The coal inquiry? What coal?
 | Posted by The Editor on Tuesday 28 November 2006, 9:29 am Categories: Politics Tags: Tags: AlexanderDowner, AWB, ColeInquiry, JohnHoward, KevinRudd, KimBeazley, Labor, Liberal, MarkVaile, WheatForWeapons |
A very interesting text message was just read out on ABC774 (paraphrasing): “I’m a working Australian and I don’t care about the AWB scandal. That’s just the way business is done. The media should just get over it and talk about something Australians care about.”
There is no doubt that the Cole Inquiry’s terms of reference were framed in such a way to avoid any sort of real finding against the Government. There is no doubt that the Government, as Michelle Grattan says, had its “eyes half open.” There is no doubt that the whole affair is a disgusting example of the Howard Government’s deliberate erosion of ethics and governmental standards. But you know what? The average Australian just doesn’t give a toss. And that’s why Howard, Downer and Vaile will walk away from this thing with reputations completely untarnished while Beazley, Rudd and the serious news media will do themselves no favours by banging on about an issue that the bulk of the public has moved on from.
GrodsThink Ep.29 (26/8/08)
