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☮ ♥ ♬ 🧑‍💻Day 33 cont 🗣️🇨🇳“Foreign Minister <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/PennyWong" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#PennyWong</a> (<a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Labor" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Labor</a>) is telling voters on <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Chinese" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Chinese</a> <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/SocialMedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#SocialMedia</a> apps that the <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Liberals" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Liberals</a> are questioning their <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/loyalty" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#loyalty</a> as both sides seek to exploit perceived links to <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Beijing" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Beijing</a> while continuing to court the <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/diaspora" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#diaspora</a> vote.Key marginal seats in <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/NSW" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#NSW</a> and <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Victoria" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Victoria</a> will likely be decided on the Chinese Australian vote, including the north Sydney seat of <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Bennelong" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Bennelong</a>, where a man who held a senior role in a Chinese government-linked influence association (<a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/CCP" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#CCP</a>) is leading a volunteer group for the Liberal candidate.Both claims show the difficulty political parties face as they try to win over Chinese Australian voters with a wide array of priorities, manage Australia’s <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/ComplexRelationship" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#ComplexRelationship</a> with its largest trading partner, and attack the other side over <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/NationalSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#NationalSecurity</a>.”Diversity in action.<a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/AusPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#AusPol</a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/LNP" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#LNP</a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Coalition" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Coalition</a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Nationals" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Nationals</a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/LiberalNationals" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#LiberalNationals</a> <<a href="https://archive.md/bglBZ" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no">https://archive.md/bglBZ</a>> / <<a href="https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/wong-weaponises-liberal-chinese-spies-gaffe-in-battle-for-vote-20250430-p5lvic.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no">https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/wong-weaponises-liberal-chinese-spies-gaffe-in-battle-for-vote-20250430-p5lvic.html</a>> (paywall)

☮ ♥ ♬ 🧑‍💻Day 30 cont 🤪⛪️🗳️“A separatist <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/ChristianSect" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#ChristianSect</a> which tells its members to hate the world and which objects to voting is campaigning for the <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Liberal" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Liberal</a> and <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Nationals" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Nationals</a> parties ahead of Saturday’s federal election. The <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/PlymouthBrethrenChristianChurch" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#PlymouthBrethrenChristianChurch</a>, formerly known as the <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/ExclusiveBrethren" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#ExclusiveBrethren</a>, has dispatched hundreds of its members to pre-polling booths in <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/MarginalSeats" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#MarginalSeats</a> while instructing them to keep secret that they are members of the controversial <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/religion" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#religion</a>.Workers in five marginal seats in Victoria and NSW told this masthead they had encountered 20 or more Brethren members wearing <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Liberal" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Liberal</a> or <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/National" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#National</a> campaign T-shirts handing out how-to-vote cards, some of whom identified themselves as members of the sect. The seats – <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Kooyong" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Kooyong</a>, <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Gorton" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Gorton</a>, <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Hawke" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Hawke</a>, <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Gilmore" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Gilmore</a> and <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Calare" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Calare</a> – are held by <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Labor" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Labor</a> or <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/independents" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#independents</a>.The accounts were backed by <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/LaborParty" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#LaborParty</a> campaign sources, speaking anonymously because they were not authorised to speak publicly, who claimed the Brethren members were active in seats in <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/NSW" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#NSW</a>, <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Victoria" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Victoria</a>, <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Queensland" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Queensland</a> and <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Tasmania" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Tasmania</a>, including <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Bennelong" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Bennelong</a>, <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Parramatta" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Parramatta</a>, <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Whitlam" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Whitlam</a>, <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Macquarie" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Macquarie</a>, <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Paterson" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Paterson</a>, <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Lyons" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Lyons</a>, <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Reid" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Reid</a> and <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Blair" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Blair</a>.”<a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/AusPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#AusPol</a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/extremism" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#extremism</a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/RightWing" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#RightWing</a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/LNP" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#LNP</a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Coalition" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Coalition</a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/voting" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#voting</a> <<a href="https://archive.md/osEeV" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no">https://archive.md/osEeV</a>> / <<a href="https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/exclusive-brethren-don-t-vote-but-are-secretly-campaigning-for-the-coalition-20250428-p5luny.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no">https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/exclusive-brethren-don-t-vote-but-are-secretly-campaigning-for-the-coalition-20250428-p5luny.html</a>> (paywall).

John AugustI've released my general commentary on <a href="https://aus.social/tags/bennelong" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bennelong</a> and politics at large leading up to the election - johnaugust.com.au/bennelong2025 <a href="https://aus.social/tags/auspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#auspol</a>

☮ ♥ ♬ 🧑‍💻Day 25 cont 💰💰💰💰🏇🏉⚽️🏟️“The <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Labor" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Labor</a> MP <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/JeromeLaxale" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#JeromeLaxale</a> has expressed his “disappointment” in the <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Albanese" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Albanese</a> government’s <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/failure" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#failure</a> to restrict <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/gambling" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#gambling</a> <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/ads" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#ads</a> and called on the party to “honour the legacy” of the late <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/PetaMurphy" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#PetaMurphy</a> if re-elected.Laxale, a left-faction MP who is trying to hold on to the ultra-marginal New South Wales seat of <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Bennelong" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Bennelong</a>, said he was “sick of seeing betting odds linked to live sport” and told <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/voters" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#voters</a> in his <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/electorate" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#electorate</a> there was “a strong <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/reform" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#reform</a> package coming”.The Albanese government has not taken changes to <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/gambling" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#gambling</a> <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/regulation" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#regulation</a> to this election and has faced sustained criticism from <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/PublicHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#PublicHealth</a> experts and political pressure for shelving plans to restrict gambling ads, in the face of opposition from <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/sporting" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#sporting</a> codes and <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/broadcasters" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#broadcasters</a>.”<a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/AusPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#AusPol</a> <<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/apr/22/labor-mp-jerome-laxale-albanese-gambling-ads" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no">https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/apr/22/labor-mp-jerome-laxale-albanese-gambling-ads</a>>

☮ ♥ ♬ 🧑‍💻Day 12 cont 💰🧧🇨🇳The <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Liberals" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Liberals</a> have a candidate problem continued: “Liberal <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/candidate" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#candidate</a> <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/ScottYung" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#ScottYung</a> and party officials have declined to answer detailed <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/questions" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#questions</a> about whether his use of <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Chinese" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Chinese</a> celebrities and a public relations firm in the 2019 <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/StateElection" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#StateElection</a> complied with official <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/guidelines" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#guidelines</a>, as the Liberal party confirms an <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/audit" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#audit</a> of campaign disclosures.A private dinner at a “luxurious venue” in <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Sydney" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Sydney</a> to raise <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/CampaignFunds" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#CampaignFunds</a> for Yung, featuring the former Liberal prime minister <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/TonyAbbott" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#TonyAbbott</a>, has also been cancelled without explanation.”…“Wishing the talented young Chinese Mr <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/RongSicheng" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#RongSicheng</a> [Scott Yung] has great success ahead and a boundless future! All the best! I’m <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/ZhangTielin" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#ZhangTielin</a> from <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Beijing" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Beijing</a>, <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/China" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#China</a>.”The cursed Liberal Christian name “Scott” strikes again. <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/AusPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#AusPol</a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/LNP" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#LNP</a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Bennelong" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Bennelong</a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Kogarah" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Kogarah</a> <<a href="https://theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/apr/10/nsw-electoral-commission-rules-disclosing-celebrity-endorsements-liberal-candidate-scott-yung-ntwnfb" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no">https://theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/apr/10/nsw-electoral-commission-rules-disclosing-celebrity-endorsements-liberal-candidate-scott-yung-ntwnfb</a>>

☮ ♥ ♬ 🧑‍💻Day five: Multi-cultural bullshit “Chinese language <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/influencers" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#influencers</a> who mostly post lifestyle content are interviewing election candidates on the social media app <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Rednote" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Rednote</a>, allowing politicians to bypass an apparent “shadow ban” on <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/campaigning" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#campaigning</a> by the app and reach a disengaged but vital audience.The interviews with influencers who usually post about food, real estate and shopping have been published on a platform that is not actively monitored by the Australian Electoral Commission due to Rednote’s scale and the commission’s resources.<a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/ScottYung" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#ScottYung</a>, the <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Liberal" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Liberal</a> candidate for the ultra-marginal Sydney seat of <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Bennelong" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Bennelong</a>, where almost one-third of residents have <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Chinese" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Chinese</a> ancestry, has featured in multiple interviews shared by <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Mandarin" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Mandarin</a> speaking influencers on Rednote in recent weeks.”I note Scotty (another Scotty) highlighted himself due to State campaigning irregularities in 2019. Johhny (War crimes) Howard is all over the <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Bennelong" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Bennelong</a> campaign. Howard, one step away from <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/CCP" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#CCP</a> influence campaign. Handy Andy Hastings will be in fits. This isn’t a “Chinese thing”, this is a “Politics thing” where a multicultural background is weaponised for candidates against the rest of Australian <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/voters" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#voters</a>. <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Spruiking" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Spruiking</a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/campaigning" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#campaigning</a> <<a href="https://theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/apr/02/candidates-using-influencers-to-bypass-shadow-ban-on-campaigning-by-chinese-social-media-app-rednote" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no">https://theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/apr/02/candidates-using-influencers-to-bypass-shadow-ban-on-campaigning-by-chinese-social-media-app-rednote</a>> / <<a href="https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/liberal-candidate-faces-more-questions-over-undisclosed-campaign-spending-20250331-p5lnxb.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no">https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/liberal-candidate-faces-more-questions-over-undisclosed-campaign-spending-20250331-p5lnxb.html</a>>

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