A great case study in how Australia’s right-wing media confect culture wars to get their base fired up about things that don’t really exist

Activists aren’t sitting around cooking up plans to rename states, and even if they are it’s not high on the list of priorities. It’s a manufactured attempt from news editors to distract from the main convo and sell papers by firing up their base.

Lots of variables, but it is interesting watching our friends in New Zealand have a relatively sane conversation about this stuff. The cultural and political power of News Corp on dominating the narrative here can’t be overstated.