Thread by @iMusing

this was the exact period leading up to calling the 2016 election when the prime minister and treasurer gave *different dates for the actual federal budget* because Morrison was sweating on #Robodebt numbers to give journalists - who obliged - for the Liberal Party campaign.

https://twitter.com/maximumwelfare/status/1633699062888423425

the role of the press gallery in enabling #Robodebt cannot be overstated. Every day for years they uncritically amplified whatever Morrison said, repeated Liberal Party economic management lies, and openly admired his endless campaigning.

this is who and what corporate media campaigned for in 2016, 2019, and AGAIN 10 months ago, in May 2022.

NOW they express *astonishment* at the details of his lethal multi billion dollar program being painstakingly evidenced at #RobodebtRC

imatthewsblog.com/2022/05/20/vot…

we are told on the daily that associate professor Murphy and adjunct professor Grattan and professors Kenny and van Onselen know more about how #Robodebt hit its victims than people with lived experience of centrelink yeah sure mate.

Professor Kenny telling ABC radio - repeatedly - that the evidence at #RobodebtRC is “extraordinary” no it is absolutely predictable and routine for anyone paying attention, Mark.

and then a suggestion from Professor Kenny that there will be “serious consequences” and possibly “criminal prosecution” for the people who are responsible for #Robodebt oh please. There is zero evidence for this assertion. It is quite simply not true.

imagine thinking Morrison, Porter, Payne, Robert, or Tudge will face any actual consequences at all for #Robodebt let alone “criminal prosecution” and being paid upwards of $200K pa by an actual university to float this misinformation and nonsense on the public broadcaster.