Does no-one listen to Media Watch?
Meanwhile, a lesson for Media Watch: some papers pay no attention to us at all. A few weeks ago we highlighted a vicious little viral email that makes ludicrous claims about refugees’ welfare entitlements. Versions of it keep appearing on letters pages around the country. Read the story transcript for Viral emails in Queensland 1 from the 17th March, 2008 episode of Media Watch. But whaddya know? Over the last week or so there have been more letters, not in small regional papers, but in two of our leading dailies – Brisbane’s Courier Mail and The West Australian in Perth. Pensioners lose out to refugees The Federal Government apparently provides a single refugee with a monthly allowance of $1890 and each can get an additional $580 in social assistance for a total of $2470. A single pensioner who, after contributing to the growth and development of Australia for 40 to 50 years, receives only a maximum of $1012 in old age pension and guaranteed income supplement. Maybe our pensioners sho
