Irrelevance

I would imagine that many of the staff at "The Australian" are shitting themselves about now.

They know that Chris Mitchell has finally lost his marbles and is desperately running around looking for them in the Monk's back pocket. And they know that the newspaper business is dying a little bit more each day as real content moves elsewhere and news distribution is overtaken by the internet.

Not that Rupert actually cares about his Australian assets. They are there merely to provide him with pocket money and to "round out" his global empire. His USA and UK assets are the real money spinners.

Does he actually care much about a couple of feeble little right wing rags down under? I doubt it.

But the people who do care are the workers who have jobs there. They are the ones who bear the brunt of any criticism and who will suffer when it all goes pear shaped. And pear shaped it will go - because the nutters in charge are running a little experiment in "anti-democracy".

Or it could be called an experiment - I am not sure what you would call it - but it is a high risk adventure - designed to impose a far right wing Government on Australia.

Which I suppose is OK if you are one of those slow thinking Liberals or their fellow travellers but for the other 80% of the Australian population that would be very offensive.

Anyway, I doubt that our Government will do much about it - because they are also shitting themselves - but I do know a *lot* of folks who are doing something.

And some of the evidence is here - responding to a different rag - but same owner. Enjoy.