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Can you believe Murdoch's #CourierFail? They commissioned polling to confirm their campaign targeting Premier @AnnastaciaMP was working. And when the data did NOT show what they wanted, they went overboard to misrepresent it.
Here’s some analysis. 1/9
Here’s some analysis. 1/9
Let's start with their front page "SHOCK POLL: PALASZCZUK TRAILS NEWMAN"
It's based on the Queensland Premier's satisfaction rating of 40% compared with Newman's (supposed) rating of 41% when he was defeated in 2015.
But there are THREE big problems with this claim. 2/9
It's based on the Queensland Premier's satisfaction rating of 40% compared with Newman's (supposed) rating of 41% when he was defeated in 2015.
But there are THREE big problems with this claim. 2/9
1) Cherry-picking data
When choosing a poll for Newman, the #CourierFail picked a Galaxy poll from 7-8 Jan 2015 and claimed it was "the eve" of his defeat on Jan 31. That's a lie.
Murdoch's actual election-eve poll showed Newman's popularity had crashed from 41 to 35. 3/9
When choosing a poll for Newman, the #CourierFail picked a Galaxy poll from 7-8 Jan 2015 and claimed it was "the eve" of his defeat on Jan 31. That's a lie.
Murdoch's actual election-eve poll showed Newman's popularity had crashed from 41 to 35. 3/9
How unusual! Rolling rancid hypocrisy from Murdoch's #CourierFail. Every public service complaint is an "integrity bombshell" for the front page. But they run dead on Morrison's failure to introduce a federal CCC to expose and confront actual rampant corruption in Canberra… 1/6
Murdoch's motives are so transparent. Where was the #CourierFail when the federal Ministerial Code was changed to let LNP cabinet ministers buy shares in companies seeking taxpayer contracts? Why not push hard for real-time disclosure so voters know who's funding campaigns? 2/6
Where are all the #CourierFail front pages screaming about the $40 BILLION of taxpayer funds wasted on JobKeeper subsidies for businesses that didn't actually need it? Or money wasted promising car parks for marginal seats in Victoria while credible Qld projects are rejected? 3/6
There's so much lacking in Morrison's latest policy backflip: a quarantine station in the middle of Brisbane. I barely know where to start. After his failures on quarantine, this smells like a political fix aided and abetted by Murdoch's #CourierFail.
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Morrison has made an unmitigated mess of quarantine, evidenced by the thousands of Aussies still trapped overseas. He promised they'd all be home by last Christmas. Many (including me) called on Morrison to consider regional defence bases for quarantine. He has repeatedly refused
While Albo & Labor Premiers campaigned for national quarantine, Morrison's Liberals scoffed & criticised. They rejected a concrete QLD proposal for Toowoomba, outside Brisbane. Rostered staff could stay on-site to prevent constant interaction between them and the community.
What a bullshit allegation by Murdoch’s #CourierFail. They claim @jackietrad personally overruled “all the expert advice” to approve the new @CrossRiverRail station at Boggo Road. This claim is wrong on every level. THREAD
First, they claimed @jackietrad personally “ignored” advice and “forged ahead”. Wrong. It was a cabinet committee. Now the conspiracy theory is that Trad “dictated” to others in her “thrall”. What a joke. Cabinet ministers are no shrinking violets. They made a collective decision
Next they say cabinet defied “all the expert advice”. But ministers regularly receive competing advice: engineers building individual stations can disagree with transport experts looking at the whole system. Cabinet has to weigh the evidence and make a final decision.
