David Marler

David Marler

Queensland reporter at No Fibs
David is a full time Queensland carer for his son and in quiet times contributes to NoFibs.
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Ongoing coverage of the Australian election campaign for 2016.

Part 9 of Australian election coverage 2016.

Table of contents
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Harsh Policy.
Fake Tradie.
Arrium lifeline.
Father of the internet.
Cash and poor.

The Qld Weekly - No Fibs

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(June 21, 2016) Day 45 – Harsh policy

Atrocity of detention regime

Malcolm Turnbull’s admissions on QandA

ABC QandA - Harsh policy: Malcolm Turnbull questioned by exiled journalist Bhrouz Boochani on Manus Is.

ABC QandA – Harsh policy: Malcolm Turnbull questioned by exiled journalist Bhrouz Boochani on Manus Is.

ABC QandA - Harsh policy: Malcolm Turnbull doesn't agree Nauru & Manus are concentration camps.

ABC QandA – Harsh policy: Malcolm Turnbull doesn’t agree Nauru & Manus are concentration camps.

Asylum seekers – ACA on Nauru

What happened to the ABCC?

Alice Workman reported, “The Australian Building and Construction Commission, aka the reason we are holding this early double dissolution election, has pretty much disappeared from the election campaign.”: Here’s proof no one is talking about the reason for the entire election.

Indi votes update – Sophie complains

Former Lib party member pleads guilty

Kennedy votes

Domestic violence pledge

ABC News 24 - Michaelia Cash pledges to reduce DV call waiting times from 17mins to 40secs.

ABC News 24 – Michaelia Cash pledges to reduce DV call waiting times from 17mins to 40secs.

Medicare wars

ABC News 24 - Medicare privatisation: Scott Morrison says tin hat stuff & conspiracy theories.

ABC News 24 – Medicare privatisation: Scott Morrison says tin hat stuff & conspiracy theories.

Liberal Party tradie found

https://twitter.com/drpiotrowski/status/745045510478692352

Independents labelled ‘ghouls’

Bill in Melbourne

ABC News 24 - Peter Helliar asks Bill Shorten if he could tell colleagues not to call him #FakeJourno

ABC News 24 – Peter Helliar asks Bill Shorten if he could tell colleagues not to call him #FakeJourno

Mal in Northern Territory

ABC News - Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull speaks at the Kenbi land claim ceremony.

ABC News – Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull speaks at the Kenbi land claim ceremony.

Australia’s NBN internet speeds fall

Cartoons

https://twitter.com/TalkingPicsABC/status/745140986620186625

https://twitter.com/TalkingPicsABC/status/745141209383854080

https://twitter.com/TalkingPicsABC/status/745142126686539776

https://twitter.com/TalkingPicsABC/status/745142458946752514

https://twitter.com/TalkingPicsABC/status/745142703940263938

https://twitter.com/TalkingPicsABC/status/745142988330831872

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(June 20, 2016) Day 44 – Fake Tradie

Little truth in political advertising

The Liberal Party’s new attack ad released on Sunday, “Labor’s war on the economy” featuring a builder, has been lampooned on social media using hashtag #faketradie.

Twitteratti claimed the protagonist was Andrew MacRae from Medina Inc. However, Mr MacRae stated on Twitter that he was not the person in the ad.

He also confirmed to Daniel Piotrowski and Rachel Eddie at Daily Mail Australia that he was not the man appearing in the ad and he did not perform the voice over work at the end.

The Liberal Party says the man in the ad is a real tradie telling the ABC, “The tradie is real, unlike Mr Shorten’s claims about Medicare.”

https://twitter.com/drpiotrowski/status/744744961225031682

Political parties employ actors in many ads and it’s rare when a real person appears.

However, it’s a timely reminder that there is no law to require political advertising to be true. The Advertising Standards Bureau of Australia states, “there is no legal requirement for the content of political advertising to be factually correct.”

https://twitter.com/vanbadham/status/744543269833498625

As for the impact of the ad, Deputy Political Editor at the Guardian, Katharine Murphy, commented, “But clever in this way: the ad explicitly references fatigue and disaffection in the electorate.”

ABC News - Real tradies comment on Liberal Party tradie ad.

ABC News – Real tradies comment on Liberal Party tradie ad.

ABC News 24 - "Australians can spot a fake when they see one": Bill Shorten on Fake Tradie.

ABC News 24 – “Australians can spot a fake when they see one”: Bill Shorten on Fake Tradie.

Newspoll 50pc two-party preferred

7 News - Malcolm Turnbull's cities of the future as Newspoll locked at 50pc.

7 News – Malcolm Turnbull’s cities of the future as Newspoll locked at 50pc.

Marriage equality plebiscite

Labor’s Christian Kunde quits Farrer

Pre-poll voters

Medicare privatisation plan may have gone to cabinet

9 News - Malcolm Turnbull again pledges not to privatise Medicare.

9 News – Malcolm Turnbull again pledges not to privatise Medicare.

ABC News - Malcolm Turnbull accuses Bill Shorten of lying over Medicare privatisation.

ABC News – Malcolm Turnbull accuses Bill Shorten of lying over Medicare privatisation.

ABC News 24 - Malcolm Turnbull says the plan to outsource Medicare never went to cabinet.

ABC News 24 – Malcolm Turnbull says the plan to outsource Medicare never went to cabinet.

Malcolm Turnbull has fixed the NBN

ABC News - Malcolm Turnbull has fixed the NBN, says Christopher Pyne.

ABC News – Malcolm Turnbull has fixed the NBN, says Christopher Pyne.

Christopher Pyne defends defence spending

ABC News - Journalist Eliza Borrello asks Christopher Pyne about the $90 billion on defence projects in South Australia.

ABC News – Journalist Eliza Borrello asks Christopher Pyne about the $90 billion on defence projects in South Australia.

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(June 19, 2016) Day 43 – Arrium lifeline

Money for Arrium

Three days after dismissing a Labor policy of loans for Arrium, Innovation Minister Christopher Pyne today committed the Coalition to a similar scheme. He’d previously told the media that the risk to jobs at the factory may have been overstated.

On Thursday, opposition leader Bill Shorten promised a $50 million bailout and a further $50 million in loans. Prime Minister Malcolm turnbull described the pledge as “un-business” like and “highly political”.

ABC News - Christopher Pyne against taxpayer funded bailout for Arrium.

ABC News – Christopher Pyne against taxpayer funded bailout for Arrium.

However, on Sunday, Mr Pyne confirmed that the Turnbull Government would commit a $50 million loan package to Arrium

ABC News 24 - Christopher Pyne commits Coalition to $50m loan to Arrium.

ABC News 24 – Christopher Pyne commits Coalition to $50m loan to Arrium.

Labor backs Brisbane Cross-River rail

ABC News - Bill Shorten has committed $800m for Brisbane's Cross River Rail.

ABC News – Bill Shorten has committed $800m for Brisbane’s Cross River Rail.

Guerilla street nannas

How to vote – Senate

Liberals rolling cash machine

Medicare

ABC News 24 - A hoarse Malcolm Turnbull declare Medicare will never be privatised.

ABC News 24 – A hoarse Malcolm Turnbull declare Medicare will never be privatised.

Labor launch

ABC News - Bill Shorten has declared the election a referendum on Medicare.

ABC News – Bill Shorten has declared the election a referendum on Medicare.

ABC News 24 - Bill Shorten honours Julia Gillard, Paul Keating & Bob Hawke at the Labor launch.

ABC News 24 – Bill Shorten honours Julia Gillard, Paul Keating & Bob Hawke at the Labor launch.

ABC News 24 - Bob Hawke in a moment of silent contemplation at the Labor launch.

ABC News 24 – Bob Hawke in a moment of silent contemplation at the Labor launch.

Printing company in liquidation

Who would Nick Xenophon vote for?

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(June 18, 2016) Day 42 – Father of the internet

Third Leaders’ debate (Facebook debate)

https://twitter.com/DavidSharaz/status/743716187947696129

https://twitter.com/DavidSharaz/status/743720965801025536

You can watch the whole online Leaders’ debate here:

Turnbull Govt ignores Treasury on negative gearing

Abbott was close to war on three continents

Cash promises

ABC News Qld - Cash for netball: Coalition pledges a new Firebirds netball stadium.

ABC News Qld – Cash for netball: Coalition pledges a new Firebirds netball stadium.

9 News Brisbane - Michaelia Cash has promised $10m for construction of a Brisbane netball stadium.

9 News Brisbane – Michaelia Cash has promised $10m for construction of a Brisbane netball stadium.

Stuart Robert associate John Chardon

Altercation in Solomon

  • James Oaten reported, “The federal member for Solomon Natasha Griggs has been accused of pushing the phone from the hands of a union campaigner and acting in a “hostile” and “aggressive” manner at a community event.”: CLP candidate Griggs in mobile phone incident with unionists.
ABC News - "Don't video me!": Turnbull Govt MP for Solomon Natasha Griggs attacks camera.

ABC News – “Don’t video me!”: Turnbull Govt MP for Solomon Natasha Griggs attacks camera.

Bill in Dobell

ABC News 24 - Bill Shorten campaigning in Dobell on preventative health.

ABC News 24 – Bill Shorten campaigning in Dobell on preventative health.

ABC News - Netball, hugs and the 3rd leaders' debate fallout.

ABC News – Netball, hugs and the 3rd leaders’ debate fallout.

Poll – Ipsos

  • Mark Kenny reported, “The nationwide survey, which put the opposition ahead at 51-49, has Mr Shorten also holding gains on his approval rating with the difference between the two aspirants staying at single figures at just 9 percentage points.”: Labor within striking distance.

Cartoons

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(June 17, 2016) Day 41 – Cash and poor

Michaelia’s travels

ABC Kitchen Cabinet - Cash and the poor: Michaelia says she knows how it is to have nothing.

ABC Kitchen Cabinet – Cash and the poor: Michaelia says she knows how it is to have nothing.

ABC Kitchen Cabinet - Michaelia Cash reveals the secret to her hairstyle.

ABC Kitchen Cabinet – Michaelia Cash reveals the secret to her hairstyle.

Stuart Robert gets aggressive

Bill in Hobart

Ten Eyewitness News - Bill Shorten unveils his practical plan for youth employment.

Ten Eyewitness News – Bill Shorten unveils his practical plan for youth employment.

ABC News 24 - Bill Shorten is pledging a six week training program for young people and then a six month placement with a full-time wage.

ABC News 24 – Bill Shorten is pledging a six week training program for young people and then a six month placement with a full-time wage.

George Brandis should be sacked

Plan for exciting times

Corangamite votes – Black spot roads program

ABC News 24 - Julie Bishop doesn't know to which electorates govt's "black spot" program applied.

ABC News 24 – Julie Bishop doesn’t know to which electorates govt’s “black spot” program applied.

Chris Uhlmann calls it for Coalition

ABC News - Chris Uhlmann runs through the marginal seats and predicts Labor will fall short by 10 seats.

ABC News – Chris Uhlmann runs through the marginal seats and predicts Labor will fall short by 10 seats.

Pre-polling numbers

Mal in Page

ABC News - Nuts, jobs & Medicare on the campaign trail.

ABC News – Nuts, jobs & Medicare on the campaign trail.

ABC News 24 - A wrap of the Turnbull camp from Alphadale .

ABC News 24 – A wrap of the Turnbull camp from Alphadale.

Courageous Chris Jermyn

ABC News 24 - Malcolm Turnbull says Chris Jermyn will be a strong voice in McEwen.

ABC News 24 – Malcolm Turnbull says Chris Jermyn will be a strong voice in McEwen.

Cartoons

-Ends

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