The article should be pulled entirely, it's basically an ad for the life insurance industry. It took them over five hours to edit the article to reflect the interests of CALI's members, and it still does not quote an independent source on their claims.
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Tom Studans
The article was updated five hours after publication to add information identifying the report as self-interested lobbying propaganda, and some actual content from the report.
This means the ABC initially published an industry lobby press release largely unmolested.
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Tom Studans
Over 24 hours later, the article is still up, unaltered. The ABC is by now in receipt of questions for publication from one source.
I will continue to pursue every avenue of accountability—internally and publicly—until the article is retracted and the proper information published with apologies.
Tom Studans
I've written to their Ombudsman but unsurprisingly News are also in on this brainrot. I've also contacted ABC Media Watch and @aapfactcheck.bsky.social.
The only income support 'crisis' in this country is the criminally-low rates of our welfare payments.
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In which the ABC's national work reporter uncritically reports that sick leave entitlements are a form of income support equivalent to welfare payments.
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The number of people accessing income support payments has risen by two million in the past decade, with more Australians unable to work due to deteriorating mental and physical health.
The number of people accessing income support payments has risen by two million in the past decade, with more Australians unable to work due to deteriorating mental and physical health.
