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<strong>Scott</strong> Morrison says there is NO EVIDENCE links to Mining Lobbyists<br />

on his <strong>staff</strong> with his denial of physics<br />

Image from Tracking the Australian Right Wing and other political extremists<br />

If you have ever wondered how <strong>Scott</strong> Morrison forms his opinions on<br />

everything from climate change and coal mining to taxation and punishing<br />

the poor......<br />

<strong>Scott</strong> John Morrison does not appear to be a man with an abundance of<br />

intellectual curiosity, his employment history* is lacklustre with most of<br />

positions he held lasting less than 3 years and, his work ethic is not strong<br />

given he granted himself three holiday breaks in the first full year of his<br />

primeministership.<br />

Member for Mining <strong>Scott</strong> Morrison says the fact he is surrounded by<br />

advisors with connections to the coal industry, including multinational<br />

mining corporations such as Rio Tinto, pro-coal lobbying firms such as<br />

Crosby Textor, and members of the Murdoch Press, is unrelated to his fire<br />

sale of the national interest.<br />

If you donate to the Liberal Party you can rest assured you will get all the<br />

law you want when it comes to mining development. With both the Great<br />

Australian Bight and the Great Barrier Reef in the frame, earmarked for<br />

mining exploration fears are the Mining Lobby will get their way and these<br />

Australian icons will be exploited for profit.


Surrounded by these people it’s easy to see the influence they wield over<br />

<strong>Scott</strong> Morrison who after all is only a Marketing man and no more.<br />

These key people who work in <strong>Scott</strong> Morrison’s office are radically pro-coal<br />

and anti-climate action.<br />

Murdoch empire, an organization so steeped in denial as to even deny the<br />

presence of climate deniers, be in any way related to Morrison’s crackdown<br />

on environmental protests? Of course, they do.<br />

The fossil fuel industry in Australia gets $29 billion in government subsidies<br />

each year.<br />

Over the last six years, the Coalition government has taken 194 actions to<br />

sabotage environmental policy.<br />

<strong>Scott</strong> Morrisons <strong>staff</strong><br />

John Kunkel - Chief of Staff<br />

• Formerly worked as Chief Advisor for Government Relations Mining<br />

giant Rio Tinto’s<br />

• Before that he was Deputy CEO of the Minerals Council of Australia for<br />

more than six years<br />

Yaron Finkelstein - Principal Private Secretary<br />

• Former CEO of Crosby Textor (now C|T), a multinational lobbying firm<br />

with close ties to the mining industry<br />

• C|T’s corporate clients include coal giants Glencore and Mitsubishi<br />

Development, along with the Australian Petroleum Production and<br />

Exploration Association and the Queensland Resources Council.<br />

• They ran a 2017 campaign to undermine confidence in renewable<br />

energy on behalf of Glencore which included fabricating news stories<br />

and spying on environmental groups.<br />

Andrew Hirst - Liberal Party Campaign Director<br />

• Former Crosby Textor Director. Textor is Australia’s most famous<br />

pollster — he and his London-based business partner Lynton Crosby<br />

are synonymous with John Howard’s victories and conservative wins<br />

around the world, from New Zealand’s John Key to Britain’s Boris<br />

Johnson and David Cameron. He's also known for coming up with<br />

Tony Abbott's election-winning slogans in 2013.


Isaac Levido - Deputy Liberal Party Campaign Director<br />

• In Australia, Levido worked with Michael Brooks, a pollster from<br />

Crosby’s British company CTF Partners, and digital content experts<br />

Sean Topham and Ben Guerin from New Zealand.<br />

• Worked on campaign that produced a large majority for Boris<br />

Johnson<br />

• Set up Crosby-Textor’s Washington DC office<br />

Brendan Pearson - Senior Advisor for International Trade and<br />

Investment for the Office of the Prime Minister (OPM)<br />

• Pearson was the CEO of the MCA from 2014 untl 2017, where BHP<br />

Billiton pressured the MCA over Pearson’s radically pro-coal stances<br />

and insistence on government-subsidised coal projects.<br />

Stephanie Wawn - Senior Adviser to <strong>Scott</strong> Morrison<br />

• Manager for Capital Hill Advisory. Capital Hill’s clients included coal<br />

miner Glencore and pro-coal think tank, the Menzies Research Centre<br />

Mathew Canavan – Federal Resources Minister (known as the Minister<br />

for Mining) and Deputy Leader of the Nationals in the Senate<br />

• Brother, John Canavan, who was once an executive at coal giant<br />

Peabody Energy and now part-owns Queensland’s Rolleston coal mine.<br />

• Canavan’s Northern Australian Infrastructure Facility Fund has five of<br />

seven board members with strong mining industry ties.<br />

Angus Taylor – Energy Minister<br />

• Consulted for the Minerals Council of Australia (MCA)<br />

Melissa Price – Former Environment Minister now Minister for Defence<br />

Industry<br />

• Former Vice-President at a mining company owned by Mitsubishi<br />

Development, co-owners of a portfolio of Queensland coal mines<br />

James McGrath – LNP Senator for Queensland<br />

• Former Crosby Textor (now C|T). Textor - is Australia’s most famous<br />

pollster. Mark Textor and his London-based business partner Lynton<br />

Crosby are synonymous with John Howard’s victories and<br />

conservative wins around the world, from New Zealand’s John Key to<br />

Britain’s Boris Johnson and David Cameron. He's also known for<br />

coming up with Tony Abbott's election-winning slogans in 2013.


Then we have the Murdoch Media …<br />

Their ultimate goal is to become Australia’s national broadcaster at the<br />

expense of the ABC which is to be sold off.<br />

To ensure Rupert Murdoch has his people close to Government, several of<br />

them also work in <strong>Scott</strong> Morrison’s inner office. If you think they might play<br />

some role in Government policy? Of course, they do.<br />

Matthew Fynes-Clinton - <strong>Scott</strong> Morrison’s speechwriter.<br />

Former Deputy Chief of Staff and Editor of The Courier Mail<br />

Andrew Carswell – <strong>Scott</strong> Morrison’s Press Secretary. Attended White<br />

House Dinner in September 2019<br />

Former Chief of Staff at the Daily Telegraph<br />

Yaron Finkelstein, principal private secretary, Office of the Prime<br />

Minister of Australia. Attended White House Dinner in September<br />

2019,<br />

Former CEO of Crosby Textor (now C|T) a multinational lobbying firm with<br />

close ties to the Liberal Party and the mining industry<br />

Thomas Adolph<br />

Now Principal Adviser Media and Government Relations<br />

Chamber of Commerce and Industry WA (October 2019 to present)<br />

Former Prime Minister’s Press Secretary – Media Advisor<br />

(April 2016 to August 2019)<br />

Communications Officer Foreign Minister Julie Bishop (January 2014 to<br />

April 2016)<br />

The Australian<br />

Is The IPA Australia’s equivalent to the US TEA Party?<br />

Buts lets not forget the IPA, they are the Liberal Party Policy development<br />

think tank who are ultra-conservatives, they wield enormous power of the<br />

Liberal Party.


Gina Rinehart, Clive Palmer, Rupert Murdoch <strong>Scott</strong> Morrison<br />

Gina Rinehart<br />

Then there is the direct influence exerted by mining billionaire Gina<br />

Rinehart who is a Coalition donor, her personal <strong>staff</strong> includes<br />

• Sophie Mirabelle, former Liberal MP<br />

• Adam Giles, former Liberal Chief Minister of the Northern Territory<br />

Rinehart maintains a very close relationship with former Deputy PM<br />

Barnaby Joyce, whose campaigns she’s also helped fund.”<br />

As co-owner of major coal mining licenses in the Galilee Basin, Rinehart<br />

stands to receive significant benefits if the area is opened up, via approval<br />

for the Adani-Carmichael mega coal-mine, currently being pushed through<br />

by the Coalition Government.”<br />

Brian Houston<br />

We have left the best to last.<br />

There is another living paradox who inhabits <strong>Scott</strong> Morrison’s office and<br />

that is. Brian Houston, he is the religious pastor ( and a multi Millionaire )<br />

who is more concerned with politics than matters of faith, whereas <strong>Scott</strong><br />

Morrison seems more concerned with moral matters.<br />

Brian Houston can’t believe his luck, he has direct access and influence<br />

over the government of Australia through <strong>Scott</strong> Morrison.<br />

All because <strong>Scott</strong> Morrison believes Church and State should be one<br />

and the same.


It’s said of <strong>Scott</strong> Morrison and his intellect that he has never read a new<br />

book and never had an original thought if he does its always been<br />

someone else’s ideas he has used and claimed as his own.<br />

Others say Morrison is so easily led.<br />

Malcolm Turnbull<br />

Malcolm Turnbull’s Media Advisor during his Prime Ministership was<br />

Clive Mathieson, former Editor of the Australian.<br />

In 2017, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull appointed Sid Marris, a<br />

Mineral Council of Australia (MCA) Director, as his advisor on energy,<br />

climate change and resources. He is now back at the MCA.<br />

In 2018, Turnbull and Josh Frydenberg gave $444 million in taxpayer<br />

money to the Great Barrier Reef Foundation without a competitive tender<br />

or application process.<br />

The chair of that foundation is John Schubert, an executive of Esso, owned<br />

by ExxonMobil. The Foundation Chairman’s panel is tied to Peabody and<br />

BHP, both members of the Minerals Council of Australia (MCA).<br />

Former minister<br />

Ian Macfarlane – former Resources Minister who scrapped the mining tax<br />

Now CEO of the Queensland Resources Council in 2016 – soon after<br />

quitting Parliament<br />

Source:<br />

https://medium.com/@narelleford/friday-post-5759f3c75f9f<br />

http://situationtheatre.com/news-fuse/member-for-mining-denials<br />

https://fossilfool.com.au/roll-call-of-climate-deniers-who-have-captured-ourgovernments-policy/<br />

https://northcoastvoices.blogspot.com/2020/02/if-you-have-ever-wondered-howscott.html

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