Greatest Failures

We draw upon the greatest failures of history to understand what makes a successful company...

[Greatest Failures @Greatest_Fails]

Imperialist, Laggard, Villain, Politicised…?

co-written by Stefanie Habersang (Leuphana University of Lüneburg, Germany), Jill Küberling-Jost (Technical University of Hamburg, Germany), and Markus Reihlen (Leuphana University of Lüneburg, Germany).

https://t.co/a8zq105LlZ

[le sociologue grincheux @OhHowByronic]

Spot on.

[Greatest Failures @Greatest_Fails]

@SaiKate108 Can Holly point to the coastline of Kooyong (which is in inner east of Melbourne)? Also, what does Holly think of the high voltage power lines that have traversed farmland in Gippsland since the 1920’s?

[Greatest Failures @Greatest_Fails]

@StudLeeMD @AlboMP @CatM848811 ✅ Medicare
✅ Floated dollar & reduced tariffs
✅ Superannuation
✅ Native title act
✅ Paid parental leave
✅ Racial discrimination act
✅ No fault divorce - people underestimate how powerful this was for women to leave oppressive marriages
✅ quotas for women in “safe” seats

[Never vote LNP. @LNPvoterfail]

If i was interviewed by someone constantly interrupting what I was saying, I'd stop and be silent for 15 seconds. Then ask the interviewer if they'd finished interrupting.
Repeat as necessary.
#insiders

[Greatest Failures @Greatest_Fails]

@TheGoatTax60 @Ryandally08 @smith_johnxxxx quite incredible that these “people”apparently based in Washington are so keen to influence Australian public policy - and as soon as you call out their sh!tfckery they block and disappear, almost as if their whole schtick is a sham… quite pathetic really

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@TheGoatTax60 @Ryandally08 @smith_johnxxxx You haven’t answered my question, and I have lived all over Australia and know more than you think

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@MRobertsQLD your own defector doesn’t even know what your policies are, Barnaby tripped, fell, walked backwards and then somersaulted while he tied himself in knots trying to explain their half baked idea about ownership of residential property, quite pathetic really

[Aaron Smith @aaronsmith]

Most One Nation voters don't care how insane the policy is.

But this is a ripper: the interview opens with a plan to evict 400,000 permanent residents and seize their homes for the govt.

So unhinged even Barnaby thought wtf and returned to do the interview again. All true👇

[Greatest Failures @Greatest_Fails]

Create the problem. Amplify the outrage. Poll the outrage. Then report the outrage as news.

And people wonder why trust in media keeps falling.

[Dirtyleftie @CraigSarg73]

So here’s a lesson in how parts of the Murdoch media machine work.

For those outside South Australia, some context.

For decades Adelaide’s major north-south transport corridor, South Road, has been a bottleneck. Successive governments talked about fixing it. The current Labor government is finally building the final section: a 10.5km tunnel system under the city.

To avoid demolishing heritage-listed buildings, schools, churches, pubs and thousands of homes, the project is being built underground. From day one, the government said it would be the most expensive infrastructure project in South Australian history.

Naturally, state debt has increased as construction ramps up. That’s what happens when you build a once-in-a-generation piece of infrastructure. The government has also repeatedly stated that debt levels are expected to stabilise once the project is completed.

Cue the predictable headlines: “Debt out of control”, “Labor spending spree”, “Burden on future generations”. The usual suspects piled in.

Then came the next angle.

The paper started floating the idea that the tunnel should be a toll road.

Never mind that South Australia hasn’t had a toll road since the 1850s. Never mind that the Premier has repeatedly ruled it out. Never mind that the Treasurer has repeatedly ruled it out.

A Facebook poll was launched asking whether the tunnel should be tolled to help deal with Labor’s spending.

Predictably, the comments exploded. “Labor planned this all along.” “Users should pay.” “Vote One Nation and this wouldn’t happen.”

The poll scraped out a narrow majority in favour of tolls.

The government responded exactly as it had before: there will be no toll. There was never going to be a toll. The road will be free to use. The project is on schedule.

So after running stories about debt, then stories about spending, then stories suggesting a toll road was needed, the paper found a new headline:

“Government out of touch with voters.”

Apparently the same toll road that the government never proposed, never planned and repeatedly rejected is now something the government is being criticised for not delivering.

Create the problem. Amplify the outrage. Poll the outrage. Then report the outrage as news.

And people wonder why trust in media keeps falling.

[Greatest Failures @Greatest_Fails]

@RichardLyon_ @GeoffreyLean says the “petroleum engineer and energy economist” so not conflicted at all!

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@TheGoatTax60 @Ryandally08 @smith_johnxxxx oh, so according to you it’s nothing to do with Capital Gains Tax? So why is everyone getting upset that NZ has a low CGT rate?

[Prof. Steve Keen @ProfSteveKeen]

This is extremely important. Later this year the world will suffer two simultaneous disasters: the collateral damage of Trump and Netanyahu’s stupid war, and the biggest El Niño ever.

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@Ryandally08 @smith_johnxxxx @TheGoatTax60 if that’s the case, why are New Zealanders moving to Australia in record numbers?

[Simon Banks @SimonBanksHB]

"New Zealanders Are Moving to Australia in Record Numbers"

https://t.co/HACYYAUQA4

[Greatest Failures @Greatest_Fails]

@ArrowInvestor yeh, so good eh? Yet New Zealanders are moving to Australia in record numbers

[Simon Banks @SimonBanksHB]

"New Zealanders Are Moving to Australia in Record Numbers"

https://t.co/HACYYAUQA4

[Politic@l Spinner. @lesstenny]

#AUSPOL Albo looks like he could become Labor's longest PM thanks to One Nation
https://t.co/DadBxBoDwC

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@jmil400 Liberal One National Party reheating Thatcher quotes from the 1970’s, meanwhile Labor have kept the national debt below $1T and are evening the playing field for wage earners #Auspol

[The Shovel @TheShovel]

Man Simultaneously Furious About Government Causing House Prices To Fall and Immigrants Causing House Prices To Rise

https://t.co/38wwHhsa3K

[Josh Butler @JoshButler]

Barnaby Joyce and now senator Sean Bell have struggled to explain One Nation's housing policy to force non-residents to divest their property

Bell was cut off mid-interview on 2GB, the host calling it a "trainwreck" when he couldn't explain the policy
https://t.co/56OaNwoBdY

[Stephen Koukoulas @TheKouk]

Govt debt is remarkably well contained.
Gross debt: $975.3b
Govt will borrow $3.0b next week.
There are $7.0b of T Notes maturing next week
Looks like the 25-26 budget deficit is running much lower than forecast in the budget

[Greatest Failures @Greatest_Fails]

@EVCurveFuturist and absolutely essential as coal is retired and renewables take over