Finally, ABC Pravda shunts Laura Tingle

Before exiting 7.30 report, she couldn't resist one more decadent immigration love-in with her favourite liars, sorry influencers, I mean experts. Albanese's huge 70% hike on the previous immigration record, so she fibbed, is not "that different".

Rizvi swore the Coalition - not Labor – was responsible for annual net-migration busting half a million. Even for ABC, what a whopper. Expect worse over 2025-31.

Then, Laura's post-election wrap welcomed Albanese's positive "social cohesion". Yeah, like rising inequality, fierce cost of living, huge immigration, all-time rental distress, and record housing unaffordability. With privileged inner-city Labor electorates (enclaves) that can preside over the masses elsewhere.

For obliging Laura-left media, it's not Labor being extremal but the Coalition – Trump, DOGE, culture wars, women problem, blah blah – while "royal" Albanese's election campaign was a "work of art". A simpler analysis is that he's been a smidgin lucky facing first a Morrison then a Dutton.

Instead of unrelenting attention to Albanese's habitual betrayals of voters, the Coalition placed a big outside bet upfront, on their contradictory and easy-to-criticise policy of nuclear-net-zero.

Laura's halo catches fire

Sure, she's a "highly respected" ABC journalist, among people of her own class and convergent groupthink. Laura-lovers seem astonished to learn, there's an army of us punters out there, not taking her stuff at face value. Remembering this rank hypocrite , before she switched horses, acknowledging Australia's heedless overpopulation.

Last year, when Laura was obliged to walk back the racism gaffe, her vetted statement implied, you're still racists.

After ABC botched the targeted Antoinette Lattouf sacking, Lattouf's barrister seized on the double standard. How come ABC celebrities like Tingle can be as partisan as they please?

ABC management blustered, that the gaffe was an "impartial statement based in fact". In crass translation, we've got your back Laura, but maybe there are limits.

In that same month, February, Laura quit the presidency of National Press Club, after four years wheeling in tame presenters fielding soft questions from indolent journalists.

The excuses offered up for the "star's" sudden departure were Election 2025 (unconvincing) and her role as ABC Board staff rep (unlikely). Post election, she's off to write new Laura-scriptures for global-affairs. Can't wait.

The atrophy of ABC

Take the Tingle out of the ABC News and TV equation, that still leaves a controlling "news" coterie whose egos swamp knowledge and insight.