{"id":33845,"date":"2016-06-22T14:23:22","date_gmt":"2016-06-22T04:23:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nofibs.com.au\/?p=33845"},"modified":"2022-05-02T11:35:22","modified_gmt":"2022-05-02T01:35:22","slug":"part-10-of-nofibs-australian-election-coverage-2016-qldaah-ausvotes-auspol-qldpol","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.nofibs.com.au\/part-10-of-nofibs-australian-election-coverage-2016-qldaah-ausvotes-auspol-qldpol\/","title":{"rendered":"Part 10 of NoFibs Australian election coverage 2016: @Qldaah #ausvotes #auspol #qldpol"},"content":{"rendered":"<h6>Ongoing coverage of the\u00a0Australian election campaign for 2016.<\/h6>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-854\" src=\"https:\/\/qldaah.files.wordpress.com\/2016\/06\/pt10ausvotes8.jpg?w=300&#038;resize=300%2C150\" alt=\"Part 10 of Australian election coverage 2016.\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h6>Table of contents<\/h6>\n<h6><a href=\"#JumpToCommentsSection\">Jump to comments section.<\/a><\/h6>\n<h6><a href=\"#DuelingLaunches\">Dueling launches<\/a><\/h6>\n<h6><a href=\"#TheHobbling\">The hobbling<\/a><\/h6>\n<h6><a href=\"#FireInTheBelly\">Fire in the belly<\/a><\/h6>\n<h6><a href=\"#UpOnMySoapbox\">Up on my soapbox<\/a><\/h6>\n<h6><a href=\"#WhatAWhopper\">What a whopper!<\/a><\/h6>\n<h6><span style=\"color: #ffffff\">.<\/span><a name=\"DuelingLaunches\"><\/a><\/h6>\n<h2>(June 26, 2016) Day 50 &#8211;\u00a0Dueling launches<\/h2>\n<h4>Coalition\u00a0launch<\/h4>\n<div id=\"attachment_860\" style=\"width: 200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/D6T3FwXg-FA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-860\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-860\" src=\"https:\/\/qldaah.files.wordpress.com\/2016\/06\/happyfamilies1.jpg?resize=190%2C106\" alt=\"9 News - Happy families: Malcolm Turnbull faces Tony Abbott at Liberal launch.\" width=\"190\" height=\"106\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-860\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">9 News &#8211; Happy families: Malcolm Turnbull faces Tony Abbott at Liberal launch.<\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">PM Turnbull and former PM Abbott at the coalition campaign launch <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/DblhlXF2wa\">pic.twitter.com\/DblhlXF2wa<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; andrew meares (@mearesy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mearesy\/status\/746909890984058884\">June 26, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Some great <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/LibRally?src=hash\">#LibRally<\/a> pics from Fairfax photographer Jason Edwards. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ausvotes?src=hash\">#ausvotes<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/w5kE23Smzx\">pic.twitter.com\/w5kE23Smzx<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Stephanie Peatling (@srpeatling) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/srpeatling\/status\/746897490411065344\">June 26, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Tony Abbott during <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/LibRally?src=hash\">#LibRally<\/a> by Jason Edwards. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ausvotes?src=hash\">#ausvotes<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Bp8lAFF3lV\">pic.twitter.com\/Bp8lAFF3lV<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Stephanie Peatling (@srpeatling) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/srpeatling\/status\/746897659651207169\">June 26, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: justify\">Accusations of ABC bias<\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Has the ABC&#8217;s Chris Uhlmann strayed too far this time in supporting the Coalition? Has there been overall bias from the ABC toward the Coalition throughout the election campaign? Many think so and a change.org petition has been raised on the matter here:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.change.org\/p\/michelle-guthrie-stop-the-abc-supporting-the-coalition-election-campaign\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Stop the ABC Supporting the Coalition Election Campaign<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_858\" style=\"width: 200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/WSd3b9bLQnc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-858\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-858\" src=\"https:\/\/qldaah.files.wordpress.com\/2016\/06\/majwrittenoff.jpg?resize=190%2C107\" alt=\"ABC News 24 - ABC's Greg Jennett &amp; Chris Uhlmann write off Labor gaining a majority.\" width=\"190\" height=\"107\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-858\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">ABC News 24 &#8211; ABC&#8217;s Greg Jennett &amp; Chris Uhlmann write off Labor gaining a majority.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_852\" style=\"width: 200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/MIc_EFSplm4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-852\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-852\" src=\"https:\/\/qldaah.files.wordpress.com\/2016\/06\/stayonmessage.jpg?resize=190%2C105\" alt=\"ABC News 24 - &quot;One important thing is to stay on message,&quot; Chris Uhlmann tells Julie Bishop.\" width=\"190\" height=\"105\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-852\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">ABC News 24 &#8211; &#8220;One important thing is to stay on message,&#8221; Chris Uhlmann tells Julie Bishop.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_850\" style=\"width: 200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/bzl0fG4q_bA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-850\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-850\" src=\"https:\/\/qldaah.files.wordpress.com\/2016\/06\/ohplzchris2.jpg?resize=190%2C104\" alt=\"ABC News 24 - &quot;Oh please Chris&quot;: Julie Bishop gets a couple of dixer questions from Chris Uhlmann.\" width=\"190\" height=\"104\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-850\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">ABC News 24 &#8211; &#8220;Oh please Chris&#8221;: Julie Bishop gets a couple of dixer questions from Chris Uhlmann.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_847\" style=\"width: 200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/qJolnjAPJQY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-847\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-847\" src=\"https:\/\/qldaah.files.wordpress.com\/2016\/06\/jennettuhlmannbishop2.jpg?resize=190%2C106\" alt=\"ABC News 24 - Chris Uhlmann talks down Labor's chances in Qld as he introduces Julie Bishop.\" width=\"190\" height=\"106\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-847\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">ABC News 24 &#8211; Chris Uhlmann talks down Labor&#8217;s chances in Qld as he introduces Julie Bishop.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_842\" style=\"width: 200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/W8ZJ0qUDUvg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-842\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-842\" src=\"https:\/\/qldaah.files.wordpress.com\/2016\/06\/jennettuhlmannbishop.jpg?resize=190%2C104\" alt=\"ABC News 24 - The ABC's Greg Jennett &amp; Chris Uhlmann promote the virtues of Liberal Party Deputy Leader Julie Bishop.\" width=\"190\" height=\"104\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-842\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">ABC News 24 &#8211; The ABC&#8217;s Greg Jennett &amp; Chris Uhlmann promote the virtues of Liberal Party Deputy Leader Julie Bishop.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_844\" style=\"width: 200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/b7SimFsZYF0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-844\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-844\" src=\"https:\/\/qldaah.files.wordpress.com\/2016\/06\/jennettuhlmannbarnaby.jpg?resize=190%2C105\" alt=\"ABC News 24 - ABC's Greg Jennett and Chris Uhlmann promote the qualities of National Party leader Barnaby Joyce.\" width=\"190\" height=\"105\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-844\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">ABC News 24 &#8211; ABC&#8217;s Greg Jennett and Chris Uhlmann promote the qualities of National Party leader Barnaby Joyce.<\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/abcnews\">@abcnews<\/a> Political Editor <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CUhlmann\">@CUhlmann<\/a> gives us his view on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Brexit?src=hash\">#Brexit<\/a> and its relevance to Australia <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ausvotes?src=hash\">#ausvotes<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/auspol?src=hash\">#auspol<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/sntfnpl3VY\">https:\/\/t.co\/sntfnpl3VY<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Insiders ABC (@InsidersABC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/InsidersABC\/status\/746843573438406656\">June 25, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h4>Labor launch, Queensland edition<\/h4>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Great to be with <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/billshortenmp\">@billshortenmp<\/a> in Brisbane to launch his final week election blitz&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BNElaunch?src=hash\">#BNElaunch<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ausvotes?src=hash\">#ausvotes<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/e4YGGrkZDz\">pic.twitter.com\/e4YGGrkZDz<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; AnnastaciaPalaszczuk (@AnnastaciaMP) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AnnastaciaMP\/status\/746865897587908609\">June 26, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_838\" style=\"width: 200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/7moJlJ1ymfE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-838\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-838\" src=\"https:\/\/qldaah.files.wordpress.com\/2016\/06\/billshortenqldedition.jpg?resize=190%2C107\" alt=\"ABC News 24 - Bill Shorten Labor launch, Queensland edition.\" width=\"190\" height=\"107\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-838\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">ABC News 24 &#8211; Bill Shorten Labor launch, Queensland edition.<\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&quot;We are all here fighting for a Shorten Labor Government&quot; &#8211;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/terrimbutler\">@terrimbutler<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BNElaunch?src=hash\">#BNElaunch<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ausvotes?src=hash\">#ausvotes<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/PtatPpNdMN\">pic.twitter.com\/PtatPpNdMN<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Queensland Labor (@QLDLabor) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/QLDLabor\/status\/746858483551637504\">June 26, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Bill Bus gets new livery &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AustralianLabor\">@AustralianLabor<\/a> will save Medicare <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BNELaunch?src=hash\">#BNELaunch<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ausvotes?src=hash\">#ausvotes<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/QLDLabor\">@QLDLabor<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/P3zbDD5ss9\">pic.twitter.com\/P3zbDD5ss9<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Mark Bailey MP (@MarkBaileyMP) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MarkBaileyMP\/status\/746866619557679104\">June 26, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&quot;Gissane&#39;s Groupies&quot; invading Brisbane for Qld campaign launch <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/works4us?src=hash\">#works4us<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/FeHmt0KMSu\">pic.twitter.com\/FeHmt0KMSu<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Bill Gissane (@BillGissane) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BillGissane\/status\/746856892052320256\">June 26, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h4>Labor election costings<\/h4>\n<div id=\"attachment_864\" style=\"width: 200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/5-Ums1EUWwk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-864\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-864\" src=\"https:\/\/qldaah.files.wordpress.com\/2016\/06\/drmichaelkeating1.jpg?resize=190%2C107\" alt=\"ABC News 24 - Dr Michael Keating backs Labor costings ahead of the Australian election.\" width=\"190\" height=\"107\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-864\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">ABC News 24 &#8211; Dr Michael Keating backs Labor costings ahead of the Australian election.<\/p><\/div>\n<h4>Herbert votes update<\/h4>\n<div id=\"attachment_866\" style=\"width: 200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/PlikZPFWLgo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-866\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-866\" src=\"https:\/\/qldaah.files.wordpress.com\/2016\/06\/ewenjonesbad1.jpg?resize=190%2C105\" alt=\"ABC Insiders - LNP MP for Herbert Ewen Jones says forming govt with Nationals is 'bad enough'.\" width=\"190\" height=\"105\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-866\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">ABC Insiders &#8211; LNP MP for Herbert Ewen Jones says forming govt with Nationals is &#8216;bad enough&#8217;.<\/p><\/div>\n<h4>Election editorials<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/theage\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Age<\/a> wrote, &#8220;Democracy can deliver harsh outcomes, but whoever is the victor, it should be remembered the policy platforms of each major party have strengths and weaknesses. The challenge for each voter is to determine which best suits their preferences, or priorities (as outlined to a degree in this paper today and online with Fairfax Media&#8217;s YourVote survey).&#8221;: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theage.com.au\/comment\/the-age-editorial\/education-is-key-to-future-wealth-20160625-gpru3c.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Education is key to future wealth.<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/smh\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Sydney Morning Herald<\/a> wrote, &#8220;Mr Turnbull has had barely nine months to set a stronger economic and fairer social path than his predecessor. That is not enough time to write him off.&#8221;: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.smh.com.au\/comment\/smh-editorial\/why-malcolm-turnbull-deserves-his-own-mandate-20160624-gpr77t.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Why Malcolm Turnbull deserves his own mandate.<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Indi votes update<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Jansant\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Wayne Jansson<\/a> reported on s<a href=\"http:\/\/nofibs.com.au\/some-snowy-vox-pops-before-the-final-indivotes-week-of-ausvotes-heat-jansant-reports\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ome snowy vox pops before the final #Indivotes week of #ausvotes heat.<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Scomophobia rife<\/h4>\n<div id=\"attachment_832\" style=\"width: 200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/FyKu6JzMCUI\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-832\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-832\" src=\"https:\/\/qldaah.files.wordpress.com\/2016\/06\/scomophobia1.jpg?resize=190%2C105\" alt=\"ABC Insiders - Scomophobia is rife within the SSM debate.\" width=\"190\" height=\"105\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-832\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">ABC Insiders &#8211; Scomophobia is rife within the SSM debate.<\/p><\/div>\n<h4>The scare campaigns<\/h4>\n<div id=\"attachment_830\" style=\"width: 200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/aU7h-5ePUAY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-830\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-830\" src=\"https:\/\/qldaah.files.wordpress.com\/2016\/06\/scares.jpg?resize=190%2C106\" alt=\"ABC Insiders - The scares: Medicare, boats &amp; cutting up the Sydney Harbour Bridge.\" width=\"190\" height=\"106\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-830\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">ABC Insiders &#8211; The scares: Medicare, boats &amp; cutting up the Sydney Harbour Bridge.<\/p><\/div>\n<h4>Cartoons<\/h4>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mpbowers\">@mpbowers<\/a> is joined on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TalkingPicsABC\">@talkingpicsABC<\/a> by <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/workmanalice\">@workmanalice<\/a>, from <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BuzzFeedOzPol\">@BuzzFeedOzPol<\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Insiders?src=hash\">#Insiders<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ausvotes?src=hash\">#ausvotes<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/auspoll?src=hash\">#auspoll<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/YuNjtMZt8u\">https:\/\/t.co\/YuNjtMZt8u<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Insiders ABC (@InsidersABC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/InsidersABC\/status\/746854288945668096\">June 25, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>-More to come<\/p>\n<h6><span style=\"color: #ffffff\">.<\/span><a name=\"TheHobbling\"><\/a><\/h6>\n<h2>(June 25, 2016) Day 49 &#8211;\u00a0The hobbling<\/h2>\n<h4>Stopping SSM with a plebiscite<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/markgkenny\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mark Kenny<\/a>\u00a0reported, &#8220;A secret push is under way within the Coalition party room to hobble any positive public vote in favour of same-sex marriage equality by giving conservative MPs and senators express permission to vote in Parliament against reform if their individual electorates had voted in a majority for &#8220;no&#8221;.&#8221;: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.brisbanetimes.com.au\/federal-politics\/federal-election-2016\/samesex-marriage-secret-moves-within-coalition-to-hobble-plebiscite-20160624-gprerl.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Same-sex marriage: Secret moves within Coalition to hobble plebiscite.<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FarrellPF\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Paul Farrell<\/a> reported, &#8220;Labor leader draws parallels with Brexit, saying David Cameron was forced to hold referendum by right wing of Tory party&#8221;: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2016\/jun\/25\/marriage-equality-shorten-says-turnbull-held-hostage-plebiscite-election\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Marriage equality: Shorten says Turnbull held hostage by conservatives on plebiscite.<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&quot;Let&#39;s focus on the economy for a while&quot;: Malcolm Turnbull avoids question on marriage equality. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ausvotes?src=hash\">#ausvotes<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/qldpol?src=hash\">#qldpol<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/sTCfqyx0Ez\">pic.twitter.com\/sTCfqyx0Ez<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; David Marler (@Qldaah) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Qldaah\/status\/746575002279960576\">June 25, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Yes. And contrary to AG&#39;s release, I did go to his office yesterday on that very subject.  <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/DAmO3faIFi\">https:\/\/t.co\/DAmO3faIFi<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; mark kenny (@markgkenny) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/markgkenny\/status\/746539140498391040\">June 25, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h4>Brisbane march<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SarahMotherwell\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sarah Motherwell<\/a> reported, &#8220;Thousands of marriage equality supporters opposed to the coalition government&#8217;s plebiscite have marched on Brisbane.&#8221;: <a href=\"https:\/\/au.news.yahoo.com\/qld\/a\/31918113\/qld-same-sex-marriage-rally-draws-2000\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Thousands march against plebiscite in Qld.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div id=\"attachment_820\" style=\"width: 200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/9XUn5yzcU_o\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-820\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-820\" src=\"https:\/\/qldaah.files.wordpress.com\/2016\/06\/marriageequalityprotest.jpg?resize=190%2C105\" alt=\"9 News - 2000 march through Brisbane against Turnbull Govt's SSM plebiscite.\" width=\"190\" height=\"105\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-820\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">9 News &#8211; 2000 march through Brisbane against Turnbull Govt&#8217;s SSM plebiscite.<\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Massive <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/equallove?src=hash\">#equallove<\/a> rally in Brisbane right now! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/MyivWRgfii\">pic.twitter.com\/MyivWRgfii<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Terri Butler MP (@terrimbutler) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/terrimbutler\/status\/746541905807216640\">June 25, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h4>Grayndler votes update<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\"><a class=\"ProfileHeaderCard-nameLink u-textInheritColor js-nav ProfileHeaderCard-nameWithBadges--1 \" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GuardianAus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Guardian Australia<\/a>\u00a0reported, &#8220;Former prime minister says the Greens are aiding conservatives by reducing the ALP\u2019s ability to form government&#8221;: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2016\/jun\/25\/paul-keating-slams-greens-as-self-serving-opportunists-and-trots\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Paul Keating slams Greens as self-serving &#8216;opportunists and Trots&#8217;.<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div id=\"attachment_817\" style=\"width: 200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/EqyMZjtmF7U\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-817\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-817\" src=\"https:\/\/qldaah.files.wordpress.com\/2016\/06\/keatingalbo.jpg?resize=190%2C105\" alt=\"9 News - Keating: &quot;opportunists &amp; Trots hiding behind a gum tree trying to pretend they're the Labor party.&quot;\" width=\"190\" height=\"105\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-817\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">9 News &#8211; Keating: &#8220;opportunists &amp; Trots hiding behind a gum tree trying to pretend they&#8217;re the Labor party.&#8221;<\/p><\/div>\n<h4>NBN shenanigans<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/adamgartrell\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Adam Gartrell<\/a>\u00a0reported, &#8220;Federal police are refusing to release an uncensored version of the National Broadband Network letter that sparked its controversial media leak investigation, claiming it could endanger lives and threaten national security.&#8221;: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.brisbanetimes.com.au\/federal-politics\/federal-election-2016\/federal-election-2016-afp-claims-release-of-nbn-documents-could-endanger-national-security-20160624-gpqzc1.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">AFP claims release of NBN documents could endanger national security.<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Brexit Ausexit<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DanConifer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dan Conifer<\/a> reported, &#8220;Opposition Leader Bill Shorten has warned Australians against voting for a &#8220;weak&#8221; Malcolm Turnbull or a &#8220;divided&#8221; Liberal Party, as he attempts to capitalise on Britain&#8217;s vote to leave the European Union.&#8221;: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/news\/2016-06-25\/shorten-liberal-warning-in-brexit-wake\/7543526\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bill Shorten warns against &#8216;divided&#8217; Liberal Party in wake of Brexit.<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Bill Shorten says British Prime Minister David Cameron was &#8220;hostage to the right-wing.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_797\" style=\"width: 200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/yU-AXJVVrfE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-797\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-797\" src=\"https:\/\/qldaah.files.wordpress.com\/2016\/06\/billshortenbrexit.jpg?resize=190%2C104\" alt=\"ABC News 24 - Bill Shorten comments on Brexit and assures voters that Labor is united.\" width=\"190\" height=\"104\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-797\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">ABC News 24 &#8211; Bill Shorten comments on Brexit and assures voters that Labor is united.<\/p><\/div>\n<h4>Vote for Coalition because of Brexit<\/h4>\n<div id=\"attachment_824\" style=\"width: 200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/vIFrSi8SE1w\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-824\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-824\" src=\"https:\/\/qldaah.files.wordpress.com\/2016\/06\/malsaysbrexitbigshock.jpg?resize=190%2C104\" alt=\"ABC News 24 - Brexit not helpful to global recovery, a big economic shock says Malcolm Turnbull.\" width=\"190\" height=\"104\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-824\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">ABC News 24 &#8211; Brexit not helpful to global recovery, a big economic shock says Malcolm Turnbull.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_822\" style=\"width: 200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/BsbLLsrgpSw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-822\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-822\" src=\"https:\/\/qldaah.files.wordpress.com\/2016\/06\/malwithplan.jpg?resize=190%2C104\" alt=\"Ten Eyewitness News - Malcolm Turnbull says chaos and instability will ensue if Australians vote for anyone else other than the Coalition.\" width=\"190\" height=\"104\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-822\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ten Eyewitness News &#8211; Malcolm Turnbull says chaos and instability will ensue if Australians vote for anyone else other than the Coalition.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_813\" style=\"width: 200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/5wwfx-1Ryx4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-813\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-813\" src=\"https:\/\/qldaah.files.wordpress.com\/2016\/06\/voteforcoaltionbrexit2.jpg?resize=190%2C105\" alt=\"ABC News 24 - Australians should vote for the Coalition because of Brexit, Turnbull &amp; Morrison say.\" width=\"190\" height=\"105\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-813\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">ABC News 24 &#8211; Australians should vote for the Coalition because of Brexit, Turnbull &amp; Morrison say.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_811\" style=\"width: 200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/-lJl8_ZV9og\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-811\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-811\" src=\"https:\/\/qldaah.files.wordpress.com\/2016\/06\/australiansexpect.jpg?resize=190%2C104\" alt=\"ABC News 24 - &quot;Australians expect their leaders to focus on the economy, focus on their jobs.,&quot; says Turnbull.\" width=\"190\" height=\"104\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-811\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">ABC News 24 &#8211; &#8220;Australians expect their leaders to focus on the economy, focus on their jobs.,&#8221; says Turnbull.<\/p><\/div>\n<h4>Brisbane votes update<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/@CameronAtfield\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Cameron Atfield<\/a>\u00a0reported, &#8220;The Labor Party has referred outgoing Liberal National MP Teresa Gambaro to the Australian Federal Police, just eight days out from the federal election, over revelations about the selection of her electorate office.&#8221;: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.brisbanetimes.com.au\/federal-politics\/federal-election-2016\/labor-refers-gambaro-evans-to-australian-federal-police-20160624-gpri05.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Labor refers Gambaro, Evans to Australian Federal Police.<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Higgins votes update<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tonyowright\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tony Wright<\/a> reported, &#8220;Embattled Assistant Treasurer Kelly O&#8217;Dwyer has taken the extraordinary step of forcing Twitter to dismantle a social media &#8220;joke&#8221; account that compares her election campaign in Higgins to the disastrous 2013 loss of Indi by fellow Liberal Sophie Mirabella.&#8221;: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.brisbanetimes.com.au\/federal-politics\/federal-election-2016\/federal-election-2016-under-fire-kelly-odwyer-scuttles-twitter-joke-while-peter-costello-rushes-to-her-aid-20160625-gprqtb.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Under fire Kelly O&#8217;Dwyer scuttles Twitter joke while Peter Costello rushes to her aid<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Galaxy poll<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"ProfileHeaderCard-name\" style=\"text-align: justify\"><a class=\"ProfileHeaderCard-nameLink u-textInheritColor js-nav ProfileHeaderCard-nameWithBadges--1 \" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GuardianAus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Guardian Australia<\/a>\u00a0reported, &#8220;Galaxy Research poll shows Shorten may only pick up two marginal seats, despite devoting large part of campaign time to tight contests&#8221;: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2016\/jun\/25\/turnbull-on-track-to-retain-government-poll\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Labor suffers setback in fight for marginal seats in NSW and Queensland, poll suggests.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Petrie votes<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jrojourno\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Joshua Robertson<\/a> reported, &#8220;Bellwether federal Queensland seat is a must-win for both Labor and the Coalition if they are to take government, and youth will be a big focus&#8221;: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2016\/jun\/25\/down-and-out-in-petrie-where-young-people-need-more-than-just-promises\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Down and out in Petrie, where young people need more than just promises.<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Nationals fighting for influence<\/h4>\n<div id=\"attachment_800\" style=\"width: 200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/hxOSvwWftjM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-800\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-800\" src=\"https:\/\/qldaah.files.wordpress.com\/2016\/06\/nationalinfluence1.jpg?resize=190%2C107\" alt=\"ABC News - The National Party fights to retain its influence in the Coalition.\" width=\"190\" height=\"107\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-800\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">ABC News &#8211; The National Party fights to retain its influence in the Coalition.<\/p><\/div>\n<h4>Cartoons<\/h4>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Just don&#39;t mention the banks for another week.<br \/>My <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/smh\">@smh<\/a> business toon. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/1cLObrrP8w\">pic.twitter.com\/1cLObrrP8w<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; The Cathy Wilcox (@cathywilcox1) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cathywilcox1\/status\/746497882958630913\">June 25, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h6><span style=\"color: #ffffff\">.<\/span><a name=\"FireInTheBelly\"><\/a><\/h6>\n<h2>(June 24, 2016) Day 48 &#8211;\u00a0Fire in the belly<\/h2>\n<h4>Keating enters the fray<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Paul_Karp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Paul Karp<\/a> reported, &#8220;Former PM refutes Coalition\u2019s claims his tax cuts demonstrate wisdom of policy, saying reforms in the 1990s were paid for by broadening tax base&#8221;: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2016\/jun\/24\/paul-keating-criticises-coalitions-unfunded-50bn-company-tax-cut\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Paul Keating criticises Coalition&#8217;s &#8216;unfunded&#8217; $50bn company tax cut.<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MarkDiStef\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mark Di Stefano<\/a>\u00a0wrote, &#8220;If you open up the Australian Financial Review section today, there on the Letters page is a wonderful clapback from someone named \u201cP J Keating, Sydney, NSW\u201d.&#8221;: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.buzzfeed.com\/markdistefano\/paul-keating-just-dropped-the-perfect-dont-verbal-me-dickhea\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Paul Keating just dropped the perfect \u201cDon\u2019t verbal me dickhead\u201d newspaper letter.<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/michaelkoziol\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Michael Koziol<\/a> reported, &#8220;Former Labor prime minister Paul Keating has lashed out at suggestions he would support the Coalition&#8217;s corporate tax cuts, calling the $48 billion plan unaffordable.&#8221;: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.watoday.com.au\/federal-politics\/federal-election-2016\/election-2016-paul-keating-slams-unaffordable-corporate-tax-cuts-in-fiery-letter-to-editor-20160623-gpqq18.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Paul Keating slams &#8216;unaffordable&#8217; corporate tax cuts in fiery letter to editor.<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Paul Keating takes a big swipe at the AFR. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ausbiz?src=hash\">#ausbiz<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/auspol?src=hash\">#auspol<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Bi5nazYwkd\">pic.twitter.com\/Bi5nazYwkd<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Gerard May (@GerardMay5) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GerardMay5\/status\/746099652135530496\">June 23, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h4>Malcolm Turnbull responds to Paul Keating<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/grhutchens\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Gareth Hutchens<\/a>\u00a0and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Paul_Karp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Paul Karp<\/a>\u00a0reported, &#8220;Prime minister says substantial superannuation savings will help to partly offset the lower taxes, and dismisses Paul Keating\u2019s letter as political intervention&#8221;: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2016\/jun\/24\/paul-keating-criticises-coalitions-unfunded-50bn-company-tax-cut\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Malcolm Turnbull reveals how Coalition will pay for part of $50bn tax cuts.<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div id=\"attachment_755\" style=\"width: 200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/gO666VLgK2s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-755\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-755\" src=\"https:\/\/qldaah.files.wordpress.com\/2016\/06\/mtdefends.jpg?resize=190%2C104\" alt=\"ABC News 24 - Malcolm Turnbull defends his tax cuts in response to Paul Keating opposition.\" width=\"190\" height=\"104\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-755\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">ABC News 24 &#8211; Malcolm Turnbull defends his tax cuts in response to Paul Keating opposition.<\/p><\/div>\n<h4>Silence over environment<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/takvera\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">John Englart<\/a> reported, &#8220;On Thursday 23rd June a host of eminent Australians called on the next Australian Government to declare a climate emergency. The call was made in an open letter published as a half page advertisement in The Age Newspaper.&#8221;: <a href=\"http:\/\/nofibs.com.au\/eminent-australians-climateemergency-call-met-with-political-silence-in-ausvotes-reports-takvera\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Eminent Australians climate emergency call met with political silence in #ausvotes.<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Brexit<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/lenoretaylor\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Lenore Taylor<\/a> reported, &#8220;The uneasy truce between the PM and his party\u2019s right on climate change and marriage equality is under threat, while the Brexit vote challenges his stability v chaos message.&#8221;: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2016\/jun\/24\/election-2016-malcolm-turnbull-eu-refendum-liberal-party-marriage-equality\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mr Stability: Turnbull&#8217;s message rocked by real world ructions and party pressures.<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/gabriellechan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Gabrielle Chan<\/a> reported, &#8220;Australian prime minister says Brexit win could cause a \u2018shock\u2019 that would require \u2018strong economic leadership\u2019 &#8220;: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2016\/jun\/24\/malcolm-turnbull-urges-voters-to-back-coalition-after-uk-referendum-result\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Malcolm Turnbull urges voters to back Coalition after UK referendum result.<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div id=\"attachment_802\" style=\"width: 200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/mjIWJA-5Wa8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-802\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-802\" src=\"https:\/\/qldaah.files.wordpress.com\/2016\/06\/billonbrexit1.jpg?resize=190%2C106\" alt=\"ABC News - Ignoring the GFC, Malcolm Turnbull urges a vote for the Coalition on an economic stability platform.\" width=\"190\" height=\"106\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-802\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">ABC News &#8211; Ignoring the GFC, Malcolm Turnbull urges a vote for the Coalition on an economic stability platform.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_786\" style=\"width: 200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/A3C7ri2GQA4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-786\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-786\" src=\"https:\/\/qldaah.files.wordpress.com\/2016\/06\/laurieoakes2.jpg?resize=190%2C106\" alt=\"9 News - Malcolm Turnbull quick to capitalise on fears of economic instability.\" width=\"190\" height=\"106\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-786\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">9 News &#8211; Malcolm Turnbull quick to capitalise on fears of economic instability.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_781\" style=\"width: 200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/QTUS7K1k1pc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-781\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-781\" src=\"https:\/\/qldaah.files.wordpress.com\/2016\/06\/brexit1.jpg?resize=190%2C108\" alt=\"7 News - Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull calls snap press conference over Brexit.\" width=\"190\" height=\"108\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-781\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">7 News &#8211; Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull calls snap press conference over Brexit.<\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/billshortenmp\">@billshortenmp<\/a> makes a quick stop on the tarmac in Cairns &amp; comments on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Brexit?src=hash\">#Brexit<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/auspol?src=hash\">#auspol<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ausvotes?src=hash\">#ausvotes<\/a>  ?  <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TdotStevens\">@TdotStevens<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/GPHzv0mzHm\">pic.twitter.com\/GPHzv0mzHm<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; ABC PoliPics (@ABCPoliPics) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ABCPoliPics\/status\/746241026935820288\">June 24, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h4>Cowper votes &#8211; 50pc two-party preferred<\/h4>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">According to ReachTEL, it&#39;s 50-50 in Cowper .<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RobOakeshott1\">@RobOakeshott1<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ausvotes?src=hash\">#ausvotes<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/cN1ilvQreu\">https:\/\/t.co\/cN1ilvQreu<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/VCwNR9kx1y\">pic.twitter.com\/VCwNR9kx1y<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; David Marler (@Qldaah) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Qldaah\/status\/746274356427264000\">June 24, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Will the real incumbent please stand up? <br \/>Discussing education with voters in Coffs. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/igiveaGonski?src=hash\">#igiveaGonski<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Oakey4Cowper?src=hash\">#Oakey4Cowper<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/HHlXwMME8p\">pic.twitter.com\/HHlXwMME8p<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Rob Oakeshott (@RobOakeshott1) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RobOakeshott1\/status\/746260444755558400\">June 24, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h4>Mediscare<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/annajhenderson\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Anna Henderson<\/a> reported, &#8220;Opposition Leader Bill Shorten is continuing to warn the Government plans to privatise Medicare, countering accusations of a scare campaign by claiming the Coalition&#8217;s plan is &#8220;scary&#8221;.&#8221;: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/news\/2016-06-23\/election-2016:-bill-shorten-refuses-to-repeat-medicare-claims\/7538212\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8216;Put your hand on your heart&#8217;: Sales challenges Shorten on Medicare claim.<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>The Queensland swing<\/h4>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The Qld swing: 2nd Labor launch in Brisbane Sunday, 7-8 seats moving toward Labor. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ausvotes?src=hash\">#ausvotes<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/qldpol?src=hash\">#qldpol<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/9nkvZCLkAm\">pic.twitter.com\/9nkvZCLkAm<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; David Marler (@Qldaah) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Qldaah\/status\/746254953690259456\">June 24, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h4>State of protest<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/@JorgeBrancoBNE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jorge Branco<\/a> reported, &#8220;Activists have climbed onto the roof of Immigration Minister Peter Dutton&#8217;s office to send a message about climate change and the Great Barrier Reef.&#8221;:<a href=\"http:\/\/www.brisbanetimes.com.au\/queensland\/protesters-climb-on-peter-duttons-office-roof-20160624-gpr4yb.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> Protesters climb on Peter Dutton&#8217;s office roof.<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div id=\"attachment_791\" style=\"width: 200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/GglriQ0wctY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-791\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-791\" src=\"https:\/\/qldaah.files.wordpress.com\/2016\/06\/peterduttoncanttakeanymore1.jpg?resize=190%2C105\" alt=\"9 News - Dickson residents near Peter Dutton's office can't take any more protests.\" width=\"190\" height=\"105\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-791\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">9 News &#8211; Dickson residents near Peter Dutton&#8217;s office can&#8217;t take any more protests.<\/p><\/div>\n<h4>SSM plebiscite to be overridden by free vote<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/janeenorman\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jane Norman<\/a> reported, &#8220;Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has confirmed Coalition MPs will be given a conscience vote on same-sex marriage, regardless of the outcome of a $160 million plebiscite.&#8221;: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/news\/2016-06-24\/election-2016-coalition-mps-can-vote-against-gay-marriage\/7540988\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Malcolm Turnbull confirms MPs can vote against gay marriage regardless of plebiscite.<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KnottMatthew\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Matthew Knott<\/a> reported, &#8220;Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull says Coalition MPs will be free to ignore the result of the public vote on same-sex marriage and follow their consciences after the national plebiscite.&#8221;: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.watoday.com.au\/federal-politics\/federal-election-2016\/samesex-marriage-malcolm-turnbull-says-mps-will-have-free-vote-regardless-of-plebiscite-20160624-gpqxxk.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Same-sex marriage: Malcolm Turnbull says MPs will have free vote regardless of plebiscite.<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div id=\"attachment_762\" style=\"width: 200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/EkkDIfJBROk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-762\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-762\" src=\"https:\/\/qldaah.files.wordpress.com\/2016\/06\/honouringplebecite.jpg?resize=190%2C105\" alt=\"ABC News 24 - Most Australians have a great interest in the SSM question, says Malcolm Turnbull.\" width=\"190\" height=\"105\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-762\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">ABC News 24 &#8211; Most Australians have a great interest in the SSM question, says Malcolm Turnbull.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_772\" style=\"width: 200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/18eD6-oJtPQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-772\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-772\" src=\"https:\/\/qldaah.files.wordpress.com\/2016\/06\/respectssmplebiscite1.jpg?resize=190%2C106\" alt=\"ABC News 24 - Scott Morrison will respect the decision of the SSM plebiscite.\" width=\"190\" height=\"106\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-772\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">ABC News 24 &#8211; Scott Morrison will respect the decision of the SSM plebiscite.<\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">While he&#39;s opposed to same-sex marriage, Treasurer <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ScottMorrisonMP\">@ScottMorrisonMP<\/a> says he&#39;ll respect the decision of the plebiscite <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ausvotes?src=hash\">#ausvotes<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Jane Norman (@janeenorman) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/janeenorman\/status\/746186333157130240\">June 24, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h4>Coalition renews attack on Dr Anne Aly<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/lydia_shelly\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Lydia Shelly<\/a> wrote, &#8220;Michael Keenan clearly believes cheap political point scoring is more important than sustainable and effective solutions to serious social issues.&#8221;: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/commentisfree\/2016\/jun\/24\/michael-keenans-accusations-of-anne-aly-are-an-outrageous-betrayal-of-his-role\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Michael Keenan&#8217;s accusations of Anne Aly are an outrageous betrayal of his role.<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Paul_Karp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Paul Karp<\/a> reported, &#8220;Labor candidate has \u2018criticised our national security efforts\u2019, foreign minister says, denying that the Coalition is engaging in Islamophobic dog whistling.&#8221;: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2016\/jun\/24\/julie-bishop-steps-up-attack-on-anne-aly-in-hate-preacher-row\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Julie Bishop steps up attack on Anne Aly in \u2018hate preacher\u2019 row.<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div id=\"attachment_775\" style=\"width: 200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/m1af57JbcXg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-775\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-775\" src=\"https:\/\/qldaah.files.wordpress.com\/2016\/06\/juliebishopattacksannealy1.jpg?resize=190%2C106\" alt=\"ABC News radio - Julie Bishop backs Michael Keenan, accuses Anne Aly of not supporting national security.\" width=\"190\" height=\"106\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-775\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">ABC News radio &#8211; Julie Bishop backs Michael Keenan, accuses Anne Aly of not supporting national security.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_759\" style=\"width: 200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/H4y9mETFD8c\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-759\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-759\" src=\"https:\/\/qldaah.files.wordpress.com\/2016\/06\/mtonannealy.jpg?resize=190%2C105\" alt=\"ABC News 24 - Malcolm Turnbull rejects notion of Islamophobic smear campaign against Dr Anne Aly.\" width=\"190\" height=\"105\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-759\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">ABC News 24 &#8211; Malcolm Turnbull rejects notion of Islamophobic smear campaign against Dr Anne Aly.<\/p><\/div>\n<h4>Indi votes updates<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Jansant\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Wayne Jansson<\/a> reported, &#8220;The ABC Goulburn Murray, The Border Mail #Indivotes forum was held on Monday night at The Wangaratta Performing Arts Centre.&#8221;: <a href=\"http:\/\/nofibs.com.au\/voters-grill-indigocathy-and-martycorboynats-indivotes-libs-cry-forum-foul-jansant-reports\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Voters grill Cathy McGowan and Marty Corboy, Libs cry forum foul.<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Jansant\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Wayne Jansson<\/a> reported, &#8220;As expected, #Indivotes got a whole lot more interesting with pre-polling, the Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce even parachuted Mark Latham into the marginal seat.&#8221;: <a href=\"http:\/\/nofibs.com.au\/deputy-pm-barnaby_joyce-parachutes-latham-into-indivotes-jansant-reports\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Deputy PM Barnaby Joyce parachutes Latham into #IndiVotes.<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Gambaro was warned &#8211; Brisbane votes<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CameronAtfield\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Cameron Atfield<\/a> reported, &#8220;Outgoing Brisbane MP Teresa Gambaro went against departmental advice when she selected a new electorate office that was considered too expensive, poorly positioned and had insufficient disability access and visitor parking, documents released under Freedom of Information legislation have revealed.&#8221;: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.brisbanetimes.com.au\/federal-politics\/political-news\/gambaro-ignored-electorate-office-advice-foi-documents-show-20160623-gpqi6m.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Gambaro ignored electorate office advice, FOI documents show.<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Climate policy absence<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/takvera\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">John Englart<\/a> reported, &#8220;The High Court has found there is an implied right of political speech in the Australian Constitution, but that doesn\u2019t stop the Liberal Party putting pressure for an inconvenient election billboard to be taken down.&#8221;:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/nofibs.com.au\/the-liberals-have-a-missingclimatepolicy-but-dont-want-you-to-know-reports-takvera-ausvotes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Liberals have a missing climate policy, but don\u2019t want you to know.<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Cartoons<\/h4>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">CAMPAIGN FATIGUE <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/theprojecttv\">@theprojecttv<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Riley7News\">@Riley7News<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreakfastNews\">@BreakfastNews<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sunriseon7\">@sunriseon7<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TODAYshow\">@TODAYshow<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TenNewsSydney\">@TenNewsSydney<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/0SKTxifldw\">pic.twitter.com\/0SKTxifldw<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Leahy Cartoons (@leahycartoons) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/leahycartoons\/status\/746092755022012416\">June 23, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">You might need help with that ballot paper.<br \/>My <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/smh\">@smh<\/a> business toon. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/lnliwp9Mbv\">pic.twitter.com\/lnliwp9Mbv<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; The Cathy Wilcox (@cathywilcox1) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cathywilcox1\/status\/746099884235718656\">June 23, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">MPs to have free vote on same-sex marriage regardless of plebiscite <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/qpa33ZxZSr\">https:\/\/t.co\/qpa33ZxZSr<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ausvotes?src=hash\">#ausvotes<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/sketchbook?src=hash\">#sketchbook<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/JXgM5fuzMv\">pic.twitter.com\/JXgM5fuzMv<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; David Pope (@davpope) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/davpope\/status\/746181440740560899\">June 24, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">My <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Brexit?src=hash\">#Brexit<\/a> cartoon for <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/canberratimes\">@canberratimes<\/a>. Does it need a question mark? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/B6sdx6PLoo\">pic.twitter.com\/B6sdx6PLoo<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; David Pope (@davpope) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/davpope\/status\/746243413956165632\">June 24, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&quot;&#8230;and tell those running dogs I&#39;d be prepared to consider a Cabinet of National Unity!&quot; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/DvDAqQYfWH\">https:\/\/t.co\/DvDAqQYfWH<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Ml9LKwoXaU\">pic.twitter.com\/Ml9LKwoXaU<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; David Pope (@davpope) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/davpope\/status\/746115335519035392\">June 23, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">?cartoon effort, Daily Tele! Just needs a little more, humour, pathos! Show us the world thru the character&#39;s eyes! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ycITWh8rMJ\">pic.twitter.com\/ycITWh8rMJ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; David Pope (@davpope) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/davpope\/status\/745967444804567040\">June 23, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff\">.<\/span><a name=\"UpOnMySoapbox\"><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>(June 23, 2016) Day 47 &#8211;\u00a0Up on my soapbox<\/h2>\n<h4>Naviphobia, the fear of boats continues<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jamesmassola\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">James Massola<\/a>\u00a0reported, &#8220;Malcolm Turnbull has sharpened his attack on Bill Shorten&#8217;s asylum seeker policy, claiming people smugglers will use Labor&#8217;s plan to abolish temporary protection visas as a &#8220;marketing ploy&#8221; to resume their operations.&#8221;:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.smh.com.au\/federal-politics\/federal-election-2016\/election-2016-labor-abolishing-tpvs-will-be-a-marketing-ploy-for-people-smugglers-says-malcolm-turnbull-20160623-gppwlk.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"line-height: 1.7em\">Labor abolishing TPVs will be a &#8216;marketing ploy&#8217; for people smugglers, says Malcolm Turnbull<\/span>.<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div id=\"attachment_739\" style=\"width: 200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/K3fXRZ_3qnI\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-739\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-739\" src=\"https:\/\/qldaah.files.wordpress.com\/2016\/06\/stoptheboatsagain.jpg?resize=190%2C104\" alt=\"ABC News 24 - Malcolm Turnbull &amp; Peter Dutton urge a Coalition vote to stop the boats (again).\" width=\"190\" height=\"104\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-739\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">ABC News 24 &#8211; Malcolm Turnbull &amp; Peter Dutton urge a Coalition vote to stop the boats (again).<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_736\" style=\"width: 200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/hDNZNWpmyYk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-736\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-736\" src=\"https:\/\/qldaah.files.wordpress.com\/2016\/06\/excitedinspired.jpg?resize=190%2C106\" alt=\"9 News - Excited &amp; inspired Malcolm attacks Bill Shorten's militant unionists.\" width=\"190\" height=\"106\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-736\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">9 News &#8211; Excited &amp; inspired Malcolm attacks Bill Shorten&#8217;s militant unionists.<\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Second day the PM has talked about labor&#39;s threat to border protection, unprompted <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ausvotes?src=hash\">#ausvotes<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/TenNews?src=hash\">#TenNews<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Catalina Florez (@florezcata) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/florezcata\/status\/745774041462509570\">June 23, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Good soapbox for the PM, addressing manufacturing business in Geelong <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ausvotes?src=hash\">#ausvotes<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/TenNews?src=hash\">#TenNews<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Jlgiws6lvG\">pic.twitter.com\/Jlgiws6lvG<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Catalina Florez (@florezcata) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/florezcata\/status\/745769152686624768\">June 23, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h4>Fear of Dr\u00a0Anne Aly &#8211; Cowan votes<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Dylan_Caporn\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dylan Caporn<\/a> and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PhoebeWearne\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Phoebe Wearne<\/a>\u00a0reported, &#8220;Justice Minister Michael Keenan has repeatedly refused to debate Labor\u2019s candidate for Cowan Dr Anne Aly over claims he made about her support for counter terrorism policies.&#8221;: <a href=\"https:\/\/au.news.yahoo.com\/thewest\/a\/31902703\/michael-keenan-wont-debate-anne-aly-over-terror-claims\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Michael Keenan won&#8217;t debate Labor candidate over terror claims.<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/brendanffoster\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Brendan Foster<\/a> reported, &#8220;Labor candidate and counter-terrorism expert Anne Aly has accused Federal Justice Minister Michael Keenan of running a smear campaign against her after he claimed she &#8220;supported&#8221; radical preacher Junaid Thorne be given a shorter jail term.&#8221;: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.watoday.com.au\/wa-news\/labor-candidate-anne-aly-claims-liberals-running-smear-campaign-against-her-20160623-gpq4cy.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Labor candidate Anne Aly claims Liberals running smear campaign against her.<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div id=\"attachment_748\" style=\"width: 200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/4s6rGsdNrKo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-748\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-748\" src=\"https:\/\/qldaah.files.wordpress.com\/2016\/06\/keenanattacksaly1.jpg?resize=190%2C104\" alt=\"ABC News - Michael Keenan accuses Anne Aly of not supporting anti-terrorism laws.\" width=\"190\" height=\"104\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-748\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">ABC News &#8211; Michael Keenan accuses Anne Aly of not supporting anti-terrorism laws.<\/p><\/div>\n<h4>Fear of union takeover<\/h4>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">PM says wouldn&#39;t normally make a political speech to volunteers but &#8230;. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ausvotes?src=hash\">#ausvotes<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/TULP6mydCP\">pic.twitter.com\/TULP6mydCP<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Catalina Florez (@florezcata) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/florezcata\/status\/745741227430051840\">June 22, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h4>University deregulation<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/workmanalice\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Alice Workman<\/a>\u00a0reported, &#8220;The Department of Education has refused to provide access to modelling the department has done on the impact of fee deregulation on university students and the higher education sector.&#8221;: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.buzzfeed.com\/aliceworkman\/no-modelling-for-you\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Government refuses to release secret modelling on Uni deregulation.<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Julie &#8220;Thatcher&#8221; Bishop<\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Foreign Minister Julie Bishop has misquoted former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher whilst singing the praises of NSW Premier Mike Baird and condemning Labor governments everywhere. In answering a question about the Baird Government&#8217;s surplus budget, Ms Bishop attributed to\u00a0Mrs Thatcher the line,\u00a0&#8220;The trouble with socialists (is) they eventually run out of other people&#8217;s money.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">According to the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.margaretthatcher.org\/document\/102953\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Margaret Thatcher Foundation<\/a>, the nearest quote to this comes from a 1976 TV interview with Mrs Thatcher where she said, &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.margaretthatcher.org\/document\/102953\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Socialist governments traditionally do make a financial mess. They always run out of other people&#8217;s money.&#8221;\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_723\" style=\"width: 200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-723\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-723\" src=\"https:\/\/qldaah.files.wordpress.com\/2016\/06\/juliethatcher.jpg?resize=190%2C105\" alt=\"ABC News 24 - Julie Bishop misquotes Margaret Thatcher whilst referencing the Baird Govt\" width=\"190\" height=\"105\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-723\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">ABC News 24 &#8211; Julie Bishop misquotes Margaret Thatcher whilst referencing the Baird Govt<\/p><\/div>\n<h4>Tasmanian senate vote<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/adamlmorton\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Adam Morton<\/a> reported, &#8220;Nine days out, and Hobart is decked in a rainbow of election corflutes, for independent MP Andrew Wilkie, for his major party opponents and (in certain inner suburbs) for the Greens. But arguably the most visible posters are of a woman in a different race who, according to conventional wisdom, has no chance of winning.&#8221;: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.watoday.com.au\/federal-politics\/federal-election-2016\/federal-election-2016-the-mp-who-could-win-a-seat-for-labor-despite-it-dumping-her-20160621-gpo1di.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Lisa Singh could win a seat for Labor despite being dump.<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Turnbull not committed to Cross-River rail<\/h4>\n<div id=\"attachment_741\" style=\"width: 200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/Cn37HJF627I\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-741\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-741\" src=\"https:\/\/qldaah.files.wordpress.com\/2016\/06\/crossriverrail1.jpg?resize=190%2C105\" alt=\"9 News - Malcolm Turnbull not yet committed to Brisbane's Cross-River rail project.\" width=\"190\" height=\"105\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-741\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">9 News &#8211; Malcolm Turnbull not yet committed to Brisbane&#8217;s Cross-River rail project.<\/p><\/div>\n<h4>Cartoons<\/h4>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Malcolm the True Blue Tradie  <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/auspol?src=hash\">#auspol<\/a>  original and signed prints available via amoir@bigpond.net.au <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/lzCo0MxsqY\">pic.twitter.com\/lzCo0MxsqY<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Alan Moir (@moir_alan) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/moir_alan\/status\/745795359981527040\">June 23, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Old parties home <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FinancialReview\">@FinancialReview<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ausvotes?src=hash\">#ausvotes<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/zI7hFFIHsX\">pic.twitter.com\/zI7hFFIHsX<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; david rowe (@roweafr) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/roweafr\/status\/745879932488802304\">June 23, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">My Medicare cartoon in today&#39;s <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/canberratimes\">@canberratimes<\/a><br \/>&lt;gallery <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/0163VajLU3\">https:\/\/t.co\/0163VajLU3<\/a>&gt;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ausvotes?src=hash\">#ausvotes<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/6OvoLh7IKR\">pic.twitter.com\/6OvoLh7IKR<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; David Pope (@davpope) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/davpope\/status\/745731094855581699\">June 22, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff\">.<\/span><a name=\"WhatAWhopper\"><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>(June 22, 2016) Day 46 &#8211; What a whopper!<\/h2>\n<h4>Stop the boats fear campaign re-starts<\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Newscorp and the Turnbull Government have reset\u00a0their &#8220;Stop the Boats&#8221; fear crusade\u00a0with just over two weeks remaining in the federal election campaign.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">On Wednesday, <em>The Daily Telegraph&#8217;s<\/em> national political editor,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/simonbenson\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Simon Benson<\/a>, detailed an attempted Vietnamese asylum seeker boat arrival with the tabloid&#8217;s editor\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/wrongdorey\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Christopher Dore<\/a>\u00a0claiming on the front page that <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailytelegraph.com.au\/news\/election-2016-navy-intercepts-asylum-seeker-boat-in-first-test-of-borders-during-campaign\/news-story\/d41e8445475bf3658048b3a1a4418d59\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">people smugglers had re-started their trade due to the Australian election.<\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_677\" style=\"width: 224px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-677\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-677\" src=\"https:\/\/qldaah.files.wordpress.com\/2016\/06\/160622thedailytelegraphheretheycomeboatsareback.jpg?w=214&#038;resize=214%2C300\" alt=\"The Daily Telegraph - Here They Come Boats Are Back, June 22, 2016.\" width=\"214\" height=\"300\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-677\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Daily Telegraph &#8211; Here They Come Boats Are Back, June 22, 2016.<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">&#8220;The news comes as Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull yesterday revealed people smugglers were using revelations Labor would provide a permanent home to 30,000 \u00adillegal arrivals in Australia as a marketing tool,&#8221; he wrote.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">&#8220;Mr Turnbull\u2019s intervention on the contentious issue follows The Daily Telegraph\u2019s exposure last week that Labor would provide permanent settlement for the bulk of the 30,000 asylum seekers who arrived under the Rudd\/Gillard government and are still awaiting processing in Australia.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>However, far from &#8220;re-starting&#8221; as the front page\u00a0claims, in 2015, Immigration Minister Peter Dutton revealed that <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/l8OXXJ9rTGE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">twenty boats had been turned back under under the Abbott-Turnbull Government&#8217;s Operation Sovereign borders policy.<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><em>No Fibs<\/em> also covered the &#8220;Cash for turnbacks&#8221; scandal in mid-2015 in which alleged payments were made to people smugglers by the Australian Government to return asylum seekers to Indonesia. The government refused to comment to the media or at a special senate inquiry into the matter. The full blog of the saga is here, <a href=\"http:\/\/nofibs.com.au\/by-hook-or-by-crook-the-cashforturnbacks-scandal-qldaah-auspol\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">By hook or by crook \u2013 The #CashForTurnbacks scandal.<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">On Wednesday, after a longstanding policy of not discussing the government&#8217;s asylum seeker policy of Operation Sovereign Borders, Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull revealed that\u00a0\u00a0Australian Border Force had encountered 28 attempted asylum seeker boats and refouled 734 people.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/bd0a7V-N8Uk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-692\" src=\"https:\/\/qldaah.files.wordpress.com\/2016\/06\/boatarrivals1.jpg?resize=190%2C104\" alt=\"ABC News 24 - Under OSB, Malcolm Turnbull confirms 28 boats &amp; 734 people seeking asylum refouled.\" width=\"190\" height=\"104\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Also on Wednesday, Immigration Minister Peter Dutton confirmed that a Vietnamese boat had been intercepted in the Timor Sea with 21 on board. He admitted that the\u00a0problem of people trying to reach Australia was\u00a0ongoing.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">&#8220;The issue of boats and people getting on boats and paying people smugglers that somehow it&#8217;s gone away, it&#8217;s just not the case,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_699\" style=\"width: 200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/V0loiaLpP90\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-699\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-699\" src=\"https:\/\/qldaah.files.wordpress.com\/2016\/06\/peterduttonvietnam1.jpg?resize=190%2C106\" alt=\"ABC News 24 - Peter Dutton confirms an asylum seeker boat from Vietnam with 21 on board.\" width=\"190\" height=\"106\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-699\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">ABC News 24 &#8211; Peter Dutton confirms an asylum seeker boat from Vietnam with 21 on board.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_734\" style=\"width: 200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/EMwsSEJkUs0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-734\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-734\" src=\"https:\/\/qldaah.files.wordpress.com\/2016\/06\/28boats.jpg?resize=190%2C105\" alt=\"ABC News - Stop the boats? Turnbull Govt suddenly releases numbers of intercepted asylum seekers boats.\" width=\"190\" height=\"105\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-734\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">ABC News &#8211; Stop the boats? Turnbull Govt suddenly releases numbers of intercepted asylum seekers boats.<\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">really cracking investigative work by <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/dailytelegraph\">@dailytelegraph<\/a>\u2026these things have taken months to slowly surface in the past \u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/eGoTZF1BrQ\">pic.twitter.com\/eGoTZF1BrQ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Jonathan Green (@GreenJ) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GreenJ\/status\/745426979621462016\">June 22, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h4>Barnaby Joyce no show<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/takvera\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">John Englart<\/a> reported, &#8220;Deputy Prime Minister and Nationals candidate for New England, Barnaby Joyce, attended a lunchtime candidates forum in Tamworth, but was a no show for the Energy Futures Forum at Armidale in the evening of Tuesday 21 June. The New England electorate is a tight contest with former Independent MP Tony Windsor standing for election.&#8221;: <a href=\"http:\/\/nofibs.com.au\/barnaby-joyce-no-show-at-energy-futures-forum-armidale-reports-takvera-newenglandvotes-ausvotes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Barnaby Joyce no show at Energy Futures Forum Armidale.<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Mal flies into M1<\/h4>\n<div id=\"attachment_742\" style=\"width: 200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/na5gBp7PSvo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-742\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-742\" src=\"https:\/\/qldaah.files.wordpress.com\/2016\/06\/fifom1.jpg?resize=190%2C106\" alt=\"ABC News - FIFO PM: Malcolm Turnbull arrives on Gold Coast to promise half funding for M1.\" width=\"190\" height=\"106\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-742\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">ABC News &#8211; FIFO PM: Malcolm Turnbull arrives on Gold Coast to promise half funding for M1.<\/p><\/div>\n<h4>Lucy Turnbull compromised<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HeathJAston\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Heath Aston<\/a> and\u00a0Jacob Saulwick reported, &#8220;Lucy Turnbull has rushed to distance herself from a $3000-a-head fundraiser in which the Liberal Party used her powerful state government-appointed job as part of the lure for party donors.&#8221;: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.brisbanetimes.com.au\/federal-politics\/federal-election-2016\/election-2016-lucy-turnbull-backpedals-after-liberal-party-spruiks-her-apolitical-state-role-at-elite-fundraiser-20160622-gpp6et.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Lucy Turnbull compromised after Liberal Party spruiks her apolitical state role at elite fundraiser.<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Medicare<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BrigidAndersen\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Brigid Andersen<\/a> reported, &#8220;The businessman who chaired the Coalition&#8217;s 2013 Commission of Audit says the Opposition&#8217;s claims that the Government plans to privatise Medicare are a &#8220;gross misrepresentation&#8221;.&#8221;: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/news\/2016-06-21\/shepherd-labors-medicare-claims-a-gross-misrepresentation\/7530884\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Medicare privatisation claims a &#8216;gross misrepresentation&#8217;, Tony Shepherd says.<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div id=\"attachment_710\" style=\"width: 200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/MS41WYChNgw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-710\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-710\" src=\"https:\/\/qldaah.files.wordpress.com\/2016\/06\/medicare2.jpg?resize=190%2C106\" alt=\"ABC News - The Medicare payments outsourcing timeline of events.\" width=\"190\" height=\"106\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-710\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">ABC News &#8211; The Medicare payments outsourcing timeline of events.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_713\" style=\"width: 200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/As4YvIrgflU\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-713\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-713\" src=\"https:\/\/qldaah.files.wordpress.com\/2016\/06\/medicareturnbull1.jpg?resize=190%2C104\" alt=\"ABC News 24 - Malcolm Turnbull has had to state for the third time in as many days that Medicare will not be outsourced, sold or privatised.\" width=\"190\" height=\"104\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-713\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">ABC News 24 &#8211; Malcolm Turnbull has had to state for the third time in as many days that Medicare will not be outsourced, sold or privatised.<\/p><\/div>\n<h4>Aggression over &#8216;Invasion Day&#8217;<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/annajhenderson\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Anna Henderson<\/a> reported, &#8220;A Liberal candidate has been caught out threatening violence against people who describe the European settlement of Australia as Invasion Day.&#8221;: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/news\/2016-06-21\/liberal-candidate-ben-willis-in-facebook-comments-gotcha\/7531036\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8216;High five. In the face. With a chair&#8217;: Liberal candidate Ben Willis apologises for Invasion Day comments.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div id=\"attachment_701\" style=\"width: 200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/uQQujcWj90w\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-701\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-701\" src=\"https:\/\/qldaah.files.wordpress.com\/2016\/06\/malbenwillis.jpg?resize=190%2C106\" alt=\"ABC News 24 - With Queensland protesters in the background, Malcolm Turnbull declines to comment further on Liberal Party candidate for Gellibrand Ben Willis who apologised for making comments against people who labelled Australia Day as Invasion Day.\" width=\"190\" height=\"106\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-701\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">ABC News 24 &#8211; With Queensland protesters in the background, Malcolm Turnbull declines to comment further on Liberal Party candidate for Gellibrand Ben Willis who apologised for making comments against people who labelled Australia Day as Invasion Day.<\/p><\/div>\n<h4>South Australia votes &#8211; Cory Bernardi<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Paul_Karp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Paul Karp<\/a> reported, &#8220;Liberal senator attacks prime minister in blog post over comments Turnbull made on Q&amp;A and says they have never discussed homophobia: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2016\/jun\/22\/cory-bernardi-furious-malcolm-turnbull-implied-coalition-mps-are-homophobic\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Cory Bernardi furious Malcolm Turnbull &#8216;implied Coalition MPs are homophobic&#8217;.<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JoshButler\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Josh Butler<\/a>\u00a0reported, &#8220;Liberal Senator Cory Bernardi has denied he is a homophobe, claiming it was &#8220;unfortunate&#8221; that the Prime Minister had &#8220;appeased&#8221; people who said he was, and denied that Malcolm Turnbull had ever spoken to him about his views on LGBTI people.&#8221;: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com.au\/2016\/06\/21\/cory-bernardi-denies-being-homophobic-slams-turnbull-for-implyi\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Cory Bernardi denies being homophobic, slams Turnbull for implying such.<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>ScoMophobia<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JoshButler\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Josh Butler<\/a>\u00a0reported, &#8220;Scott Morrison, a straight white Christian male politician, claims he has experienced the same sort of &#8220;hatred and bigotry&#8221; which face LGBTI people striving for marriage equality.&#8221;: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com.au\/2016\/06\/21\/scott-morrison-straight-white-man-says-he-has-experienced-bigo\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Scott Morrison, straight white man, says he has experienced bigotry for his same-sex marriage views.<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/stephendziedzic\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Stephen Dziedzic<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/janeenorman\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jane Norman<\/a>\u00a0reported, &#8220;Federal Treasurer Scott Morrison has weighed into the debate over same-sex marriage, saying advocates for traditional marriage have also endured hatred and bigotry.&#8221;: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/news\/2016-06-22\/election-scott-morrison-responds-to-penny-wong-same-sex-marriage\/7532372\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Scott Morrison weighs in on gay marriage after Penny Wong comments.<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Brocklesnitch\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Rebecca Shaw<\/a>\u00a0wrote, &#8220;Scott Morrison has compared people disagreeing with his stance on same-sex marriage as being comparable to the bigotry that LGBTI people face. Comedian Rebecca Shaw takes us through a day in his life if this were true.&#8221;: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sbs.com.au\/comedy\/article\/2016\/06\/22\/day-life-scott-morrison-if-he-actually-faced-same-bigotry-lgbti-people\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">A day in the life of Scott Morrison if he actually faced the same bigotry as LGBTI people.<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div id=\"attachment_768\" style=\"width: 200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/GHDndKUXXFY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-768\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-768\" src=\"https:\/\/qldaah.files.wordpress.com\/2016\/06\/scomophobia.jpg?resize=190%2C102\" alt=\"ABC News - Scott Morrison says he knows how it is to receive hatred &amp; bigotry.\" width=\"190\" height=\"102\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-768\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">ABC News &#8211; Scott Morrison says he knows how it is to receive hatred &amp; bigotry.<\/p><\/div>\n<h4>Negative gearing<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/grhutchens\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Gareth Hutchens<\/a>\u00a0reported, &#8220;The treasurer cites nuanced reports, partly critical and partly supportive of Labor\u2019s policy, to claim it would be a \u2018sledgehammer\u2019 on the property market&#8221;: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2016\/jun\/22\/scott-morrison-is-losing-his-negative-gearing-modelling-war\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Scott Morrison is losing his negative gearing modelling war.<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jamesmassola\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">James Massola<\/a> and<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JennieDuke\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> Jennifer Duke<\/a>\u00a0reported, &#8220;Labor\u2019s proposed negative gearing changes could see property prices fall by up to 15 per cent and rents rise by 6 per cent, according to the worst-case scenarios in a new independent analysis.Under the best-case scenario, the new report by property analysts SQM Research states that Australian house prices would fall by a combined 4 per cent over 2018, 2019 and 2020 if Labor\u2019s proposal to limit negative gearing is implemented.&#8221;: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.domain.com.au\/news\/federal-election-2016-house-prices-to-fall-rents-to-rise-under-labor-negative-gearing-policy-20160621-gpoae4\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">House prices to fall, rents to rise under Labor negative gearing policy.<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Cartoons<\/h4>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">honestly..scott <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FinancialReview\">@FinancialReview<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ausvotes?src=hash\">#ausvotes<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/VbGvXBLPmM\">pic.twitter.com\/VbGvXBLPmM<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; 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