{"id":201,"date":"2013-01-08T03:34:28","date_gmt":"2013-01-08T03:34:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/australiansforhonestpolitics.wordpress.com\/?p=201"},"modified":"2019-04-13T23:24:26","modified_gmt":"2019-04-13T13:24:26","slug":"where-is-the-ashbygate-outrage-keeping-an-eye-on-the-media","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.nofibs.com.au\/where-is-the-ashbygate-outrage-keeping-an-eye-on-the-media\/","title":{"rendered":"Where is the #Ashbygate Outrage? Keeping an Eye on the media."},"content":{"rendered":"

By\u00a0Noely Neate
\n<\/a> Source:\u00a0YaThink
\n<\/a> Date: December 13th, 2012<\/p>\n

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Keeping an Eye on the media<\/p><\/div>\n

The day after Gillard\u2019s (now famous) ‘misogyny’ speech I woke up thinking I was in the twilight zone.\u00a0 Everyone I knew was amazed or affected in some way, yet, the morning news and papers barely referred to it, instead focussing on Slipper resigning?\u00a0 I was seriously, WTF?\u00a0 Thankfully over the next few days the so-called \u2018serious\u2019 media commentators were basically shamed into at least acknowledging it (even if in some terribly conservative white male stances) by social media and overseas media.\u00a0 This whole #Ashbygate (as it is referred to on twitter) episode is a major d\u00e9j\u00e0 vu, the only difference is, not only am I am in the twilight zone, I am outraged!<\/p>\n

Yes, Slipper had some repulsively juvenile texts, though of course without the \u201cabuse of the process of the Court\u201d (Justice Rares words, not mine, see \u201cfull judgement here<\/a>\u201d we, the public, would not even have been aware of the sexists texts, BUT, in reality the texts have now not been found to be illegal, just \u2018vulgar\u2019.\u00a0 To be perfectly honest, the texts reek more of a man suffering a mid-life crisis trying to impress the perceived cool kid on the block, not so much aggressive sexism.\u00a0 Regardless, it is not a good look, though am sure there are worse out there in MP land if we grabbed all their texts for the last 5 years?\u00a0 What outrages me is the fact that a few people through their actions decided they would try to change the face of our democratically elected landscape.<\/p>\n

Peter Slipper may be useless as an MP, hell, he may even just be clueless, who cares.\u00a0 He is the democratically elected member for Fisher, the party he bats for is irrelevant, our voting system is such that we vote for people, regardless of their political flavour.\u00a0 Therefore, how dare the likes of Ashby, Brough, Doane (and others named in the judgment) misuse our legal system for \u201cpurpose of causing significant public, reputational and political damage to Mr Slipper… and advancing the interests of the Liberal National Party.\u201d (again see full Judgment above).\u00a0\u00a0 Yes we have an unusual set-up in Parliament, which many in the media thought would have crashed & burned by now, and every single member voting with the Government matters, so I can only assume that the Libs who assisted Mr Ashby seriously did hope that not only would they make the Government look silly, ditching Slipper for Brough, but the bonus could have been the toppling of the Government as well due to lack of numbers?\u00a0 Sort of the like the civilised 1st world version of a Government coup?<\/p>\n

The fact that the mainstream media are not reporting this is shocking.\u00a0 The mastheads should be screaming \u201cConspiracy to sink Government\u201d or other such hyped up sensational headlines, you know, the ones that we saw in their hundreds while they were hounding Slipper, nit picking and analysing every tiny twist & turn in the saga which brought us to the judgement yesterday.\u00a0 Instead, the silence has been deafening, very little has been said or written, and a lot of what is written is in a seriously bizairre context, some have even had the gall to say \u201cMal Brough the real victim of Peter Slipper judgment<\/a>\u201d, I kid you not!\u00a0 There are others along a similar vein.<\/p>\n

My only hope is that all the good Journos are not on holidays yet and a few will see reason (as they belatedly did with the Gillard smackdown) and get onto reporting this, putting the whole cast of characters that brought us to this point under the microscope.\u00a0 Asking some hard questions of the LNP?\u00a0 Finding out exactly who paid for what in this fiasco? Who in Government was aware of this?\u00a0 Who had spoken with Ashby?\u00a0 Basically anyone in sniffing distance of this stink should be questioned.\u00a0 I want to know the ducks nuts of the whole sorry saga.\u00a0 You have all had a field day dissecting the decades old AWU drama, well, show some balanced reporting and get down to the molecules of #Ashbygate!\u00a0 You never know, you might actually remind some that we live in a democracy and with knowledge comes power.\u00a0 I am begging you, it is your job to give us punters that knowledge, please do it in a balanced way and restore some faith in the main stream media.<\/p>\n

Slipper may or may not be a slimy ineffective dill, but like the others in Parliament we don\u2019t like, WE the public voted these ineffective dills in and WE will vote the ineffective dills out.\u00a0 That is our democratic right which should never be allowed to be subverted by the Machiavellian manoeuvrings of a few individuals to advance their own political aspirations.<\/p>\n

Keeping an Eye on the media<\/strong><\/span>
\nVery good questions: 15 December, 2012\u00a0When did Watergate come off the front page?<\/a>
\nFirst decent Mainstream Media article: 14 December, 2012\u00a0Ashby case a shocking spectacle<\/a>
\nOne site that is not backwards: 14 December, 2012\u00a0Abbott implicated in Ashby conspiracy by (10 hours of bullsh)IT<\/a>
\nAstute: 13 December,\u00a0Slipper Conspiracy A Coalition Win
\n<\/a>December 2012 –\u00a0Graham Perrett MP, the Federal Member for Moreton has now referred this to the Australian Federal Police, hopefully further action will be taken though not holding my breathe as even this letter was not really reported by the media :(<\/strong>
\nSee full letter here “<\/strong>Re Conspiracy against Peter Slipper and Potential Commission of Criminal Offences<\/a>”<\/p>\n

Excellent example of lack of balance below:
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bazarazzi<\/a>\u00a0Shane Bazzi33m<\/a><\/small><\/div>\n
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Talk about burying a story\u00a0@<\/s>dailytelegraph<\/strong><\/a>. Page 17, really? Not even a rat cartoon this time\u00a0#<\/s>slipper<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0#<\/s>ashby<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0pic.twitter.com\/mBFphwHo<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

PS. There is a petition that has been set up, please sign it if like me, you are a pissed off punter who does not want to live in a banana republic and wants to get to the bottom of this issue:
\nAttorney General, Parliament House, Canberra.: Inquiry into people involved with James Ashby acting against Peter Slipper<\/a><\/p>\n

Cheers,
\nNoely
\n@YaThinkN<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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