Just how much impact they might have on current events remains to be seen; but one thing’s for sure, it’s high time politicians stop getting away with corruption. Correct Michael, and guess who wrote that legislation!

Elsewhere, Shanks highlights numerous instances of pork barrelling – a process in which government funds are used in order to win votes – where Barilaro seemingly offered money to companies owned by his friends. Combined, the three media conglomerations wield the power to shape the public discourse. [6] Shanks' channel, created in late 2013, has more than 450,000 subscribers. At the very least, they return controls to users that allowed them to block or disfavor objectionable content from these sites themselves.

People of my age Remember the Age and SMH as really good often authoritative reads at the beginning of the century. Absolute confidentiality is assured.


He has Scottish and Croatian ancestry. It made national news. Seven, Nine and News Corp do not pay Facebook or Google to do so but they benefit immensely from the traffic that Facebook and Google drive to their paywalled websites.

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[8][9], Shanks was born in Australia and lives in Sydney. The Coalition, koalas and coal Is Barilaro, Berejiklian or Morrison to blame for the annihilation of Australia’s favourite … Our focus is investigations into big business, particularly multinational tax avoidance, banking and the energy sector. Watch friendlyjordies’ latest video in full below. by Michael Tanner | Sep 20, 2020 | Comment Analysis, Government. It’s a breath of fresh air to see that they’re beginning to feel the pressure.

Michael Tanner on the rise of vloggers and the stoush between Youtuber Friendlyjordies and the mainstream media. Much has been made of the proposed ACCC legislation to charge Google and Facebook for sharing news. To top it off, Shanks brings up Barilaro’s championing of the non-native Snowy Mountains brumbies through the 2018 Kosciuszko Wild Horse Heritage Bill, a law which turned Australia into “global laughing stock” amongst experts and led to the devastation of native ecosystems – seemingly all because of a political donation of $10,000. It may seem like a rather niche topic – except if you’ve been paying attention to the channel of YouTuber Jordan Shanks aka friendlyjordies, it’s probably all-too-familiar.
Should be more of it rather than the biased diatribe and distorted propaganda from Murdoch’s Muppets. [10][self-published source] Prior to becoming a YouTuber, Shanks was a model, appearing in magazines and advertisements throughout Australia and Southeast Asia. This included the $3.3 million GO Equity Fund which was given to Australia’s Oyster Coast (a company chaired by former Liberal party member David Trebek) and a further $3.3 million given to a beef company part-owned by Roc Partners, the very private equity fund that Barilaro engaged to help decide where to allocate the funds.

The detailed exploration of the John Barilaro’s alleged corruption? It is not about Australian No balance; no independent journalism. He is willing to point out the bullshit that gets covered up every day by our appalling media. The only thing I used to watch tv for is news now i don’t watch it at all. What keeps dictators in power is an absence of room in the mainstream media for disparate views. Vloggers have become a symbol of protest, of revolution. His research aims to improve pregnancy outcomes at a population level. YouTuber Jordan Shanks criticised John Barilaro in a 26-minute video on Monday He mocked Barilaro with an Italian accent and called him an 'idiot' and 'fat lips' Shanks revealed he …

In 2017, the Coalition repealed the two out of three rule of cross-media ownership, which prevented moguls from controlling a free-to-air TV station, newspapers and radio stations in the same market. It’s time the Government got back to work. This website is dedicated to the public interest. On Friday, Barilaro backed down; however, Opposition Leader Jodi McKay has since filed a vote of no-confidence after Barilaro’s leadership was described as “untenable”, appealing to Nationals ministers and backbenchers to reconsider their support for the Deputy Premier. Deputy Premier and Nationals leader John Barilaro has come under fire in an incisive video from friendlyjordies which points to alleged corruption.

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His alleged misuse of taxpayers’ money for personal gain?

This coverage in the Sydney Morning Herald today is just as insipid as the coverage in News Corp media and commercial TV, glossing over the political scandal in favour of “secondary news”, that is, writing the story about the story. I don’t think it was what they expected. That such a proposal even made it as far as it has is a farce.

They put the story up there and after a long list of reader’s comments where nearly every comment was in support of Jordies, and also critical of main stream media like the SMH itself, they took the article off the front page very quickly. Some years ago, Google had such a feature. RT if you think @JohnBarilaroMP should be in prison! First, the proposal arose through mainstream media executives leaning on the ACCC, rendering the Morrison government the de facto legislative arm of its right-wing media supporters. At the time of writing this, the video had amassed 351,000 views in four days. He's also got an authenticity about him, and he’s genuinely trying to keep Australians informed. “On the question of why his content appeals to young people, he said ‘because I’m not The Sydney Morning Herald’.”, Great to see Jordan’s efforts are hurting their fragile egos.

There is no such thing as investigative journalism in the mainstream media any more.