{"id":32347,"date":"2016-05-08T10:33:47","date_gmt":"2016-05-08T00:33:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nofibs.com.au\/?p=32347"},"modified":"2022-05-02T11:12:38","modified_gmt":"2022-05-02T01:12:38","slug":"pt-1-australian-election-blog-2016-qldaah-ausvotes-auspol-qldpol","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.nofibs.com.au\/pt-1-australian-election-blog-2016-qldaah-ausvotes-auspol-qldpol\/","title":{"rendered":"Pt 1 – Australian election blog 2016: @Qldaah #ausvotes #auspol #qldpol"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"The<\/a><\/h6>\n
Blog along as we cover the long Australian election campaign for 2016.<\/h6>\n

\"Part<\/p>\n

Table of contents<\/h6>\n
Jump to comments section.<\/a><\/h6>\n
Mal’s Panama Papers.<\/a><\/h6>\n
Saving Albo.<\/a><\/h6>\n
Pies and Toast.<\/a><\/h6>\n
Battleground Queensland.<\/a><\/h6>\n
To the Governor General.<\/a><\/h6>\n
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(May 12, 2016) Day 5 – Mal’s Panama Papers<\/h2>\n

Siberian gold mines and Mossack Fonseca<\/h4>\n
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  • Elise Worthington<\/a> reported, “Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has denied any wrongdoing after his name was found in the massive Panama Papers database.”:\u00a0Malcolm Turnbull denies any wrongdoing after being listed in Panama Papers.<\/a><\/li>\n
  • The Sydney Morning Herald<\/em> reported, “Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull was once a director of an offshore company set up by Mossack Fonseca, data from the Panama Papers shows.”:\u00a0Panama Papers: Malcolm Turnbull named.<\/a><\/li>\n
  • Neil Chenoweth<\/a> reported, “Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull is named in the Panama Papers as a former director of a British Virgin Islands company set up and administered by law firm Mossack Fonseca to exploit a Siberian gold prospect.”:\u00a0Malcolm Turnbull named in Panama Papers.<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
    \"ABC<\/a>

    ABC News 24: Malcolm Turnbull asked about being named in Panama Papers.<\/p><\/div>\n

    Sniper Peta Credlin<\/h4>\n
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    • Mark Kenny<\/a> reported, “Tony Abbott’s former chief of staff, Peta Credlin, has rounded on Malcolm Turnbull’s campaign team for appearing elitist after cancelling a planned street walk in Western Sydney on Wednesday following questions over last year’s leadership change.”: Peta Credlin questions campaign tactics of ‘Mr Harbourside Mansion’ Malcolm Turnbull.<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

      Superannuation<\/h4>\n
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      • Gareth Hutchens<\/a>\u00a0wrote, “The Coalition should pull their socks up. And Labor should be ashamed.\u00a0They\u2019re blowing a rare opportunity to push a seriously good reform through parliament after the election.”:\u00a0The superannuation changes are seriously good. The Coalition must fight for them.<\/a><\/li>\n
      • Michael Koziol<\/a> reported, “Former prime minister Tony Abbott has changed his tune on what he once christened a “seniors’ tax” by endorsing the Turnbull government’s changes to superannuation.”:\u00a0Tony Abbott falls into line on ‘gutsy’ superannuation reforms.<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

        Christopher Pyne doesn’t think the government is in caretaker mode<\/h4>\n
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        • ABC Fact Check<\/a>\u00a0has found Christopher Pyne<\/a> is wrong and the government is in caretaker mode.<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
          \"ABC<\/a>

          ABC News 24: Christopher Pyne doesn’t think the government is in caretaker mode yet.<\/p><\/div>\n

          Turnbull lunches at Gentlemens’ club<\/h4>\n
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          • Alice Workman<\/a> reported, “BuzzFeed News has confirmed that prime minister Malcolm Turnbull has taken time out from campaigning to have lunch in Melbourne at the Athenaeum Club.”:\u00a0Malcolm Turnbull\u00a0took lunch at an exclusive men’s only “Gentlemen’s Club”.<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
            \"Van<\/a>

            Van Badham catches Malcolm Turnbull leaving lunch at men’s-only Athenaeum Club.<\/p><\/div>\n

            Turnbull grilled by single Mum<\/h4>\n
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            • Melissa Davey<\/a> reported, “One moment Malcolm Turnbull was touring the Marand engineering warehouse in Melbourne\u2019s south-east suburbs, talking innovation and future-building with workers friendly to his message.\u00a0But on the prime minister\u2019s short walk from the warehouse to the car park, a woman who introduced herself to him as a single mother named Melinda bailed him up and grilled him on cuts to the family tax benefit.”:\u00a0Malcolm Turnbull grilled by single mother on family tax benefit cuts.<\/a><\/li>\n
            • Heath Aston<\/a> reported, “Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has had his first unscripted moment of the election campaign, confronted by a single mother worried about educational opportunities for her two sons.”:\u00a0Malcolm Turnbull bailed up by mum ‘Melinda’ during first campaign encounter.<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
              \"ABC<\/a>

              ABC News 24: Mum Melinda confronts Malcolm Turnbull over cost of schooling.<\/p><\/div>\n

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              This is part of @TurnbullMalcolm<\/a> response to her concerns re education. "I can feel what's in your heart" #ausvotes<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/CRllyvz7s7<\/a><\/p>\n

              — Sarah Martin (@msmarto) May 12, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n