Day 20 cont

April 17: From twitter, former Aus law enforcement @strangerous10:

“Michael Sukkar (#Liberal, Opposition Housing) turns down (ABC730) Sarah Ferguson’s final offer to let public know how many houses he plans to build & can’t stop Clare O’Neil (#Labor Housing Minister) from correcting the record. Calls out the “absolute garbage” from Sukkar that #LNP built 13,000 homes, reveals it’s in fact about “350”#abc730”

#AusPol / #MichaelSukkar / #ClareONeil / #housing / #houses / #HousingEmergency <https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04-17/clare-oneil-and-michael-sukkar-go-head-to-head-in/105190548> source <https://x.com/strangerous10/status/1912823076439703715>

Day 20 cont

“Opposition defence spokesman #AndrewHastie and opposition foreign affairs spokesman #DavidColeman have accused the government of failing a “transparency test” and adopting “shifty and sneaky” language on whether it was aware of any request by #Moscow about basing aircraft in #Indonesia.”

Andy and James “art lover” Patterson rabbiting on about silly stories that have nothing to do with Intelligence.

#AusPol / #LNP / #Liberal / #Nationals / #propaganda / #slogans <https://archive.md/2mERC> / <https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/sneaky-shifty-coalition-claims-it-is-kept-in-the-dark-on-russia-and-indonesia-20250418-p5lspd.html>

Day 20 cont ️

“A video shared thousands of times on a Chinese (#CCP) #SocialMedia platform claiming a re-elected #Albanese government would adopt “the far-left agenda” of the #Greens and potentially seize vacant homes was created by a member of a #WeChat group campaigning for the Liberal party in a marginal Melbourne seat.

The six-minute video, narrated by a woman who refers to herself as #AuntieGuoer, also claims any minority Albanese government that might rely on the Greens would “crackdown on the #MiddleClass” and lead to the #decline of “traditional #SocialStructures”.”

I see this is happening in the seat of #Aston and past Liberal seat of a political favourite of mine, #TudgyFudge Given the subject matter I’d lay a bet this is the work of ex AFP Officer, #SandraBourke and #MatthewSheahan who now has removed all biographic links. Why?

#AusPol / #Advance / #propaganda / #extremism / #ForeignInterference / #CounterDemocratic / #LNP / #Liberal / #Nationals <https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/apr/18/mandarin-wechat-video-labor-greens-election-claims-made-by-member-of-aston-liberal-party-campaign-group-melbourne-ntwnfb> / <https://www.advanceaustralia.org.au/time-to-put-the-greens-last>

directly #related
https://mastodon.social/@Jinjirrie/114355997683464521 = #lnp

Day 20 ️

“spin-off of the US-based #CPAC – short for Conservative Political Action Conference – the #Sydney-based outfit described itself as a “values-based” organisation that “espouses the best of #Howard, #Reagan and #Thatcher while exploring new ideas and themes for the coming generations”.

Guests at the August event included #OneNation senator Pauline Hanson, Michelle Pearse, the CEO of the #AustralianChristianLobby, and broadcaster and soon-to-be alleged sex offender, #AlanJones.

Overseas talent included Jay Aeba, chairman of the Japanese Conservative Union and Heather Wilson, mother of six and co-founder of #GiveSendGo, a #Christian #crowdfunding network which has helped raise money for #NeoNazis and #AntiVaxxers”

“Then, in 2018, investment banker and long-time #ClimateConspiracist Maurice Newman, billionaire storage king Sam Kennard, and David Adler, of the #FarRight Australian Jewish Association (AJA), got together to form #AdvanceAustralia. Money was no problem: #HedgeFund manager and #Liberal Party donor Simon Fenwick tipped in $190,000; a further $400,000 came from Sydney #Establishment couple Rodney and Judith O’Neil, and the Taylor #winemaking family.

Advance pitched itself as a champion of the #SilentMajority – #HowardsBattlers 2.0. But its real concerns were better expressed by another early backer, #hotelier James Power, who was then engaged in a battle to prevent women from becoming members of #Brisbane’s #Tattersall’s Club.”

If you noticed a darker turn to the election this week, here’s a good explanation of the WHY and HOW. Also I see Tony got a new job.

#AusPol / #LNP / #Nationals / #Australia <https://archive.md/wY3Cn> / <https://theage.com.au/national/copied-the-maga-model-the-grassroots-lobby-group-funded-by-some-of-australia-s-richest-20250408-p5lq6k.html> (paywall)

Day 19 cont

“No foreign power has a military base in Indonesia, or permanent access to any of its domestic bases. #Indonesia has enshrined in its constitution a commitment to a “free and independent” foreign policy, which is premised on non-alignment.”

Ever been to Jakarta?

Down the main drag is a gigantic statue visible for kilometers as a reminder of Dutch liberation. I bet has never been to Indonesia.

#AusPol / #PeterDutton / #LNP / #Liberal / #Nationals / #Jakarta <https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/apr/17/russia-indonesia-airbase-putin-wider-ambitions-analysis>

Day 19 cont

“He (#PeterDutton) cites #DataCentres in the US where those #tech companies are having conversations with nuclear power providers:

The beauty of an #investment like #nuclear into the #Hunter region for example is you can attract the data centres which is exactly what is happening in the US. #Apple and #Oracle and #Microsoft, or these #companies are willing to spend tens of billions of dollars but they are only having conversations with #NuclearPower providers.”

#Straya gov cant #science or #compute, the LNP are garbage at business. Nuclear generation is #toxic. #Multinationals avoid tax.

#AusPol / #LNP / #Iberal / #Nationals / #Business / #AI / #ArtificialIntelligence <https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2025/apr/17/australia-election-2025-live-peter-dutton-anthony-albanese-coalition-labor-income-tax-cost-of-living-leaders-debate-ntwnfb?page=with%3Ablock-68006d1c8f08bcf9ff4832be#block-68006d1c8f08bcf9ff4832be>

Day 19 cont ️

“The #LiberalParty has accidentally left part of its email provider’s #subscriber details exposed, revealing the types of #data harvested by the party during the #election campaign.

This gives rare #insight into some of the specific kinds of data the party is keeping on voters, including whether they are “predicted Chinese”, “predicted Jewish”, a “strong Liberal” and other #PersonalInformation.”

#AusPol / #DataScience / #inference / #voters / #Liberal / #LNP / #Nationals <https://www.crikey.com.au/2025/04/17/victorian-liberals-data-exposed-email-mailchimp-federal-election-crikey/>

Day 19 cont

“I don’t know because I’m not a #scientist and I can’t tell you whether the #temperature has risen in Thargomindah because of #ClimateChange or the #WaterLevels are up.” — #PeterDutton

Obfusticate, deny, lie. It’s not a belief, the #ClimateEmergency can be observed, measured and modelled using … #Science.

#AusPol / #LNP / #Liberal / #Nationals <https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2025/apr/17/australia-election-2025-live-peter-dutton-anthony-albanese-coalition-labor-income-tax-cost-of-living-leaders-debate-ntwnfb?page=with%3Ablock-6800404e8f089c7bf64d6374#block-6800404e8f089c7bf64d6374>

Day 19 cont

“Documents have revealed #Liberal candidate for the seat of #Kooyong, who has campaigned on the rising cost of living, is a #beneficiary of a $20 million #FamilyTrust.

The documents were posted to social media by a volunteer for Ms #AmeliaHamer's main rival in the seat, incumbent teal MP Monique Ryan.”

#AusPol / #LNP / #Liberal / #Coalition / #wages <https://abc.net.au/news/2025-04-17/amelia-hamer-trust-fund-monique-ryan-kooyong/105185290>

Day 19

“Everyone should be paid a #FairWage for the #work they complete and it is time for the major parties to commit to this meaningful change for people with disability.

#People with #disability are being overlooked and left behind in the major party policy promises this election campaign.

… The answer to getting more people with disability into work is not to allow #CheapLabour, it’s to ensure we are funding #employment services that actually work, which allow people with disability to connect with work they find #meaningful and also gives them the opportunity to build their capacity to perform those roles.” — #DavidPocock

$3 an hour.

#AusPol / #Independent / #LNP / #Liberal / #Nationals / #Labor <https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2025/apr/17/australia-election-2025-live-peter-dutton-anthony-albanese-coalition-labor-income-tax-cost-of-living-leaders-debate-ntwnfb?page=with%3Ablock-68001d5c8f08bcf9ff48311e#block-68001d5c8f08bcf9ff48311e>

Day 18 cont

The #LNP has a candidate problem cont

“On March 5, #Yung admitted to falsely claiming he had raised $60,000 during an intimate dinner with #JohnHoward ahead of the 2019 state election. He did not specify how much was actually raised. Then revelations came out that the then-#Kogarah candidate engaged a *digital strategy firm* to undertake work potentially worth tens of thousands of dollars.

One month later, a leaked video of a speech Yung gave during a Lunar New Year celebration discredited previous efforts to distance himself from #XieXiongming, a #casino high roller linked to the #ChineseCommunistParty.”

#AusPol / #Liberal / #Nationals / #CPP / #SecurityRisk <https://archive.md/savad> / <https://www.theage.com.au/politics/federal/frantic-calls-party-concern-as-lib-candidate-under-spotlight-20250409-p5lqkx.html> (paywall)

Day 18 cont

“#DanielJones, who has served as a bodyguard to #FarRight figure #AviYemini, said on #SocialMedia on Wednesday that he had walked unchallenged into the hotel lobby before he confronted #Albanese and asked him questions about #immigration.

Jones, a self-proclaimed self-defence #expert, has previously posted online that people should “train to make it easy to be able to #kill”.”

Show me people who #ASIO and #ASIS take an interest in?

When the DG of the Intelligence services talks about foreign influence, this is what it looks like. What foreign country paid our proclaimed SME for this kind of political action?

#AusPol / #ForeignInfluence / #PoliticalInterference / #extremism / #propaganda / #LNP / #Labor <https://archive.md/IeE6w> / <https://www.theage.com.au/national/who-are-the-far-right-agitators-who-confronted-the-pm-in-a-hotel-lobby-20250416-p5ls5c.html> (PayWall)

Day 18 cont

“Dutton told host #PatriciaKarvelas (#ABCAustralia) that if “negotiations were taking place, then surely Australia would have been consulted”, and if not, that would have been a “catastrophic failure”.

Karvelas pushed Dutton on whether the president had announced this, or whether there were any public statements on the issue. Dutton said:

There’s commentary I have seen reported from the #Indonesian spokesperson. That’s obviously come from the administration. There are reports of negotiations or discussions that have taken place between Russia and Indonesia. Pushing again, #Karvelas asks, “Where have you seen the Indonesian president confirm this? Aren’t you verballing him? He hasn’t talked publicly about it”.

Dutton digs in:

There’s comment that’s come out of the administration, out of the #Prabowo administration ... Dutton says it a third time, that there are “public reports”:

There’s public reports in relation to the claim that’s been made. There’s been a lot of activity between #Russia and #China and #Indonesia, et cetera. That’s a matter of public record.”

If you can’t win and you have no foreign policy, make up about our political allies (Indonesia).

#AusPol / #PeterDutton / #propaganda / #slogans / #ForeignPolicy / #LNP / #Liberal / #Nationals <https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2025/apr/16/australia-election-2025-live-anthony-albanese-peter-dutton-coalition-labor-housing-cost-of-living-bandt-greens-ntwnfb?page=with%3Ablock-67fecd2e8f08bcf9ff482418#block-67fecd2e8f08bcf9ff482418>

Day 18 cont

April 13 “The rightwing #advocacy group #Advance has acknowledged it is paying for election materials attacking the #Greens to be used by third-party groups during the election campaign.

“Advance is working with hundreds of volunteers from dozens of community groups to defeat Greens candidates and we make no apology,” a spokesperson said.

The spokesperson said Advance did not fund groups directly but “we absolutely pay for anti-Greens campaign material to be at the disposal of volunteers”.

“This includes 2m #flyers and thousands of #TShirts and #corflutes. Again, we make *no apologies*.” — #MatthewSheahan

Is this also the work of Advance?

#AusPol / #extremism / #influence / #propaganda / #LNP / #Liberals / #Nationals <https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/apr/13/rightwing-lobby-group-advance-says-it-makes-no-apology-for-support-given-to-anti-greens-groups>

Day 18 cont

“#Labor and the Coalition (#LNP / #Liberal / #Nationals) are engaging in the most reckless election campaign in living memory, according to #economists who warn the major parties’ #policies will *inflate house prices*, damage the #budget and make the #TaxSystem worse.”

Worth reposting this observation.

A reminder this election a job interview and the winner(s) get(s) to do what they want. You pay for it.

#AusPol / #housing / #HousingEmergency <https://archive.md/LjcH0> / <https://www.afr.com/politics/federal/reckless-election-on-housing-tax-and-spending-20250411-p5lr5o> (paywall)

Day 18 cont

April 11: “Federal Opposition (#LNP / #Liberal / #Nationals) to scrap #emissions fines for #NewCars in #Australia if elected.

Car companies would no longer be #fined for selling too many #HighEmissions #vehicles in Australia if the Federal Opposition wins May 3's #election, it has been confirmed.”

#AusPol / #leadership / #PeterDutton / #ClimateEmergency <https://www.drive.com.au/news/federal-opposition-to-scrap-nves-fines-report/>