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 For 8 years this government has been promising Fantasy Facts. Net-zero by 2050 will be a pre- election promise the fact will be another story altogether. JobMaker is simply another example of LNP political fakery in the meantime Pork barrelling will remain their reality.

“Treasury estimates that this will support around 450,000 jobs for young people.” But previously secret Treasury documents from the middle of this year reveal that just 5,278 people had been hired using the JobMaker hiring credit, or around 1 per cent of the original budget forecast.

 JobMaker was meant to support 450,000 jobs. The real figure is just 1 per cent of that – ABC News

 

Comments like Frost’s demonstrate ignorance towards the many structural inequalities experienced by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities and other marginalised peoples in Australia.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities are also battling vaccine and COVID misinformation. Commentary from Frost and other Instagram influencers is not only dangerous, but also spreads inaccurate narratives of white victimhood.

It is a privilege to reject life-saving health interventions while others experience structural barriers to appropriate medical care.

 Sam Frost knows nothing about segregation: white settlers co-opting terms used to oppress

 

Andrew Bolt has had the rug "seemingly" pulled out from under his climate change denials by the very organization he works for and supports him. That should tell us it’s a marketing promotion boosting Morrison’s LNP, to seemingly change tack, on the promise of Net-Zero by 2050. For heaven's sake we were notified weeks ago that this campaign for Scott was coming. Of course it’s is rubbish just as the Angus Taylor's argument that Net-Zero doesn’t mean ” zero carbon emissions". Slightly cleaner and more costly washed fossil fuels is then all they need do. Angus Taylor has guaranteed to fund CO2 emissions to the tune of $250bn if and when nobody else on the planet will.

As for Bolt’s argument that News Corp’s editorial change is “rubbish” well that’s simply posturing, a performance to appear balanced and make noise. All they are doing is what Philip Morris did when it announced it would "un-smoke the world" while still continuing to sell as much tobacco as possible along with the other added carcinogens or tar. Yes Bolt’s a participant because the campaign allows him the space to play the contrarian in the performance and repeat what it is he’s been doing for the past two decades maintaining his ego and crafted media identity little else. After all he can’t simply keep attacking Bruce Pascoe, Muslims, women and the ABC. Nor can he keep calling science a religion without appearing to be the dumb fuck he is. Remember he kept telling us the "planet was actually cooling". Bolt  did that for well over a decade and probably still believes he knows more than 97% of the world's global climate scientists. No doubt he is waiting to spin that again.

 Andrew Bolt's primary drive is not "truth" nor rational analysis driven by data but rather "attention"grabbing. Attention to himself and he's demonstrated and proved that he hasn't a clue. He's been wrong for years generally boosted by patrons like Tony Abbott John Roskham and an assorted number of wackos . He hasn't got that these days.

The prominent Murdoch commentator Andrew Bolt says News Corp Australia’s major editorial campaign to speed up climate action is “rubbish” and the “global warming propaganda” provides political cover for Scott Morrison. “Millions of Australian readers would have got a shock this morning when they picked up their Murdoch newspapers around the country,” Bolt told his Sky News Australia audience after the company published 16-page wraparounds in every tabloid.

 News Corp’s Andrew Bolt says his company’s climate campaign is ‘rubbish’ | News Corporation | The Guardian

 

News Corp’s turnaround on climate crisis is a greenwash Ketan Joshi The company won’t change until it understands the grave damage it has done with its ugly legacy of denialist reporting News Corp Australia’s office in Sydney ‘News Corp has played a major role in ensuring a truly catastrophic track record for emissions in Australia over the past decade.’ Photograph: Paul Miller/AAP Tue 12 Oct 2021 16.29 AEDT Last modified on Wed 13 Oct 2021 09.51 AEDT Let’s be straight. The planet is heating because we’re adding gigatonnes of greenhouse gases into our habitat. The consequences get worse for every additional gram we displace from deep underground and send into the sky, through the dual actions of extraction and combustion. We know with certainty that the impacts – inflicted already and inevitably due if we don’t stop fast – are gruesome and visceral. As the world recovers from Covid-19, so too does fossil fuel use. It’s largely unsurprising, considering how little real work was done to decouple human existence from the burning of carbon. Not only do these gases accumulate in the atmosphere, the amount we add each year is itself increasing. That is to say: it’s getting worse quickly

Another example involves News Corp uncritically repeating the greenwashing campaigns of some of Australia’s most severe emitters. AGL Energy has openly decided to breach a 1.5C-aligned trajectory by keeping its coal plants open well into the 2040s. Ditto for Energy Australia and Alinta Energy, both justifying this on the grounds that shutting down coal would cause “blackouts”. It’s the worst of corporate climate delay, but it’s heralded as if it’s a grand turnaround on climate.

 News Corp’s turnaround on climate crisis is a greenwash | Ketan Joshi | The Guardian

 

 Morrison, Murdoch and the Rhetoric will Continue they or Bolt haven't changed merely the spin has.

The rhetorical battle over turning away from investments in companies contributing to climate change, it seems, has been won. These moves came after more than a decade of broad-based campaigns against fossil-fuel investments, which at Harvard included petitions, protests, a legal complaint to the Massachusetts Attorney General, and storming the field during a Harvard-Yale football game. And yet, as activists learned in the decades-long campaigns to disinvest from apartheid in South Africa, the implementation of commitments was often limited by fine-print qualifications or loopholes. Despite legitimate celebration of new momentum, many questions remained unanswered, as detailed in an analysis in Harvard Magazine. The real test of success must be to what extent resources are actually removed from fossil-fuel production and reinvested in renewable energy. On that front, Big Oil — like the planet — is beginning to feel the heat.

 To Turn away from Fossil Fuels, take the Fight directly to the Corporations – That’s how Apartheid Fell

Is Sucking Carbon Out of the Air the Solution to Our Climate Crisis?

Andrew Bolt's Blog, 19/12/18; Bolt tries to make out all cats are the same in the dark; Another way of disguising "we are rooted";

THE PROMISES BILL SHORTEN COULD REGRET

We've already seen political leaders win elections with wild promises that then torture them once they take power. Remember "there will be no carbon tax under the government I lead"? Here are four promises that could hurt Bill Shorten if he becomes Prime Minister. My editorial from The Bolt Report.

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No, all promises aren't the same.

Andrew Bolt wants to have us think that the ALP these past years is the same as the Liberal Party.
Let's not forget "no cuts"Abbott, before and after his election, because Andrew Bolt certainly has. No Bill Shorten has a very significantly different model or yardstick by which he's delivering promises. 5 standout promises broken by Abbott were also by the slowest government to pass bills since John Gorton. I believe Abbott was 3 short of cruising past Gorton's record.
Bolt's not addressing reality and only inviting us to his illogical fantasy. Firstly asylum seekers aren't  "illegal immigrants" and are protected under international law. They are entitled to be heard and processed so who is Bolt talking about? Bolt's currently calling doctors "activists" because they are compelled to abide by their Hypocratic oath. What grounds does he have to believe they are treasonous he really gives none. Yet Bolt trusts his own doctor because of that oath doesn't he, not because they share the same politics.  Or does he visit some other kind of doctor?
Negative gearing economists experts dispute Bolt's imaginary threat because only 1 in 10 properties it turns out are negatively geared to make a deductible loss to reduce income. Bolt ignores the economics involved, the advice of experts, to make out the price of housing is a house of cards dependant on it. His argument it might, it could, like the price of tulips in the 16th-century collapse as he flies this kite as high as he can.
Bolt ignores Indigenous requests, not for another "Parliament" but a body of representatives chosen by the First Nations Peoples to advise the government rather than a person like Mundine or an envoy like Abbott appointed by the government which for the past 200 years has failed to work and more so failed to recognize their status as First Nation peoples. That's not "another" Parliament just as Andrew Bolt isn't Indigenous as he likes to claim he is.
Climate Change, not a word from Bolt on the notion of "transition" or the global picture that world is already in transition as we speak. You won't hear that from Bolt. It's happening now in 150 countries and the multinational corporations, the finance and banking sectors are all transitioning divesting away from fossil fuels. Even though Trump is trying to close down renewable technologies and climate science calling it a Chinese hoax American states are going it alone and exceeding expectations California for one is now running on 19% renewables while Bolt will tell you the opposite. CO2 the highest it's ever been recorded is not pollution according to Bolt and Abbott even says it's good. Not a single piece of evidence is offered from any experts what is presented instead is only imagine imagine imagine. However, isn't a responsible government meant to take in all the information and evidence experts have to offer before it makes decisions not just based on ideology alone or a seeming point of difference but in the best interests of us all and the "common good"? No cuts Abbott's pre-election promises became instant lies that benefited nobody except the interests of the IPA and the LNP donors rather than all Australians. These were financial decisions about institutions that exist and not the nope nope nope of Abbott leading as if he were in opposition playing politics rather than serving the nation.
What we have in Bolt's editorial is a case of media hyperbole. The fact is Abbott promised not to cut funding to existing institutional systems. Rudd and Gillard were arguing for the reality of Climate Change when  Abbott was calling it crap and Bolt was telling us the planet was cooling and News Corp was backing them. Bolt no longer tries the cooling bullshit on anymore but says a small degree of change makes no difference. However, Climate change is about small degrees of change and they do make an enormous difference over a century plus. Besides renewables make sense for the whole planet and those who will come after us.

 

 Labour champing for government as discipline proves the perfect cleanser for Bill Shorten's deficits - Politics - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

 But as the 48th Labor Party national conference has shown, whatever deficits Mr Shorten may be accused of having as the alternative prime minister, they are more than compensated by the professionalism and discipline of the Labor machine around him.
Mr Shorten's personal ruthlessness and his proved capacity for consensus-building has been reflected in the management of the conference floor — helped, it must be said, by the sobering proximity of the federal election.

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December 18, 2018

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Arjun Walia

Wrong again Andrew Bolt 

The Highest-Ranking Vatican Official Ever Convicted Of Child Sexual Abuse – Collective Evolution

LEAVE THOSE REINDEER ALONE! DON'T FREE THAT DOLPHIN!

I suspect Australians are getting a bit sick of pushy protesters - sanctimonious, noisy, in your face. This past week has been a perfect example of a protest culture that's got right out of hand. The protesters who spoiled it for the sick kids are the last straw. My editorial on The Bolt Report.

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Andrew Bolt doesn't seem to think animals have a problem circuses were great, they entertained kids too and the animals well, they loved it as well. 

We need to wait for a vote and have discussions as to who should speak up and anthropomorphise for these creatures. Bolt doesn't cut it with his stupid seal voice. We have had 5 years of discussion about the kids on Nauru so we need another 5 for discussions on captive seals and reindeer. 

He doesn't have a problem but then who does Bolt actually represent, sick kids or captive animals? It's not the kids on Nauru no, nor the magpies he feeds against the advice of Australia's fauna experts, is it? Both give him pleasure. That's not his problem the protesters are. Now that's the arrogance!! Failures on Nauru led to triple rape of 10-year-old boy, a lawsuit claims

Bolt using his mega-resources to shut out minorities who are rarely if ever invited to his "discussions and debates". We've seen it before when that lockout has been taken to extremes throughout History and its been pretty ugly for the demonstrators. We've seen it happen to asylum seekers when in despair have been let drown to make a point. Those that didn't were locked away and called "illegals" and witnesses to these events if they spoke up were threatened with 2+ years jail. Now that's civilised debate and discussion Bolt style. Lib heavyweights in homophobic and racist text furore (ODT)

 "Oh the protesters weren't as drastic as I first made out, "says Bolt to cover his intense whinge.

Another day, another distraction, another distortion by Bolt. Australia is sick of protesters but not those groups of individuals demonstrating because it's the only way they can get their message across. Eureka set a precedent in our history, it too was quashed but never forgotten as much as people like Bolt would have it scrubbed from our history books. Like Aboriginal culture, these are things the thought police want to be forgotten. Bolt's concern "sick kids" my ass, if he was those on Nauru would be in Australia now because News Corp has the voice to make it happen.
The demonstrators are Australians sick of those that have done a disservice to this country for their self-interest rather than the "common good". They don't demonstrate openly but in the shadows, the extremist right-wing faction of the Liberal Party and still lead by the Gollum Tony Abbott who has cost the nation 5 years of regression protesting any attempt at progressive compromise in the service of us all, Australians. The Abbotteers, in fact, have resulted in doubling the government debt in that short period without doing what they were voted and paid to do, govern.
Bolt claims it's "sanctimonious noisy in your face protesters" that is the trouble. Last week it was those grubby little primary school kids marching in the streets of our cities that according to him were just brats who didn't know what they were doing. Women victimising men, Safe schoolers victimising Christianity and all our Institutions sucking the cultural lifeblood out of our white western, male, heterosexual, western culture that gave birth to Australia. Multiculturalism has depleted Australia of its vital energy.
 Bolt's a caricature, a comic character as real as Jack Ripper in Dr Strangelove and he's always wrong. Wrong about Tony Abbott dozens of times. Wrong about the third most important person in the Catholic hierarchy. Wrong about what it means to be Australian. Just fundamentally wrong and he makes it clear he hates the place.

Andrew Bolt's Blog,15/9/15; Bolt's use of facts are akin to Dr William McBride he invented Thalidomide; Bolt's not living in the real world; Abbott didn't break promises he broke Australia; Turnbull 55:44 in truth 79:20 MPs need to be allowed to represent their electorates not just their side;

 

 

 

 

Fine deeds, but brought down by those who judge cruelly by mere seeming

Abbott could well have been speaking directly to Andrew Bolt a leading right wing ninja for the now retired PMO . He's taken his filleting knife to a broad range of people some of whom he had sacked just like Abbott. He does it on a regular basis.

65 broken promises hardly provides great reason for pride what with an economy that's been going down the plug hole since Abbott took over. Australia had a  solid AAA rating and Swan was voted the world's best treasurer. Abbott has put this country's credit rating at risk and Hockey has been literally been voted the country's worst ever treasurer. That alone buries what Bolt calls a list of accomplishments. In Feb Abbott asked the Party for 6months to prove he could  change and he didn't. Turnbull didn't unseat Abbott Scott Morrison and his followers did when they moved against Tony. Turnbull was simply called.

How do you respond to the litany of crap that Bolt continues with. Unemployment is up but Bolt sings the song out of the Liberal song book of more jobs created. Yes we have grown  larger over the past 2 years  but a hell of a lot more are on welfare and the income gap and wealth gaps are growing. The FTA's all began with the Labor Party and Abbott  did signed them. No generosity by Bolt in his acknowledgement of the shared Party involvement in them. 

Then the creation of imagine threats on the other side of the world for political advantage is something makes one want to vomit. We are now a less freer country run by a more secretive government. Who have ensured that even our citizenship is of diminished importance and can be removed by a flourish of a pen by a klutz whose  political IQ and I suspect general IQ is the equivalent of a carrot, Peter Dutton.

Bill Shorten words were a standout. Words that you never hear from Bolt even here he's almost chocking on having to acknowledge them.

 

 

 

Sorry

So many other reasons to say sorry rather than just your personal tragedy of a tonsilectomy. 

Paul Barry defends the false story of poor Aylan Kurdi

Which false story Andrew bolt there are at least 3-4 yours among them now. Your use however was the most insidious because you seemingly want it to impact on thousands of others. Your stories rare emerge from all the fact they are molded  to fit a specific political argument. Your not much better than Dr William McBride the notorious inventor of Thalidomide. He ensured the facts  were made to fit his conclusions as well. None of which were true.

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Europe puts up borders as the hordes increase

Bolt does his best to try to tell us that the action of registering and processing refugees is the equivalent of Germany shutting the gates. He knows it's not he just can't bear to be wrong.  The twat just keeps on dreaming anyway with his head up his clacker.

The % population that is foreign born in each EU country is so much less than Australia's 25% it's ridiculous. In fact 50% have non anglo-saxon roots.  Is it so strange that Australia is a proud multicultural nation. Further Foreign born does not mean either refugees or Muslim heritage  which of course Bolt loves to suggest in order to say I told you so with all his negativity.

" Once it was believed a people must have its own nation, founded on common values and a common history, even a shared love, if its members were to have rights and security.  One people, one law."Bolt

How long ago was that Andrew Bolt. Before  Italy, Germany, UK ,France the Netherlands etc became  modern Nation States with a mongrel mix of cultures and peoples of their own? When were those days of common values and history you dream of? The days of city states? Modern Italy was just a dream How many languages exist in your brave and modern Italy today. How many elections has  Italy had in the past 10 years. How many cultures does it contain. What does the real Italian look like? Pull your head out of your arse and have a look around even the Dutch have Holland Friesland the Netherlands. Even Frieslanders have their own language. What an uneducated wanker you are Andrew Bolt your Camelot never existed.

Bolt thinking is even worse at Murdoch USA Fox Business Invites Islamophobic Bigot Who Bans Muslims From Her Gun Range To Criticize U.S. Resettlement Of Refugees    Guest Jan Morgan Suggests Americans May Need To Use Their "Right To Bear Arms To Defend Life" If U.S. Admits Syrian War Refugees

 

 

 

 

 

Third and last warning: politicians who break promises will pay

Look at the list under Tony Abbott's name he truly was the broken promise before he ever took on the job. Now the mood of this country can lift and once again Australia can be seen as a good hearted place. Abbott has unfortunately brought the place to it's knees economically. There's a good chance we will see a recession.Libspill: A swift shift hasn't solved all the problems

  Libspill: Without economic nous, Abbott was doomed

 

 

 

 

Column - Turnbull steals Abbott’s job by promising what he doesn’t have

Wow what sour grapes look like bloated and no substance just air.  Bernardi, Dutton, Andrews, Corman, Abetz, Hockey Brandis, Pyne and Abbott, will not be sorely missed they certainly aren't the heart and sole of the Party maybe they will all join Bronwyn Bishop down the back.

 

Julia Gillard Rushed To Hospital After Overdosing Schadenfreude

How will history look upon Abbott and his prime ministership?

  " offer an alternative to the direction in which we are moving. It may succeed by its resistance to current tendencies in slowing down undesirable developments, but, since it does not indicate another direction, it cannot prevent their continuance. It has […] invariably been the fate of conservatism to be dragged along a path not of its own choosing."

 

Governments are unfortunately second fiddles to the demands of  transnational corporations. Labour to regain any control needs also to unite and become a global force simply if it's to protect the worlds workers. Mondragon Corporation is a true social experiment.Are workers' cooperatives the alternative to capitalism ...

 

 

 

 

 

No last question for Turnbull

Bolt is always the one to try to spoil any party. He generally relishes the ones where everyone backed in a corner his favorite place in a room is up against the wall behind the others after all he was a drummer.

 

 

Turnbull’s first challenge: to heal a party he’s divided

Bolt seems to really not understand what's gone on here. Turnbull first challenge is past him he won. His second is to reunite the Liberal electorate which he's done. His third and least challenge at 55: 44 is to realize half of the 44 are not ultra conservatives and will come on board. His fourth is to pick his cabinet and get rid of the ultra conservative and careerist morons  that were sitting on it.  

Bolt ever the fool can now sit and watch proceedings from a distance and let his tears dry. He can return back to his lair.

"But anyone who thinks the Liberal party can recover from being burnt in that grassfire and become whole and unified is kidding themselves."

Kennett is right there is more of a team in place now than there was under Abbott. The Liberal Party has found it's core. Groups of representative MPs not forced to come together as a collective. Abbott can go down in history as the worst and shortest leader in history both in time and stature.

"And the republic? Indigenous recognition? Renewable energy? ABC reform?" 

Two of these issues were never whole and solely Liberal Renewable energy and ABC reform were Rupert Murdoch's. He'll just have to wait and stand in line again if he lives that long. 

"In simple terms, Abbott has been an inept political operator; his prime ministership was quite simply broken and not simply broken, but unrepairable." Terry McCrann