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Hard not to wonder what Diana would have made of this day… King Charles looking glum, Camilla a portrait of misery until sighting her crown, Prince Andrew disgraced but allowed full regalia, Harry hidden behind the helmet of Princess Anne. Remembering the real Queen
#Coronation
In many ways, the swift rescue efforts for the billionaires trapped in the Titanic submarine, while poor & desperate refugees are neglected & left to die, mirrors a sad, familiar story of the world that has replayed across history. Little has changed.
#OceanGate
#submarinemissing
Olympian Melissa Hoskins had a right to be safe in her home.
Instead, she was killed by husband Rohan Dennis, while the media now praise his cycling career & dilute her name.
Australia is in a domestic violence crisis. Our failing media isn't helping
#MelissaHoskins
#SayHerName
The day Australians united to apologise to the Stolen Generations, Dutton walked out. He then derailed the Voice with his brazen lies, aided by Murdoch & the ABC. Now it's fear on migrants.
When Laura Tingle says Dutton is stirring racism, his record is irrefutable proof
#auspol
Whatever comes of
#AUSENG
, Sam Kerr sprinting maniacally across the field, executing an otherworldly goal against England despite all their efforts to take her down, will stand as one of Australia’s greatest sporting moments. Flawless. Go Tillies!
#Matildas
#TilitsDone
#FIFAWWC
Over 100,000 legends at the AFL Grand Final. Not a boo to be heard during the Welcome to Country ceremony, just roaring applause, mighty cheer & total respect for Indigenous tradition.
Something to think about hey, Sam Newman?
#AFLGF
#AFLGrandFinal
#AFLPiesLions
#auspol
#voteyes
Laura Tingle is widely respected by Australians for her reliably factual, fearless & measured journalism. Ben Fordham can whine all he wants, but Laura's analysis of Dutton emulating Trump – his penchant for deception & sowing fear, key examples – is simply doing her job
#auspol
The moral & intellectual calibre of Penny Wong is the standard Australia should seek in leaders, in all areas. Composed yet commanding in presence, palpable expertise, always reasoned & instilling a sense of security. The touches of humour only enhance her charisma.
#NPC
#auspol
Whatever your view on the billionaires of the Titanic submarine expedition, the 19-year-old on board, Suleman Dawood, was just a kid. Terrified, uncertain, eager to please to his dad. A world of possibilities he will now never know, gone at the hands of
#OceanGate
. Rest in peace.
Alan Joyce is an unchanging, everlasting portrait of greed. Revels in his billion dollar profits after swindling Australians, axing devoted staff & trashing the Qantas brand; then yaks on about "social conscience" to Sarah Ferguson. Hardly the spirit of Australia.
#abc730
#auspol
With unflinching accuracy, Niki Savva unmasks Australia's media game:
"The Murdoch empire continues its mission to emasculate the ABC, at times ably assisted by the ABC," which "wilts" under pressure from politicians.
The attacks on Laura Tingle.
Endless "Dutton says".
#auspol
It's the kind of stupefying trash you'd expect at a Trump-led rally in America, except that it happened in Australia with Michaelia Cash at the helm. “If you don’t know, vote no,” she squawks of the Voice. So, don't educate yourself: be ignorant. Beyond embarrassing
#auspol
#CPAC
Few words capture the utter disgrace that is Ita Buttrose & Lawyers For Israel's despicable WhatsApp plot to intimidate, silence & sack Antoinette Lattouf. A nefarious collusion that has trashed the ABC, sabotaged truthful journalism & blatantly betrayed all Australians.
#auspol
This is commitment personified. Sam Kerr, knocked about by the Swedes, injured & hardly noticed by the referee - only to get right back up, and with little hesitation, return to her team. How proud she & the Tillies have done Australia. Just legendary.
#Matildas
#SWEAUS
#FIFAWWC
It is deeply disingenuous, especially in Garma's sacred surrounds, for Speers & Karvelas to still misrepresent the Voice's collapse & Albo's role, brazenly ignoring Dutton's Trump-like lies to harm both. Lies fuelled by Murdoch & their own ABC. Truly distasteful
#insiders
#auspol
"Among other missing facts," Laura Tingle says of Dutton's Nuclear, it has "no costings, no clearly identified people to build reactors, no plan for disposing waste". It "ignores CSIRO advice".
And the LNP expects the Australian people to back this.
Unbelievable
#abc730
#auspol
What a storm of unstoppable force Lisa Wilkinson is. Lightning-sharp at every turn of Mr Richardson, thunderous in asserting the Morrison govt and Reynolds' deplorable conduct, an unfaltering gale uplifting Brittany Higgins & sexual assault victims. Exceptional.
#Lehrmann
#auspol
A world of strength to Brittany Higgins. Every revisit of the night with Bruce Lehrmann is a revisit of her trauma, of the way her assault was callously discredited - by Linda Reynolds, Kerry Stokes' Channel 7, trolls. This is why survivors hardly speak up.
#BruceLehrmann
#auspol
It feels like an era is closing. London Bridge befalls; BBC News is black. The Queen is loved by millions & a source of comfort to many. Her long reign of service should be honoured, not overshadowed by Royal Family gossip or blaming Harry & Meghan. She’s 96. Let her be at peace.
As the ABC's integrity crumbles, Jen Robinson's acuity on Antoinette Lattouf resonates loudly:
"The ABC did not have the backbone to support her" against the "Zionist lobby".
She sharply ties free speech to women like Brittany Higgins.
Karvelas: "Ok"
#QandA
#MediaWatch
#auspol
If anything, Fiona Brown leaning on mental health, prompting Justice Lee to oblige, has only made my respect for Brittany Higgins skyrocket. For days she endured ruthless examining by Whybrow & sat in the pain of her trauma. It's colossal bravery.
#BruceLehrmann
#Lehrmann
#auspol
If there was any doubt on how morally bankrupt Linda Reynolds is, on her capacity to be spiteful & sadistic, the Senator, adamant she's the victim in the Lehrmann saga, is suing Brittany Higgins for defamation. How she maintains she has a reputation to save is astounding.
#auspol
I may be wrong, but Morrison failing to front Albanese at National Press Club (the first PM to break tradition in 50 years) may just be adding to the narratives that he lacks accountability, has no ambition beyond his own party's survival & is afraid of Laura Tingle.
#NPC
#auspol
Linda Reynolds could have used her position of privilege to gesture solidarity & empower those who've faced sexual abuse. Instead, she villainised Brittany Higgins, made herself the victim of the Lehrmann plot, stooped to Channel 7 & lied. Australia won't forget
#LyingCow
#auspol
One of the greatest
#MAFS
injustices will remain that Duncan, a decent, patient, mature man with self-awareness & humility, was paired with Alyssa, an entitled, controlling, obnoxiously puerile snob who repeatedly diminished his vulnerability due to her deep insecurities
#MAFSAU
A seismic judgement from Justice Lee, each savage truth tremoring with necessity:
"Mr
#Lehrmann
raped Ms Higgins."
"Calculated lies."
"Not entitled to the vindication of his reputation."
"Having escaped the lion's den, he made the mistake of coming back for his hat."
#auspol
This obsession Linda Reynolds has with destroying Brittany Higgins – now escalating as she involves France – is verging on deranged. Such malevolence, such intense hate from a Senator, not least to an ex-worker alleging sexual assault, should have no place our Parliament.
#auspol
“From day one, I told the truth."
Depravity as you don't know it. Channel 7 validates Linda Reynolds as she paints herself the victim of the Lehrmann saga, twisting & trivialising Brittany Higgins' trauma. This is why sexual abuse victims don't come forward.
#Spotlight
#auspol
Impeccable from Dr Monique Ryan on Dutton's 'Airbus Albo' farce:
"We need to repair our relationship with our most important trade partner, China" which was "bruised & damaged" by Morrison. "PM Albanese was effective."
If only integrity came as easily to the LNP.
#QandA
#auspol
A night of insufferable commentary from Speers on the Fadden by-election. Lowlights: Overstating the LNP Cameron Caldwell win despite only holding the seat, overuse of phrases advising Labor is "now in trouble", baseless glorifying of Dutton. Nauseating, ABC.
#FaddenVotes
#auspol
Condolences to the tragic Sky News reporter who gave Australia a masterclass in ineptness on High Court rulings. Hope she caught Laura Tingle’s interview of Mark Dreyfus for a crash course in real journalism. Not just an "absurd" question – a downright idiotic one
#abc730
#auspol
No matter how firmly Sally McManus reiterated she was not aware of CFMEU organised crime allegations, Sarah Ferguson persisted in pushing unfounded assertions. No evidence. Just speculation.
Sally is an exemplary leader – conscientious, compassionate & principled
#abc730
#auspol
It's a crime the Gold Logie didn't go to the absurdly talented Shaun Micallef. Week upon week in the shitshow that is
#auspol
,
#MadAsHell
brought relief, comedy to the chaos & let us feel heard. An invaluable, unique contribution to Australian TV than that of Sonia Kruger
#Logies
It's quite the spectacle watching Probyn fervently campaign for integrity & transparency, dubbing Lidia Thorpe a "thorn in the Greens". Funny, I don't recall this same zeal or citing the "turds of the LNP" in the Morrison, Tudge & Christian Porter sagas
#afternoonbriefing
#auspol
"Quite feisty at
#QandA
!" host Patricia Karvelas chuckles while failing to moderate Barnaby Joyce's relentless & rude interruptions of the panel before allowing him to monopolise every topic from Trump to nuclear, as Dee Madigan gets cut off.
The ABC is on life support.
#auspol
If Bruce Lehrmann cares so much for the truth, why did he refuse to speak under oath?
If he cares so much to be a gentleman, why did he not see to Brittany Higgins before leaving Parliament House?
Why did Channel 7 fail to raise Reynolds' couch being cleaned?
#Spotlight
#auspol
Look, I'm sorry, but every time I see Michaelia Cash, my mind gets hijacked by
#MadAsHell
's Michaelia marching about to military music. And with her comedic spin, I can't unsee it.
@shaunmicallef
, for the love of Australia, give us an election special?
#afternoonbriefing
#auspol
When will the ABC stop defending this morally bankrupt rubbish where Speers enables futile hyperfocus on who knew what on Brittany Higgins, Katy Gallagher is villainised & Samantha Maiden is validated again? How will this help sexual abuse victims in the future?
#insiders
#auspol
It will take a long time to accept the world is without Jock Zonfrillo. His vibrant personality, humour, zest for life & food injected such joy into MasterChef & enlivened Australian television. A devastating, immeasurable loss, beyond comprehension. Rest in peace
#MasterChefAU
Despite the ICAC findings, somehow, Speers opens
#insiders
probing whether Gladys Berejiklian is, in fact, corrupt, leaving Niki Savva to call it how it is: She did the wrong thing & did not tell her colleagues. It’s pretty clear-cut, Speers. As is she should be charged.
#auspol
Tuned in to
#QandA
just in time to see Stan Grant interrupt Katy Gallagher, lambast her for "talking over the top" of a questioner, then allow Jane Hume to barge in repeatedly, only to learn of earlier deliberations on bullying. And the ABC wonders why it's going downhill
#auspol
Few at the ABC are willing to speak truth to the ugliness of the Voice debate & the reckless media feeding the No lies. Praise to Laura Tingle & Dan Bourchier for boldly decrying the racism & tactics used to demean Indigenous Australians. Truth matters.
#insiders
#VoteYes
#auspol
Dan Bourchier is one of the ABC's few authentic, honest voices, bringing depth & care to Indigenous affairs. His analysis always enriches learning.
Shame he wasn't on Garma
#insiders
. His nuance would have far surpassed the stale "Dutton says" lines of Karvelas & Speers
#auspol
First it was the relentless vilification of Brittany Higgins & Lisa Wilkinson. Now comes a swift escalation to abhorrent attacks on Katy Gallagher & Grace Tame, while condemning Labor for an alleged rape. Australian media are filthy & embarrassing. Misogyny is a bad look.
#auspol
Make no mistake: Sussan Ley's odious racism, Dutton-style fearmongering of Frankston & shameless misuse of serious issues like women's sexual assault are glaring proof of the breathtaking lengths the LNP will traverse for political gain. This cannot be Australia's future.
#auspol
In his inaugural speech, Liberal MP Rory Amon warned: "There are some truly horrible people in the world."
Now facing 10 counts of child sexual assault offences, it turns out he was one. A vile, egregious abuse of power.
And Dutton wants you alarmed by Gaza refugees...
#auspol
Once again, Laura Tingle delivers a formidable interview that encapsulates the values & intellectual tone journalists should operate with. A presence of calm, diligent questions, impartial analysis & no interrupting Albanese. Her integrity is highly admirable
#abc730
#auspoll2022
Paul Keating singlehandedly annihilating AUKUS & the Australian media at
#NPC
is a spectacle as brilliant as it is unexpected. From rants on China to savage denunciations of journalists, he's as switched on as ever - matched by a masterclass in diplomacy from Laura Tingle
#auspol
Sally McManus is a picture of leadership. Few have as genuine a concern as her for workers & wage rises, let alone such breadth of compassion for those struggling, especially against the RBA rate rises. A noble mix of power, passion & always a presence of calm.
#QandA
#auspol
“You can use your words; I’ll use mine.”
Penny Wong, incisive & composed before Speers’ failed AUKUS gotchas; outsmarting him one sentence at a time.
Australians want to hear the thoughts of their leaders, not the ABC's depthless, Labor-bashing hosts. Tedious.
#insiders
#auspol
I may be wrong, but something tells me that giving a woman a creepy scalp massage, knowing nothing about hairdressing or hoses but certainly that people in Aged Care haven't even been showered, might just add to the “complete psycho” narrative.
#afternoonbriefing
#ScottyThePsycho
It wouldn’t be Budget Night without the rigorous, impartial analysis of Laura Tingle – a budget she notes emphasises welfare & Medicare as Labor shapes a more compassionate country. An asset to the ABC & certainly offsets enduring Speers & Angus Taylor
#Budget2023
#abc730
#auspol
What a pleasure it is to watch & learn from analyst Antony Green on the ABC as he deconstructs the
#NSWelection
. A master of detail, detecting patterns & synthesising them into a coherent story, tonight for Labor. Certainly offsets having to listen to Speers
#NSWVotes2023
#auspol
It reveals everything of the moral bankruptcy of Linda Reynolds to unlawfully interfere in the Bruce Lehrmann trial, zero concern for Brittany Higgins. This is the calibre of "leadership" we endured under Scott Morrison. Who's the lying cow now?
#auspol
#afternoonbriefing
#abc730
To this day, Speers, Karvelas & the ABC's LNP backers refuse to utter even a word of credit to Albo for what is a genuine commitment to Indigenous Australians. Labor isn't perfect, but they're fostering dialogue, attending Garma, listening. What has Dutton done?
#insiders
#auspol
The ABC's descent into journalistic decay is no better captured than by the utter farce of David Speers arguing
#Debate2024
"wasn't a disaster for Trump" & Leigh Sales' cutting-edge analysis of Kamala Harris' "dry-mouth, anxious swallowing". Murdoch makeover on full blast
#auspol
First the ABC inflicted Tina Arena on
#QandA
. Then came PTSD-ridden Dutton & his tree meditations with Annabel Crabb on
#KitchenCabinet
. What next - Morrison performs his latest ukulele song on
#insiders
as Speers rattles a maraca & Ita Buttrose bops in a fruit headpiece?
#auspol
"Dutton clearly thinks he's on a winner back on the issue of immigration controls... but many think he's gone too far".
With her distinct acuity, Laura Tingle subtly unmasks the LNP's cruel Gaza refugee ban. Indeed, the "pushback" from Zali & other MPs is telling
#abc730
#auspol
The gall of Justin Stevens "counselling" Laura Tingle is staggering, but his hypocrisy is truly spectacular. When have the ABC's "unique obligations" ever applied to Speers, Jennett etc whose journalistic integrity peaks at butt-kissing Dutton & Murdoch? Pure BS
#auspol
#insiders
How utterly predictable of Speers, speaking to Laura Tingle about recognising Palestine statehood, to pivot to Dutton's opinion & plug how he "ripped into Penny Wong". Zero mention of Palestinians suffering in Gaza – just shallow analysis of petty politics. Tragic
#abc730
#auspol
"Is Dan Andrews telling the truth?" Ferguson asks Commonwealth Games Federation VP, who deems his decision "disrespectful".
What would be disrespectful is if the Premier ignored Victoria's needs & drained funds on a creaky sports event while many live in cars.
#abc730
#ThanksDan
Six billion dollars, for 12 days. The colossal blowout of the Commonwealth Games, forgoing funds for better housing, hospitals & schools for the people of Victoria.
Dan Andrews’ decision is one of courage & morality. Few even care for the Games.
#ThanksDan
#IStandWithDan
#auspol
The irony of Liberal Freya Leach arguing young Australians aren’t voting for the LNP due to a "misunderstanding" of its values, only to parrot the misinformation being spun by Dutton & the No vote to the Voice. Praise to Ged Kearney for calling it out.
#QandA
#auspol
#VoteYes23
Somehow, after colluding with Linda Reynolds & enabling Bruce Lehrmann, Janet Albrechtsen, of Murdoch's butthole, poses rape victim Brittany Higgins should "say sorry", citing an "inverted moral universe".
Such misogyny, such deep-seated toxicity in a human is astounding
#auspol
Everyone is entitled to an opinion. But to see Waleed, a highly educated person, desperately defend Morrison's misconduct – a matter that, at heart, is about integrity – is hugely disappointing. Add the out-of-touch Steve Price & it's no wonder
#TheProjectTV
seems barren.
#auspol
The irony of
#QandA
deliberating the struggles artists in Australia are presently facing, only to platform well-established, 'Scott Morrison's girl', Tina Arena. That the ABC is using a public affairs program to promote her new album is as dreadful as it is disingenuous.
#auspol
"Not a soul in Parliament has done more for women & the safety of women than Katy Gallagher."
Praise to Anika Wells for terminating Speers’ woeful attempts to coax trivialities on Brittany Higgins & shield Samantha Maiden. Why not question what Morrison knew?
#insiders
#auspol
It shouldn't fall on a competent few (Laura Tingle, Dan Bourchier) to honour fair & factual journalism, while hosts like Speers & Jennett merely parrot Dutton's agenda. If objectivity can't be upheld, as the ABC asks, they don't belong on air.
#insiders
#afternoonbriefing
#auspol
"We have no reservations about voting for Trump – the convictions are fake & a perversion of our justice system," Marjorie Taylor Greene jeers maniacally at Sarah Ferguson.
This is who the ABC chose to cover Julian Assange. A deceptive, dense, utterly vile cooker
#abc730
#auspol
Eric Abetz's comments throughout the ABC's Tasmania election coverage serve as a glaring reminder of how arrogant, homophobic, hate-filled & unhinged he is. Toxicity of this magnitude should have no part in shaping Australia's decisions & policies
#TasmaniaVotes
#TasVotes
#auspol
"I was deeply more concerned about the p*nis in my vag*na that I didn’t want there."
No sexual assault victim should have to explain this, justify their trauma, or endure indignity.
Brittany Higgins, resilience personified before Whybrow.
#BruceLehrmann
#HugsForBrittany
#auspol
8,000 flights sold knowing they didn't exist. The most complained about company in Australia according to ACCC. Customers duped; workers dumped.
This is the legacy millionaire Alan Joyce leaves after breaking Qantas. No respect for the airline. Zero care for Australians.
#auspol
The lights are on but nobody's home.
After countless years in the Liberal Party, Dan Tehan still can't grasp how Parliament works, nor the Voice referendum's wording, nor that Australians detect his No vote lies. Crushed by the expertise of Noel Pearson.
#QandA
#auspol
#voteyes
It's the game Dutton plays at each of Australia’s milestones, now as he shuns Garma: division, discord & lies. So scared Spud is of the Voice; so afraid his own will be drowned out. Praise to Dan Bourchier for denouncing the acerbic LNP agenda to a vapid Speers.
#insiders
#auspol
Smirking. Arms folded. Smug. The depths of Morrison's hubris know no bounds - or as Bill Shorten aptly dubs him in Question Time: "a bottomless well of self-pity with not a drop of mercy for all the real victims of Robodebt."
Dutton should grow some balls & expel him
#QT
#auspol
Beyond yet another glaring sign of her moral bankruptcy, Linda Reynolds' repugnant framing of Brittany Higgins' rape as a "fairytale" shows a chilling disregard for the gravity of sexual assault & victim trauma. Rape is no illusion. Another depravity that marks her legacy
#auspol
Well done
#Nemesis
on firmly hammering another nail in the Scott Morrison coffin, reminding Australia how noxious, deluded & painfully out of touch he is. Notable: Claims he ran for office to "serve"; Robodebt word salad; reminisces his curry night. Worse than Tony Abbott
#auspol
Tuned in to
#afternoonbriefing
on the off-chance, only to see sports rorts & ethics expert Bridget McKenzie still yakking about Dan Andrews axing the Commonwealth Games, now ordering an Inquiry with hearings & witnesses. And the ABC wonders why it's estranging Australians
#auspol
Bridget Archer is the antithesis of the descending Liberal Party. Her courage to call out Dutton & Jane Hume as they undermine the AEC & chase petty Trump tactics on the Voice referendum mirrors principled judgement, duty & integrity. If only all LNP MPs had a conscience.
#auspol
The depths of Linda Reynolds' malice know no bounds. Her exertion to destroy Brittany Higgins' life, to freeze her assets, to play the victim in the
#BruceLehrmann
saga, is spiralling into a twisted obsession. "A person of great honour," Dutton once called her.
#Lehrmann
#auspol
Does Linda Reynolds seriously think she is so entitled that she's exempt from accountability? Her deletion of dubious texts to Lehrmann's barrister was dismissed as "cyber hygiene" – yet Brittany Higgins' deletions are branded "destruction of evidence". Flagrant hypocrisy
#auspol
After consulting just one Indigenous Australian, then delivering his dubious story on
#QandA
while echoing Dutton in devaluing the AEC, Liberal Aaron Violi wants you to believe the best result for First Nations is to vote no to the Voice.
This is exactly why we need one.
#auspol
Asked by Sarah Ferguson about Morrison’s
#RobodebtRC
defence, Dutton deems it a “strong case”, adding he's "working hard for his local constituents” & “contributing to debates".
Not just a trainwreck interview, but an extraordinary, excruciating level of delusion
#abc730
#auspol
It reveals profound contempt for viewers the ABC parading duplicitous Murdoch hack James Campbell, as if a paragon of expertise & integrity, days after undermining the accomplished Laura Tingle. Free rein, indeed, by Speers to boost Dutton & bash Albo. A circus.
#insiders
#auspol
It is a disservice to journalism & wasted opportunity for astute debate when interviews with leaders are reduced to a circus of flippant gotchas & futile interjections. Praise to a composed Jim Chalmers acing Labor's Stage 3 stance amid Sarah Ferguson's onslaught.
#abc730
#auspol
In any case, Scott Morrison's sudden rush to air his anxiety (see: book to sell) is a stark reminder of his rampant self-interest, narcissism & incompetence. Where was his mental health advocacy for Robodebt victims, refugees, women, Brittany Higgins? A master manipulator
#auspol
Bridget Archer is the antithesis of the self-serving, ignoble LNP. Her choice to vote with Labor for Julian Assange's return to Australia is another display of her principle, courage & refusal to be dictated by Dutton. Pity integrity remains a complex concept for the rest
#auspol
Whatever your political stance, Morrison's scandal reflects a breathtaking undermining of democracy & a deep disrespect to the Australian public. But somehow, on
#TheProjectTV
, Waleed turns to criticising Labor. If only all reporters were as adept as Laura Tingle.
#abc730
#auspol
Imagine being so deeply bitter, so pathetically hateful & so intensely racist that you encourage Australians to boo Welcome to Country at the AFL, brand the ceremony a “hoax” & attack Indigenous legend Adam Goodes. Sam Newman is exactly why the Voice is crucial.
#auspol
#voteyes
"If you can't be a good Immigration Minister, I don't know why you think you can be Prime Minister."
Clare O'Neil shredding Dutton's failures on Australia's immigration, which enabled human trafficking & sexual exploitation.
Dutton: "She's a very angry person."
#abc730
#auspol
How very on-brand for Alan Jones to scurry off to London like a gutless weasel amid allegations of sexual assault. About as on-brand as the Australian media evading any stalker-like coverage of his location & daily affairs, unlike with Labor politicians & Brittany Higgins
#auspol
To have the steadfast patience of Tony Burke. Tolerates the tedious gotchas of Speers on
#insiders
one day; Sarah Ferguson on
#abc730
the next. Yet always across his Industrial Relations portfolio with composure & honest care for the rights & respect of Australian workers
#auspol
"Mr Morrison, you are a bottomless well of self-pity with not a drop of mercy for the victims of Robodebt."
A Bill Shorten moment worth immortalising. One where, with fierce fervour & moral outrage, the NDIS Minister savaged smirking Scott & his corrupt LNP cartel. Bravo
#auspol
"Most of them are pretty silly questions," Laura Tingle tells Sarah Ferguson of the LNP still demanding details on the Voice to Parliament & pushing fear.
Yes, today's case study: Sussan Ley asking Linda Burney whether it will abolish Australia Day.
Just stupid.
#abc730
#auspol
Some utterly mind-boggling & vacuous dialogue from Bridget McKenzie on
#QandA
. From atrociously justifying Katy Gallagher being hounded about Higgins, to her disdain for Drag Queens, NDIS ignorance & witless questions to Bill Shorten. Australians deserve better than this.
#auspol
"The Voice is up for best reality program, despite Peter Dutton’s strong opposition to its nomination."
Sam Pang, master of priceless one-liners, of respectfully roasting rejects, of delivering uproarious thigh-slappers & being one hell of a Logies host.
#TVWeekLogies
#voteyes
“We have lost perspective,” Zoe Daniel says, denouncing the hate speech pervading the Voice.
And she’s right. Even a quick glance at the CPAC event, at Michaelia Cash's tirade at the No launch, relays fearmongering & division. It's pure, petty politics for the LNP
#QandA
#auspol
"Whatever I say, this network will defend me in court. And with their impeccable record with defamation cases, I'm sure I'll be fine."
A roast for the ages, gloriously mixing epic burn & sly digs at Channel 7 backing Bruce Lehrmann & Ben Roberts-Smith.
Sam Pang:
#Logies
legend.
For 9 years, the LNP did little for women. Morrison was useless, while Linda Reynolds still hounds Brittany Higgins. Yet Bridget McKenzie, of Sports Rorts fame, slams PM Albanese for "gaslighting" over Sarah Williams' mess.
At least Albo marched. Where was Dutton?
#QandA
#auspol