Funny how the Fact Checker doesn't agree with the trend in the polls.

The constant pre-election statements of "no surprises, no new taxes, no cuts, maintain funding and full and open disclosure" were assumed to be clear and reassuring promises of intent but turned out to be blatant opportunistic lies. I consider that to be five promises.

Now they are lying about lying - as if they cancel each other out.

Since Hockey has admitted to New Zealand there was no budget "emergency", which version is true and which is the lie?
http://www.smh.com.au/business/the-economy/australian-economy-is-not-in-trouble-joe-hockey-tells-nz-20140726-zx6ie.html

It is a very sly way to make news, with the emphasis on 'make'. The way of hacks who invent controversy to win a dumbed-down audience.

Not that the ABC (and SBS) are alone in that, but they are swinging from the taxpayers teat so better is expected of them. Maybe that affirmative action recruitment policy needs to be reviewed and the focus returned to merit in selections, with job criteria that are about the job, not kowtowing to PC where the quick-witted but maybe not so competent are given the leg up to jobs.

OTB, why do you level such strong condemnation at the ABC?

Surely this promise tracker thing is a positive move on their part. Aren’t you being a tad overcritical in seeing it purely as a negative thing?

Ludwig,

You mean the ABC which hyped the story that Oz border control personnel had deliberately caused asylum scammers to suffer burns?

The ABC which regularly runs promos for Multiculturalism.

The ABC which gives exclusive coverage of the warmist-IPCC narrative of climate change.

Would you reeeeeeeeeeeally want such a body selecting or overseeing a keep-the-bastards-honest committee?

Yes SPQR, the ABC that sometimes does some things that I don’t like, has on this occasion done something that I think is top-rate... which goes a long way towards keeping the 'bastards' honest by way of giving the public a very useful tool on which to judge their honesty.

Organizations, e.g., ABS, SBS, Getup, etc, attract Lefties, Greenies & the Politically Correct. Scouts, Schools, Children's Church Groups, etc, Attract Paedophile's. Bikies & Hot Rod Group, Security firms, etc, attract Crims.

That's not to say that all the people associated with these groups ARE "those" types. Unfortunately the bad ones are the only ones you hear about therefore the "Organization" get stuck with a certain profile. That attracts more of the bad types until the Organization gets overwhelmed with the bad types.

That's all a bit convoluted but I hope it's understandable.