‘Labor says Hamas tries to ‘manipulate facts’ after terrorist group welcomes Australia’s Palestine recognition decision’
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/aug/13/labor-says-hamas-tries-to-manipulate-facts-after-terrorist-group-welcomes-australias-palestine-recognition-decision
“Hamas always tries to manipulate facts for their own propaganda. Media have a responsibility to make professional judgments to not promote propaganda of terrorist organisations to get cynical headlines.”
Unlike the ALP, of course, who are not one bit manipulative.
Spit hoods return to the NT as chief minister sprays critics as ‘offender apologists’
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08-02/nt-clp-government-lia-finocchiaro-rhetoric-against-critics/105602380
‘Cue the Northern Territory government’s political rhetoric on social media: It would make “no apologies” for toughening up a “broken system” by changing the Youth Justice Act.
Chief Minister Lia Finocchiaro led the charge by saying she expected the “usual offender apologists to criticise our efforts”.’
If you criticise the government, criminals win.
The Plibersek interview: ‘We’re caught up in macho posturing’
https://www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/politics/2024/10/05/the-plibersek-interview-were-caught-macho-posturing
‘“You’ve got the tail wagging the dog. In both cases, you’ve got the smaller, more extreme kind of people calling the shots and I think that’s a real shame. It’s a real block on progress,” Plibersek tells The Saturday Paper.
“But these are sensible reforms that environment groups can live with, that business can live with. It would be a step forward, and instead we’re just getting caught up in this quite macho sort of posturing from the more extreme elements in both parties.”’
Everyone is a misogynist except the incumbents, says a government minister. The corporate press nods its head and says, yes that’s extremely interesting. If you say bad things about centrism and fence-sitting, you hate women.
TBC
