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ABC reporter. Economics. Business. “I never knew a man could tell so many lies, he had a different story for every set of eyes.”
May 16, 2023 4 tweets 1 min read
On the “dole bludger” rubbish that’s being deliberately fanned at the moment.

Remember this story, published a week before the 1975 election. It ran in three Murdoch papers.

In my next tweets, see what the story said about the girls, then see why the girls complained about it Image Image
Aug 15, 2021 9 tweets 3 min read
When politicians manipulated employment data, and journalism was disgraceful abc.net.au/news/2021-08-1… I'll link to some sources I used for this piece, in case anyone's interested:

Hancock committee (1973): parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/downl…