OT: Current Affairs and Politics

[Soren Lorenson]

Rothschild Ave!!!

 

[Gronk]

'Haven't been at Hillsong' — Morrison tells his biggest lie of all to avoid Houston fallout

Is this the PM's most blatant lie yet?

www.crikey.com.au

Desperate to avoid the toxic fallout from the resignation of his friend and mentor Brian Houston from Hillsong, Scott Morrison has told an astonishing lie today, claiming he hasn’t been to Hillsong for “15 years” when pressed on the scandal by journalists.

“I haven’t been at Hillsong now for over, about 15 years, I go to a local church,” Morrison said this morning, professing himself “disappointed and shocked to hear the news”.

But his efforts to dissociate himself from Hillsong are profoundly at odds with his enthusiastic support for Houston and Hillsong in recent years, as Crikey’s David Hardaker has documented.

Morrison’s most recent and high-profile visit to Hillsong was in July 2019 when the prime minister — triumphant from his surprise election win — and his wife joined tens of thousands of Hillsong worshippers onstage for the corporation’s annual conference (an event Morrison regularly attends) to discuss his faith and religious freedom. Morrison “prayed for Australia” at the conference.

Morrison was interviewed on stage — interrupted by wild cheering and applause from Hillsong devotees — by none other than Brian Houston himself.

Indeed, that conference attended by Morrison — held at Homebush in Sydney — was the occasion when Houston (affected, he claims, by alcohol and anti-anxiety medication) entered the hotel room of a woman and didn’t leave for 40 minutes.

Morrison has a history of lying when under political pressure, with many of his scores of documented lies coming in moments of stress — for example: lying that he’d told Anthony Albanese he was going to Hawaii, lying about his claim that the vaccine rollout “wasn’t a race”, and lying about harassment claims within Sky News when under pressure in relation to workplace issues in Parliament House.

The disgrace of his friend and mentor Brian Houston, a relationship both Morrison and Hillsong were once happy to promote, is another moment of political pressure that has once again prompted a prime ministerial lie — the most blatant one of all.

 

[Gronk]

Scott Morrison confirms he sought White House invite for Hillsong pastor Brian Houston

The prime minister has refused for months to answer questions from journalists and Labor, describing the story as ‘gossip’

www.theguardian.com

Tue 3 Mar 2020 17.29 AEDT

The prime minister, Scott Morrison, has finally confirmed that he asked the Trump administration to invite the Hillsong pastor Brian Houston to a state dinner at the White House, after refusing for months to answer the question and deriding the story as “gossip”.

Speaking on 2GB radio on Tuesday, Morrison said that he had known the Hillsong leader for “a long time” and had included his name on a list of potential guests that was ultimately decided by the White House.

“On that occasion, we put forward a number of names that included Brian, but not everybody whose names we put forward were invited,” Morrison said.

“I’ve known Brian for a long time and Hillsong church has a very big network of churches all across the United States, and the ministry, when it comes to the music and so many other things have been very big – it’s probably the single largest church organisation that is known in the United States.

 

[Gronk]

ABC News reported on Wednesday afternoon that Barty hadn't actually picked up Mr Morrison's call and that he left her a voicemail.

Scott Morrison savaged over detail in message to Ash Barty

Scott Morrison has been savaged by Australians for his congratulatory message to Ash Barty. Read more here.

au.sports.yahoo.com

 

[strider]

Why do the regulars in this thread not post about Labor party bullying stories? They've been quite prominant lately

 

[hindy111]

Why do the regulars in this thread not post about Labor party bullying stories? They've been quite prominant lately

 

[Gronk]

Why do the regulars in this thread not post about Labor party bullying stories? They've been quite prominant lately

Maybe you should instead of whinging ?

 

[Gronk]

 

[Gronk]

I confess that I have never understood carbon credits.

Australia’s carbon credit scheme ‘largely a sham’, says whistleblower who tried to rein it in

Prof Andrew Macintosh says the system, which gives credits for projects such as regrowing native forests after clearing, is ‘a fraud’ on taxpayers and consumers

www.theguardian.com

 

[Incorrect]

Maybe you should instead of whinging ?

FFS @strider

Stop whinging!!! Lol

 

[I'm a loser baby...]

Hillary spying on the Whitehouse didn't get a mention either. And now Hunter's laptop is MIA. Very odd.

 

[strider]

FFS @strider

Stop whinging!!! Lol

f**k my eyes!

 

[Bandwagon]

Why do the regulars in this thread not post about Labor party bullying stories? They've been quite prominant lately

It's overblown, the "prominence" is just more Murdoch shit, and it isn't the real story anyways, she was facing a challenge to her preselection, nothing new there, that's politics. It's a messy business

The real story is in why Shorten is pushing the narrative, oh so delicately, but pushing all the same.

Might have something to do with Federal Labor dealing with Vic factionalism, of which Bill is a prominent player, you might say the most prominent.

 

[strider]

It's overblown, the "prominence" is just more Murdoch shit, and it isn't the real story anyways, she was facing a challenge to her preselection, nothing new there, that's politics. It's a messy business

The real story is in why Shorten is pushing the narrative, oh so delicately, but pushing all the same.

Might have something to do with Federal Labor dealing with Vic factionalism, of which Bill is a prominent player, you might say the most prominent.

Oh yeah im sure theres more to the story.

But its not just murdoch. Nine/fairfax were running with it big time.

No surprises it got no mention here tho

 

[The Silverdale Phantom]

I see @strider’s point.

The “handbag hit-squad” seems to have morphed into “the mean girls.”

But I’m sure plenty of guys hated her guts too

She was hard working for the Israel lobby. The left are against it aren’t they?

They used to be.

 

[Gronk]

Oh yeah im sure theres more to the story.

But its not just murdoch. Nine/fairfax were running with it big time.

No surprises it got no mention here tho

No surprises that 9 weeks from an election that the other side to the lady who died by heart attack are finger pointing as if she died by suicide.

 

[Gary Gutful]

No surprises that 9 weeks from an election that the other side to the lady who died by heart attack are finger pointing as if she died by suicide.

...and no surprises that the ALP are being dirty disingenous f**kbags by shit bagging the other side for having a 'toxic' culture and then ignoring any of their own issues. Albo was poor on this when asked.

 

[The Silverdale Phantom]

...and no surprises that the ALP are being dirty disingenous f**kbags by shit bagging the other side for having a 'toxic' culture and then ignoring any of their own issues. Albo was poor on this when asked.

*unlikeable.

 

[Gary Gutful]

*unlikeable.

No, he's still a good bloke...for a South's fan. Just didn't handle this issue well.

Saying they are 'dirty, disingenous f**kbags' was probably unfair.

 

[the phantom menace]

No surprises it got no mention here tho

The Nikki Sava story on it in the SMH today (well, yesterday - as I'm five minutes late) is the one to read. Explains exactly why Kitching had been dropped out of the "tactics committee", for leaking/lying to LNP's Linda Reynolds.

Loyal Labor lieutenant? Why Kimberley Kitching had trust issues

Kimberley Kitching lost the trust of many on her own side. Video footage of her leaking information, that later turned out to be wrong, begins to tell us why.

www.smh.com.au