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I found most of this article interesting - it talks a lot about how governments tend to be more trusted in times of recession and crisis. Time will tell if that's the reason for this year's unusually high result.
I have some other issues with it. https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/commentisfree/2020/dec/26/this-was-the-year-australia-restored-trust-in-its-politics-and-that-really-is-a-miracle?CMP=share_btn_tw
I have some other issues with it. https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/commentisfree/2020/dec/26/this-was-the-year-australia-restored-trust-in-its-politics-and-that-really-is-a-miracle?CMP=share_btn_tw
She could have gone for a different angle here.
It was referred to as a "miracle"; a positive connotation.
The results are surprising given we STILL don't have a national COVID plan. COVIDSafe was a flop. I can't think of another attempt to do anything. https://theshot.net.au/general-news/what-does-scott-morrison-do/
It was referred to as a "miracle"; a positive connotation.
The results are surprising given we STILL don't have a national COVID plan. COVIDSafe was a flop. I can't think of another attempt to do anything. https://theshot.net.au/general-news/what-does-scott-morrison-do/
They did the bare minimum of securing vaccine doses, I guess. But even then, we're getting them three months later than the US, UK and Canada.
We could have heard from someone whose life has been harder by a lack of a plan. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-12-24/australia-signs-deals-to-distribute-millions-of-covid-19-vaccine/13011476
We could have heard from someone whose life has been harder by a lack of a plan. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-12-24/australia-signs-deals-to-distribute-millions-of-covid-19-vaccine/13011476
"Morrison rolled out income support to people who couldn’t work during lockdowns, or lost their jobs."
Why not add a sentence or two pointing out that this income support is now being rolled back?
Better yet, why not speak to someone who has been ruined by the lack of support?
Why not add a sentence or two pointing out that this income support is now being rolled back?
Better yet, why not speak to someone who has been ruined by the lack of support?
Or maybe speak to someone who has been affected by the low levels of welfare for years?
Or even just linked back to The Guardian's own body of work on this topic, given they've been covering this excellently for a while now?
Or even just linked back to The Guardian's own body of work on this topic, given they've been covering this excellently for a while now?
"Australia suppressed the first wave of the pandemic, and when a second wave broke out in Victoria, that curve was flattened too."
As a Melbournian, this one really pisses me off.
It makes it sound like Morrison is the one who flattened our curve. https://theshot.net.au/general-news/who-is-the-prime-minister-of-the-victorian-part-of-australia/
As a Melbournian, this one really pisses me off.
It makes it sound like Morrison is the one who flattened our curve. https://theshot.net.au/general-news/who-is-the-prime-minister-of-the-victorian-part-of-australia/
But it fails to point out that this was in SPITE of the federal government.
They spent all of lockdown urging us to reopen and undermining Andrews at every turn. They even made a point of rolling out Victorian members to do this. https://theshot.net.au/general-news/we-deserve-this-moment-but-dont-forget-who-helped-and-who-hindered/
They spent all of lockdown urging us to reopen and undermining Andrews at every turn. They even made a point of rolling out Victorian members to do this. https://theshot.net.au/general-news/we-deserve-this-moment-but-dont-forget-who-helped-and-who-hindered/
They even used the ADF in their political games.
They granted ADF soldiers to Berejiklian to patrol the VIC-NSW border in July, when we had an outbreak... https://www.defenceconnect.com.au/key-enablers/6413-adf-to-deploy-along-nsw-victorian-border
They granted ADF soldiers to Berejiklian to patrol the VIC-NSW border in July, when we had an outbreak... https://www.defenceconnect.com.au/key-enablers/6413-adf-to-deploy-along-nsw-victorian-border
...but refused to aid Andrews earlier this month when an outbreak started in NSW.
None of this was even mentioned in Murphy's piece. https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/senior-police-in-the-dark-over-adf-s-refusal-to-support-border-closure-20201222-p56pj2.html
None of this was even mentioned in Murphy's piece. https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/senior-police-in-the-dark-over-adf-s-refusal-to-support-border-closure-20201222-p56pj2.html
I would have liked the piece much more if it had added more of the above context - not necessarily deep, but an additional sentence to a couple of places or even just linking back to The Guardian's own work.
Instead, it focused on a "miracle", which is a gross framing given the way the federal government has done absolutely nothing this year.
The article is not as bad as the headline makes it seem, but... it's still really not great.
The article is not as bad as the headline makes it seem, but... it's still really not great.
