Morning everyone. While tanks, shells and mines are the tangible weapons of war in Ukraine, Australia’s military chief has warned that future wars could be won by the opponents of western democracies without even firing a shot. He says these countries could succeed if they “fracture and fragment’ western societies with disinformation spread by bots, troll farms and deepfakes, inducing “truth decay”. This plays into another story this morning about how the Indigenous voice no campaign is spreading unfounded claims about the voting process. We are also looking at new concerns about government use of consultants, and “Orwellian” censorship of the King’s coronation.
