Save Our Super, Kelly: toffs tried to dump O’Dwyer but ALP the real threat to retirees
Remember this? Samantha Hutchinson reports in The Australian, September 6 last year:
Kelly O’Dwyer is under attack in her own electorate from a cross-factional group … They are unhappy that Ms O’Dwyer … introduced deeply unpopular superannuation reforms …
Save Our Super’s Jack Hammond speaking to The Australian Financial Review, September 1 last year:
I know there are many people in Higgins who are dissatisfied with Kelly O’Dwyer … and many who would be more than happy to see her step aside
Bet he feels like a right muppet. Labor leader Bill Shorten in Sydney, yesterday:
… some self-managed super funds are able to get $2.5 million of cash bonuses from the government. That’s not what people pay their taxes for.
O’Dwyer did warn the lot of them about Labor’s super plots. The Revenue Minister’s statement on November 8, 2016:
Labor sees superannuation as just another honey pot from which to draw revenue. You just can’t trust Labor with superannuation.
Did that stop them? Nope. Save Our Super’s John McMurrick on ABC’s 7.30, April 23 last year:
They (O’Dwyer and the Liberals) will never raise any money until they get the trust of the people back. They have lost the trust of their constituents and they will find this out at the next election.
Maybe O’Dwyer’s coffers will fill up again soon? Shorten, yesterday:
… the taxpayers of Australia are writing a cheque to an SMSF fund for $2.5 million … that’s just absurd, isn’t it?
Meanwhile, the Trade Minister had to clean up a big mess. Steven Ciobo to Sky News, Monday:
Laura Jayes: Why did you leave the door open (to joining action against Donald Trump at the World Trade Organisation) yesterday? …
Ciobo: Because that was a broader question about WTO actions in relation to observer status …
Huh? There was no mention of “observer status” in Ciobo’s now notorious ABC Insiders interview, Sunday:
Barrie Cassidy: If the Europeans, for example, were to take Donald Trump to the World Trade Organisation … would you support them?
Ciobo: Well, look, we need to assess it on a case-by-case basis …
I'm joining calls on @alexbhathal and @RichardDiNatale to disavow this appalling & sexist sign and apologise on behalf of the Greens to Ged. pic.twitter.com/FdU63N1Zmf
— Alexander White (@alexanderwhite) March 11, 2018
H oly sexism, Batman! Unions ACT boss Alexander White on the federal by-election, Twitter, Monday:
I’m joining calls on @alexbhathal and @RichardDiNatale to disavow this appalling & sexist sign and apologise … to (Labor candidate) Ged (Kearney).
Mate. It’s just my opinion, but you devalue the practice of calling out real sexism with this nonsense. Is this 🚠sexist against cigarettes? Say it’s mean. Say it’s petty local politics (both true). But this Batman voter doesn’t see any sexism.
— Charlie Pickering (@charliepick) March 11, 2018
The sign was a picture of Kearney with a red cross through it. That’s it. The ABC’s Charlie Pickering on Twitter, Monday:
Feel free to articulate how it’s sexist, Alexander.
White replies to Pickering online:
… putting a cross through a woman’s face is generally accepted as sexist …
Is it? Feminist activist Kate Walton on Twitter, Monday:
It might not be a NICE thing to do but it isn’t sexist.
White manages to make the lefties look sensible. Replying to Walton :
Kate, part of sexism in politics is trying to silence women. Defacing Ged’s face is part of that …
Mansplaining much there, mate? Walton on Twitter, continued:
I am a feminist activist. I know what sexism looks like. This is not sexist …
Alex, I am a feminist activist. I know what sexism looks like. This is not sexist - they are not trying to shut a women out or remove her voice, they are trying to get rid of racist policies.
— Kate Walton (@waltonkate) March 12, 2018