Polish crisis goes on, media stays silent
One of the pivotal events in contemporary European history seems to have largely bypassed Australia. The event is the constitutional crisis in Poland. Simply put: last week, Poland’s parliament lower and upper house passed three laws that would have given total control of the Supreme Court, and the appointment and firing of judges, to the government. A step to dictatorship. When the government’s intentions became known, massive anti-government protests took place throughout Poland and major capitals – nearly all attracting extensive international media coverage. But not in Australia. In fact, there was hardly any Australian newspaper coverage and limited exposure by theContinue reading