Tag: Scrutiny

Israel, Israel Crimes

Protecting our citizens from complicity in Israel’s war crimes – Pearls and Irritations

Military man posing in front of Israel flag

Israel’s claims to being a “civilised democracy” and having “the most moral army in the world” have come under severe scrutiny by the international community since its disproportionate and dysregulated reaction to the horrific events of 7 October 2023. Whilst the flaming flags of “civilisation versus barbarism” are still being waved in Israel’s favour by some corners of the Albanese government, opposition parties and the media, such advocacy cannot be allowed to undermine Australia’s rule of law responsibility to protect its citizens from complicity in war crimes by foreign military forces, but also to show that the law applies to all, and that it is not antisemitic to state that to be the case.

Source: Protecting our citizens from complicity in Israel’s war crimes – Pearls and Irritations

Murdoch Media

News Corp bullies to be held accountable over one-sided Voice coverage

In the past any accountability has been well after the damage was done, years in fact. This ass-hole has simply been allowed to get away with it even when proven wrong.

Murdoch media is to face scrutiny as Australians for a Murdoch Royal Commission (AFMRC) works with leading researchers to monitor its Voice Referendum coverage. Leading researcher for the project, Dr Victoria Fielding reports.

Source: News Corp bullies to be held accountable over one-sided Voice coverage

Informed Comment, Uncategorized

Pull your head in, Mike – » The Australian Independent Media Network

A few days ago, this supposedly apolitical head of the Department of Home Affairs took the extraordinary step of ringing Senator Rex Patrick to tell him to watch his words after the Senator issued a press release criticising the media raids.

“The overall trend has been clear for some time with the Government clearly working up a suppression trifecta: routinely obstruction and delaying freedom of Information applications; persecuting whistleblowers such as Witness K and Richard Boyle, and now using the police to intimidate journalists.”

Apparently Mike took exception to the following as he felt his character was being attacked:

“There is no doubt that Coalition Ministers and senior bureaucrats have no love of media scrutiny.”

Gee, now why would anyone think that.

His boss, Peter Dutton, infamously said “Some of the crazy lefties at the ABC, and on The Guardian, Huffington Post, can express concern and draw mean cartoons about me and all the rest of it. They don’t realise how completely dead they are to me.”

How dare they criticise him for wanting to fast-track refuge for persecuted “white” South Africans.

But he’s not alone in trying to avoid criticism and scrutiny.

via Pull your head in, Mike – » The Australian Independent Media Network