print media try to besmirch and tarnish Farnham and the Yes campaign and are they still doing it here?
If we’re talking about the words and notes on the page, You’re The Voice doesn’t in fact belong to Farnham. So was it entirely a gift?
Source: Voice to parliament: Did John Farnham gift ‘You’re The Voice’ to Yes campaign?
Ambrose Bierce, whose cynicism supplies a hygienic cold wash, suggested that politics was always a matter of interests masquerading as a contest of principles. It involved conducting public affairs for private advantage. How right he was. One way of justifying such an effort is through using such words as the “national interest” or “public interest” in justifying government policies, from the erroneous to the criminal. They become weasel-like terms, soiling and spoiling language.
There is nothing to suggest that more flights will automatically reduce prices per se. As Karl Marx documents with expansive brilliance, markets tend towards concentration. In time, companies, much in the manner of hoodlums carving up neighbourhoods for their drugs trade, will divvy up their share and keep prices lucratively high. Miserable customers make for happy shareholders.
Source: Weasel Words in Aviation: Protecting the Flying Kangaroo – » The Australian Independent Media Network
Qantas will, however, continue to sell tickets to Joyce’s leaving function
Alan Joyce’s Departure From Qantas Cancelled at Last Minute
Australia gets the World's Attention
It’s incomprehensible, then, that many of our politicians support “unlocking the Beetaloo Basin” in the Northern Territory and developing another 48 oil and gas projects across Australia.
Source: Evidence that Gas and Oil are Bad for Our and the Planet’s Health is Piling Up, but Governments turn a Blind Eye
Howard stressed only the negative. No mention of the positive.
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