[SturgeonsLaw]

Yes, this is the key point that people are missing when they wonder why there isn't an uproar. Most Aussies don't have a clue what the government is really up to. The media here is complicit and extremely consolidated - essentially all commercial media companies are sympathetic towards a single (conservative) party, Murdoch's media is openly partisan and has a dominant market share, the public broadcaster has been gutted and the board stacked with LNP stooges. The end result is all media narratives in lock-step pushing a pro-LNP message.

The media boardrooms are a popular revolving door for politicians to get the post-politics payday, and the media has been known to give politicians favourable treatment when they want legislation in their interests to be passed. [0]

The whole time, the media is telling the public not to worry, everything is ok - unless a Labor government is in power, in which case the messaging is that the sky is falling, tax and debt is skyrocketing, and they want to steal pensioner's benefits.

[0] https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/28/business/dealbook/austral...