George Simon
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Assistant General Secretary @NSWLabor. Working to defeat Liberal Governments in NSW and in Canberra. Views are my own.
Sydney, Australia
Joined March 2009
😢 This is members’ money.
The NSW CFMEU authorised the transfer of $3.15m of union members’ funds to pay for lawyers for Darren Greenfield and his son Michael to fight bribery charges, two days after the government announced the union would be forced into administration.
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This is reprehensible
The NSW CFMEU authorised the transfer of $3.15m of union members’ funds to pay for lawyers for Darren Greenfield and his son Michael to fight bribery charges, two days after the government announced the union would be forced into administration.
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An important message to all of Australia's union members
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It's that time in the cycle when local government backroom operatives sit in dimly lit, cigar smoke filled rooms churning out dossiers for journalists on their stolen and defaced election signs
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Three types of freaks on this website commenting on the opening of the Sydney Metro: - weird dudes who ironically love trains - out of work Lib staffers who would have you believe they laid the track with their own coarse hands - people who live on the north shore
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Live footage from NSW Lib HQ
This is quite a statement from the NSW Liberal Party, claiming “the integrity of our democracy is at stake” and insisting the technicality they have identified is not a technicality
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Chris Minns, I believe, is a man of principle. As Premier he should do the right thing and support Liberals being allowed to stand as candidates for the Council elections. Don’t be afraid of competition. Our democracy is only as good as the competition of ideas on offer. #nswpol
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In 10 years, the Liberal Party in the Northern Beaches has gone from delivering a Liberal Prime Minister to having no federal seats, no nominated councillors and a bloke named Rory Amon as the ranking state Liberal MP in the area. We are watching an extinction event.
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Long may he reign
Senior Liberal sources telling me state director Richard Shields has no plans to resign at this stage. Opposition leader Mark Speakman publicly called on him to fall on his sword this morning
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Hearing reports that angry NSW Liberal council candidates will rally outside the Liberal HQ tomorrow morning. They will hold placards reading “Justice for the Georges River Council Mortdale Ward 3” and “Fairness for the Frenchs Forest Ward of Northern Beaches Council Four”
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Hell hath no fury like a wronged local council candidate. I’ll be surprised if Shields still has his job tomorrow.
Liberal state director Richard Shields has issued a statement confirming the administrative disaster which has seen the party fail to nominate candidates in several LGAs "With the secretariat resources that we had available unfortunately we were unable to nominate in all LGAs"
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A really good summary from Matt that contextualises some of the more hysterical commentary we are seeing on recent polling
So much discussion on polls lately. A few things to consider when examining them 1/8:
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I want to be in the meeting where a political party decided to buy a conveyor belt
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England losing the Ashes because of their own shitty weather and losing two tests is not in the spirit of the game
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But this is different. In this essay I will…
"It's very very smart from Jonny Bairstow" "Brilliant work by Jonny Bairstow, a wicket out of absolutely nothing there" "a lot of credit to Jonny Bairstow for realizing the moment" #TheAshes
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I’m proud of our men’s and women’s cricket teams, who have both won their opening two #Ashes matches against England. Same old Aussies – always winning! Australia is right behind @ahealy77, @patcummins30 and their teams and look forward to welcoming them home victorious 👏
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The English spirit of the game is on daily display in the historical artefacts section of the British Museum
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Matt Kean starting to give off real “leave Britney alone” vibes
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