Displaying items by tag: Bernard Keane

Patriotism, they say, is the last refuge of a scoundrel. Judged that way, there seem to be a large number of scoundrels around within the Australia media and also the Canberra political elite.

The owner of X, Elon Musk, has been described as a "narcissistic cowboy" who thinks he can ignore the Australian Parliament, following his decision to go to court over videos of a Sydney stabbing incident that he was asked to take down.

It is curious in the extreme, that only one man, the hard-nosed Bernard Keane who writes for the news site Crikey, was able to tell the public the truth about the great defence announcement by Prime Minister Scott Morrison on Wednesday: it was all smoke and mirrors. Or if you prefer a more direct word: BS.