Melissa Coade @Coadem
Journalist | Lawyer. Views my own. Writes for public sector and government news site @TheMandarinAu. https://t.co/L4WkyU2kIF bit.ly/3LbR1qA Canberra, ACT Joined July 2009-
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@MadgwickKath I'm so sorry you were caught in that cross-fire. Totally unnecessary and undeserved. *Hugs*
I am proud of my balanced coverage of this govt scandal & I credit Asher for her work leading the fight for victims. I think there should be space for dispassionate conversation about disagreements in any public discourse. Apparently that doesn't happen on X anymore.
@Asher_Wolf blocked me for (Who knows what exactly - Disagreeing with them? Defending my choice of words? Trying to understand the nature of their complaint?) over my robodebt reporting.
@Asher_Wolf blocked me for (Who knows what exactly - Disagreeing with them? Defending my choice of words? Trying to understand the nature of their complaint?) over my robodebt reporting.
@Asher_Wolf Asher -- No fear, no favour. I'm polite and balanced fourth estate. I will keep asking questions of people in power. But my role is not activist crusader. Always happy to hear from you offline if you'd like to continue discussing more.
@Asher_Wolf Here's my email. Happy to discuss more if you like: [email protected]
@Asher_Wolf Would you prefer there was no royal commission? No contemporary discourse about how to right the ship? If we cannot hope for more or better, what's the point?
@Asher_Wolf Worth acknowledging those who did something (anything). While the bar is this low it is better than nothing. The robodebt story has degrees of rot. IMO a lot of inertia and moral grey helped perpetuate & cover it up. You don't have to agree w/ that - denying it is a disservice.
@Asher_Wolf I continue to put Qs about robodebt to senior members of the federal government and kept this issue at the front of their minds/public discourse. It's a tiny part in such a bigger whole that many of you kicked off of but I am not some sloppy reporter disinterested in accuracy.
@Asher_Wolf Thanks for reading some of my work but I think it's best to consider the output of an online daily journalist in totality. The sum of my coverage is very fair and doesn't pull any punches:
@Asher_Wolf Hi there Asher - sorry for late reply, I am not so good with this new 'X' platform - take your point but in this case I think I was referring to early agitator in political terms. Is there another MP who we should be lauding for sending this problem up the political flagpole?
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Great coverage of John Brumby book launch from @Coadem in @TheMandarinAU. Ideas to take the heat out of Parliament, encourage collaboration. themandarin.com.au/256733-public-…
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Thanks @Coadem @TheMandarinAU for writing about the launch of ‘A Better Australia’ @MUPublishing @SDHamiltonVIC @UniMelb #MUP #ABetterAustralia themandarin.com.au/256733-public-…
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Journalist and author Rick Morton’s fourth book, ‘Mean streak’, has been released. But publishing his story about the robodebt saga – a masterclass in institutional harm against the public – hasn't shed the weight of the truth. themandarin.com.au/279568-robodeb…
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