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Howard the ideologue : Comments
By Wayne Errington and Peter Van Onselen, published 6/3/2006Howard practices wedge politics in reverse by burying divisive issues.
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6. Howard has also gained tremendously by the corporatisation of the news media, Rupert Murdoch, in particular, now so sure of himself, he can openly support Big Biz politics and economics, Howard gaining tremendously, as have the Republicans in the US.
7. The influence of the Howard Government on our media, was shown concerning the tragic weakening of our import Bio-Security owing to the liberalising of our trade laws through the Howard-managed bi-lateral trade deal.
The very fact that a shipment of Brazilian foot aand mouth suspected carcase meat was landed in NSW later having to be disposed of , but the news though pushed by George Negus through SBS Dateline, was very quickly hushed up by the Howard Government. Indeed., cattle and sheep farmers were both angry and astonished that such vital news was kept from the general public.
If it is true that the Howard government has been managing media cover-ups similar to the very successful Nixon government before it was exposed, then maybe our Howard government through breaking Bio-Security laws may go the same way. Then we could have the worry of a very weak party such as our present Federal Opposition in government