ABC crisis: Independence doesn’t mean the right to be wrong or biased
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Amid all the drama in politics over the past month you might be forgiven for thinking that nothing sensible has happened, that your money both in Parliament and at the ABC is being frittered away. You would, I’m pleased to say, be quite wrong.
Former ABC chairman Justin Milne, former ABC managing director Michelle Guthrie, Prime Minister Scott Morrison and Communications Minister Mitch Fifield.
Photo: Alex Ellinghausen
In late August there was a tumultuous leadership wrangle in the Liberal Party. If you tuned in to any media, the coverage almost drowned out any other issue. Changing PMs is still very big news, despite the frequency with which it has happened over the past decade.
When there’s instability in any party, the minds of everyone, especially the most senior, are distracted from their other duties. That can’t be denied.
But it’s important to remember that the business of Parliament goes on. At the end of the week, the House of Representatives was suspended for the last few hours. The Senate just kept going. So for all but those few hours in the House of Representatives, the business of Parliament continued moving along. Legislation was debated, committees convened, and members, senators and ministers met with various delegations and interested parties.
The leadership change took a few days. They are always brutal and ugly. They happen. The country was not and is not in crisis. Quite the opposite. We have incredibly low interest rates, low unemployment, decent economic growth and a budget that is getting back towards black after far too long.
Article source: http://www.cinemablend.com/previews/1678910/mollys-game
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