A new power has risen in Australian politics — and it's not coming quietly - ABC News
Very good analysis of how politics are played out in Australia (with references internationally). There is plenty to Ms Crabbs' article so I've just quoted the last paragraph summarising what goes before it:
New power, new game
It can also create opportunity. There is always opportunity, when power shifts.
In this instance, there is opportunity for women to seek justice, to speak out, to demand restitution in this new environment which suddenly gives a damn about what's happened to them. But there's opportunity for strategically-minded blokes, too. For some, the emergence of a cool new way to bring down their enemies is exciting, a brand-new update to the first-person shooter game called Political Ratf**kery.
The political gossip network — on which horrible rumours about women have regularly been trafficked — is now alive with speculation about which bloke will be brought down next, or in some cases with blokes shopping tales about their enemies.
It's possible that in this new environment, pressure may be brought to bear upon some women to cough up their stories in order to bring about a desired political assassination.
As the Prime Minister discovered when he tried strategically to deploy an allegation of misconduct in the media last week, it doesn't quite work like that.
This new power comes from a different source and it doesn't behave like the old kind.
Very good analysis of how politics are played out in Australia (with references internationally). There is plenty to Ms Crabbs' article so I've just quoted the last paragraph summarising what goes before it:
New power, new game
It can also create opportunity. There is always opportunity, when power shifts.
In this instance, there is opportunity for women to seek justice, to speak out, to demand restitution in this new environment which suddenly gives a damn about what's happened to them. But there's opportunity for strategically-minded blokes, too. For some, the emergence of a cool new way to bring down their enemies is exciting, a brand-new update to the first-person shooter game called Political Ratf**kery.
The political gossip network — on which horrible rumours about women have regularly been trafficked — is now alive with speculation about which bloke will be brought down next, or in some cases with blokes shopping tales about their enemies.
It's possible that in this new environment, pressure may be brought to bear upon some women to cough up their stories in order to bring about a desired political assassination.
As the Prime Minister discovered when he tried strategically to deploy an allegation of misconduct in the media last week, it doesn't quite work like that.
This new power comes from a different source and it doesn't behave like the old kind.