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Mar 25 6 tweets 2 min read
every single bit of media coverage on this re-announcement by the Morrisons is free campaign advertising for the Liberal Party. Every column inch. Every second of airtime. All of it. Clowns.
framing the re-announcement with line items is specifically designed to make Liberal Party #CampaignComms look credible. It is bookended by poor Jenny narratives. Wholly partisan. Straight up advertising, for the Coalition, during a federal campaign they are losing ON MEDICARE.
the partisan health messaging from Speers last night was so irrational I wondered if he is okay. Is hospital funding a good idea? Will Labor pay “aged care” more? He seemed unaware that federal “aged care” cash is currently given to wealthy Liberal Party client donors.
I heard nothing on the absent $800 that bosses are supposed to be getting from the Morrison government and passing on to workers. But he seemed very emotional about (I assume) the possibility of a future Labor government supporting an aged care workers wage case in the FWC.
the Coalition campaign is strictly, only, wholly and exclusively about reassuring every voter who elected them in 2019 that they can vote for this toxic shitshow again. That’s how low the bar is. And corporate media are, again, backing the strategy in.
the Davids really are getting increasingly emotional at the prospect of their bloke losing office. And whoever added that hashtag is a class act huh.

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