In Melbourne I didn’t catch his name but there was a youngish gentleman giving a grab outside parliament and I remarked that Flint had moved on.
Correction, just rewatched on iview and @Firetorch you were correct, no one from the monarchists league was on. It was Gareth Legget I’d seen earlier on 7 News, I’d forgotten I’d seen any earlier news. Although Deputy PM did get a good run on ABC News in the same piece.
Keep a low profile while the enemy is making a mistake.
Monarchists know that a republican movement is dead in the water while Lizzie is alive. Why would they give the republicans the satisfaction of responding.
Perhaps, but if what Frankie is saying is correct regarding a statement being made on 7 News by the Monarchist League, then that can’t be the reason.
And yes Joyce made a few comments in the ABC report, but so did Bill Shorten. It’s the fact the ABC included comments from the main lobby group on only ONE side of the argument…hopefully MediaWatch is on to this.
I had a poke around google and it seems there’s Australian Monarchist League and Australian for Constitutional Monarchy. Would it be more productive if these two groups joined forces or is there something in their history that they remain separate?
There’s nothing stopping the vote from having a built-in trigger (ie “Do you agree that Australia should become a republic following the death of Queen Elizabeth II?”).
Also, the woman is 91…this isn’t exactly a far-off issue at this point.
While someone address that piece of ABC News bias, why did the 7pm bulletin last night (in WA at least) contain a v/o regarding riots in Hackney, London following the “death in custody” of a black individual, when an investigation by the Independent Police Complaints Commission has revealed he had swallowed a stash of drugs which were found in his passageway?
I find it puzzling (well, not really) that the ABC would OMIT totally this crucial piece of independently verified information as to WHY he died, but then also use the very specific term “death in custody” which is used in an Australian context. The ABC wouldn’t try to mould a report to fit an Australian narrative, would they?
His death is also being investigated by the IPCC, which has revealed an early pathology report shows he had “a number of packages in his throat” when he died.
Same happened in Queensland last night too. Probably a switching issue or control fucked up the countdown and the local news thought they had a few more seconds.
The Australian reports today that ABC news bulletins could appear on Qantas inflight entertainment as a result of a tendering process. Sky News’ current three-year contract expires this year and ABC Commercial has entered the fray as a third-party supplier to outdoor advertising firm oOh!, whose pitch includes a proposal to use ABC News content. Qantas already has a commercial contract with oOh! for advertising and marketing services in airport lounges.
Has anyone else noticed that a sneezy Shannon Noll is in ABC News’ stock footage of sick people? This cap is from last night’s NSW episode, which was a short report on the high numbers of flu recorded across the state.