Michael West Media
Westy breaks down the biggest scams of the week including Bruce
Lehrmann own goal, Peter Dutton’s homework, Richard Marles goes shopping
while getting whipped by men in sandals
The
latest International Monetary Fund (IMF) survey shows Australia rapidly
recovering from the nine disastrous Coalition years, as Alan Austin
reveals.
Apart from all the terrorist and non-terrorist attacks,
there’s been a bit of chatter about the introduction of disinformation
and misinformation laws. The concern has been that media companies and
politicians are concerned that there’s a lot of incorrect stuff being
posted on social media, and they feel that it’s their job to spread
misinformation. Like when social media named the wrong person as the
Bondi attacker and Channel 7 just assumed that it was correct and went
with it. It was social media to blame and not Channel 7 who can’t be
expected to have the resources to do a simple check when so much of
their resourcing goes to getting important stories which cost a lot in
terms of Thai massages and steak dinners…
Newspoll 51–49 lead, unchanged from the previous Newspoll in late March.
Essential poll: 48-46 Labor regains lead after Coalition blowout
Morgan poll: 50.5–49.5 Coalition takes lead
Albanese’s net approval was up one point to -6, while Peter Dutton’s net
approval was steady at -15. Albanese led Dutton as better PM by 48–35
(48–34 in March).
Other recent polls from Resolve, Freshwater and Morgan have Labor
deteriorating, and it’s now close to even on two-party votes.
