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This week marked the 106th anniversary of the landings at Gallipoli and the 25th anniversary of the Port Arthur massacre, with the memorial service for the latter covered beautifully by Charlie Lewis. But while the occasions saw many gathering to remember lives lost, politicians took the moment to warn more conflict may be brewing — a task Peter Dutton and Mike Pezzullo relished, as Kishor Napier-Ramen wrote. Bernard Keane and Guy Rundle also found that it was a convenient explanation for a big budget spend. Meanwhile, I covered Andrew Laming and the old boys club’s predictable pivot to claiming victimhood, Napier-Ramen took a look at Assistant Attorney-General Amanda Stoker’s issue with anti racism, and Adam Schwab examined the flaws in JobKeeper. Lewis spent the week in Tasmania digging into today’s state election, Christopher Warren took a look at the Morrison government’s climate-change cover up, and Crikey‘s new associate editor Cam Wilson covered how far-right conspiracists and gun groups continue to promote Port Arthur denialism online. Finally, with religion being big business this week, Rundle called out progressives for being too quick to dismiss the value of the PM’s religiosity. |
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‘May we cherish life for the sake of those who have died’: Port Arthur, 25 years on
Charlie Lewis attended the Port Arthur memorial service. Here, he reflects on the anniversary of Australia's worst-ever mass shooting. |
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War drums |
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Sick as it seems, conspiracy, far-right and gun groups continue to promote Port Arthur denialism online
Conspiracy theories that someone else was responsible for or helped carry out the Port Arthur massacre attract thousands of Australians thanks to social media. |
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Cue the crocodile tears and claims of victimhood as the Old Boys Club shirks responsibility for sexual violence
Why are men so quick to turn around and claim victimhood whenever their fellows are accused of sexual violence? |
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Did JobKeeper do its job? If the idea was to make the rich richer then yes, it fulfilled its promise perfectly
Lauded by almost everyone when it was launched, JobKeeper turned out to be a big money-maker for billionaires and zombie companies. |
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The battle for Tasmania |
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Amanda Stoker’s critical race theory attack shows Trump’s abiding influence over Coalition fringe
Donald Trump might be gone from the White House, but the legacy of his attacks on critical race theory are a sign of how he still has the global conservative movement in his thrall. |
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Progressives fail to grasp the political and PR power of the gospel according to Brother Scotty
The PMs conspicuous Christianity has real value for his hold on power, even as progressives dismiss it. |
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Farewell to a Facebook page that was one of Australia’s major sources of conspiracy theories
RIP Craig Kelly’s Facebook page, a source of bullshit that was taken far too late. |
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Morrison magics up technology to blind media opinion on climate — and it worked like a charm for a journalistic nanosecond
Too much media reporting misses what the PM is really up to... |
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Scott Morrison’s incoherent speech reveals the confused nature of his core ideology
The prime minister's personal ideology is so self-contradictory that it leads nowhere and anywhere he feels like rambling. |
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The wild, wild West: how WA became the home of sovereign citizens and micronations
Western Australia is overrepresented with independent micronations and 'sovereign citizens' defying the laws of the land. |
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Morrison outs himself as our most religious prime minister — in a nation where non-belief is a growing faith
As church attendance in Australia drops off, its God-bothering prime minister declares he's there to do God's work. |
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