No camp’s volunteers told to push fear over facts

FEAR AND LOATHING

Advance’s Chris Inglis has instructed the No group’s volunteers to make use of “emotive language” quite than “details and figures” to “hammer” emotions of “uncertainty, of doubt or worry” into voters, the SMH ($) reviews. Inglis, a longtime Liberal workers member, mentioned so in a web-based coaching session, the place he additionally advised them to not say they’re from the No camp upfront. Fairly they need to sound like involved residents who’re related to Honest Australia, he continued, as a result of it sounds “mushy” and “calming”. The paper pointedly provides that “Inglis had labored on state and federal election campaigns for about 12 years”. Honest Australia was seething somebody had given the paper entry, and primly mentioned it’d be referring the matter to federal police — although it’s not fairly clear what the crime could be. It comes after Opposition Chief Peter Dutton once more referred to as for Prime Minister Anthony Albanese to withdraw the “divisive” referendum, as The Australian ($) reviews, wilfully ignoring that every one referendums are, by very definition, a alternative between two choices.

Talking of recordings… it seems Queensland cops who made “horrific” racist feedback whereas working in a Brisbane watch home didn’t even get disciplined, as Guardian Australia reviews. As a substitute they got some “areas for enchancment”, regardless of speaking about an Indigenous colleague giving oral intercourse, about burying and beating Sudanese individuals, saying they hoped “Ebola works”, calling Nigerians “jigaboos” and speaking about Muslim “outbreeding”. Dismal. Final yr, even Queensland’s police commissioner Katarina Carroll agreed the 2 cops and two watch home officers ought to go. And at last, Victoria’s Nationals chief, who can also be opposition spokesman on Indigenous affairs, wrote a column the place he blended up cultural heritage and Indigenous laws, critics say by way of The Age ($). Whether or not it’s “ignorance or mischievousness”, it was clear Peter Walsh didn’t perceive what he was writing about, Victorian Aboriginal Heritage Council Matthew Storey mentioned. First Peoples Minister Gabrielle Williams went tougher, saying it was simply one other misinformation second within the Voice debate.

MEN AROUND THE HOUSE

Former Coalition house affairs minister Karen Andrews mentioned a male colleague harassed her within the Home of Representatives, together with respiration on her neck and crudely describing her questions as “thrusting and probing”. Andrews didn’t identify anybody. She advised the ABC’s Annabel Crabb she referred to as it out generally, however she couldn’t “be in each combat”. It’s not the primary time she has referred to as out shitty therapy of girls — in 2021 she mentioned she’d had a “gutful”, by way of the SMH ($). Andrews, who labored in male-dominated industries resembling engineering earlier than politics, advised Crabb she’d by no means copped it a lot “just because I used to be a girl”. As an example, she mentioned, male colleagues would typically not invite her to get-togethers the place political strategising happened. Former PM Scott Morrison, who apologised to Josh Frydenberg and Mathias Cormann for secretly swearing himself into their portfolios, apologised to Andrews for doing the identical to her solely after it was broadly reported he hadn’t.

In the meantime unbiased MP Kylea Tink spoke extra on the ABC about her allegation she was yelled at in an “aggressive” and “fairly confronting” manner by an unnamed member of the Coalition. She mentioned Opposition Chief Peter Dutton’s remark that it was worse within the Keating period was “disappointing” and added she’d acquired letters saying lecturers discovered courses unruly after watching the antics of query time. Nationals MP Kevin Hogan advised Tink he was sorry that she had felt intimidated — the primary time any Coalition MP had apologised over it, Q+A’s Patricia Karvelas famous. In the meantime Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk is supporting two Labor MPs, Jim Madden and Don Brown, who had been accused of mistreating ladies, The Courier-Mail ($) reviews, simply minutes after she completed a monologue about being a job mannequin for ladies. Madden reportedly breached Labor Celebration guidelines 22 occasions over his therapy of a feminine workers member, whereas Brown was accused of “hateful and bullying” conduct by Redlands Mayor Karen Williams. Madden isn’t working once more.

PLANE SPEAKING

Cease taking free membership memberships from Qantas, some 70% of voters have advised elected politicians by way of an SMH ($) ballot. Plus solely 15% need the federal government to restrict international airline flights, after the controversial federal ruling to bar Qatar Airways from getting extra planes within the air right here. Because the AFR ($) reviews, Transport Minister Catherine King mentioned she’d spoken to “related colleagues” concerning the resolution however wouldn’t say who; it wasn’t us, Commerce Minister Don Farrell and Defence Minister Richard Marles each mentioned. Yesterday Prime Minister Anthony Albanese mentioned the choice wasn’t influenced by former Qantas boss Alan Joyce, and no, Joyce didn’t dine on the Lodge, although he did journey on my jet to the roles summit.

The spirit of Australia is awaiting an enchantment verdict tomorrow because it continues to battle a 2021 case that discovered it had illegally sacked and outsourced 1700 workers through the pandemic. The pinnacle of Qantas’ info division received’t be there to see it — Sam Charmand has give up after 16 years on the airline, The Age ($) reviews. And the tales carry on coming — an aged couple celebrating a birthday had been advised to take a seat aside on the aircraft as a result of the airline had overbooked the flight, their daughter (who’s a journey agent) advised 3AW yesterday. Qantas has requested Boston Consulting Group to assist it navigate the general public turbulence, information.com.au ($) reviews, which hit a low be aware after the airline reported a $2.47 billion revenue amid a class-action lawsuit over dodgy refunds, an ACCC investigation about promoting cancelled fares, and numerous misplaced baggage.

ON A LIGHTER NOTE

Metalheads took fast slurps of beer as they yelled themselves hoarse singing alongside to Metallica’s strange hits. The present was in San Francisco, the band’s base for many of its decades-long profession, so the power at SoFi Stadium was positively buzzing. Most followers had been standing, however Storm was fortunately seated as she listened alongside. She wasn’t alleged to be there, strictly talking, however she’d sneaked out from her house reverse the stadium with out anybody noticing. Not solely that — she’d additionally slipped by the stern-looking safety guards, and even managed to search out an empty seat on the heavy metallic live performance to assert as her personal. Onlookers couldn’t resist snapping a photograph — how usually do you see a canine having fun with a metallic live performance?

Metallica later posted the pic of the husky, whose tongue was hanging fortunately from her mouth, saying she’d had a ball “listening to her favorite songs, together with ‘Barx Æterna’, ‘Grasp of Puppies’ and ‘The Mailman That By no means Comes’ “.  (I’d additionally add that it appears the little canine can get in in spite of everything.) She was reunited along with her initially fearful proprietor, Arizbeth, who advised native rag the San Francisco Chronicle that she had no concept Storm favored to rock out a lot. The American girl additionally admitted that after she knew her beloved pooch was protected, she couldn’t cease laughing on the picture of her canine. Metallica agreed that it was tremendous humorous, however suggested followers it’s a very good rule of paw to depart your canine at house once you’re able to rock. “However this canine positive did have her day,” the band added.

Hoping you get away with one thing cheeky immediately too.

SAY WHAT?

Somebody advised me yesterday that the Voice referendum is rather a lot like Brexit in that lots of people who vote No will realise they had been influenced by a misinformation marketing campaign after the vote just like the leavers had been.

Claire G Coleman

The Noongar girl and writer mentioned the No marketing campaign has greater than a whiff of the identical misinformation that noticed right-wing Brexiters persuade the British that leaving the EU was one of the best factor for his or her nation. This yr, even former Brexit Celebration chief Nigel Farage admitted Brexit failed.

CRIKEY RECAP

Labor fought to guard Qantas’ Europe enterprise — but it surely’s an phantasm

“Qantas’ European service is solely smoke-and-mirrors ticket clipping, akin to a journey agent. The Australian firm takes a proportion, regarded as about 10% of the ticket worth — the standard Qantas monetary transparency applies right here, because it received’t disclose the true quantity — for advertising the Emirates service. It’s digital, and just about risk-free, revenue. Prospects utilizing these flights have turn into used to the superior Emirates inflight service and on-time plane.

“Positive, codeshare prospects nonetheless get Qantas factors that they will use domestically or in Asia — after they can discover a flight — however Qantas has largely misplaced them to Emirates’ superior ‘product’. The deal means Qantas successfully despatched, and is constant to ship, an rising variety of jobs to Dubai through the course of the deal. Conversely, having allowed Qatar to ship dozens extra flights out and in of Australia would have introduced hundreds of jobs to Australia by way of tourism …”

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THE COMMENTARIAT

Australia’s nonetheless dangerously secretive, and it’s our democracy that’s in danger — Peter Greste (The SMH) ($): “In terms of corruption, mismanagement and abuse of energy, there’s a clear recognized unknown. We will ensure that throughout Australia there are scandals that stay hidden in each authorities and the company world, hid by the corrupt, the unethical and the highly effective. There can be abuses of authority, hundreds of thousands (maybe billions) of {dollars} skimmed off in crooked scams, circumstances of mismanagement and malpractice, sexual assault, abuses of human rights, numerous harmless victims, and some good individuals who know what’s occurring however are too afraid to talk out.

“We all know this as a result of, for a very long time, we’ve watched valuable few brave whistleblowers depend on journalists to inform their tales. There’s Jeff Morris, the Commonwealth Financial institution insider who revealed corrupt practices at its monetary planning arm and triggered the banking royal fee; Alan Parkinson, who went to the ABC in 1997 to reveal the failures within the clean-up of nuclear waste at Maralinga; and nurse Toni Hoffman, who revealed the gross medical malpractice of a surgeon in Bundaberg. However in Australia, the legal guidelines that shield each whistleblowing and media freedom — two of the mechanisms important to a working democracy — are manifestly failing.”

Megacities within the desert: the human price of Egypt and Saudi Arabia’s daring new initiatives — Nesrine Malik (The Guardian): “On an city planner’s paper, it’s form of spectacular. A metropolis groaning underneath a big inhabitants, and traditionally concentrated in a number of areas in downtown and outdated Cairo stretching alongside the Nile river, has expanded into the desert and modernised. However with that, historical past, antiquity, inexperienced areas and folks’s rights to land and recollections are being sacrificed, because the soul of town itself appears to decamp in the direction of the brand new buildings on its outskirts. In haste, locations such because the Metropolis of the Useless turn into not repositories of valuable heritage and sacred burial floor, however inconveniently situated obstacles to the highways that must be constructed.

“But it surely’s not all a crude however well-intentioned sprint to the longer term. It’s also a rebuking of the previous. The shadow of the 2011 revolution nonetheless looms massive, and although its objectives didn’t come to be, the remnants of its bodily and psychological infrastructure stay, limitations to a political future the place the potential for rebellion is foreclosed. And so Tahrir Sq., the inexperienced centre of the protests, the place individuals would collect, loiter and picnic, has been vacated and crammed with concrete and easy granite, with pharaonic antiquities on the centre and safety guards on the periphery.”

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