Several times in the months since voters blatantly defied Rupert Murdoch’s direction to return the government of Scott Morrison, News Crap Australia has demonstrated its willingness to continue campaigning for the Liberal and National parties.

Not long after voters got it so very wrong and dared to elect a Labor Party government, new Opposition Leader Peter Dutton floated the idea of Australia adding nuclear power to its energy mix.

Did he do so in a genuine bid to start a sober and factual debate on all alternatives to fossil-fuel powered electricity generators or was it a knee-jerk reaction to losing office and a desire to throw a polarising issue onto the table to wedge Labor in the climate change debate?

Our MGH research teams have their own views on that and they also believe readers of The Bug will also know the answer.

But one thing is clear, on the nuclear issue Mr Dutton has – as usual – enjoyed the active support of the Coalition parties’ advertising agency of choice, News Crap Australia.

Further evidence of the Murdoch media’s handiwork on behalf of Mr Dutton and his nuclear campaign has been on show in the national broadshit The Australian in just the past few days. (below)

Given that a group of pro-nuclear scientists will present their case at an event in Canberra today, we’ll no doubt see more and more Liberal Party advertisements… sorry, we’ll no doubt see more news stories and commentary in News Crap Australia outlets right up to the next federal election

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It is difficult to fathom the commercial logic behind the nuclear push by News Crap Australia.

Surely, as our MGH researchers argue, young Australians are likely to be the strongest advocates of action to tackle climate change through the wider embrace of renewable energies.

They are also likely to be the last to support nuclear power with its long-term problems of waste storage and disposal and its ability to impact the health of individuals when things go wrong. Just think Chernobyl, Three Mile Island, and Fukushima.

So does News Crap Australia really believe it will attract the next generation of news consumers to its side by peddling the nuclear option?

Or does its obligation to the Coalition parties outweigh even the long-term size of its subscriber base?

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So, serial plagiarist Peter Gleeson has departed News Crap Australia and lost the platforms his columns and occasional 12-page wrap-arounds gave him in its various outlets and in the Sky News “after dark” line-up.

The news was announced late yesterday afternoon in the online version of The Courier-Mail. But there is not a word in the hard-copy version this morning.

Our MGH researchers recognise that hard-copy papers have almost dinosaur status these days, but they still think if The Courier-Mail was, as it has often claimed, a journal of record then a small space might have been found on its pages for the four-line announcement.

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Our MGH teams have included below a blast from the past from August 2020 for no other reason than to prove, if it needs proving, that people in glass houses etc……, pot calling the kettle etc…., or every dog has its day…., or maybe the wheel always turns…. Well, take your pick.