How will history remember Tony Abbott? Badly!! Actually Abbott will be remembered for his harshness and discipline not of himself but others. Harsh primarily to workers and any organizations that fought to better their conditions. Harsh to asylum seekers, Harsh to those on welfare simply Harsh.
Link Independant UK
" This does not just show the United Nations is a disgrace and a menace to the West. It also underlines a truth that collectives do not represent the most moral positions but the least inconvenient:
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Bolt is quite clear he doesn't believe in boards committees or any form of democratic process which entails a ballot. He believes in the rule of the jungle the rule of the strongest leader whether they be Alexander the Great or Pol Pot. Democratic committees simply prove to be the least convenient to somebody's interests and are not always in the interests of regressive conservatives.
Bolt as usual doesn't tell the whole story which tends to distort what really occurred. Mr Trad, Saudi Arabia’s ambassador at the UN in Geneva, was re-elected as chairman of a two week panel and not the head of the 49 seat council. Whilst controversial Saudi Arabia does not head the UNHRC as Bolt's banner suggests. Apart from that the USA has an atrocious human rights record and is filled with more religious fruit cakes in congress than you can find on any planet. What on earth makes Bolt for one minute think the Saudi ambassador Mr Trad is someone incapable of chairing an UNHRC comittee? He is certainly more educated than Bolt most likely speaks more languages than Bolt.
Bolt seems to believe we are all as bigoted as he is and should show it. Any wonder Andrew Bolt has been declared lazy and loose with his facts by judge M Bromberg. He hasn't really filled out the story, only presented an intentionally ambiguous post full of innuendo about someone who on any other day we call our ally in the Middle East. Who needs enemies if you have Andrew Bolt? Whatever reputation he has is at the behest of News Corporation respected for sport and entertainment but definitely not news anywhere in the Anglosphere. Again: Saudi Arabia Elected Chair of UN Human Rights ...
Link Murdoch's AFR
Can we assume Greg Hunt who so struggled under Abbott's leadership now sounds so much happier and refreshed since the spill. Did he support Abbott in the ballot I assume he did. It goes to show if the ballot was rerun today just how different that vote would be 70 ++ in favour of Turnbull. I guess we should take notice if the growth in investment in renewables accelerates and fossil fuel declines which seems highly likely. Australia welcome to the real world. One thing is for certain Bolt hasn't a single $ invested in coal. However Turnbull will Frydenberg signals $5 billion taxpayer frolic with Adani's unwanted fossil flop A truth Bolt shrugs off and fails to reveal in order to make his anti-Green stance have more impact.
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No Royal Commission required for business. The myth of systemic corporate fraud and mismanagement. I believe Corman and Bolt would blame over regulation for the crime. Abbott said that when 10 Liberal MPs were busted in NSW. It's the laws fault!! Makes a $63million investigation into pilfering a political joke.
Link The Canberra Times
The ABC could be dead, buried and expect nothing and it would be a reward just to see Abbott go given his election lie and the hand in glove Faustian relationship he had with Murdoch. The only thing that stood in the way of Aunty being chopped liver was a hostile senate.
Murdoch's is in his 80's and wants to not just control of 66% of print but a much larger share in the total Australian media market in which there aren't that many players. In particular he want's to steal the ABC's successful and long term investment in digital media. Having cherry picked what he wants he couldn't care less in other aspects of the ABC.
The ABC didn't back Turnbull it did however reflect the Liberal Party sentiments on just what a poor job Abbott had been doing. 30 successive disastrous polls showed the public were crying out for an explanation too. Explanation that in the last 2 months Bolt no longer tried to defend. The obvious propaganda for Abbott was dragging News Corp's readership down so much so wars were breaking out between it's National masthead The Australian, news.com.au and the Herald Sun. Their demographic readership just wouldn't accept the crap that Bolt, Devine and Akerman could dish out at their worst. Even they turned from supporting Abbott to attacking Shorten and focusing on every sideshow issue that seemed to make the Abbott government look better than it was.
They really will be just another also ran with Turnbull as PM Guess we won't be seeing any Lomborg articles in the Conversation they will no doubt be reserved for the Quadrant if and when he ever bothers to write one.
" So boo hoo hoo, we cry. We helped get Abbott elected, but couldn’t save him."
No Bolt it just goes to show what a minority you and Jones talk to. Even clocks are right twice a day. But in your case even that's in doubt. It's not the influence you have it's the" apparent "influence Murdoch claims to provide politicians that makes the fearful beholden. That was Abbott's fault he didn't trust all media or take them into his confidence only some 2GB and News Corp.
Turnbull is not as frighted or as controlling he knows that not all commentators in the Murdoch hive are Andrew Bolts or the Herald Sun. Because even News Corp needs to be relevant sometimes to survive. However what a minority voice you in fact are. Your ego will just have to deal with it for a while but you'll forget humbleness isn't your forte. I doubt you even speak for Alan Jones or that he sees you as some sort of comrade in arms. You both may have supported Abbott but I suspect that's all you have in common. Manipulated media do the pollies’ dirty work
Link Murdoch's Herald Sun
Bolt over the past 6 months has selected some 6 cases worlwide of suicide bombers. He loves it when he can get up close and personal. From these intimate events he generalizes that anybody who says 'allahu akbar' is a potential terrorist therefore all Muslims must be potential terrorists.
All Austrians say 'gruess got' also 'god is great' this is a greeting common to Christianity and Islam both . Using Bolt logic we are all either potential terrorists or using simple logic all human and have that in common. How would you prefer to live life with common sense or nonsense?
There are lots of cases when Christians who self sacrificed in their belief they were performing necessary acts and we often called them heroic we have canonized some and called them saints. Sorry Bolt six cows don't make a herd let alone a cattle station or an industry.
Link Paywall to Murdoch's Australian
" Malcolm Turnbull has made his first mistake in playing the
uncomfortable role of a conservative - giving the impression he will
soften our border laws."
Why does Andrew Bolt prefer to believe and take the words of ISIS as gospel but then distorts Australian media report? His comments aren't just opinion they are a total distortion of what was being said.
UNHRC have commented on the inhumane conditions in Australian offshore detention centers. This has been well documented and confirmed by the Moss report and others. So if the slightest concern is acknowledged about the conditions and their possible need for improvement Bolt takes the opportunity to notify people smugglers that our "border laws" are to be soften. I believe providing advertising material for people smugglers to use in promoting their core business is tantamount to assisting in a criminal act. Bolt is far more proactive in encouraging people smuggling and crimes against humanity than the reverse.Transfield and detention centres: It's no longer business as usual
Link The Australian Opinion
Can Murdoch Media ever be trusted
with Media Watch Reports. It's a little like asking the Fox to take care
of the hen house. You know it will. Liberal leadership spill coup sparks News Corp ‘civil war’ Is
this Bolt's way of kissing and making up with Chris Mitchel? The fact
is I doubt if Turnbull cares or respects much of anything commentators
at the Murdoch hive have to say. Some believe Turnbull pulls the strings
Manipulated media do the pollies’ dirty work
