ABC is Political

[sptrawler]

Do you have a link for that ?

It was a headline in the Australian, I thought was pretty apt.
But because it is in the Australian, it is probably completely wrong. ?
Or maybe not.

ABC staff poised to strike while the irony runs hot

On Thursday came the news that ABC staff who were members of the Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance would stop work between 2pm and 2.40pm (AEDT) next Tuesday, March 7. According to the report in Nine newspapers, members of the Community and Public Sector Union who work at the ABC will

thesydneyinstitute.com.au

Last Tuesday, Sophie Elsworth had an exclusive report in The Australian. She revealed that the ABC had taken the unusual step of reminding journalists that they must be objective. The focus was on reporting of the proposed Indigenous voice in the lead-up to the referendum to alter the Constitution scheduled for later this year. They were to receive a “deep dive” session into impartiality training.

According to Elsworth, the training session was to be held that day, headed by ABC editorial policy manager Mark Maley and ABC editorial policy adviser and Indigenous woman Bridget Caldwell-Bright. The ABC email announcing this initiative exhibited a certain lack of corporate self-awareness. It stated that the ABC was committed to a situation where “no significant strand of thought or belief within the community is knowingly excluded or disproportionately represented”.

 

[UMike]

I was stopped at a State/Federal Roadblock today with about 10 workers on a major highway, and was forced to listen to ABC Radio National Rural Report.

I expected to be regaled with low prices, lack of rain, etc. etc. but instead suffered 18 minutes of bloody global warming claptrap.

Do not these jokers realise the tide has turned against soft left/green propaganda.

I pity a farmer on his tractor or bike, having to listen to this rubbish.

gg

I wish the Tide has turned.
The clap trap is everywhere now. Bloomberg is unwatchable. I'm freezing my arse off.

The politiziation now is beyond a joke.

 

[SirRumpole]

In the ABC reporting of the Latham-Greenwich stoush, ABC witholds what Latham said about Greewich but reports what Greenwich said about Latham.

Are some protected species at the ABC ?

 

[mullokintyre]

In the ABC reporting of the Latham-Greenwich stoush, ABC witholds what Latham said about Greewich but reports what Greenwich said about Latham.

Are some protected species at the ABC ?

Yeah, but Latham was REALLY naughty.
They just couldn't bear to utter the naughtiness.
mick

 

[sptrawler]

Don't worry, the ABC knows what it is doing. ?
It wont be long before the only people who listen, will actually work there IMO.
My wife listens to ABC classic 24/7, now she has to actually switch it off while the news is on and recently while the presenters dribble on, she is getting fed up with having to keep walking over to the radio. ?

ABC hires consultants amid nationwide radio ratings slump

A steady decline in audience numbers across its local radio stations, such as ABC Sydney and ABC Melbourne, has raised concerns inside the national broadcaster.

www.smh.com.au

Australia’s national broadcaster has established an internal advisory group and brought in external consultants to try to stop the dramatic decline of its radio audiences in capital cities across the country.
In the first GfK radio ratings survey of the year, all of ABC’s metropolitan stations, as well as respective breakfast and drive time programs, reported a concerning drop in audience share compared to the same time the previous year. The cumulative audience, which quantifies how many people listened to a station at least once during the week, has fallen in every single market.

 

[SirRumpole]

Don't worry, the ABC knows what it is doing. ?
It wont be long before the only people who listen, will actually work there IMO.
My wife listens to ABC classic 24/7, now she has to actually switch it off while the news is on and recently while the presenters dribble on, she is getting fed up with having to keep walking over to the radio. ?

ABC hires consultants amid nationwide radio ratings slump

A steady decline in audience numbers across its local radio stations, such as ABC Sydney and ABC Melbourne, has raised concerns inside the national broadcaster.

www.smh.com.au

Australia’s national broadcaster has established an internal advisory group and brought in external consultants to try to stop the dramatic decline of its radio audiences in capital cities across the country.
In the first GfK radio ratings survey of the year, all of ABC’s metropolitan stations, as well as respective breakfast and drive time programs, reported a concerning drop in audience share compared to the same time the previous year. The cumulative audience, which quantifies how many people listened to a station at least once during the week, has fallen in every single market.

Well, I find RN Breakfast a very informative program. I can't comment on the rest of the day because I usually watch News24, until I get sick of the silly ads, whingers and wokeism.

 

[sptrawler]

I don't know about getting political, but it is certainly getting weird IMO, now it can be explained that someone earning jobkeeper is getting taxed at 50% if they earn any more.
There is me thinking that you don't have to work for jobkeeper, it is a Govt handout and you can actually earn some extra money without losing any of the handout. Obviously it is me that isn't up to speed with the program.
The way I see it is someone on jobseeker gets approx $18,000/annum tax free for not going to work, then that can earn $150/fortnight before it affects their jobseeker, so that is approx $22,000/ annum.
People who go to work who earn $22,000 also have to pay tax, so how can someone who only has to earn $150/ fortnight, be in a worse situation than someone who works and earns $850/fortnight.
Or another way of looking at it, someone on jobseeker who can pick up $150 of work a fortnight and being on approx $22k, as opposed to someone on the basic wage working 10 days a fortnight.
Basic wage approx $42k -$4,800 tax =37,200 minus superannuation $3,720= approx $33k so work full time for $11k a year. ?
Well the woke can explain it.

Job seekers are less sensitive to paying 50 per cent tax than the wealthy and it may undermine Dutton's plan

Opposition Leader Peter Dutton says allowing JobSeeker recipients to work more would be more beneficial than a $40 pay increase, but new research suggests not.

www.abc.net.au

From the article

Matt Nolan, a research manager at the e61 Institute, says JobSeeker recipients can earn up to $150 per fortnight, but their JobSeeker payment is then reduced by 50 cents for every additional dollar of income they earn above that threshold.
It means they face an "effective marginal tax rate" of 50 per cent on income earned above the threshold, he said.

 

[sptrawler]

Trimming some of the fat as the ratings slide and the move to digital accelerates.

https://www.smh.com.au/business/com...obs-ahead-of-restructure-20230615-p5dgoe.html

The ABC’s Andrew Probyn said he struggled to understand the direction of the national broadcaster as it made his political editor role redundant, along with up to 120 other roles as it prepares for its digital future.
Confirming his departure, the two-time Press Gallery Journalist of the Year said he was “gobsmacked” by the decision.

 

[mullokintyre]

Ya gotta wonder whether the tweet below was a pure accident, or a very clever piece of mockery by the sports editor.

Does anyone know that that bloke in the front who is one of the country's most inspiring and successful leaders?
Mick

 

[wayneL]

Ya gotta wonder whether the tweet below was a pure accident, or a very clever piece of mockery by the sports editor.
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Does anyone know that that bloke in the front who is one of the country's most inspiring and successful leaders?
Mick

Who is it?

 

[sptrawler]

Ya gotta wonder whether the tweet below was a pure accident, or a very clever piece of mockery by the sports editor.
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Does anyone know that that bloke in the front who is one of the country's most inspiring and successful leaders?
Mick

Very subjective issue. Lol
I think recent polls put Albo as the most popular now, but you would have to ask the media, who they have chosen.
Don't ask soccer fans, they'de pick Ange every time.

 

[mullokintyre]

As a follow up to this story, Heston Russel, the ADF SAS man at the centre of these ABC allegations, sued the ABC and today has has won his first battle against the ABC in Court,
Today the Supreme court struck out the ABC defence of truth, with costs awarded against the ABC.
So now the ABC and its lawyers have to go back and redo their defence strategy and represent it to the court to see if the judge thinks it worth going to trial.
Could be a long an expensive process this one.

Mick

The ABC has dropped its defence altogether in the court case taken out by Heston Russell.
From ABC News

The ABC has dropped its defence in former special forces soldier Heston Russell's defamation case, to avoid having to comply with a court order to reveal the identity of a journalist's source.
An urgent court hearing took place on Wednesday to resolve the matter
Mr Russell launched legal action against the ABC — along with journalists Mark Willacy and Josh Robertson — over a story published on television, radio and online on November 19, 2021, which the former commando said implied he was involved in the death of an Afghan prisoner.

While the stories contained a denial from Mr Russell, he claimed they still gave the impression he was involved.

In February, Justice Michael Lee ruled the ABC had conveyed 10 defamatory meanings in the stories, including that, "Russell, as commander of November Platoon, was involved in shooting and killing an Afghan prisoner during an operation in Helmand Province in mid-2012".

The ABC had earlier sought to rely on a truth defence in its fight against the defamation action, but in May switched to a public interest test.

The ABC are taking the high moral ground on this, saying that they were dropping it to protect their sources.
But in a hearing where the Heston defence took aim at the ABC for redacting so many documents, the Judge agreed that keeping secret the identity of the source "Josh" was a bit pointless when his picture , his rank, his unit, even his home state were plastered over the internet.
The Evil Murdoch press as usual, has taken great delight in the sticking the knives into the ABC (not that it is not well deserved).

In his judgment earlier this year, Justice Lee said while the identity of “Josh” was protected, it was “strange” as he was pictured in articles and footage of him was also aired on multiple television programs.

“Both articles record he does not want to be identified because he ‘fears retribution’,” the judgment, handed down in February, said.

“If those responsible for publication of ‘Josh’s’ photograph within the ABC though there was substance in ‘Josh’s’ fear of retribution, they must have assumed his potential assailants were a somewhat incurious and lazy lot.”

Mr Russell’s senior counsel contends the former commando is entitled to the unredacted documents regardless of the ABC’s withdrawal of their remaining public interest defence.

Another cool million plus damages claim flowing out of the ABC coffers, plus whatever costs their own legal team has incurred.
No wonder Andrew Probyn had to be "let go".
Mick

 

[sptrawler]

Another classic by the ABC, getting a narrative up and running.

Former RBA governor says Dutton 'silly to rule out' candidates from Treasury and Finance as next Reserve Bank head

As the government weighs whether to keep or replace Philip Lowe as RBA governor, Opposition Leader Peter Dutton says two key candidates from Treasury and Finance should be ruled out of the running.

www.abc.net.au

From the article:
While it has never been used, the government still has powers to override RBA decisions as a failsafe, though the reforms would remove that power.

Ministers have avoided making public comments on the Reserve Bank's decision to hike rates 12 times since May last year, and have backed Mr Lowe as he has weathered a storm of criticism for statements he made in 2021 that rates would not begin to rise until mid-2024.


I don't know what planet that observation came from, I would have thought someone would have picked up on that faux pas .

Not the only wrong call on interest rates: PM lashes RBA

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has taken a swipe at Reserve Bank governor Philip Lowe’s pandemic-era promise to keep interest rates low.

www.smh.com.au

RBA interest rates LIVE UPDATES: Prime Minister Anthony Albanese ‘blame shifting’ is not a productivity plan, Angus Taylor says

Angus Taylor has accused Anthony Albanese of blaming the Reserve Bank to steer attention away from the government’s productivity plan; the PM criticised Philip Lowe’s 2024 rate rise prediction. How the day unfolded.

www.afr.com

Albanese’s ‘less than subtle’ criticism of RBA Governor Lowe means he is ‘out’

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s “less than subtle” criticism of RBA Governor Philip Lowe at the Economic Outlook Forum on Friday means he is “out,” according to John Howard's former advisor Peter McGauran. His comments come as Australia faces another interest rate hike from the Reserve Bank...

www.skynews.com.au

 

[moXJO]

Another classic by the ABC, getting a narrative up and running.

Former RBA governor says Dutton 'silly to rule out' candidates from Treasury and Finance as next Reserve Bank head

As the government weighs whether to keep or replace Philip Lowe as RBA governor, Opposition Leader Peter Dutton says two key candidates from Treasury and Finance should be ruled out of the running.

www.abc.net.au

From the article:
While it has never been used, the government still has powers to override RBA decisions as a failsafe, though the reforms would remove that power.

Ministers have avoided making public comments on the Reserve Bank's decision to hike rates 12 times since May last year, and have backed Mr Lowe as he has weathered a storm of criticism for statements he made in 2021 that rates would not begin to rise until mid-2024.


I don't know what planet that observation came from, I would have thought someone would have picked up on that faux pas .

Not the only wrong call on interest rates: PM lashes RBA

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has taken a swipe at Reserve Bank governor Philip Lowe’s pandemic-era promise to keep interest rates low.

www.smh.com.au

RBA interest rates LIVE UPDATES: Prime Minister Anthony Albanese ‘blame shifting’ is not a productivity plan, Angus Taylor says

Angus Taylor has accused Anthony Albanese of blaming the Reserve Bank to steer attention away from the government’s productivity plan; the PM criticised Philip Lowe’s 2024 rate rise prediction. How the day unfolded.

www.afr.com

Albanese’s ‘less than subtle’ criticism of RBA Governor Lowe means he is ‘out’

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s “less than subtle” criticism of RBA Governor Philip Lowe at the Economic Outlook Forum on Friday means he is “out,” according to John Howard's former advisor Peter McGauran. His comments come as Australia faces another interest rate hike from the Reserve Bank...

www.skynews.com.au

Lowe is doing what he is meant to. I wonder if the idiots realise that the other option is hurting everyone with tax raises and less govt spending.

 

[sptrawler]

Lowe is doing what he is meant to. I wonder if the idiots realise that the other option is hurting everyone with tax raises and less govt spending.

I just thought it was bending the truth, ministers have commented on the RBA and have criticised Lowe, so why say they haven't other than to make the focus of the story on Dutton.
At the end of the day the RBA as you say are doing their job and actually doing it well IMO, there hasn't been a massive crash as has happened in NZ, so really all the ABC is doing is trying to spin a political leaning.
Which is to criticise the coalition and paint the Government in a better light, the problem is the ABC is just making people more sceptical of its reporting and actually probably detracting from the Governments credibility.
Just another case of unintended consequences IMO.

 

[Sean K]

Woops.

 

[mullokintyre]

Woops.

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The ABC has fessed up and admitted that it did have a Four Corners TV crew in on the protest at the private home of the Woodside's CEO.
But they deny there was any collusion.
yeah right, they just happened to turn up at the right time?
imagine if you will if Woodside had organised a protest at the home of one of the Teals, what sort of an outrage there would be.
When it comes to hipocricy, ya just can't beat the ABC .

Mick

 

[Sean K]

The ABC has fessed up and admitted that it did have a Four Corners TV crew in on the protest at the private home of the Woodside's CEO.
But they deny there was any collusion.
yeah right, they just happened to turn up at the right time?
imagine if you will if Woodside had organised a protest at the home of one of the Teals, what sort of an outrage there would be.
When it comes to hipocricy, ya just can't beat the ABC .

Mick

Why would the far Left activists contact the ABC to tell them they were going to be there? Hmmm. I think Albo put out a tweet this morning saying 'it was not OK'. Not OK???!!

 

[mullokintyre]

And in another problem for the ABC, Heston Russel is suing the ABC
According to the Sloppy Murdoch Press

Mr Russell is suing the ABC, Willacy and journalist Josh Robertson over two articles published in 2021 which he says, through the use of links and his photograph, implied he was complicit in the execution of the prisoner, who was captured during a joint drug enforcement operation between Australia and the US.
Mr Russell is seeking aggravated damages and for the ABC to remove the article and stop repeating the allegations.

The Federal Court heard Robertson told Willacy he believed the killing took place in June or July but the ex-commando released a statement shortly after the article was published stating his platoon did not arrive until September.

So, one ABC journalist says he 'believed' that that the killing took place in June or July. That is obviously the standard of proof thats needed at the ABC.

When Ms Chrysanthou asked Willacy whether it occurred to him after receiving that information from Russell that his story was “just wrong”, the senior ABC journalist replied “No.”

Of course it wouldn't/ As the old adage goes, never let the truth get in the way of a good story.

“It was my understanding, and I don’t know how Mr Russell seems to know that they operated in Helmand not until September, but it was my understanding they were there before that in August,” said Willacy.

Either the Murdoch Press is guilty of sloppy reporting, or Willacy is a bigger idiot than I thought he was.
Why on earth would Russel, the Platoon commander, not know where and when they operated in each province?
Particularly when neither obviously bothered to check where they operated before publishing the story?
It just beggars belief.
Mick

 

[sptrawler]

The loonie left's ABC starting to get really left field and upsetting everyone, taxpayer funded loonie tunes channel. ?

Even the ones who thought they were the bosses, are losing control, so all of a sudden political bias becomes serious when it isn't following the script.
Big problem now ScoMo's gone, the other side of politics start to cop some friendly fire, oh what a mess.

Activists, leaders condemn Woodside protest tactics as premier reprimands ABC over coverage

Academic, political and business leaders have weighed in on the prevalence of "unacceptable" protest tactics, after four activists were outside the family home of Woodside's CEO.

www.abc.net.au

From the article:
WA Premier Roger Cook has also voiced 'serious concern' with the role the ABC played, with a television crew present outside Meg O'Neill's house as the action took place on Tuesday morning.

Premier blasts climate activists, vows to question ABC

West Australian Premier Roger Cook has blasted three "extremist" climate activists over a thwarted plan to allegedly protest...

www.bordermail.com.au