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"The aspiring Coalition MP tapped to replace its candidate dumped over extreme
comments made to far-right podcasts turns out to be an ardent Trump supporter
and one of the figures behind a pro-gas industry astroturf campaign.
Over the weekend the Liberal Party disendorsed Benjamin Britton, who had been
running for the NSW seat of Whitlam ahead of the May 3 election, after he
claimed “diversity and equity quotas, Marxist ideology and woke ideologies” had
undermined Australian security, and that he believed women should not serve in
the military.
“Why would you want to send your beautiful women? Your females, the ones that
are the backbone of your society. Your society only exists because of women.
Why would you want to sacrifice them in war, on the altar?” Britton said.
It was announced over the weekend that Britton would be replaced by Nathaniel
Smith, a former New South Wales MP for Wollondilly and the CEO of the Master
Plumbers’ Association.
“Nathaniel has been a passionate advocate for small businesses and investment
in trades and training,” the Coalition statement said. “He will campaign to
ease Labor’s cost of living burden on local households and small businesses,
and help people struggling under the growing burden of mortgages, rents, and
everyday expenses.”
Renew Economy previously reported that Smith was a director of Australians for
Natural Gas, a fossil fuel industry cut-out created in collaboration with gas
company Tamboran Resources managing director and CEO Joel Riddle, and Lyndal
Maloney, a founder of the Conservative Political Action (CPAC) conference’s
Australian franchise.
Follow up reporting by the ABC found Freshwater Strategy, a Coalition internal
polling outfit, was helping build support for the group ahead of the election."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
