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David Marler

Queensland reporter at No Fibs
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Covering the Australian election campaign for 2016.

Part 5 of NoFibs Australian election coverage 2016

The Qld Weekly - No Fibs
Table of contents
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A State of Origin.
Business warfare.
Joe Hockey surfaces.
Women in sport.
Recognition and racism.
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(June 1, 2016) Day 25 – A State of Origin

Arthur Sinodinos on superannuation policy

Sky News - Take it up with the Treasurer: Arthur Sinodinos says superannuation not discussed.

Sky News – Take it up with the Treasurer: Arthur Sinodinos says superannuation not discussed.

Sky News: Consultation after election: Arthur Sinodinos indicates superannuation could change.

Sky News: Consultation after election: Arthur Sinodinos indicates superannuation could change.

Bring back Abbott

Cory Bernardi

Both leaders tour Brisbane

ABC News 24: Bill Shorten supports the Maroons ahead of State of Origin series.

ABC News 24: Bill Shorten supports the Maroons ahead of State of Origin series.

GDP growth figures

ABC News 24: More required than just a tax cut for big business. Chris Bowen on GDP figures.

ABC News 24: More required than just a tax cut for big business. Chris Bowen on GDP figures.

Company tax cuts

Fairwork Commission and penalty rates

ABC News 24: Fairwork Commission & penalty rates: Comment from Bill Shorten & Malcolm Turnbull.

ABC News 24: Fairwork Commission & penalty rates: Comment from Bill Shorten & Malcolm Turnbull.

Today’s gotcha

Julie Bishop on her superannuation gotcha

ABC News 24: Out to get me: Julie Bishop says Neil Mitchell was looking for a gotcha outcome.

ABC News 24: Out to get me: Julie Bishop says Neil Mitchell was looking for a gotcha outcome.

Cartoons

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(May 31, 2016) Day 24 – Business warfare

War on business

  • Annabel Hepworth and David Crowe reported, “Bill Shorten has lashed out at Labor stalwart Keith DeLacy over his criticism of the opposition’s anti-business agenda, mocking the former state treasurer as a company director who wants a tax cut, as business leaders called for an end to class-war politics.”: ALP ramps up its war on business.
ABC News 24: Malcolm Turnbull says Coalition struggling to reduce budget deficit due to Labor.and Bill Shorten is warring on business.

ABC News 24: Malcolm Turnbull says Coalition struggling to reduce budget deficit due to Labor.and Bill Shorten is warring on business.

The Australian: ALP Ramps Up Its War On Business, May 31, 2016.

The Australian: ALP Ramps Up Its War On Business, May 31, 2016.

Sex and Marijuana parties

Concetta Fierranvanti-Wells survives

Coalition cancer funding

9 News: Business warfare accusations & Malcolm Turnbull pledges $20m for kids cancer research.

9 News: Business warfare accusations & Malcolm Turnbull pledges $20m for kids cancer research.

Coalition of the environmental unwilling

Putting northern Australia fund to work

The Courier Mail - Travel Cheque, May 31, 2016.

The Courier Mail – Travel Cheque, May 31, 2016.

Chris Nelson kicked from Liberal Party

Julie Bishop on Liberal stroll

  • Richard Willingham reported, “It was clear, crisp and cold in Melbourne’s bayside Liberal heartland of Hampton where Ms Bishop engaged in some old-fashioned street-walk campaigning. Ms Bishop helped make coffee in a cafe, hung with a Fevola, visited a wine bar (although she did not drink) and talked fashion.”: Julie Bishop has a very Melbourne morning.

Today’s gotchas

ABC News 24: Neil Mitchell tells Julie Bishop she is wrong on her description of the transition to retirement scheme.

ABC News 24: Neil Mitchell tells Julie Bishop she is wrong on her description of the transition to retirement scheme.

Transition to retirement scheme changes

Ten News: Malcolm Turnbull says superannuation is an area of great complexity.

Ten News: Malcolm Turnbull says superannuation is an area of great complexity.

ABC News 24: Malcolm Turnbull outlines the transition to retirement scheme changes.

ABC News 24: Malcolm Turnbull outlines the transition to retirement scheme changes.

Growing pies, curing cancer

ABC News 24: Growing the pie - Malcolm Turnbull links curing childhood cancer to economic growth.

ABC News 24: Growing the pie – Malcolm Turnbull links curing childhood cancer to economic growth.

Coalmines

Damage control

The Sydney Morning Herald: Living On The Edge, May 31, 2016.

The Sydney Morning Herald: Living On The Edge, May 31, 2016.

ABC News: The battlefields of Qld & NSW - Where the leaders have been so far.

ABC News: The battlefields of Qld & NSW – Where the leaders have been so far.

Economic growth figures

12 week work experience

ABC News 24: 12 week work experience program: Scott Morrison & Michaelia Cash on PATH.

ABC News 24: 12 week work experience program: Scott Morrison & Michaelia Cash on PATH.

Holden closure in South Australia

Cartoons

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(May 30, 2016) Day 23 – Joe Hockey surfaces

The phantom journeys of Smokn’ Joe

FlashBack Michael Evans reported on May 20, 2016, “Who exactly is Russell Howarth? He’s best known as the man who made citizens arrests while campaigning against the UberX ride sharing service when it was setting up in 2014.”: Riot cop, anti Uber activist, Hockey’s driver, bankrupt: The many faces of Russell Howarth.

The Sydney Morning Herald - Was Joe Hockey Taken For A Ride, May 30, 2016.

The Sydney Morning Herald – Was Joe Hockey Taken For A Ride, May 30, 2016.

Women’s sport not interesting, says Leyonhjelm

Man charged after racist attack on Nova Peris

Antics in Dawson

Chas gets roughed up

The Chaser's Chas Licciardello confronts Malcolm Turnbull on the issue of trust.

The Chaser’s Chas Licciardello confronts Malcolm Turnbull on the issue of trust.

Liberal MP Craig Kelly hands out Abbott Government flyers

Conservative Liberal MP hands out flyers spruiking a 'government under Tony Abbott'.

Conservative Liberal MP hands out flyers spruiking a ‘government under Tony Abbott’.

Mal in Western Sydney

ABC News 24: Malcolm Turnbull asked why Fiona Scott is standing back from the microphones.

ABC News 24: Malcolm Turnbull asked why Fiona Scott is standing back from the microphones.

ABC News 24: Malcolm Turnbull meets Splinter the rat in a Western Sydney street walkabout.

ABC News 24: Malcolm Turnbull meets Splinter the rat in a Western Sydney street walkabout.

Battle for Indi

Sinodinos referred to privileges committee

Coalition governing with independents on table

Corals dead

ABC News 24: Great Barrier Reef: Nothing new other than what is in budget from Malcolm Turnbull.

ABC News 24: Great Barrier Reef – Nothing new other than what is in budget from Malcolm Turnbull.

ABC News: Qld Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has officially invited Pres Barack Obama to the Great Barrier Reef.

ABC News: Qld Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has officially invited Pres Barack Obama to the Great Barrier Reef.

Bill in Cairns

ABC News 25: Bill Shorten in Cairns makes Great Barrier Reef pledge of $500m over 5yrs.

ABC News 25: Bill Shorten in Cairns makes Great Barrier Reef pledge of $500m over 5yrs.

Political donations

The Conversation: Donations declared by major parties.

The Conversation: Donations declared by major parties.

Cartoons

https://twitter.com/firstdogonmoon/status/737110853133078533

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(May 29, 2016) Day 22 – Women in sport

Labor pledge for women

It’s rare to see women’s sport widely covered across the media. Rarer still to see it raised as an election issue. Labor has chanced its arm today by pledging funds for the national broadcaster to boost the viewing audience of women’s sport across Australia.

ABC News 24: Labor pledges to fund an extra 500 hours of women's sport if elected.

ABC News 24: Labor pledges to fund an extra 500 hours of women’s sport if elected.

Laura Geitz writes, "in a sneak peak of an exciting campaign we have been working on. Can't wait to share it with you all."

Laura Geitz writes, “a sneak peak of an exciting campaign we have been working on. Can’t wait to share it with you all.”

More environmental cover-ups

Leaders’ dead heat debate

ABC News 24: The leaders debate border protection.

ABC News 24: The leaders debate border protection.

https://twitter.com/mattliddy/status/737069660810534912

Shadowy figures

  • Gina McColl reported, “Top Liberal ministers raised more than $1 million in 2014-15 through shadowy entities with no reporting requirements, accountability to donors, codes of conduct or independent oversight, a Fairfax Media investigation has revealed.  Where the money came from is largely obscured. Only about a tenth of the $1,045,730 raised by ministers Kelly O’Dwyer and Josh Frydenberg and former ministers Andrew Robb and Kevin Andrews was contributed by disclosed donors.”: Political donations: new fears over shadowy Liberal fundraising groups.
Following the money. Liberal candidates and their trails.

Following the money. Liberal candidates and their trails.

Fighting the Medicare freeze

Today’s gotcha

The media has zoomed in on Shorten’s inability to name the captains of the Hockeyroos and Southern Stars. Perhaps it highlights the need for the policy for the ABC to provide more hours of women’s sport.

In 2014, former Prime Minister Tony Abbott famously mispronounced socceroos skipper Mile Jedinak as “Mike”.

From 2014 Sky News - Mile Jedinak pronounced as "Mike": PM Tony Abbott gets Socceroos skipper's name wrong.

From 2014 Sky News – Mile Jedinak pronounced as “Mike”: PM Tony Abbott gets Socceroos skipper’s name wrong.

More Chris Jermyn

Qld Labor coming for Christensen, Dutton

Cartoons

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(May 28, 2016) Day 21 – Recognition and racism

Entrenched racism

  • Fergus Hunter reported, “Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and Opposition Leader Bill Shorten have found a rare moment of unity on the campaign trail, agreeing that racism in Australia persists and there is more work to be done on reconciliation between Indigenous and non-Indigenous people. But just over an hour after the Prime Minister spoke, Finance Minister Mathias Cormann struck a different note, attacking the Opposition Leader’s “very negative” comments on entrenched racism.”: Malcolm Turnbull and Bill Shorten agree racism persists.
ABC News 24: Mathias Cormann says there is no intrenched racism in Australia.

ABC News 24: Mathias Cormann says there is no entrenched racism in Australia.

ABC News 24: Arrests made as two rival protesting groups clash on Sydney Rd, Coburg.

ABC News 24: Arrests made as two rival protesting groups clash on Sydney Rd, Coburg.

The long walk

ABC News: Turnbull-Shorten bipartisanship against racism not shared by Mathias Cormann.

ABC News: Turnbull-Shorten bipartisanship against racism not shared by Mathias Cormann.

9 News: Malcolm Turnbull & Bill Shorten take part in the Long Walk.

9 News: Malcolm Turnbull & Bill Shorten take part in the Long Walk.

https://twitter.com/LaurenGianoli/status/736442762673848320

https://twitter.com/LaurenGianoli/status/736460999465656320

NBN battles

The Chris Jermyn moment

AAP: Chris Jermyn says he wanted to hear what Bill Shorten had to say.

AAP: Chris Jermyn says he wanted to hear what Bill Shorten had to say.

AAP: Heated moment with Chris Jermyn supporter Bruce Lancashire and the media.

AAP: Heated moment with Chris Jermyn supporter Bruce Lancashire and the media.

Chasing Chris Jermyn: Media try to get answers from the Liberal candidate for McEwen.

Chasing Chris Jermyn: Media try to get answers from the Liberal candidate for McEwen.

ABC News 24: Lib candidate for McEwen Chris Jermyn ambushes Bill Shorten.

ABC News 24: Lib candidate for McEwen Chris Jermyn ambushes Bill Shorten.

Whittlesea Leader: Liberal candidate Chris Jermyn caught evading parking laws again.

Whittlesea Leader: Liberal candidate Chris Jermyn caught evading parking laws again.

-Ends

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