{"id":5797,"date":"2020-12-27T17:45:27","date_gmt":"2020-12-27T09:45:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dingo.news\/voice\/?p=5797"},"modified":"2024-08-06T02:37:59","modified_gmt":"2024-08-05T18:37:59","slug":"looking-behind-the-curtain-ronni-salt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dingo.news\/voice\/looking-behind-the-curtain-ronni-salt\/","title":{"rendered":"Looking behind the curtain – Ronni Salt"},"content":{"rendered":"

If I had a national newspaper column that allowed me to influence millions of readers and I viewed early results of a small survey that seemed . . . different to the political reality, I’d probably use my column to dissect why that is.<\/span><\/p>\n

I’d look behind the curtain.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Because here’s the thing; the 2020 Scanlon Survey on Social Cohesion has not been released in full, so the public can not see for themselves what the columnist is referring to.<\/span><\/p>\n

We are limited to their single interpretation of it.<\/span><\/p>\n

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And one person’s personal interpretation is always a danger.<\/span><\/p>\n

As are the results of 1 poll.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Scanlon Report is reasonably respectable but it is only 1 poll.<\/span><\/p>\n

It’s 1 survey that interviews just over 3,500<\/strong> people.<\/span><\/p>\n

It’s a snapshot, not a comprehensive view of all Australians.<\/span><\/p>\n

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So if we take these limited survey results in the Guardian article as gospel, that leaves an interesting challenge – how do we write about them in a manner that shows there’s very real reason for doubt?<\/span><\/p>\n

As a fantasy columnist I know what I’d do<\/span><\/p>\n

I’d use the survey to ask – why?<\/span><\/p>\n

Why is it when the current government has committed more sins, fakeries & corrupt acts than any government Australia has had that we have a public so seemingly oblivious to the fact the Morrison government is governing for themselves and not the survey respondents?<\/span><\/p>\n

How is that?<\/span><\/p>\n

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Bridget McKenzie\u2019s final list of \u2018sports rorts\u2019 sent after election called<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

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Could it be there is a fundamental flaw, a yawning chasm between the reality of the Morrison government and the way in which they market and present themselves?<\/span><\/p>\n

Is it also because the magician’s assistant in this theatrical Morrison act is the dancing, twirling media themselves?<\/span><\/p>\n

Add to this heady swirl of Morrison’s glitter and diffusion lights, the magic of social media and the profound influence of the Morrison government’s digital strategists.<\/span><\/p>\n

Nothing is real. Everything is as they say. Just look at the money they spend to tell you so.<\/span><\/p>\n

So the idea that in a Covid, post-truth, Trumpian, Cambridge Analytica world that a single survey, or even two, should be looked at in good faith, in a purely myopic way, is a disservice to a public thirsty for authenticity & analysis.<\/span><\/p>\n

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People are frightened, confused, scared.<\/span><\/p>\n

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“Trust” in our current fed govt is not what these respondents have.<\/span><\/p>\n

In a time of crisis, in a world they’ve never seen before, they’re hanging on to whatever tenets of democracy they have.<\/span><\/p>\n

It’s hope that they have.<\/span><\/p>\n

Trust is something the Morrison government expended long ago.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Coalition hides conflicts of interest of staff involved in $30m land purchase near Western Sydney airport<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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by Ronni Salt<\/p>\n

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Feature image – Large view<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

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Despite the turmoil of 2020, Australians’ trust in political leaders has surged. Can it last?<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

“State governments are perceived as better managing the health risk”<\/span><\/p>\n

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$1.1m of public money used to fund Liberal-linked market research sent to PM\u2019s office<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/h3>\n

The two Resolve Strategic contracts, valued at more than $1m, were executed by the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet and Treasury and were let by limited tender.<\/p>\n

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The real plot of this year is important people failing everyone else <\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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\nDave Milner<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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twitter: @DaveMilbo<\/span><\/i><\/a><\/p>\n

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Mates first policy: Scott Morrison’s No. 1 value is seeing the country rot from the head down<\/a><\/blockquote>