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 I suddenly realised that "keelhauled" is not just a made up pirate word... and is actually a lite... 
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Tied and dragged around the keel across the barnacles on the bottom of the boat isn't it? 
 Biggest gift Andrews left his successor is the Victorian Liberal Party - batshit crazy critters #stringst 
 Never posted this, but went into journalism believing in journalism

Got a slightly shitty gig, but Barry Carridy's arse shone the chair I sat in. That felt good. Until I started doing journalism

Turns out the local aged care unit had the lowest rate of COVID vaccination in Victoria, circa 2021, smack bang in the middle of a plague. Kind of a big deal

So I wrote it up, nothing but federal health data and a big ball of that's regrettable

Advertising went nuts. Publishing went nuts. Turns out the hospital who ran the aged-care unit were huge spenders and it would be 'regrettable' to publish such stats

Not being one to back down or take any kind of shit from marketing, ran it up the flag poll to the owner I was certain would back a solid data-yarn. 

They did not, waving a wand over 'considerations'. Was ordered to run all future copy past said advertiser

The advertiser. That demonstratively risked the life of every elderly patient in their care

/endmediacareer