ABC News advances its alliance with Murdoch’s Sky News

As Alan Austin reports, recent programs have confirmed that ABC News is increasingly coming under the control of pro-Coalition activists.

In a shameful display of partisan politics for Australia’s discredited Coalition parties, ABC News devoted almost entirely insider The program on November 9 will be presented to the Liberals and Nationals.

This didn’t matter to the audience. Over the next decade the Federal Coalition will have less influence on citizens’ lives than in Australia. Jugger League, Yowie Research group and Ferret Owners Australia Inc..

Indifference of the federal Liberal Party

Coalition After the May Elections afflicted There are 43 seats in the 150-member Lower House. If the next election sees a 3.9% swing in favor of the Coalition (as in the recent move against them), they will gain just 14 seats and be left with 57 MPs, still a dismal minority.

So Labor will enter a third term in 2028 or sooner, with a majority strong enough to take it to a fourth term in 2031 and possibly a fifth term in 2034.

This is not imaginary. With surveys showing In its fourth year in office, Labor leads the coalition by 56% to 44%; almost certainly Prime Minister Anthony Albanese He will serve as Prime Minister for a longer time Bob Hawkenine years and possibly beyond John Howard11 years and nine months.

Although Albo is unlikely to win Bob Menzies‘ It is possible for the Labor Party, which has been at the top for 16 years, to break the Coalition’s 23-year reign record. Records are made to be broken.

insider Copies Sky News’ Coalition obsession

a strange insider The program on Sunday 9 November devoted all but nine of its 59 minutes to the Coalition parties and their fights over climate, abortion and leadership.

Coalition MPs who contributed included the Leader of the Opposition Susan Ley (eight times), Senator Sarah Henderson (five times), Shadow Defense Secretary Angus Taylor (three times), Member of Parliament Tony Pasin (twice), Member of Parliament Andrew Hastie (twice) and nine others.

Among the coalition names discussed was Robert Menzies. Tony Abbott, Peter Dutton, Nick Minchin, Pru Goward, Matt Canavan, Michael Sukkar, Roshena Campbell And James Paterson. The last of these will be as useful as the first in the next three periods.

The featured interview was with the Liberal Shadow Housing Minister, Senator. Andrew BraggWe were given 15 minutes of mostly softball questions.

Many comments clearly excited the Liberal Party.

In the episode criticizing Andrew Hastie’s stupidity comments about abortion, Patricia Karvelas noted:

“Andrew Hastie sees himself as a future leader. He’s got a lot of good qualities, to be honest. He’s got a lot of strengths.”

Karvelas also supported Roshena Campbell:

“…who was on my show on Friday and who, I think, contributed to this debate in a really interesting way and still has an appetite for getting into politics at the federal level.”

The program devoted three minutes to Labour’s housing policy, with a 13-second clip of the Housing Secretary Clare O’Neil and three minutes on economics. A colleague who transferred from ABC was mentioned and Graeme Richardson‘s death.

Contributions from Labor MPs came in seven seconds for Albo in Parliament and four seconds for the Energy Minister Chris BowenTen seconds from Sayman Jim Chalmers and two brief comments from Clare O’Neil.

No time has been allocated to anyone besides Labor who will actually influence parliamentary decisions for the foreseeable future – the Greens with 11 Senate seats, One Nation with four senators and six separate minor parties or Independent senators.

This insider The incident is not an isolated deviation. Other programs that obsess Loser Liberals include: 7.30, Radio National BreakfastABC A.M. et al.

Embracing the evil of Murdoch’s malicious network

Kim WilliamsAppointed President of ABC in March 2024 after many years of service Rupert Murdoch – disappointed those who hoped it would halt the shift towards Murdoch’s model of distorting information and promoting right-wing political causes.

Other senior ABC News staff recently hired News Company add Olivia Caisley, Clare Armstrong, Fiona Willan And Ben Butler.

insider This year’s programs feature former News Corp employee Patricia Karvelas; David Speers, Clare Armstrong And Niki SavvaIn addition to the current staff Samantha Maiden And Greg Sheridan.

9 November insider actually played a clip directly Sky News – with free voucher – from the Shadow Energy Secretary Dan Tehan He praises the gas extraction industry, one of the Liberal Party’s biggest industries donors.

There’s no excuse for this. There is a lot of evidence in court casesPress Council provisionsparliament questionsacademic researchacceptances from the past employees and insult settlements that distorting news and making up “stories” is News Corp’s core business model.

Other ABC departments are complicit

An email sent to ABC’s mailing list last Tuesday from a unit called ‘ABC is Yours’ He asked for donations based on false claims.

It read:

‘Demand for food aid is increasing across Australia, with 77% of charities reporting more people are seeking support than ever before.’

Yes, some citizens still need free food, especially those with chronic drug addiction, serious mental health issues, or those who have decided to leave government services. But the numbers are now lower than ever as a percentage of the population. Productivity Commission, Bureau of Statistics et al agencies.

Are food banks reporting strong demand? Certainly. Everyone loves free food, regardless of wealth or income.

IA. He asked the ABC’s media department which charities were surveyed and on what analysis the poverty claims were based, but received no concrete answer.

Unfortunately, creating fake challenges to discredit Labor in Australia is a persistent failure of the ABC, as revealed here , here and here .

Let’s hope the national broadcaster shifts its focus from the Coalition to more relevant topics from now on – like ferrets, yowies and the country’s magnificent cheerleaders.