{"id":6330,"date":"2021-03-04T21:42:45","date_gmt":"2021-03-04T13:42:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dingo.news\/voice\/?p=6330"},"modified":"2021-10-08T00:37:04","modified_gmt":"2021-10-07T16:37:04","slug":"the-reasons-behind-a-pms-strong-reaction-to-strawberry-abuse-and-his-non-reaction-to-rape-allegations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dingo.news\/voice\/the-reasons-behind-a-pms-strong-reaction-to-strawberry-abuse-and-his-non-reaction-to-rape-allegations\/","title":{"rendered":"The reasons behind a PM&#8217;s strong reaction to strawberry abuse and his non-reaction to rape allegations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Remember how quickly Scott Morrison leapt into action with the <span style=\"color: #800000;\"><a style=\"color: #800000;\" title=\"Wikipedia\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2018_Australian_strawberry_contamination\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Needles In Strawberries<\/a><\/span>?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Many commentators were curious about the Morrison Government&#8217;s swift call to action &#8211; especially given their current refusal to investigate a serious rape claim. <\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Twitter thread\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RonniSalt\/status\/1367373668200767488\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-45 alignleft lazyloaded\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dingo.news\/voice\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/twitter-a.jpg?resize=50%2C50&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" data-src=\"https:\/\/dingo.news\/voice\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/twitter-a.jpg\" width=\"50\" height=\"50\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Twitter link\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RonniSalt\/status\/1367373668200767488\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #993300;\">Thread<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><div class=\"ose-x ose-uid-83eb6363068644b8c988e3c02afbabc1 ose-embedpress-responsive\" style=\"width:600px; height:550px; max-height:550px; max-width:100%; display:inline-block;\" data-embed-type=\"Twitter\"><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"600\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Sabotaging our strawberries is sabotaging our farmers. It\u2019s not right. It\u2019s not on. It&#39;s a crime. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/2B9TTg9JOf\">pic.twitter.com\/2B9TTg9JOf<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Hon. Scott Morrison AC (@ScoMo30) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ScoMo30\/status\/1042280700697706496?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 19, 2018<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Well a funny thing happened on the way to the strawberry farm back in 2017.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">One of Australia&#8217;s largest strawberry producers was sold.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">The name?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Sunny Ridge.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">They produce more than $40 million of strawberries a year.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Sunny Ridge&#8217;s farms see 500,000 tourists through annually.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Click for Larger View\" href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dingo.news\/voice\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Weekly-Times-sale-496x1024.jpg?ssl=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-6331 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dingo.news\/voice\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Weekly-Times-sale.jpg?resize=496%2C1024&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"496\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dingo.news\/voice\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Weekly-Times-sale.jpg?resize=496%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 496w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dingo.news\/voice\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Weekly-Times-sale.jpg?resize=145%2C300&amp;ssl=1 145w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dingo.news\/voice\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Weekly-Times-sale.jpg?w=595&amp;ssl=1 595w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 496px) 100vw, 496px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Click for Larger View\" href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dingo.news\/voice\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Weekly-Times-sale2.jpg?ssl=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-6333\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dingo.news\/voice\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Weekly-Times-sale2.jpg?resize=554%2C684&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"554\" height=\"684\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dingo.news\/voice\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Weekly-Times-sale2.jpg?w=688&amp;ssl=1 688w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dingo.news\/voice\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Weekly-Times-sale2.jpg?resize=243%2C300&amp;ssl=1 243w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 554px) 100vw, 554px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">But before all of that, a little known company called Waratah Group Pty Ltd had established themselves firmly in Australia.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">And also established themselves very firmly with the Liberal party.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Click for Larger View\" href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dingo.news\/voice\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Waratah-1-1024x961.jpg?ssl=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-6335 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dingo.news\/voice\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Waratah-1.jpg?resize=640%2C601&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"601\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dingo.news\/voice\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Waratah-1.jpg?resize=1024%2C961&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dingo.news\/voice\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Waratah-1.jpg?resize=300%2C282&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dingo.news\/voice\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Waratah-1.jpg?resize=768%2C721&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dingo.news\/voice\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Waratah-1.jpg?w=1143&amp;ssl=1 1143w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Click for Larger View\" href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dingo.news\/voice\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Waratah-2-932x1024.jpg?ssl=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-6336\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dingo.news\/voice\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Waratah-2.jpg?resize=640%2C703&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"703\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dingo.news\/voice\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Waratah-2.jpg?resize=932%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 932w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dingo.news\/voice\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Waratah-2.jpg?resize=273%2C300&amp;ssl=1 273w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dingo.news\/voice\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Waratah-2.jpg?resize=768%2C844&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dingo.news\/voice\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Waratah-2.jpg?w=1092&amp;ssl=1 1092w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Such is the Waratah Groups strong and admirable connection to the Liberal party, that they have not only hosted fund raisers and dinners and friendship nights with the Liberal party over the years &#8211; they have also been very generous donors.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Only to the Liberal party.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Very generous. <\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Click for Larger View\" href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dingo.news\/voice\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Donations-Waratah-1024x677.jpg?ssl=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-6342\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dingo.news\/voice\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Donations-Waratah.jpg?resize=640%2C423&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"423\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dingo.news\/voice\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Donations-Waratah.jpg?resize=1024%2C677&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dingo.news\/voice\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Donations-Waratah.jpg?resize=300%2C198&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dingo.news\/voice\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Donations-Waratah.jpg?resize=768%2C508&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dingo.news\/voice\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Donations-Waratah.jpg?w=1200&amp;ssl=1 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">How does this connect to Sunny Ridge farms, Australia&#8217;s largest strawberry producers?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Because you will never guess who bought Sunny Ridge Australia&#8217;s largest strawberry producers back in 2017.<br \/>\n<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">The purchaser became the owner of one of Australia&#8217;s largest strawberry operations as well as being one of the Liberal party&#8217;s largest donors.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Yes, the Waratah Group are the owners of Sunny Ridge, the producers of millions of dollars of strawberries and berries every year. <\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Click for Larger View\" href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dingo.news\/voice\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Waratah-now-own-Sunny-Ridge-1024x901.jpg?ssl=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-6344\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dingo.news\/voice\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Waratah-now-own-Sunny-Ridge.jpg?resize=640%2C563&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"563\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dingo.news\/voice\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Waratah-now-own-Sunny-Ridge.jpg?resize=1024%2C901&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dingo.news\/voice\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Waratah-now-own-Sunny-Ridge.jpg?resize=300%2C264&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dingo.news\/voice\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Waratah-now-own-Sunny-Ridge.jpg?resize=768%2C676&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dingo.news\/voice\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Waratah-now-own-Sunny-Ridge.jpg?w=1200&amp;ssl=1 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Cast your mind back to 2018 and Scott Morrison&#8217;s amazing speed in producing legislation and media and public pronouncements over the Great Strawberry Fiasco.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">He can move faster than a speeding spittoon about a strawberry.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">But <a title=\"How rape allegations have rocked Australian politics\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-australia-56178290\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">serious rape allegations<\/span><\/a> may just take a little longer. <\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Click for Larger View\" href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dingo.news\/voice\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/no-inquiry-for-rapist-655x1024.jpg?ssl=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6346 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dingo.news\/voice\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/no-inquiry-for-rapist.jpg?resize=498%2C779&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"498\" height=\"779\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dingo.news\/voice\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/no-inquiry-for-rapist.jpg?resize=655%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 655w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dingo.news\/voice\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/no-inquiry-for-rapist.jpg?resize=192%2C300&amp;ssl=1 192w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dingo.news\/voice\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/no-inquiry-for-rapist.jpg?w=765&amp;ssl=1 765w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 498px) 100vw, 498px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #993300;\"><a title=\"Click for Larger View\" href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dingo.news\/voice\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Strawberry-Statement-652x1024.jpg?ssl=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-6347\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dingo.news\/voice\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Strawberry-Statement.jpg?resize=502%2C788&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"502\" height=\"788\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dingo.news\/voice\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Strawberry-Statement.jpg?resize=652%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 652w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dingo.news\/voice\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Strawberry-Statement.jpg?resize=191%2C300&amp;ssl=1 191w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dingo.news\/voice\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Strawberry-Statement.jpg?w=753&amp;ssl=1 753w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 502px) 100vw, 502px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #993300;\"><a style=\"color: #993300;\" title=\"Source\" href=\"https:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/news\/2021-03-04\/scott-morrison-inquiry-rape-allegation-denied-christian-porter\/13214832\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Scott-Morrison-inquiry-rape-allegation-denied-Christian-Porter<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><a style=\"color: #008000;\" title=\"Source\" href=\"https:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/news\/2018-09-19\/strawberry-needle-scare-new-penalties\/10281838\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Strawberry-needle-scare-new-penalties<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">~ This thread was produced in conjunction with <span style=\"color: #003366;\"><a style=\"color: #003366;\" title=\"Jommy Tee\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jommy_tee\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">@jommy_tee<\/span><\/a><\/span>, Australia&#8217;s best researcher ~<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RonniSalt\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">by Ronni Salt<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Ronni Salt\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RonniSalt\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-5550 alignleft lazyloaded\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dingo.news\/voice\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/ronni-salt-o.jpg?resize=176%2C175&#038;ssl=1\" sizes=\"(max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dingo.news\/voice\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/ronni-salt-o.jpg 240w, https:\/\/dingo.news\/voice\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/ronni-salt-o-150x150.jpg 150w\" alt=\"\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/dingo.news\/voice\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/ronni-salt-o.jpg 240w, https:\/\/dingo.news\/voice\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/ronni-salt-o-150x150.jpg 150w\" data-src=\"https:\/\/dingo.news\/voice\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/ronni-salt-o.jpg\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" width=\"176\" height=\"175\"><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Remember how quickly Scott Morrison leapt into action with the Needles In Strawberries? Many commentators were curious about the Morrison Government&#8217;s swift call to action &#8211; especially given their current refusal to investigate a serious rape claim. &nbsp; Thread Sabotaging our strawberries is sabotaging our farmers. It\u2019s not right. It\u2019s not on. It&#39;s a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":6361,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[476,135,301,112,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6330","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-articles-by-ronni-salt-jommy-tee","category-australias-move-to-the-right","category-corruption","category-domestic-violence","category-political-issues"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dingo.news\/voice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6330","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dingo.news\/voice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dingo.news\/voice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dingo.news\/voice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dingo.news\/voice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6330"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dingo.news\/voice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6330\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dingo.news\/voice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6361"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dingo.news\/voice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6330"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dingo.news\/voice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6330"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dingo.news\/voice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6330"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}