You have to remember rupey offshores profits so he doesnt have to pay taxEver so heartening is this. Just as it was to read that Dirty Rupe lost megabucks last financial year on his Oz operations.
Who's afraid of Rupert Murdoch? The end of an era.
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Vital infrastructure for the very present and future of this nation ruined on the whims of a foreign citizen and his propaganda company.The Libs sabotaged Australias future and wasted billions trying to help him in his fight againts Netflix
The technology in the Coalition’s cut-down version of the NBN cost up to three times more than originally forecast and was closer to the initial estimated cost of a revised version of Labor’s full-fibre plan, according to figures the government has sought to keep secret for almost a decade.
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I'm still waiting for you to choose whether corruption is endemic in politics or they're innocent until an allegation is proven.abc-discusses-news-corp-and-murdoch-1700-times-in-just-30-days/news-story/d5524a9d49722cb09eb3f7f2df0c378bNoCookies | The Australian
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The ABC has appointed itself to offset the Murdoch influence, but is that the role of the public broadcaster?
Just like I'm also waiting for you to tell me if something being a fact of life means we should stop any and all attempts to invent things or cure diseases or stop awful things from happening.
You are getting worse.
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Morrison will resign himself to annoying members of his cult.
Hopefully he will end his days lonely old man with no hope and no friends still searching for his sky fairy masters favor.
Hopefully no one will ever end up as sad as 'hello, hello' so sad.
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It was the hottest rumour doing the rounds of the ABC studios last week: that former 7.30 political editor Chris Uhlmann could be a bolter to return home and replace Aunty’s departing news chief Gaven Morris.
But the $64,000 question: what does Uhlmann say? When we reached him, he would only reveal that “no one has asked me to do it”, adding rumours around Ultimo were like “blowflies in summer”.
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It was the hottest rumour doing the rounds of the ABC studios last week: that former 7.30 political editor Chris Uhlmann could be a bolter to return home and replace Aunty’s departing news chief Gaven Morris.
But the $64,000 question: what does Uhlmann say? When we reached him, he would only reveal that “no one has asked me to do it”, adding rumours around Ultimo were like “blowflies in summer”.
Yeah that piece of shit knows all about blowflies.
Everyone thinking it's Rupert Murdoch's fault is missing the broader point. Before Murdoch (or in addition) it was Packer, and now it's Costello as well.
It's not about the person, it's about the corporate system where vested interests fund both the media and a political movement/party such that the media and the conservative party are on the same page at all times.
The people are left behind, as the accumulation of wealth at the top end of town is the natural systemic progression. They tear down democratic institutions to further their own economic wealth and accumulation. They pretend this isn't at the expense of the majority, but eventually it becomes that way. Have a look at the USA which has gone further down this path. Richest people in the world, with gigantic rates of poverty.
It's not Murdoch or Costello or Packer. They're just the person who happens to profit on the media side of things.
It's systemic and when these people die, people step in to take their place. We need strong democratic institutions to stop media consolidation and corruption of the political class. These have been collapsing lately. It's like everyone forgot that money will corrupt politics if you allow it to. People need to stand up FOR democracy and institutions, not allow the media and conservative parties to tear them down. And picking on Murdoch or Morrison as people specifically responsible completely misses the point.
It's not about the person, it's about the corporate system where vested interests fund both the media and a political movement/party such that the media and the conservative party are on the same page at all times.
The people are left behind, as the accumulation of wealth at the top end of town is the natural systemic progression. They tear down democratic institutions to further their own economic wealth and accumulation. They pretend this isn't at the expense of the majority, but eventually it becomes that way. Have a look at the USA which has gone further down this path. Richest people in the world, with gigantic rates of poverty.
It's not Murdoch or Costello or Packer. They're just the person who happens to profit on the media side of things.
It's systemic and when these people die, people step in to take their place. We need strong democratic institutions to stop media consolidation and corruption of the political class. These have been collapsing lately. It's like everyone forgot that money will corrupt politics if you allow it to. People need to stand up FOR democracy and institutions, not allow the media and conservative parties to tear them down. And picking on Murdoch or Morrison as people specifically responsible completely misses the point.
IF the value of newspapers didnt die of 'old age', IF the value of FTA TV stations didnt die of 'old age' .... its the 2020s, not the 1970s & Murdoch has prospered more by business plays such as 20th Century Studios, purchased in the 80s, sold in 2019 in a sale process that added $billions to the original offer in 2017.
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IF the value of newspapers didnt die of 'old age', IF the value of FTA TV stations didnt die of 'old age' .... its the 2020s, not the 1970s & Murdoch has prospered more by business plays such as 20th Century Studios, purchased in the 80s, sold in 2019 in a sale process that added $billions to the original offer in 2017.
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Yes, but this thread is about Murdoch's influence on Australian media and politics, not his business acumen (which is obviously very good). The next person might be less good at business, but there will always be somebody taking corporate money to push corporate influence over society and politics.
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re: socialism. Some things are better dead.
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So you don't like medicare?
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and progressive taxation, the pension, the NDIS, and on and on
funny socialism is okay when its giving tens of billions of dollars to australian companies for no valid reason
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100%
unfortunately there is a view today however that is Solution "A" is bad for Policy "Z", its bad for every problem across the board
Such as?
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single desks. was a disaster for the wool industry, but pulling that rein for wheat and dairy has just seen small players crushed and the monsters become mostly foreign owned
money supply. printing money is bad in an inflationary environment, but it actually isnt when in a low or deflationary period.
picking winners. failures with things like kodak and the car industry have been used to vilify any govt support for any industry (inc start ups). as a result we have been recently gifting most of our scientific innovation offshore (which infuriates me as the car/kodak example are not start ups but industries on their last legs)
R&D. lack of commercialization on a number of CSIRO projects was used as a reason to eliminate nearly all blue sky research in the CSIRO, despite the fact the history in the USA is that long term blue sky research is best for developing commercial outcomes (as its the unexpected finds that often generate the best economic outcomes)
usually its a case of confusing the symptom for the cause
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Funny how quickly in the worlds biggest crisis it was socialism that got australia through it.
Go have a look at what capitalism did in the us and uk....
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by the time of the next federal election, the conservatives will have been in federal power for 20 of the preceding 26 years.
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This is the sort of genius that Fox employs. Just magnificent.
In a statement, the AFP confirmed they had arrested a 57-year-old man for “allegedly being the primary facilitator of a multi-million dollar migration fraud”.
The AFP said it led a multi-agency investigation, which also involved Australian Border Force (ABF), AUSTRAC, the Australian Taxation Office and Department of Home Affairs, and “found evidence of an alleged scheme intended to defraud legitimate visa programs”.
“It was triggered by an ABF investigation into allegations of significant visa and migration fraud, dating to August 2019,’’ the statement said.
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The AFP said it led a multi-agency investigation, which also involved Australian Border Force (ABF), AUSTRAC, the Australian Taxation Office and Department of Home Affairs, and “found evidence of an alleged scheme intended to defraud legitimate visa programs”.
“It was triggered by an ABF investigation into allegations of significant visa and migration fraud, dating to August 2019,’’ the statement said.
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Isnt it amazing that conservatism always seems to attract our best and brightest.
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I'm tipping Mendacious Murdoch and his lying acolytes will be the most despised people/outfit due to the damage they have wrought within the next few years.
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Accurate is the word I think hits the mark, Amy. Absolute clod.
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