Some interesting reader comments on Scott Morrison in the SMH.
"rather than showing true leadership, the PM is totally focused on gaining electoral advantage...his refusal to admit any mistakes and never apologise has become rather tiresome". 1/
smh.com.au/national/nsw/c…
2/ "Many have noted Morrison’s reactive style, particularly in areas of discomfort or when challenged and his unguarded, sometimes clumsy, comments...Stubbornness and an absolute inability to admit error and to attempt to deflect blame only add fuel to the fire".
3/ The fed govt "...has sidestepped its full constitutional responsibilities for quarantine; tried to dump as much of the work as it can on the states; poured cold water on any creative proposals; and been dragged kicking and screaming into any expansion of quarantine services...
4/ ...or stranded citizens. We urgently need the Commonwealth to get its act together and develop a long-term quarantine strategy that can better cope with potential crises so that all Australians...
5/ .....can be assured that the government will have the means to act in their best interests".
"Amidst uproar over the government’s abandonment of Australians in India – including nearly 200 unaccompanied children at the epicentre of the pandemic, risking scant medical care...
6/ ...and oxygen supplies that are almost impossible to come by – Morrison reframes his ill-conceived and inhumane travel ban as “compassionate”. Rudyard Kipling’s fables can’t begin to compete with this PM’s latest Just So story".
7/7 "I note we no longer have the Howard Springs Quarantine Facility. Rather, we have the Howard Springs Centre for National Resilience. Orwell would be proud".

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11 May
If you're interested in #DomesticViolence services being appropriately funded, does the "pink" #Budget21 do the job?
Domestic violence services funding increases by $250m per year – but is then CUT by 99%, down to just $2.3m, in 2025-26. 1/
thenewdaily.com.au/finance/news-f…
2/ So the govt either thinks #DomesticViolence will be non-existent by 2025 or the funding from 2021-2025 is a cynical political move.
3/ Alison Pennington @ak_pennington points out the "pink" bits of #Budget21 involves "small, short-term spending for women, compared with permanent & much more expensive changes announced for high-income earners & men. #auspol
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8 May
Remember when #ScottyWentOnAWarFooting? (No not China, that's a different war.) This was because of his govt's inability to organise the #vaccinerollout.
It was a #ScottyFromMarketing strategy to share blame with states & look like he was DOING SOMETHING. 1/
2/ #ScottyFromDamageControl called for National Cabinet to meet three times a week. Oh, & call in someone from the Navy who's good with logistics. They'd do all the heavy lifting & sort out the #vaccinerollout. Here's a photo illustrating how this works.
3/ Then at the top of the steep hill, he could be triumphant, "I did it! All by myself!"
Except something else has happened...Or gone wrong...
Scotty isn't at the top of the #vaccinerollout hill but he's taken of his marching boots & is no longer on a war footing. 🙄
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7 May
Laura Tingle spot on as usual.
Media release from #ScottyTheAnnouncer on Friday:
"Government chartered repatriation flights to the Centre for National Resilience at Howard Springs for Australians returning from India will resume on May 15," 1/
abc.net.au/news/2021-05-0…
2/ What is the "Centre for National Resilience"?
Answer: a quarantine centre (Howard Springs)

Yep, the Minister for Announcements &🐂💩, #ScottyFromMarketing, had a "jazzy name" for it. Always the most important thing in a pandemic & you've stuffed up.
3/ @latingle writes, it shows the depressing priorities of this government. The starting point for communicating policies is not to tell taxpayers what they need to know is approached "through the prism of a political opportunity, or political badging".
#auspol
Read 20 tweets
7 May
I'm looking at the Senate COVID committee recording. DFAT does not appear to have a means to determine how many of the Australians stuck in India are children who travelled to India with relatives other than their parents.1/ #auspol
2/ Some children have been in India, while their parents are in Australia, for 18 months. Some of these children are very young (around 5). They are not allowed to travel on Qantas repatriation flights as unaccompanied minors, so these very young children cannot return home.
3/ It seems the Morrison govt have not made any specific requests to DFAT to try to develop solutions to enable these children to return home so their wellbeing & safety is provided for.
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3 May
As well as the very ugly hallmarks of the Morrison govt, another one sticks out to me: complacency. 'She'll be right'. From the start of the COVID19 pandemic, there has been complacency, which thankfully, premiers & chief ministers haven't shared. 1/
2/ Complacency that COVID would be a faint memory in six months & life would be completely normal. Complacency, despite advice to the contrary, that expanding current fed quarantine facilities & building new ones, wouldn't be required.
3/ Complacency that once states & territories took on hotel quarantine (I imagine, in part because they didn't trust the fed govt to do what was necessary), they could sit back, relax, & accept accolades. #auspol
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2 May
India Sports Club president Raj Natarajan, who formed the club in Sydney 19 years ago, said bringing cricket stars home while thousands of Australians were unable to return would not be well received by the Indian-Australian community. 1/
smh.com.au/sport/cricket/…
2/ Australians involved in the IPL- 11 coaches, including Ricky Pointing, support staff, commentators & umpires - chose to stay in India. Cricket Australia is considering facilitating a charter flight to bring them home.
3/ Yet more than 9000 Australian (non IPL cricket) citizens are believed to be trapped in India. Sean Kelly's piece in the SMH is relevant.
smh.com.au/national/scott…
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