To hide their embarrassment will the Chinese Labor Party Review bury Shady Shorten in an unmarked grave ?



Blame game: who's lining up to bury Bill Shorten's reputation?
By Kylar Loussikian October 3, 2019 — 11.55pm


Bill Shorten's role in the federal election loss is a controversy among ALP election review panellists.CREDIT:GOLDING

With less than a month until Labor’s federal election review is delivered to the party’s national executive, attention among the drafting committee has turned to one key question: to kill or not to kill, so to speak, Bill Shorten.

Shorten was hardly the first unpopular party leader, but now comes the apportionment of blame for the policies and campaigning which skewered Labor’s chances in May.



As those who are more reticent point out, many of the policies now being blamed for the election loss – including the enormously damaging dividend imputation reforms – sailed through shadow cabinet without much backlash from his colleagues.

While the drafting of the review is under way, we hear the argument over who is ultimately to blame is still being hashed out. Former Labor national secretary Noah Carroll is sure to cop some of it, particularly in respect to campaigning and polling.

But as we wrote earlier this week, he’s already landed upright elsewhere.

Why worry about the past when you can make a motza at KPMG?


RETURN OF THE TRIPROTEGE
Meanwhile, Shorten's former strategy director Ian McNamara has found himself a new gig.

The whispering at Macquarie Street this week was that he had been seconded to do “special projects” for the Australian Workers’ Union, a euphemism most often used to describe the loyal foot soldiers who compile opposition dirt files. The truth is significantly milder.

McNamara has started at the AWU, but he’s there to assist national secretary Dan Walton overhaul the outfit as part of long-flagged modernisation plans. He's just consulting, we're told.

Before his time with Shorten, McNamara was a long-serving NSW Labor operator who worked in senior roles for former leader Luke Foley and his predecessor John Robertson.

Unfortunately, at least among NSW Labor’s Parliament House crew, it’s been hard for McNamara to shake a rather irritating nickname: the Triprotege.

Once upon a time, it turns out, the highly regarded adviser working for the then premier Kristina Keneally was well known for his closeness to former Labor powerbroker Joe Tripodi.

THE MANILA FOLDER
It must be trench-coat and fake moustache season at the Big Australian’s Melbourne HQ.


BHP boss Andrew Mackenzie is expected to leave the company soon.CREDIT:EAMON GALLAGHER

BHP chief executive Andrew Mackenzie might be insisting he isn’t going anywhere, but there sure seems like there's plenty of cloak-and-dagger manoeuvring going on.

In August, this column reported the mining giant’s institutional investors were pushing BHP chairman Ken MacKenzie to consider an external candidate. And how they sneered at us.

But as Bloomberg revealed last week, MacKenzie had approached Anglo American boss Mark Cutifani (not once but twice) about taking a tilt at the top job.

BHP’s chief financial officer Peter Beaven has already made it clear he isn’t in the running, leaving the well-liked local boss Mike Henry as the leading internal candidate.

We can’t help but wonder how the revelation MacKenzie was looking at Cutifani went down with Henry (and North American mining operations chief Danny Malchuk, the dark horse).

Some close to the company have recently pointed out to us that Cutifani not only took home more than $25 million from his current gig this year, but his contract would force him to sit at home and tend to the garden for 12 months. Aren’t non-compete clauses the worst?

Another external candidate MacKenzie has likely eyed is none other than BHP’s former chief financial officer Graham Kerr, who left in 2014 to become the managing director at South32.

But could all that be a bluff to appease the company’s big backers?

Henry would certainly be hoping so.

Meanwhile, MacKenzie has often been heard telling those around him that his “Brand Ken” will smooth over ruffled feathers. Perhaps he can apply some of that magic to this situation.

https://www.smh.com.au/national/blame-game-who-s-lining-up-to-bury-bill-shorten-...

Bobby. wrote on Oct 8^th, 2019 at 6:50pm:


Yet the Coalition gave us Malcolm Turnbull whom they concede was completely useless....Now they have changed nothing and done nothing so the conclusion is they are still useless only now with a bible bashing moron as leader!!!

philperth2010 wrote on Oct 8^th, 2019 at 7:26pm:



Both major parties have had useless leaders with
no vision ever since Paul Keating.
Even he had his limitations.

Will the Grappler lay flowers on Shady Shorten's unmarked grave ?

Shady Shorten losing the "unloseable" election has plunged the Chinese Labor Party into deep debt.

Now, more than ever, they are looking for Chinese bribes. Soon the Chinese Labor Party will be owned by the Chinese.

Won't this dark shadow of Chinese bribes over the Chinese Labor Party be a Gift from God for ScoMo at the next election.




Albo is looking over his shoulder for movement in the shadows!!!!






Today's Sunday papers have an exclusive with Bill Shorten MP. Bill reveals he wants to 'remain in public life for the next 20 years', but has no aspiration to be leader.
The look on Chloe's face is priceless.  How long will his marriage of convenience last now ?


It seems Shady Shorten is still as hated and despised and loathed as he was at the election. And just think the Lefties ADORE him!!!!

Eileen Maylin    I think she expected More from her other side of the tracks boyo.

John Edwards   .....and Chloie was sooooo looking forward to being the leading lady. Tough bikkies

Paul Neilsen   Chloe's face and mental thought, "time for me to look for a new husband and wreck another family"..

Rocky Tapscott   Good lord, 20 more years of Bill. I guess he has never had a real job so all he knows is how to lie for a living.

Ginger Willie   He lies that much, he thinks he's good at it but she's worked him out and just recognised another fluffy coming from his mouth.

Kenny Brand    How can his missus take him seriously when blue collar folk (used to be staunch labor voters) won't even shake his hand.

Robert Giannarelli   Lol she did the dirty on her former husband because she thought she’d have the best chance of being First Lady with Bill. It’s not Bill Albo has to worry about, it’s His missus!!!

Jeanette Fitzgerald   I hope the voters of Maribyrnong have other ideas.

Johnnii    Fred Of course he wants an endless meal ticket on the public purse. That's what his entire life has trained him for 

Lynda Dowling   He said he is, and always has been, for the worker - yet his personal ambitions for a seat in parliament, cost the Clean Event cleaners millions in lost wages, terms and conditions, as he did a financially lucrative deal with the company, for himself instead.

Chris J. Norris   You were not a “leader” to begin with Mr Shorten....so crawl back under the rock you’ve been hiding under since the LNP walloped you and the Labor Party at the last election!!!

Robin Hickman   We all know he has no aspirations to be leader, that was bloody obvious.
The man's a dill.

Sandra Fleming   Of course you would love to be leader again Bill, and would lie and cheat your way to the top....if there’s a next time, I bet you won’t have Bowen there saying, “if you don’t like it, don’t vote for us.” Well, we didn’t! You were all so bloody cocky weren’t you! 😂

John Singer   Shorten liked taking credit for what was a team effort.

Jackie McInnes   He knows a "cushy" job when he sees one !

Brett Lowie Lower 20 more years of an over inflated wage and not really having to work, who wouldn't want that gig

Michael Davies   Good ,robbed the worker to go into politics raise the pension age ,but still on easy money

Barry Simpson   It's hardly public service, more like self service.

Bill Richards   I wonder how much longer the marriage will last 🤣🤣🤣🤣

Dave McDermid   In other words this union parasite wants to continue living off someone else's money without doing anything for it.

Lyn Buxton   What you want and what you get may be two different things. Hopefully the voters in his electorate have woken up to the fact that they are beating a dead horse!

Phil McTaggart  Like a blowfly , " when on a good thing , stick to it " . Now if only we could bring out the Mortein !

Len Clark   Does the Party agree,surely Albo is not as silly as he looks and sounds

Wal Pausin   If he's there for another 20 years Labor are in for 20 years of pain..

Timothy Grey   Do not think Bill Shorten would make it in the private sector. Would be jailed with in 12 months

juliar wrote on Oct 10^th, 2019 at 2:38pm:


New Zealand awaits them, and they can take their bags of Chinese money with them

juliar wrote on Oct 9^th, 2019 at 10:45am:


Well, doc, I challenge any red-blooded man to say NO when that sweet little thing is right there in front of you.. I mean.. she was fifteen going on thirty, just between us guys, you know... and St barney will tell you - you can't help who you fall in love with.... or what pussy....

Chees - this is like talking to Yadda about the insane Islamite...

Can Albo hold off the attack by Shady Shorty ?  Will the ALP be in OPPOSITION for the next 20 years ?

Will Shady Shorty be buried in an unmarked grave for losing the election and plunging the ALP into deep debt ?



Leadership murmurs begin as election review finds blue-collar workers abandoned Labor
Samantha Maiden 6:15am, Oct 18, 2019 Updated: 11:55pm, Oct 17


The ALP post-election review could have repercussions for Anthony Albanese beyond Bill Shorten. Photo: Getty

The Labor Party’s scathing post-mortem into the 2019 election defeat will be finalised on Sunday amid complaints it’s “a hatchet job” on Bill Shorten and growing concerns about Anthony Albanese’s leadership.

The final report will be thrashed out over the weekend in talks to prepare the findings before the next meeting of the ALP national executive.

But there are growing fears it could reignite tensions in the party, despite Mr Shorten’s attempts to pre-empt the report by issuing a public mea culpa where he admitted he had too many policies and that the so-called ‘retiree tax’ to reform franking credits had angered seniors.

The New Daily understands the ALP review will find blue-collar workers turned on Labor in a dysfunctional campaign devoid of a clear strategy and a $60 million Clive Palmer advertising binge.

It will consider calling for caps on election expenditure in the future.

Despite former prime minister Paul Keating’s claim that Mr Shorten failed to connect with the middle class, it’s the Labor Party’s working-class base that voted against proposals to slash tax concessions for negative gearing and franking credits.

Conversely, voters in inner metropolitan areas and white-collar jobs were more likely to back Mr Shorten’s calls for a crackdown on tax concessions for the rich, and action on climate change.

Early drafts of the ALP review, led by former SA Premier Jay Weatherill and former trade minister Craig Emerson, were highly critical of Mr Shorten.

Dr Emerson, who was a minister in the Gillard government, has been directly lobbied to soften some of those criticisms in the interest of party unity.

Union leader Linda White, former Queensland ALP secretary Senator Anthony Chisholm, former NSW assistant secretary John Graham and Lenda Oshalem have also worked on the components of the final report.

Dr Emerson and Mr Weatherill have interviewed Mr Shorten, Mr Keating, MPs, unionists and campaign staff to prepare the final report.

The Liberal Party’s own review, led by Australia’s next ambassador to the US Senator Arthur Sinodinos has also found Mr Shorten was a drag on the vote.

“What it finds is he was clearly an asset for us, rather than an asset for Labor,” Senator Sinodinos told The New Daily.

“His performance reinforced reservations people had about him. For example, appearing not to want to explain the cost of his climate change. In the case of blue-collar workers, economic management was a big issue.

“We noticed a spike in support when the budget came out. We were getting the budget back into surplus.”

Underlining questions over Mr Albanese’s leadership there is emerging chatter among MPs about a future leadership team of Queensland’s Jim Chalmers and former deputy leader Tanya Plibersek.

Mr Albanese has angered unions and some of his own MPs with a “mistake that will not be forgotten” by backing the Coalition on several new free trade deals.

The battle over the new deals with Indonesia, Peru and Hong Kong has sparked warnings of an influx of foreign workers that unions say will put pressure on wages.

Australian Council of Trade Unions president Michele O’Neil has slammed the decision as anti-jobs.

“They’ve made a mistake that will not be forgotten by Australian workers,’” she said.

“The decision by the ALP to side with the government is an abandonment both of their own platform, and of their responsibility to stand up for fair trade deals which deliver jobs for local workers, that protect Australia’s public services, sovereignty and visa workers from exploitation and that ensure international laboir standards in the countries we trade with.”

ETU Victoria released a savage new advertisement on social media after the decision, depicting Mr Albanese as a puppet.

“13 million working Australians are screaming out for politicians to stand up for them and their families. Sadly, however, Albo has shown it’s just too hard for him,” ETU Victoria secretary Troy Gray said.

https://thenewdaily.com.au/news/national/2019/10/18/leadership-murmurs-labor-review/utm_source=Adestra&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Morning%20News%20-%2020191018

It was only recently I saw something that said Shady Shorten was being inextricable trapped in the spider's web of the intricacies of the Chinese Bribes which are financing the Unions and Labor.

In fact there is a photo of Shady Shorten at a meeting with the Chinese Bribes Organizers.

In fact the unions are coming to rely on Chinese Bribes to keep them afloat as they have almost NO members anymore and the trap is closing on SUPER funds misuse.

DARK or YELLOW days ahead for the devious Unions and the Chinese Labor Party.


And now links have been proven that show Chinese Bribes are ALSO going to the FEDERAL Chinese Labor Party!!   Shady Shorty will be next.


Chris Bowen and Chris Minns in spotlight over six-figure donation from Beijing-linked association
By Dylan Welch and Echo Hui, ABC Investigations Updated 12 Jun 2019, 6:45am


PHOTO: Three men standing with their arms around each other in front of Chinese dragons. Labor politicians Chris Minns, Chris Bowen and Sam Dastyari at an event in 2015. (Facebook: Chris Minns)

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A rising Labor star running for leadership of the NSW party received a $5,000 "moving expenses" payment as part of a six-figure donation to Labor by an association linked to a Sydney businessman with deep links to the Chinese Communist Party, the ABC can reveal.



Mr Minns is running against fellow Labor MP Jodi McKay for leadership of the NSW parliamentary party, promising a "fresh approach".

The results of a leadership ballot will be known later this month.





Read the full story of this explosive revelation of deep corruption in the Chinese Labor Party here

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-06-12/alp-invoice-reveals-expenses-payment-to-c...