Labor senate candidate Mich-Elle Myers pulls down controversial Twitter account

One of Labor’s Senate candidates has deleted her entire Twitter account after posts espousing radical leftist views were revealed. See the deleted tweets.

One of Labor’s Senate candidates has been exposed as a radical leftist who has played down the 2014 Lindt siege, come out against the AUKUS agreement, and nearly every year calls for Australia Day to be changed.

The Daily Telegraph can reveal Mich-Elle Myers has since deleted the controversial posts and her entire Twitter account.

Ms Myers, who is Labor’s number five pick on the NSW Senate ticket, had also mocked religion, tweeting that Jesus was “gay”, called for Australia Day to be changed, and called for the nation’s airlines to be nationalised.

Ms Myers is an extremely senior figure within the ALP, being the party’s national vice president and chaired its national conference in 2021 and is said to be very close to Opposition Leader Anthony Albanese.

In a series of tweets in 2016, Ms Myers tweeted in regard to the 2014 Lindt Café siege, “Martin Place was NOT a terror attack! Stop spreading the fear!”

In the tweets Ms Myers mocked the need for tougher anti-terror laws and also said that “the nutcase in the café wasn’t a terrorist he was a nutcase with a gun,” despite an inquest into the attack finding that the 16 hour siege orchestrated by lone wolf gunman Man Haron Monis was indeed a terrorist attack.

ALP vice president Mich-Elle Myers has deleted her Twitter account, along with its controversial posts.

In series of attacks on the Catholic faith in 2013, Ms Myers tweeted, “Jesus was gay! You heard it here first”, told the Pope to “get your head out of your arse!”, and wrote, “I’ve had enough of the catholic (sic) church & the sh*t that comes from their mouths”.

Contradicting Labor policy to support the AUKUS defence arrangement, Ms Myers tweeted on the day that the agreement was signed, “the news about nuclear subs and defence deals (sic) has made me feel sick”.

Ms Myers is on the leadership team of the Maritime Union of Australia, which has co-ordinated a vocal campaign against the arrangement, despite Opposition Leader Anthony Albanese pledging to support AUKUS if Labor forms government.

She is also a strong supporter of fellow unionist and CFMEU Secretary John Setka, who in 2019 was convicted of harassing his wife and breaching court orders and was that same year expelled from the Labor Party.

Screenshots from Mich-Elle Myers Twitter account before it was deleted.

In one 2018 tweet, a smiling Ms Myers posed with Mr Setka in a photo she captioned, “Why are these thugs so happy? Because we are one! (We won!)”

“Anthony Albanese’s hand-picked Senate candidate holds extremely radical views that do not belong in our nation’s parliament,” said NSW Senator Hollie Hughes.

“It says many things about Mr Albanese’s weak leadership that he thinks these views are acceptable in the Senate.

Ms Myers' Twitter page today.

“Because Mich-Elle Myers is a close confidant of Mr Albanese’s, we know that she would have a heavy influence on him as Prime Minister.

“Given Myers’ extreme views, her influence on a potential Labor government is deeply disturbing.”

Ms Myers told The Daily Telegraph, “I regret these comments and I’m sorry for any offence they have caused.”

“Ms Myers has apologised for her past comments. They do not reflect Labor’s views,” an ALP spokesman.

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