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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