Tag: Time to change

LNP, Uncategorized

‘It’s politicians, acting like politicians’: Have standards fallen?

 

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ABC

ABC scandal: If Labor really cares about the ABC it will restore its funding

So now is the time for all Australians to stand up for the ABC, and SBS, to deliver the political support needed for their survival and re-generation.Now is the time for the Liberal and National parties to see at last that News Corp’s ranting vilification of public broadcasters is commercially and viciously self-serving.Were these political parties true nation builders they would wisely roll with any punches from impertinent ABC journalists and, while correcting their errors, would accept that accountability is a free media and occupational hazard.And now is the time for Shorten to put a money commitment where his mouth is.

Source: ABC scandal: If Labor really cares about the ABC it will restore its funding

Coal

Why Australia needs to whip its coal dependence

“At one time there must’ve been dozens of companies making buggy whips. And I’ll bet the last company around was the one that made the best goddamn buggy whip you’d ever seen.”But you wouldn’t give a billion dollars to that company. You wouldn’t invest your future in a company making a product from the age of the horse-and-cart in a modern world.

Source: Why Australia needs to whip its coal dependence