Thread by @HaydenJOConnor

.@StevePriceMedia has used this article from September 2020 to back up his lies on @theprojecttv last night.

A thread ⬇️⬇️⬇️ break-down on the article and Steve's lies.
#auspol #springst #thisisnotjournalism #TheProjectTV

theage.com.au/politics/victo…

Steve's Tweeted today:

"As I said on The Project last night ADF support was offered to the Andrews Govt for quarantine from the start"

This is an entirely different argument from what he presented last night.

Support and Security are different and the Coate Report agrees.

Yesterday @StevePriceMedia was claiming that Vic didn't want the ADF to RUN quarantine. Support to Quarantine is different to RUNNING quarantine or providing SECURITY.

Steve knows he is wrong and now he is trying to change his argument from running quarantine to supporting it.

Steve refused to reply directly to this Tweet where I gave him the facts, which in my opinion tells you a lot about his character and certainly speaks volumes to problems with political commentators and journalists in Australia.

https://twitter.com/HaydenJOConnor/status/1386636523320135688?s=20

Now, before I get started on the article, it's important to note three things.

1) This article is from BEFORE The Coate Report was released.
2) Victoria did use the ADF, for door-knocking, transport etc., just not security as they were never offered for that.

3) Steve said yesterday: "I think if you read the Coate inquiry evidence you’ll see ADF was offered and rejected"

We don't use evidence submitted during inquires for conclusions. We wait for the report. 1/2

Going off selective evidence is like convicting a person of murder before the Defense even gets to make their case.

It's up to Judge Coate to look at all the evidence and make her conclusions. @StevePriceMedia should know this and he should actually read the report. 2/2

This is misleading. The ADF has been in Victoria the whole time during COVID, providing transport, door-knocking and other logistical matters.

This is not an offer of ADF. This is one person's opinion of whether the ADF were needed for hotels.

The opinion is irrelevant as the ADF were never offered for security in the first place. The ADF is constitutionally prevented from performing security enforcement

Other states, including New South Wales USED PRIVATE SECURITY! This is just poor journalism.

This email from Phil Gaetjens:
1) Is not an offer, it is a suggestion
2) Phil Gaetjens is NOT authorised to offer the ADF anyway, he is a secretary
3) We know from Linda Reynolds that the ADF was not providing hotel security

This is true but Morrison's letters never mentioned the word security. It was all about support. Again SUPPORT DOES NOT EQUAL SECURITY.

The ADF was already in Victoria providing support, these letters are purely @ScottMorrisonMP playing politics during a pandemic.

Security vs Police is an entirely different argument, The Coate Inquiry does go into this but it's irrelevant to the ADF matter.

This is just not true. The request was made but it was never signed off on (and nor would it have been). Reynolds own statement never said it was signed off and it says 'assistance' not security.

You can read @lindareynoldswa entire statement on ADF here @StevePriceMedia. Not one mention of the word security, just support and assistance.
minister.defence.gov.au/minister/lreyn…

This is a perfect example of the vicious journalism that Victoria and @DanielAndrewsMP endured last year. This quote is in reference to SECURITY only, not ADF support in general, which clearly Victoria accepted as the ADF has been here the whole time. Just not for security.

Well, that's the end of that article. Lets take a look at some more recent ones @StevePriceMedia?

theage.com.au/politics/victo…

From the above article @StevePriceMedia.

Further backed up here @StevePriceMedia, by the former Minister herself. "We can help with general duties at hotels which we have been doing but we can't sit in hallways as they have no powers to stop and apprehend.

This whole ADF argument has been a word-twisting, biased political attack from the media, interchanging support and security when convenient to try and confuse voters.

The ADF was offered and accepted for support/logistics. They were never offered for security.

These findings from the Coate Report, the above article and Reynolds' quotes occurred after that article shared by @StevePriceMedia today was published.

Perhaps this time Steve, you might reply directly and admit that you are wrong?

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