regular reminder that these fabricated on-paper billions were a *political* imperative. Robodebt cost billions of public dollars more than any headlined projected revenue. There was no actual fiscal “need”. The program was Coalition “economic management” campaign messaging. 
the Canberra press gallery and their corporate media bosses are an essential element of Coalition campaign lies. The illegality of #Robodebt was well established by the time #ausmedia swung in behind Morrison in May 2019.
even after the hardship and deaths were grudgingly conceded and the multi billion dollar fiscal costs were published, corporate media rallied for franking boomers and Coalition economic management lies and saddled us with Scott fucking six ministries Morrison for 3 more years.
paid big money to report on politicians, feigning ignorance of the most dominant politician in the room and the Morrison method for over a decade and also entire federal election campaigns. Okay mate👍🏼
me, in 2014
but nobody was paying me to be chief Morrison whisperer so whatever. This is why I hate the right side of history invocation. There is no comfort in it at all. Anyway. The link fwiw:
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the conclusion to my 2014 analysis of proposed Morrison amendments to citizenship status when he was Minister for Immigration and Border Protection (pre ABF).
back in the day and before twitter was rooned and I had like 2K followers who read my stuff I used to sometimes post a blog link and say hey don’t say I never tell yas nothing. So anyway don’t say I never tell yas nothing☝🏼❤️
the rest of that 2014 opening sentence here. I am once again asking press gallery journalists to 1/ report on #RobodebtRC and 2/ not pretend we could not have known the vicious hand of Morrison throughout.
It. Was. All. There.
It. Was. All. There.
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