#auspol #Independents
28 page booklet (for curious printers, this includes the covers)
from independent candidate for #Flinders (former safe seat of greg rhymes-with) currently held by zoe mckenzie for #Lib party — all i could learn about her last election, beyond her party affiliation, was the skeezy (truly creepy) old bloke handing out how to vote cards said <she’s so pretty>.
she sends a fridge magnet calendar out, and has not actively done as much damage as greg <privatised medicine is so efficient and world class> rhymes-with, so far as i can tell
anyways… independent candidate booklet is yellow background, liberal blue type. content is moderately reasonable. 3 things in his favour: he is not proudly right wing, he is not proudly liberal, he is not proudly labor
also in letter box, 4 page pamphlet, yellow background, black ink, tone is <<warning warning danger will robinson>> “7 facts about ben smith and the teal independents”
the aim, obvs, is to taint ben’s chances by aligning him with teals, funded by simon holmes à court, teals vote with greens, are weak on security, want higher taxes, want to change australia day, support the voice, and voting teal risks a minority labour greens teal government.
how’s this for a scare: “Despite youth crime in victoria reaching a 15 year high last year, The Independent for Flinders Facebook group which promotes Ben Smith has posted online about the (bold type) fallacy of increased youth crime (end bold)
illustrations include headshots of adam bandt, greens leader, looking like he would pick a fight in an empty house, and one of anthony albanese, labor leader, looking 👀 like he is trying to work out who farted.
(authorised by s smith, liberal party)
