good morning☀️happy Sunday! Today on #Insiders are ABC radio and tv host Pat Karvelas, murdoch politics editor Samantha Maiden and 9fax international editor Peter Hartcher. The interview is with shadow Home Affairs minister Kristina Keneally.
this thread is not fact-checked. Nor is it neutral, apolitical, or “unbiased”. These are my comments, on my twitter account. I am under no obligation to hide my position - that Morrison and the Coalition are unfit to govern - behind phoney veils of neutrality.
opening spiel: unholy mess, divided Liberal Party, weakened prime minister. #Insiders
whats the Morrison perspective, skip? Well, division in the Liberal Party room has dashed his hopes for his aptly named religious discrimination bill. #Insiders
the montage is politicians and journalists commenting on the “statement of acknowledgement” from the House Speaker and Senate President that became an “apology” from the major party leaders. #Insiders
Stephen Jones gets a run, as does Trent Zimmerman, Katy Allen, and Eric Abetz. “The prime minister tried to wedge Labor and ended up wedging himself” - Albanese. #Insiders
Morrison “looks like the slowest wildebeest in the herd” lmao #Insiders
#MakingNews the Liberals have suffered a swing in Bega and the Nationals have held on to Monaro. The Willoughby result is also framed according to what the Liberals want instead of Greens and Independent inroads. #Insiders
brief mention of Ukraine and Speers moves on to editorialising about the Religious Discrimination Bill and religious schools retaining lawful authority to expel kids because the schools are homophobic and transphobic [paraphrased] #Insiders
panel. Maiden first. She opens by trashing the poor Scott narrative and provides a history of the bill. The “prime minister did not honour his word” says Maiden. Well knock me down 🪶 #Insiders
the shonky Sharma position is canvassed. He is a follower, apparently. If others go I will, is what Sharma said apparently. “For them to call the wambulance now”, complaining about the floor-crossers being mean, is laughable says Maiden. #Insiders
the government has kept this story going [with the gnashing of teeth about the meanies] says Karvelas. She gives glowing references for Martin and Allen “knowing” how gay and trans kids suffer. #Insiders
the responsibility is with Morrison, says Maiden. She echoes glowing credentials of Martin and Allen and misreads the Morrison misogyny factor. Speers offers that “this” is “emotional”, to frame professional Liberal women with highly qualified knowledge of the issues #insiders
the chatter is all a bit excited so we go to Hartcher who says Morrison has had three years to get this right and failed and then suggest there is defeatism… in the parliamentary Labor Party? Did I hear that right? Surely not. #Insiders
the queer community was at one on this, says Karvelas. All of us, she says. They can not pick off gay kids and trans kids. ALRC review timing gets a mention. Speers interrupts. Footage of Jones MP speaking of his nephew. Peter? Your view? #Insiders
according to Hartcher, Albanese has demonstrated that he can support people of religious faith, the prime minister has done the “exact opposite”. What about a federal corruption commission? Leaks? I missed the seamless segue there sorry. #Insiders
Maiden says we shouldn’t speculate on our esteemed colleague PvO’s sources but let’s do it anyway😂she rejects the minimise and normalise back bench rebellion spin offered by Dutton and other government politicians. Hartcher agrees the floor crossing is significant. #Insiders
the real significance is government politicians are looking to preserve their seats ahead of unity, says Hartcher. Speers points to the 18% swing against the Liberal Party in Willoughby last night. Scary for Zimmerman, the panel agree. “Inner city” indies gets a run. #Insiders
Fact check: the Indi movement is literally modelled on Indi, not to mention Steggle’s success in Warringah. It is not an inner city latte sipping movement but the press gallery has, as one, chosen this inner city narrative. #insiders
interview. I keep my commitments and turn up to interviews, says Keneally. Let’s look at what Labor has done, David, she says. The government should accept the amendments and get the bill done. #Insiders
what about teachers? Keneally is a former catholic school teacher herself. Why do we need the ALRC to further review sacking teachers [because the school is homophobic] tho? Kennelly says religious schools do not want to do this #Insiders
but schools are not allowed to sack teachers [because the school is racist] says Speers. Surely this is fundamental? Keneally says she does not think schools should sack gay teachers. Distinguishes the position of employees and children. #Insiders
what will Labor do? Drink. #Insiders
the discrimination, harassment “and worse” is against those who are “visibly a person of faith” says Keneally, citing Sikh and Muslim people. But what would Labor “allow people to say” that they can not say now? #insiders
this statement of belief is the trap Morrison has left behind after losing basically every aspect of legislating his religiosity. Speers chews away at it. Will Labor leave it in? Labor is not going to govern from opposition, David, says Keneally. #Insiders
the Dutton war mongering. Keneally says his and Morrison’s politicisation of national security is dangerous. That is goes to their character. That their rhetoric is as dangerous as the threat of foreign interference itself [citing an official, I missed who] #Insiders
but we should talk about things? Sure says Keneally. But is irresponsible of the Liberal Party to be weaponising intel in the lead up to a federal election. #Insiders
the dirty Canberra Convoy. Keneally says Morrison should stand up and condemn the violent extremists and say there is no place for that is Australian democracy. The prime minister wants the second preferences of violent extremists, says Keneally. #Insiders
#NotAllExtremists - Speers. #Insiders
the NSW by elections? Keneally offers congratulations to her colleagues and draws attention to the utter failure of the Morrison government to support bush fire affected communities in Bega. #Insiders
but Labor went backwards in Strathfield says Speers [by 1% compared to 13-18% swings in Liberal-held seats]. Do you feel for Perrottet given that record swing against you [over a decade ago]? Lol. #Insiders
Keneally signs out by saying Perottet, like her, came in as Premier at the tail end of a long term government. They are both Catholics who play basketball #Insiders
Karvelas reflects on Speers interview and mentions one of her own interviews and says Labor did not want the RBA. They say they do, says Speers. Are we clearer on the statement of belief? A bit, says Karvelas [paraphrased]. #Insiders
clip of the prime minister apologising “directly” to Higgins. We have to be a bit careful due to legal issues, says Speers, having just replayed it. Maiden says the NSW bar are “incensed” at what the prime minister has done and offering to assist Lehrman’s defence. #Insiders
last time there was a 6-month stay was also due to Scott Morrison and Gladys Berejiklian, says Maiden, and the judge said if they knew, it is reprehensible. Privilege saves Morrison from contempt, Maiden says, and suggests he get legal advice. #Insiders
we need to keep the focus on this to achieve change, says Speers, as Karvelas speculated about the un/scripted possibilities of Morrison’s privilege-protected not-contempt. She cites Middleton on his last minute speech making decision. #Insiders
if anyone observed that Morrison and his advisors could hardly have scripted a direct apology to a person they did not invite to the speech in the first place, I missed it. #Insiders
warmongering. Did Dutton go too far? asks Hartcher. Yes, he did. This sort of rhetoric does not just damage Labor, Hartcher says, it also damaged the social fabric of the nation. He notes Jason Yat Sen Li was elected with barely any movement in the margin #Insiders
apparently Yat Sen Li mentioned the fear mongering and racist campaign against him in Strathfield in his victory speech (I did not hear it). Hartcher says the community are managing to resist the racist warmongering that far [paraphrased] #Insiders
clip of Morrison butchering a song. Do soft profiles help the PM? asks Speers, having just promoted the fucking thing. Karvelas says we are al his daughters chuckle chuckle and it could backfire, especially the overseas holiday during 2019 climate fires [paraphrased] #Insiders
it is very smart politics, says Maiden, because even if people do not like him they like Jenny. Did Karvelas say in the end you vote for the prime minister? Oh dear. I think she meant not the wife (but also we do not vote for the PM, the party room does that). #Insiders
#TalkingPictures is up, with David Pope, a back to you David man. #Insiders
https://twitter.com/insidersabc/status/1492633363118637057
#FinalObservations 1 is Maiden on the desperation of the prime minister in floating a tax cut on beer, questioning whether it is a tax cut for blokes, and suggesting a tax cut on margaritas too. #Insiders
#FinalObservations 2 is Hartcher again using the time to tell a personal story. #Insiders
#FinalObservations 3 is Karvelas saying the dirty convoy folks got the Lifeline fundraising book fair shut down so you might want to donate to Lifeline. #Insiders
I missed the outtake sorry #Insiders
this has been another edition of watching #Insiders so you don’t have to👋🏼👋🏼👋🏼
auto error here. RDB - religious discrimination bill - not the RBA.
https://twitter.com/iMusing/status/1492630683587469317
thanks to everyone who name-checked Burgess (quoted by Keneally on foreign interference, home grown extremism and political warmongering); and to RedRabbleOz for the link to Jason Yet-Sen Li‘s speech last night:
https://twitter.com/redrabbleroz/status/1492633884906835970
the outtake is up. That weird looks 10 thing about dating apps.
https://twitter.com/InsidersABC/status/1492634622156492802
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