The last two years have seen unprecedented use of the word ‘unprecedented’ by Australian journalists. Conflating the limits of their personal memory with the fullness of human history has been wonderful fodder for their inclination to hyperbolise the unremarkable.
State premiers have been gleefully rubbing their hands together with the wonderful opportunity to accumulate and consolidate political power which is presented by the intersection of a hyperventilating media and a government-addicted population.
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