Tag: Scaremongering

Media

Melbourne house prices: Labor MPs weigh Airbnb crackdown to tackle rental crisis

Short stay accommodation is booming along the Mornington Peninsula.

Costello’s headline in the Age attacks Dan with an “If and could” article on Air BnBs. Nothing, in reality, to be seen other than an opportunity to boost the LNP by useful scaremongering. How did mainland Australia become so ALP when 80%+ of our mainstream media concentration is the world’s most Blue? The answer it’s the least trusted. Long Live Independents and the ABC

Capping the number of nights Victorian landlords can list their properties on Airbnb, imposing a  “tourist tax” and empowering councils to charge owners higher rates are among the options on the table.

Source: Melbourne house prices: Labor MPs weigh Airbnb crackdown to tackle rental crisis

Murdoch Media, Uncategorized

‘Seriously damaging’: ASIO says advice on border security was misrepresented

Neither Murdoch Media nor the Government made any effort to correct the misrepresentation put out. Fake News Sure was (ODT)

via ‘Seriously damaging’: ASIO says advice on border security was misrepresented

Brexit

Brexit Is A Mark Against Scaremongering, Not Democracy – New Matilda

The heated referendum shows that the messages of hope or fear peddled by our politicians matter greatly, writes Ben Eltham. As the news from Britain washes over Australia, we southerners cannot help but wonder what it all means. For Britain, this is a political event of unparalleled significance. It has already triggered the resignation ofMore

Source: Brexit Is A Mark Against Scaremongering, Not Democracy – New Matilda