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Bill Shorten hit with legal threats over slogan
May 25^th, 2016 at 9:47am

A Queensland bank is threatening to sue Labor leader Bill Shorten for allegedly stealing their "people first" slogan for his election campaign.

Lawyers for Heritage Bank says Mr Shorten campaigning on "putting people first" creates the impression the bank "is affiliated or has endorsed the Labor Party", The Courier Mail reports.

The bank has claimed a customer confronted a branch manager accusing it of being a "supporter of the ALP" and "threatened to withdraw his substantial term deposits".

"Despite reassurance from the branch manager that the ALP and Heritage Bank are not affiliated in any way, the customer was not dissuaded from his ultimate conclusion that the Heritage Bank is a 'supporter' of the ALP," the bank claims.

Mr Shorten has so far stood firm, saying the cease-and-desist threats are politically motivated.

Heritage Bank donated more than $10,000 to the Liberal National Party in 2014, and the bank's head of operations David Janetzki is running as the party's candidate in the state seat of Toowomba South.

The bank has threatened to start legal action as early as this afternoon if the ALP does not disassociate itself from the slogan.

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cods Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 88048	Re: Bill Shorten hit with legal threats over slogan Reply #1 - May 25^th, 2016 at 9:50am oh gawd... are we getting precious or what!... trust it to be a Qld bank they are bonkers up there.
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Lisa Jones Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 39047 Sydney Gender:	Re: Bill Shorten hit with legal threats over slogan Reply #2 - May 25^th, 2016 at 10:00am cods wrote on May 25^th, 2016 at 9:50am: oh gawd... are we getting precious or what!... trust it to be a Qld bank they are bonkers up there. I wonder if it's the same bank Arssie worked for. He's bonkers too so there's definitely a link there
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Prime Minister for Canyons Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 26906 Canberra Gender:	Re: Bill Shorten hit with legal threats over slogan Reply #3 - May 25^th, 2016 at 10:05am Plus its a bank noones ever heard of. It seems smaller than even Bendigo
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Reply #4 - May 25^th, 2016 at 10:12am

Prime Minister for Canyons wrote on May 25^th, 2016 at 10:05am:

Plus its a bank noones ever heard of. It seems smaller than even Bendigo

Heritage is Australia's largest customer-owned bank. With a history going back to 1875, we've always been in the business of helping Australians realise their financial dreams and enrich their lives. As a customer-owned bank, instead of paying dividends to shareholders, our profits go towards giving our customers competitive interest rates and lower (or no) fees whenever we can. We call this the People first way of doing business. - https://www.heritage.com.au/about-heritage

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Prime Minister for Canyons Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 26906 Canberra Gender:	Re: Bill Shorten hit with legal threats over slogan Reply #5 - May 25^th, 2016 at 10:14am So its small, plus it seems aligned with the Libs so therefore is going to look to be a pain in the ass
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Armchair_Politician Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 26837 Gender:	Re: Bill Shorten hit with legal threats over slogan Reply #6 - May 25^th, 2016 at 10:18am Prime Minister for Canyons wrote on May 25^th, 2016 at 10:14am: So its small, plus it seems aligned with the Libs so therefore is going to look to be a pain in the ass Go to their website and you'll see the slogan in their logo. It's been there a long time. https://www.heritage.com.au/
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Prime Minister for Canyons Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 26906 Canberra Gender:	Re: Bill Shorten hit with legal threats over slogan Reply #7 - May 25^th, 2016 at 10:18am In terms of size its less than a tenth as big as Bendigo. Additionally according to Wiki, its smaller than CUA, so its not even Australias largest customer owned bank
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Prime Minister for Canyons Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 26906 Canberra Gender:	Re: Bill Shorten hit with legal threats over slogan Reply #8 - May 25^th, 2016 at 10:19am Two words. Trademark infringed
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Reply #9 - May 25^th, 2016 at 10:25am

Labor uses the words "People First" in an 8 week (well 6 now as 2 have gone by) & a bank decides it can make an extra bit of cash plus throwing some mud on their party of choice opponents.

How long before the commonwealth bank sues everybody for using the words "which" & "bank" over the period of their lives?

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greggerypeccary Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 143958 Gender:	Re: Bill Shorten hit with legal threats over slogan Reply #10 - May 25^th, 2016 at 10:26am Oticon People 1st Program WA Government WE'LL PUT PEOPLE FIRST NZ California Productivity Solutions
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Prime Minister for Canyons Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 26906 Canberra Gender:	Re: Bill Shorten hit with legal threats over slogan Reply #11 - May 25^th, 2016 at 10:28am Admittedly in Heritages defence, it is in Qld, so a two word slogan is all the locals can cope with.
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Wolseley Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 1453 Sydney Gender:	Re: Bill Shorten hit with legal threats over slogan Reply #12 - May 25^th, 2016 at 10:28am I can't imagine they would have much chance of being successful if they launched legal action. They are using two common words and it's hardly an unusual combination of words, so maybe the Queensland bank is just doing this to get a bit of free publicity.
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Mr Hammer Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 25212 Gender:	Re: Bill Shorten hit with legal threats over slogan Reply #13 - May 25^th, 2016 at 10:29am All Shorten has to do is re-name the slogan People Smugglers First. Fixed.
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Armchair_Politician Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 26837 Gender:	Re: Bill Shorten hit with legal threats over slogan Reply #14 - May 25^th, 2016 at 10:31am Mr Hammer wrote on May 25^th, 2016 at 10:29am: All Shorten has to do is re-name the slogan People Smugglers First. Fixed.
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