ABC News director Justin Stevens says comments made by political journalist Laura Tingle at Sydney Writers' Festival did not meet the organisation's editorial standards.
    • zero_gravitas@aussie.zoneEnglish
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      1 month ago

      Tingle wasn’t talking about that in her original remarks. The bit about The Australian’s considerable coverage on supposed anti-semitism was just meant to illustrate the Murdoch papers’ rank hypocrisy in their beat-up around her remarks.

    • Ilandar@aussie.zone
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      1 month ago

      She was referring to Dutton’s anti-migration policies, not genocide:

      She made the comments as the panel discussed Opposition Leader Peter Dutton’s budget reply, which included coalition policy measures on migration