‘After years of moral posturing’, Peta Credlin says Australians are ‘starting to see through’ sanctimony such as misleading advertising, and ‘virtue signaling’ on issues like climate change. Credlin
Sky News host Peta Credlin says the top end of town fails to understand ‘just how little respect’ many Australians have for big business.
‘After years of moral posturing’, Ms Credlin says Australians are ‘starting to see through’ sanctimony such as misleading advertising, and ‘virtue signaling’ on issues like climate change. She says the banking royal commission ‘crystallised public anger', and went on to say the cost of living will be will be a key election battleground for 2019.
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