The real Julia loved Same-Sex Mal but the real hero of Chisholm was anti-Safe Schools
No warning. Richard Ferguson, The Australian, yesterday:
Julia Banks did not tell Scott Morrison in advance that she would defect from the Liberal Party.
Here’s a clue. Annika Smethurst, The Sunday Telegraph, October 7:
Liberal MP Julia Banks … has fired another shot at the Liberal Party by removing its logos from her website.
The hero of Chisholm. Ben Packham, The Australian, November 27:
Malcolm Turnbull’s hero of the 2016 election has become the political pariah of Scott Morrison’s government … Ms Banks was the one bright spot on election night in 2016 for Mr Turnbull, winning the only seat the government picked up from Labor … Greek newspaper Neos Kosmos put her 2016 victory down to her strong grassroots campaign.
Real hero of Chisholm. Doug Hendrie, The Guardian, January 9, 2016:
Two weeks before the federal election … Melbourne groups on WeChat — the Chinese Facebook — were lighting up with pro-Liberal posts and articles. In group chats of up to 500 people, commentators attacked the ALP … (saying) voting Labor would lead to vast increases in refugee numbers which would mean fewer family visas … (and) the Safe Schools program would mean boys could use girls’ toilets … The architect of that scheme was Gladys Liu, the Liberal Party communities engagement … chairwoman … She says the campaign was behind the upset result in Chisholm … where the Liberals bucked a nationwide trend and snatched the marginal seat from Labor … Liu points to … voting booths in Box Hill, where more than 20% of voters are Chinese speakers, which registered a first-preference swing of 4.2% to … Julia Banks, and 5.6% away from Labor. She says … “Chinese people come to Australia because they want good things for the next generation, not to be destroyed … (by) same-sex, transgender, intergender. All this rubbish.”
And the hero in 2019? Benjamin Preiss, The Age, October 26:
Gladys Liu was preselected late on Thursday evening for the federal seat (of Chisholm) …
Who learned the lesson? Matt Johnston, Herald Sun, November 26:
Some of the techniques (the Victorian ALP) used to secure victory included tailoring messages … to different ethnic communities … The loss of the federal seat of Chisholm to the Liberals was a wake-up call about the power of Asian social media … Large ethnic groups, including Africans, Chinese and Indians, were targeted by Labor with material … Some party figures believe Chinese voters deserted the Liberals in Box Hill and Mount Waverley, while a strong African vote may have helped … in Richmond … Another Labor source said Chinese voters objected to the Coalition’s opposition to the Belt and Road deal … Labor exploited that with hard-hitting messages on WeChat.
Aunty lets a middle-aged white male Scot (a socialist) play the race card. ABC1 Q&A, November 26:
Tony Jones: Are you talking the same language as Jeremy Corbyn?
Doug Cameron: As a socialist, yes.
Jones: There aren’t many people left in the Labor Party who refer to themselves as socialists …
Tom Switzer: There are in Britain! You should go back to Scotland, mate.
Jones: Tom, you’re not saying, “Go back to where you came from”, because that would be quite a bad …
Cameron: You can imagine what happens to other migrants in this country if that’s the sort of attitude …
Switzer: Come on, I’m just joking …
Cameron: It’s always easy to say it’s a joke.