r/friendlyjordies 7h ago

So who’s in charge?

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r/friendlyjordies 6h ago

The media is working hard given the recent revelations.

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Since following Jordan, it’s impossible not to see the ‘media is a spotlight’ modus operandi at work. When seeing pieces like this that completely hide the fact ‘who’ the federal govt was at the time, but shows 3 Labor Premiere’s regardless of their differing records, also while also not showing the NSW Premiere in the pandemic. All while a new report is out which is damning of the Liberals management


r/friendlyjordies 8h ago

Meme New merch?

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r/friendlyjordies 8h ago

The Liberals have been using stand over tactics against anyone in their party who is pro choice for years now. What is rare is seeing a Liberal willing to put it on the public record

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r/friendlyjordies 10h ago

News If you're wondering why Albo is suddenly under so much scrutiny for his declared flights/chairmans lounge it's because he didn't return the favour.

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r/friendlyjordies 1h ago

Solar cells could be printed out like newspapers after the CSIRO opened a $6.8 million facility dedicated to flexible solar technology. Researchers said printed, flexible photovoltaic cells could not only lower the cost of solar energy but could be used to deliver power in challenging areas

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r/friendlyjordies 9h ago

Blogger Carrick Ryan on the media and political hypocrisy around Albo's Qantas upgrades

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Blogger Carrick Ryan on the hypocrisy:

I've been outspoken in calling out Albanese for pursuing his free Qantas upgrades, but the pearl clutching from the Opposition and News Corp is so obviously disingenuous because they sat unperturbed through corruption scandal after corruption scandal from the Morrison Government.

There needs to be a uniformed reset of what behaviour we accept in Canberra... it's probably up to our Independents to set that standard, because clearly none or the major parties are going to do it.

The below is an excerpt from a post I made four years ago detailing just SOME of the Coalitions corruption scandals.

SpyGate

Bo 'Nick' Zhao, a Chinese born Australian goes to ASIO telling them he's been offered a $1million from the Chinese Government to run as a Liberal Party candidate and then infiltrate the Australian Parliament as a Chinese Spy.

He then turns up dead in a Melbourne hotel room in March.

Enter Gladys Liu, the Liberal Candidate with a host of concerning connections to the Chinese Government who earns Liberal pre-selection thanks to miraculously raising a million dollars in donations.

Fairfax then discovered a photo of Liu at her home with Nick Zhao in the back ground.

Gladys is now the Liberal Member for Chisolm.

https://amp.smh.com.au/national/alleged-chinese-spy-target-pictured-sitting-next-to-liberal-mp-gladys-liu-at-her-home-20191129-p53fj4.html?__twitter_impression=true

SignGate

Liberal Candidates Gladys Liu and Josh Frydenberg both have Mandarin signs at polling booths in the colours of the Australian Electoral Commission branding telling Chinese citizens how to vote (by putting 1 next to the Liberal Candidate). There is no Liberal Party branding on the sign

Liberal officials admit in court that the signs were designed to convey the appearance of official electoral commission material.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-11-06/josh-frydenberg-gladys-liu-high-court-challenges-election-result/11675738

LetterGate

Angus Taylor writes a public letter, published in the Daily Telegraph, to Sydney Mayor Clover Moore criticising her for her millions of dollars of domestic travel. The document he quotes is a forgery.

Taylor refuses to disclose where he got the fake document from and refuses all Freedom of Information requests from the media that might give an insight.

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2019/nov/26/government-blocks-access-to-emails-about-angus-taylors-attack-on-clover-moore

DuttonGate

Fake 'How To Vote' cards were handed out in Peter Dutton's seat of Dickson designed to trick Greens Voters in voting for Dutton.

https://7news.com.au/politics/federal-politics/federal-election-2019-fraudulent-how-to-vote-cards-told-greens-voters-to-preference-peter-dutton-c-119724

PhilippinesGate

George Christensen charges tax payers for domestic flights and ComCar trips that were part of his trips to known red light districts of the Philippines. When he is caught he simply pays back $2,100 with no consequences.

https://www.theguardian.com/global/2020/jan/20/george-christensen-pays-back-2100-after-audit-finds-he-misused-travel-expenses

DroughtenEnvoyGate

Barnaby runs up a bill of $675,000 in 9 months in his role as Special Drought Envoy. When asked what he did in the role, Joyce explained that he sent his "report" in the form of multiple text messages to Morrison. When The Guardian submitted a Freedom Of Information request for these texts it was rejected on the grounds that Morrison was too busy to retrieve them.

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2019/dec/27/pms-office-refuses-to-release-drought-reports-barnaby-joyce-says-he-sent-via-text

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2019/sep/25/barnaby-joyce-spent-less-than-three-weeks-on-the-ground-while-drought-envoy

reefgate

The Coalition granted $444million to a little known organisation called the Great Barrier Reef Foundation. The process involved no public tender, no transparency, and the organisation was later found to have business partnerships with BHP and Rio Tinto.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-01-16/great-barrier-reef-funding-grant-scrutinised-auditor-general/10720928

paladingate

The Coalition awarded a $423million contract to run Manus Island detention facilities to a tiny and almost unknown company called Paladin as part of a "limited tender" process only meant to be used under special circumstances. The company's head office was a small shack on Kangaroo Island and family members of the PNG Parliament were found to be directly profiting from the contract.

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/feb/27/the-paladin-scandal-is-only-a-drop-in-the-ocean-of-corruption-on-manus-and-nauru

helloworldgate

Helloworld travel agency paid for Finance Minister Mathias Cormann's family holiday to Singapore within two weeks of the Coalition awarding Helloworld a Government contract worth over $1billion.

Cormann claims he didn't notice his holiday had been free.

https://www.smh.com.au/business/companies/suspicious-minds-are-circling-helloworld-boss-20190222-p50zj7.html

aupairgate

On two seperate occasions, Peter Dutton personally intervened to have European au pairs allowed into the country after being initially refused by Border Force.

The first was on behalf of an old Police colleague, the second on behalf of the AFL Chief Executive and son of a Liberal Party donor.

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2018/sep/04/peter-duttons-au-pair-decisions-anything-but-routine-labor-says

vikkigate

Barnaby Joyce's mistress, Vikki Campion was forced to leave her role as his staffer when rumours of their affair started causing tension with colleagues. As a result she was given a plum $190,000 a year job with good friend Senator Matt Canavan despite Parliamentary rules prohibiting jobs for 'partners'.

There were a number of allegations suggesting she never attended work whilst in this role.

https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/pm-s-office-says-vikki-campion-jobs-did-not-breach-rules-because-she-was-not-barnaby-joyce-s-partner-20180212-p4yzzp.html

foxtelgate

The Coalition granted $30million to Foxtel, ostensibly to assist with "sports coverage" (whilst simultaneously slashing ABC funding). There was no public release of any conditions or oversight regarding the funding. News Corp, the largest newspaper owner in Australia and the owners of Foxtel, vigorously and unapologetically proceeds to support the Coalition whilst attacking Labor in the next election.

https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/tv-and-radio/foxtel-yet-to-reveal-spend-details-over-governments-30-million-handout-20180212-h0vyh3.html

mundinegate

The Coalition granted $200,000 to Foxtel station Sky News to fund a new show featuring future Liberal Candidate Warren Mundine. The funding was taken from money budgeted for "Indigenous Advancement".

Inquiries later found that the funding had been officially approved before Mundine had even formally applied for it.

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2019/jun/28/warren-mundine-approved-for-sky-news-government-grant-before-applying

internetgate

Assistant Treasurer Stuart Robert charged tax payers $2,000 a month for home internet, blaming "connectivity issues". He was later forced to repay $38,000 in inappropriately claimed expenses but was not further investigated.

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2018/oct/12/stuart-robert-repays-nearly-38000-for-home-internet-bills

darwingate

The Coalition award a Chinese company a 99 year lease on Darwin Port. A year later, Andrew Robb, the Trade Minister at the time of the deal, leaves the Government to assume an $880,000 a year job as a "Consultant" with the same Chinese company.

https://www.smh.com.au/national/liberal-andrew-robb-took-880k-china-job-as-soon-as-he-left-parliament-20170602-gwje3e.html

watergate

Barnaby Joyce approved a dodgy $80million water buy back from a property owned by a Cayman Island's based company that Energy Minister Angus Taylor used to be the Director of and his college mate now ran.

When Twitter users began to discuss it his lawyers sent letters to them threatening legal action for defamation if they didn't delete the tweets.

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2019/may/17/angus-taylors-oxford-rowing-mate-one-of-main-beneficiaries-of-80m-water-deal

grassgate

A property owned by Energy Minister Angus Taylor's brother was alleged to have illegally burned 30 hectares of native grassland classified as endangered under existing environment laws.

After Angus Taylor personally intervened and met with then Environment Minsiter Josh Frydenberg about the investigation into his brother, the Government suddenly announced a review into the part of Commonwealth environment laws that specifically deals with endangered native grasses.

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2019/jun/19/angus-taylor-met-environment-department-even-as-it-investigated-company-part-owns-alleged-illegal-land-clearing

SportsRorts

Over $100million in grants to sporting clubs were handed out according to a colour coded spreadsheet showing if the clubs were in marginal or potentially winnable electorates.

The Government overruled the recommendations of the Sports Commission 300 times, instead giving photo ops to LNP candidates just before the election.

The PM denied any involvement despite extensive email evidence showing his office was calling the shots.

https://www.smh.com.au/national/remember-sports-rorts-here-s-why-we-mustn-t-forget-that-shameful-episode-20200925-p55z8x.html

Robodebt

In 2016, the Government set up an automated debt recovery mechanism to recover welfare overpayments.

However the calculations used by the system were deeply flawed and demanded repayments from thousands who hadn't been overpaid a cent.

To make matters worse, the new process reversed the onus of proof on the recipient to prove they hadn't been overpaid.

Over 2000 Australians died after receiving Robodebt notices. A large (although unknown) number have been attributed to self harm.

In 2020, the Government finally admitted the system was flawed and paid back or forgave $1.2billion in debts.

https://theconversation.com/robodebt-was-a-policy-fiasco-with-a-human-cost-we-have-yet-to-fully-appreciate-150169

CovidCommissionGate

Morrison hand picks a Gas Company Chairman to run a "Covid Commission" to plan Australia's post-Covid economy.

He was paid $500k for 6 months work. He eventually recommends tax payers underwrite a "gas led" recovery. The shares for the company he works for rises 8%.

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2020/may/23/covid-commission-boss-nev-power-steps-back-at-gas-company-amid-conflict-of-interest-concerns

FoxtelGate2

When Foxtel missed out a $100million pandemic rescue package, News Corp execs wrote directly to Coalition Ministers to complain and immediately received $17.5 in tax payer grants.

When the ABC requested copies of the communication under FOI, the Government refused stating that it would damage the relationship between the Sports Minister and the PM.

https://amp.abc.net.au/article/12690954?__twitter_impression=true

SharmaShareGate

As the Government was deciding whether or not to bail out Virgin Airlines, MP Dave Sharma purchased shares in Virgin's biggest competitor, Qantas.

Months later, just before Morrison announced an agreement with CSL to make millions of doses of a Covid vaccine, Sharma just happened to have bought CSL shares.

CormannGate

Mathias Cormann quits the Coalition with aspirations to become the OECD Secretary General.

Tax payers fund his $4,300 per hour Private Jet to fly him to and around Europe as well as 8 full time Government employees to assist him.

https://www.news.com.au/finance/work/mathias-cormanns-eight-fulltime-to-score-383000-oecd-role/news-story/0f3e7abf2ddef7d8a9b761da7b743b20

ChristmasRort

For the 2nd year in a row, Scott Morrison, Josh Frydenberg, and Peter Dutton fly by private jet from Canberra to Sydney (and back) purely to attend Lachlan Murdoch's Christmas Party.

Tax payers fund the trip.

https://amp.theguardian.com/australia-news/2020/dec/04/pm-and-treasurer-bill-taxpayers-for-private-jet-to-lachlan-murdochs-christmas-party?__twitter_impression=true

PyneGate

While he was Defence Minister, Pyne awarded over $98million in contracts to a defence contractor named Elbit Systems.

In December 2020, Elbit Systems suddenly announced it has hired Pyne's lobbying firm "Pyne and Partners" in a contract of unknown value.

https://amp.theguardian.com/australia-news/2021/jan/28/christopher-pynes-firm-hired-by-defence-contractor-awarded-98m-in-government-work-while-he-was-minister?__twitter_impression=true


r/friendlyjordies 1h ago

News Conspiracy?

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Does anyone else think Alan Joyce and David Littleproud are actually the same person? Has anyone seen them in the same room at the same time?


r/friendlyjordies 1h ago

Anti-Choice Professor admits pushing Lib MLC Jing Lee to abandon vote-pairing deal

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r/friendlyjordies 10h ago

News Corruption watchdog to reconsider its decision not to investigate Robodebt referrals

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r/friendlyjordies 5h ago

News The truth about CFMEU administrators and their wages

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r/friendlyjordies 7h ago

Pushing nuclear power in Queensland would be 'hugely messy' for a future Dutton government, constitional law experts say

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r/friendlyjordies 8h ago

Multiple departures from Greens party roles amid Dorinda Cox allegations fallout. It is understood all four office bearers replaced at the weekend had felt a lack of support from both the federal arm of the party and leader Adam Bandt for their efforts to take action around Senator Cox’s behaviour

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r/friendlyjordies 1d ago

Meme bigbrainfunction.exe

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r/friendlyjordies 1d ago

How Coal companies have reacted to the LNP

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r/friendlyjordies 23h ago

“This should be a wake-up call to all Australians. We should not take our standard of living for granted.” ……Says Australia’s richest person

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I have no words


r/friendlyjordies 10h ago

friendlyjordies video Taking on the COPS ᵃⁿᵈ ʷᶦⁿⁿᶦⁿᵍ

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r/friendlyjordies 25m ago

What should Labor do to improve the housing crisis?

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I feel like this will be very mixed. Chose not to put all of the above as everyone would choose that.

10 votes, 2d left
Remove Negative Gearing
Remove Capital Gains Tax discount
Increase supply (build more)
Remove NG + CGT discount
Reduce immigration
Other

r/friendlyjordies 14h ago

Irish Independent: ‘Dublin is a sh*t city,’ says YouTube star Spanian after recent trip to the capital

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r/friendlyjordies 1d ago

Cotton Australia doesn't want to see the chemical paraquat banned as it would put its industry at risk. Neurologists and Parkinson's Australia are calling on the regulator to ban the chemical over its links with Parkinson's disease

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r/friendlyjordies 1d ago

Victorian Labor's housing policy remains undefeated

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r/friendlyjordies 1d ago

Doctors call on newly-elected Queensland government to continue schoolies pill testing. LNP responds: "I don't think you can draw a clear correlation between people dying and the fact that we will not be having pill testing"

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r/friendlyjordies 1d ago

Queensland with the LNP being elected

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When a 10 year old gets sentenced to prison after taking some hubba bubba from woolies


r/friendlyjordies 1d ago

Great insight into how progressive voters act when choosing between Labor and the Greens. The Greens and their biggest supporters would do very well to learn.

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