DragonFlame on Nostr: #auspol 'Somewhere in the life cycle of this story one journalist or another came up ...

#auspol 'Somewhere in the life cycle of this story one journalist or another came up with the idea that Albo’s new home was the equivalent of Scott Morrison’s decision to go on holidays in Hawaii at the height of the bushfires which destroyed large parts of Australia in 2019. It is precisely the kind of spin a Liberal operative would come up with. I can hear it now: “Mate, you guys crucified Sco-Mo. Albo’s done the same thing.” Except, not.

One key difference is that Morrison had sought to deceive the public (surprise, surprise) by having his office keep the holiday a secret. Albanese will need to publicly declare his purchase via the Federal Parliament’s register of interests within a month or so of final settlement.

But for all its flaws, the “just like Sco-Mo” argument is a perfect line for the ABC, which now operates with a permanent glance over its shoulder to the Murdochs and the Coalition. So, like clockwork, out it came on 7.30 last night with stand-in host, the ever-predictable David Speers, raising it when interviewing Employment Minister Senator Murray Watt. Watt batted it away — but the false comparison was out there.'

https://thepolitics.com.au/the-murdoch-way-how-albos-home-became-a-leadership-crisis/