Simon Banks
@SimonBanksHB
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Simon Banks is one of Australia’s most highly respected government relations, campaigning and strategic communications professionals.
Canberra
Joined February 2011
🗣️ We're inviting you to share the most impactful, memorable, or unique Australian political quote you've heard in 2025. Whether it's from a parliamentary debate, a press conference, or a statement that captured a key political moment, we want to hear it. https://t.co/Rs4pmgNqUQ
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📅 As 2025's political calendar draws to a close, we're reflecting on the words that have truly shaped our national discourse. At Hawker Britton and Barton Deakin Government Relations, we're launch...
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Net zero is the most important burning issue in the country and we must resolve it urgently - but ONLY ☝🏼 if I can get a convenient direct flight and I'm not too sleepy when I arrive
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The internet never forgets! Old mate talking up net zero just 4 years ago. What happened???
More to come from the Nats. In the meantime here’s what net zero means for us:
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So apparently the LNP’s new narrative is that Chris Bowen has done such a good job on emissions reduction, we should all take a break https://t.co/k8GLJdO04E
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“Liberal MP angered over last-minute recall to Canberra to resolve net zero debate” https://t.co/hdAoMuRpO5
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Opposition Leader Sussan Ley will haul her MPs back to Canberra on Wednesday next week for a crunch meeting to land the energy policy.
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“Liberals confirm climate policy reset as chaos reigns” https://t.co/fm1y7BXDLd
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The Liberals remain split over net zero and at odds with their Coalition partner, with four more meetings called to break the stalemate before the end of the month.
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“Ley’s day of net-zero reckoning revealed as Hawke condemned” https://t.co/R0Ip9Odr5H
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CNN: Editorial Choice or Censorship? CNN doesn’t just report the news — it edits reality. Through calculated omissions and biased framing, the network controls the conversation and suppresses stories that challenge its agenda. This episode reveals how censorship has become CNN’s
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The Liberal Party and Nationals just voted against delivering an independent Centre for Disease Control for Australia.
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Pretty embarrassing @mattjcan you are still using research that the researchers says doesn’t say what you say it does
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“I thought Albo’s urgent care clinics were a waste – until I needed one” https://t.co/VjvXXAVDWq
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I couldn’t find a GP and didn’t have five hours to wait in emergency. Luckily, there was a solution.
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“Australia is now watching the Coalition break down in real time” https://t.co/MLaMJbHYEk
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Anthony Albanese understood that most voters, as they came out of the pandemic, wanted a cooler form of politics. The Coalition didn’t get the message.
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“Speakman stares down barrel of Coalition split over net zero” https://t.co/xVk8QQMKR5
smh.com.au
Opposition Leader Mark Speakman has reiterated his support for Coalition’s “long-standing position” of net zero by 2050. The NSW Nationals might go their own way on Tuesday.
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“Academics say their net zero costing is being ‘misrepresented’ after Nationals repeat $9tn claim”
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Researchers behind report cited by some in the Coalition say their work is based on various assumptions – largely involving cost to overseas customers, not Australians
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One of the largest silver mine projects in the US just went public... Stock code is SSLVF SunSilver’s silver eq resource also contains critical military metal antimony… Why was Sun Silver our Stock Pick of the Year? Disc: 3,300,752 SSLVF held
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Good to hear that @AngusTaylorMP is likely the next leader of the LNP The guy who deliberately hid electricity price rises from you ahead of the 2022 election And backed ScoMo’s net zero by 2050 with no substance plan
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The Federal Liberal Party are still deciding their policy The Queensland LNP Government have already announced theirs It doesn’t include new coal fired power stations Nor nuclear Gas but only peaking not new baseload
@SimonBanksHB Well the federal Liberal party only abandoned net zero 2 days ago... Are you deliberately trolling?
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If the Queensland LNP Are ignoring the LNP’s Page Institute Why wouldn’t you?
Meanwhile even the Queensland LNP That could build whatever they want Aren’t planning to build a new coal fired power station Apparently they aren’t “meticulous” either
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Meanwhile even the Queensland LNP That could build whatever they want Aren’t planning to build a new coal fired power station Apparently they aren’t “meticulous” either
So “meticulous” It doesn’t explain why no commercial operator is planning to build a new coal fired power plant plant in Australia Surely a “meticulous” study would ask why they aren’t even asking for the subsidies needed to do it
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Every marketing leader I talk to is facing the same challenge: Scale 📶 The demand for content has exploded, but the systems behind it haven’t kept up. Teams are expected to launch more campaigns, in more markets, with more data, all while maintaining brand integrity and speed.
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So “meticulous” It doesn’t explain why no commercial operator is planning to build a new coal fired power plant plant in Australia Surely a “meticulous” study would ask why they aren’t even asking for the subsidies needed to do it
We are demanding a full retraction and public apology from the ABC. Last night on 7.30, the ABC deliberately misrepresented our report that led to the National Party abandoning Net Zero in an attempt to discredit our thorough research into the Australian energy market, net zero
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Higher energy prices Less energy Fewer jobs Lower economic growth Higher emissions This is the LNP’s policy for the next election
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