20. Christine Holgate turbocharged @auspost profits for the people, so Morrison unforgivably shafts her (hates public sector success over private sector competition) and current management covers up for him.
21. She was a great CEO of a profitable essential service owned by the Australian people. Morrison railroaded Christine Holgate to distract from his own troubles - now there’s a people’s campaign to bring her back to @australiapost
29. And there it is - @auspost privatisation on the cards before Morrison bill of Christine Holgate - who opposed it - out of her job as CEO. Boston Consutling is a particular fave of this Govt.
30. Privatisation of a profitable business for taxpayers while meeting universal service obligations to all Australians no matter where they live is asset stripping barbarity in place of the public interest. That’s what Morrison wants to do. Thank you Ms Holgate.
31. Morrison says ‘he had to protect taxpayers money’ when in fact Ms Holgate was doing just that (winning contracts w private sector, making taxpayers a profit while looking after all Australians). He wanted to sell off bits to private sector mates to enrich them and cost us.
8. Searingly honest and revelatory account of the a good journalist’s internal voices on a story like this, and the external constraints on publication. I RELATED BIG TIME.
Superb, Tory. I would have made the same decision as you for the same reason, until she’ ready let it be.
Link to Turnbull the barrister stating the case for an inquest. Morrison OK with a public inquest on all this?
Would anyone exert political pressure on Coroner not to order one?
1. Hi @jansant & @MargaretSimons. The ‘gatecrashing’ of mainstream political journalism has been happening in USA since Trump. Now it’s here; its jumping off point is MURDOCH of course.
Such a pity Credlin asked a question journos should have. BIG FAIL.
2. I thought hard on the question ‘What is a journalist’ when publishing the work of readers of #Webdiary for @smh online 2001-05. My conclusion: Adherence to the Media Alliance Code of Ethics. A ethical obligations are what defines journalists writing news, analysis or opinion.
3. I wanted to publish citizen journalism on #Webdiary, and my only requirement was that each contributor pledge to abide by Webdiary’s code of ethics, which I adapted from the @meaa code for journalists in our union. google.com.au/amp/s/amp.smh.…
2. @TimAlberta is a political journo steeped in GOP politics. A must follow, but jeez, writing Biden’s victory analysis before the election makes my Irish bones ache. Lovely piece of writing, and interesting.
3. LOVE IT! Ivanka & Jared work for the Trump Swamp Family. Fine for the boss to maliciously throw baseless mud that Biden is head of a crime family & must be indicted. But tie THEM to Trump’s anti-NY invective & they’ll SUE!!! (Trump can’t be sued for defo while in office.)
1. Rampant political and bureaucratic corruption in Australia DEMANDS a strong #federalicac. The #scottyfromMarketing denial, resistance and delay same tactics from him on banks before the Royal Commission forced on Govt by public pressure. A public duty fail. Latest example.
2. VERY expensive, relentless coverup of Howard Govt corruption at the highest level ongoing by legal intimidation of the Whistleblower of an offical wiretap of East Timor negotiation team on East Timor oil deal crucified.
2. Morrison’s promise of a weak, secret #federalicac is 2 years old and he’s now reduced to a ‘too busy’ excuse. Public interest, voter enthusiasm be damned. He’d rather look pathetic than fulfill his duty to the people and our democracy. Starting to smell bad.
1. OK, Govts have known for a long time that a pandemic was inevitable and Bill Gates warned hard in 2015. Yet it seems as though there’s no Fed Govt Quarantine agency to protect us - huh? cnbc.com/2020/04/16/bil…
2. We had an Australian Quarantine Service which looked after us in the Spanish Flu pandemic. It was abolished in 2012.
3. Quarantine duties for plant, animal & human health were “absorbed into divisions in the Dept of Agriculture & Water Resources”, yet as this @KKeneally thread shows, Minister Littleproud DENIED any responsibility for human health.