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Mar 16

@AlboMP

So, here’s a 🧵 on just how fucked Australia’s media are ATM.

A. First, a disclaimer.

You don’t have to believe @AlboMP is either a hero or a villain on this issue to understand it.

Life is complex & politics is even more complex.

B. But here’s the thing: the media claiming today they’re innocent victims in the Paul Keating issue and therefore claiming they’re being “attacked” unfairly is the greatest fucking hypocrisy in the known universe.

And we’re going to explain why.

C. Most of Twitter (and by all accounts, most of Australia) doesn’t agree that 368 or so billion dollars is a good use of money to buy 8 submarines which are already virtually obsolete; which won’t be ready for 20 years; & which can protect 100 or so miles of our coastline.

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Mar 14

@RonniSalt

Short 🧵.

A. As @RonniSalt first reported last night, @SenatorHume’s outrageous attack on @Mon4Kooyong via Rupert’s #NewsCorpse stooges for not attending Parliamentary Divisions several days ago is a clear indication Murdoch intends to help Frydenberg win back the seat.

B. The piece (part-written by Simon Benson’s mate Geoff Chambers, who together hid evidence of Morrison’s multiple ministries last year to better spruik their book) is just 1 in a deluge of recent pieces going after Dr. Ryan & other so-called “Teal” candidates & parliamentarians.

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C. Not only was the piece unbelievably insensitive given Dr. Ryan left the House because of the sudden death of a close family member (pic via @RonniSalt), but other news came to light last night revealing Jane Hume herself missed a majority of Parliamentary Divisions last week.

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Feb 28

@abcnews

Memo for Lisa Millar and the @abcnews Breakfast team (who can no longer be tagged via their own program).

Maternity leave is just ONE small reason women normally retire with much lower Super balances than men do.

There are many sexist, unfair reasons, including:

1/-

A. Women typically earn less from their very first job, because of innate discrimination in company hiring practices;

B. Female-dominated careers have lower overall wages than male-dominated careers (think early childhood education workers vs. the mining industry);

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C. Because female-dominated careers pay less, women in them tend to have greater breaks from the workplace as they’re forced to change jobs more often;

D. Women who push for pay rises during their careers are seen as bossy and unliveable, while men are seen as ambitious;

3/-

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Feb 27

@Coles

Here’s a short 🧵, witches, about Australia’s bastard supermarkets.

All Australia’s big supermarket chains advertise with #NewsCorpse.

But @Coles & @woolworths advertise with Murdoch far more than @igaAustralia & @ALDIAustralia.

If you can, please boycott the first 2.

1/10

To emphasise this first: IF YOU CAN’T BOYCOTT ANY ORGANISATION BECAUSE OF DISABILITY, MOBILITY ISSUES OR FOR ANY OTHER REASON, PLEASE DON’T FEEL GUILTY.

The 10%-20% of people who CAN’T boycott a company don’t matter: what matters is the 80% who can do so if they try.

2/10

Coles & Woolworths are 2 of around 20 big companies who together fund more than 50% of Murdoch’s operations here.

That’s one reason boycotting them is so important.

But apart from that, both these Big 2 chains are now engaging in price gouging during a terrible time …

3/10

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Feb 18

@BrittHiggins_

Yesterday, we did a 🧵 on one of the biggest distortions of truth in the #NewsCorpse hit piece on @BrittHiggins_ yesterday.

Today, we’re going to do another thread.

Strap in.

1/13

We’re going to address the statements and implications in the piece (2 are included below, but there are more) that because Brittany initially:

- behaved as if she were embarrassed;

- said she wasn’t going to make a complaint to police;

- sent Reynolds flowers; and

2/13

- didn’t initially refer to what happened to her as a rape;

that it would suggest she was lying about what happened.

This kind of shit happens to women all the fucking time and it’s disgusting.

For the record, women who’ve been raped are in a trauma crisis.

3/13

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Feb 18

@AusFedPolice

There’s a lot we could say about the @AusFedPolice leak about @BrittHiggins_ in #NewsCorpse’s @australian rag out today.

But for now, we’ll limit ourselves to addressing just one issue.

So here’s a 🧵.

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We want to address the implication that Brittany is somehow complicit with Labor or some sections of the media by meeting with prominent Australians during the furore over her alleged rape.

It may surprise people to learn that when a person or group is in the news …

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… they often talk to or take opinions from other people, esp. people who’ve been through similar public issues.

When we were in the middle of the Alan Jones campaign, for eg, we constantly spoke to many people and groups.

Some of them would be very surprising to many.

3/-

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