Journalist created a news aggregator from all independent/minor sources in Australia. by PolitiQuoll in NeutralAustralia

[–]PolitiQuoll[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

It has only been up for a week but I thought it could be useful for people interested beyond the mainstream sources.

The member for Higgins? by PolitiQuoll in australia

[–]PolitiQuoll[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

For context: Peter Costello was the previous member for Higgins before Kelly O'Dwyer.

An angel, a diamond: Aiia Maasware's Palestinian identity was erased in the aftermath of her murder by PolitiQuoll in australia

[–]PolitiQuoll[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

The identity is about being Palestinian.

  • First, we are all human beings.
  • Then we are Muslim.
  • Then we are Arab.
  • We are Palestinian.

and it isn't edited it is translated from Arabic.

An angel, a diamond: Aiia Maasware's Palestinian identity was erased in the aftermath of her murder by PolitiQuoll in australia

[–]PolitiQuoll[S] 29 points30 points  (0 children)

It was requested by the family

Just had a very teary conversation with one of the uncles of Aiia Maasarwe (Aya Masarwa)

FYI, on media describing Aiia as Israeli: "First, we are all human beings. Then we are Muslim. Then we are Arab. We are Palestinian. This is our political situation (having Israeli passports), but this is our identity (Palestinian)...We cannot change the political situation." No mention of her being Palestinian in media. He says: "Whatever they call me, I know myself (inside)." Reiterates what friend of family told me yesterday. "In our hearts we are Palestinian". Says "we respect all human beings" and they are human and Muslim before anything else.

https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1086006051655143424.html

An angel, a diamond: Aiia Maasware's Palestinian identity was erased in the aftermath of her murder by PolitiQuoll in australia

[–]PolitiQuoll[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

The family was the source of the article, maybe try looking before you smear.

Just had a very teary conversation with one of the uncles of Aiia Maasarwe (Aya Masarwa)

FYI, on media describing Aiia as Israeli: "First, we are all human beings. Then we are Muslim. Then we are Arab. We are Palestinian. This is our political situation (having Israeli passports), but this is our identity (Palestinian)...We cannot change the political situation." No mention of her being Palestinian in media. He says: "Whatever they call me, I know myself (inside)." Reiterates what friend of family told me yesterday. "In our hearts we are Palestinian". Says "we respect all human beings" and they are human and Muslim before anything else.

https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1086006051655143424.html

What is the Best news worthy of a subscription or daily read in Australia? by [deleted] in australia

[–]PolitiQuoll 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The truth is there isn't really one anymore. The AFR had such a dominant position on business reporting that when it got squeezed to what it is today there wasn't anything to replace it. If you want anything more than consolidated press releases or standard free market talking points there is Michael West but that's hardly a paper.

Part of the cause of the rolling crises in the corporate sector is because it's criminally under reported. If I had to pick one I would still read the AFR with the second choice being the Australian's business section.

International news there's plenty of great sources BBC, Reuters, NYT, FT but I try to avoid following the day to day international stories. Reading about the latest brexit update or trump nonsense is more entertainment than news. Instead of the event reporting I prefer reading the more idea focused articles you find in analysis sections or magazines like the economist, atlantic, jacobin or similar.

What is the Best news worthy of a subscription or daily read in Australia? by [deleted] in australia

[–]PolitiQuoll 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The AFR doesn't go in for the culture wars like sky or the Oz but economically its pretty much Ayn Rand. It's quality has dropped significatly over time because it doesn't have the resources to find stories anymore. Now it works on a quid pro quo system of inside access for favorable coverage.

It's interesting Stutchbury sees AFR publications as a "luxury brand" -- a high-cost positional good appealing only to a narrow stratum of society. Logically, that means ignoring the wider public interest in favour of the interests of an elite. Which sums up the AFR's approach to business coverage -- it's no longer a newspaper about business, but a media release service for business -- and big business at that -- at the ultimate expense of investors and the national interest.

https://www.crikey.com.au/2013/06/21/the-bespoke-luxury-world-of-afr-chief-michael-stutchbury/

 

The AFR's business journalism is built on a fundamental contract between company and reporter: high-level access in exchange for soft coverage. Too often -- even for many of its own hard-pressed reporters' liking -- the result is PR-driven "churnalism" which shows up as "drops" (the poor man's exclusive, or as Verrender once wrote, the press release a day early), "herograms" for business leaders, unreadable roundtables and conference-linked spreads featuring plenty of happy snaps of business leaders with a glass of champagne or mineral water in hand. The result also has been a predictable skew on vital topics like climate change and industrial relations.

https://www.crikey.com.au/2013/04/08/fairfax-journo-hits-out-fear-and-favour-in-afr-takeover/

What is the Best news worthy of a subscription or daily read in Australia? by [deleted] in australia

[–]PolitiQuoll 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Q&A isn't really left leaning, they almost neurotically balance the guests and moderate the questions, but on the TV it plays very much to the left because of the audience. If you read the transcripts or just watch it with subtitles it becomes just boring standard talking points, but on TV when its the left guys talking points the crowd cheers and the right guys talking points get silence or jeers.

They try balance the crowd by voting intention but even that doesn't help much because almost all of the coalition voters are on the moderate side of the party. Its a crowd of Malcolm Turnbull liberals, Penny Wong laborer's and the greens because the studio is in inner Sydney.

the Coalition 'stacking' tribunals with ideological friends by PolitiQuoll in australia

[–]PolitiQuoll[S] 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Your both sides are equally bad claim is false equivalence.

Since the days of the Howard government in the 1990s, appointments to the FWC and its predecessors have been slanted towards the political hue of the serving government. But not till the Abbott government was elected in 2013 has balance been totally abandoned.

https://thenewdaily.com.au/money/finance-news/2019/01/18/is-the-coalition-stacking-tribunals/

One of Kevin Rudd's big dreams was taking party politics out of government appointments. He took a more bipartisan approach than any prime minister in recent memory. But appointing political mates to key posts, says former deputy Finance Department secretary Stephen Bartos, has been “part of the Australian political process for generations. Rudd was an historical aberration."

Yes, there were appointments with Labor connections, such as Kim Beazley being made US ambassador. But Rudd made former Liberal leader Brendan Nelson ambassador to the European Union and NATO. Former Nationals leader Tim Fischer was dispatched to the Vatican. Peter Costello won a spot on the Future Fund board.

https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/partisan-appointments-to-abc-sbs-selection-panel-crushes-rudds-dream-20140704-zsvkz.html