Amy Remeikis telling it like it is:
“There is a habit within the Australian media to see everything through the binary of politics – and the binary within the binary. The thought, for example, that the workers who would be impacted by a ban on salmon farming in Macquarie Harbour could be helped and supported while also saving the harbour and the skate, is rarely discussed. Instead, it is a binary choice; workers or the environment. And in this climate, with so much of the media framing situations through Peter Dutton’s take, the Albanese government has not yet found the courage to do what it knows is right.” (source: Austailan Institute (dot org).
I doubt whether our Labor govt will ever find the courage Amy is talking about as long as the Albanese faction (neoliberal) has the numbers in the Parliamentary Caucus. This is why, if the Australian electorate has any clue, we are likely to see federal minority governments in Parliament from now on. It certainly looks like the old two party system is dead and buried for good. I welcome this change because it has the potential to make Parliament more representative of our nation and the polies more accountable to their communities.
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