Fair go for billionaires, vote for Tony Abbott
August 6 2010, 2:16 pm | | 26 Comments
It’s tough times for billionaires. But in this election, only onecandidate understands… Tony Abbott. Check outwww.fairgoforbillionares.com.au for more information about how you cansupport our community group of ordinary, everyday billionaires.
The spots were created by:Manic Studios, which is a loose collective of online comedy andnews satire guerrilla writers, performers and video producers, ablyassisted by some of those really clever chimps who do those memorytests for French scientists, led (if you can call it that) by CharlesFirth from The Chaser.
26 Comments
Ah yes, the good old dumbed-down-for-the-Aussie-punter class warfare chestnut. Always a Lefty favourite. The irony here is that the bloated billionaire wearing budgie smugglers up on deck with a couple of renters is more in keeping with Labor’s Richo in the 90s.
Personally, I’d rather see the mining magnate chowing down on a few extra rock lobsters than let’s say… a sudden unwanted electrical fire in my ceiling one night. But, hey, that’s just me. Try harder, guys. I know tall poppy cutting is our Great National Pastime, but envy can’t be the only way to arrive at a decision. Or a laugh.
A fair go for billionaires – I like it.
It’s better than any of the other wallpaper I’ve seen for the political parties.
Love them all. If only the current election ads could be so insightful as well as entertaining.
How ironic that the union that’s meant to be protecting jobs for mining employees wants to advertise for the side that wants to slug their industry with a great big whopping tax that will cost their own members their jobs.
Agree with 3:59.
1] The election will be won in WA NSW and Qld.
2] WA is a bit like California – they’re quite happy for people to do well, because they want to be successful too and they know how much they’ve benefitted from the success of the mining squillionaires.
3] It’s shot in Sydney – WA people don’t like eastern states having a go at ‘their’ squillionaires
4] A few years ago the WA state Labor Govt tried to introduce a tax on homes worth a $1 million or more. There was a huge community backlash against the move, not from the people who owned the $1 + homes, but from people who owned house worth a lot less, but one day hoped to own a $1+million home.
You see people view these things differently in WA. We like WA miners to be successful, because when they do, we earn more, more jobs are created and the best state in Oz just keeps getting better.
So, stick your class envy up your #*+!
Mining is raping mother earth 4.58, there’s nothing to envy there. I think you mean pity.
Raping mother earth?? My god how pathetic.
5:15
Spoken like a wanky inner-Sydney uber cool creative who hasn’t figured out the mining he hates so much probably saved his job during the GFC.
C’mon, tell us again about how you’re going to save the world with a few wind turbines and solar power.
I remember when advertising was full of communists. Those were the days.
3.59 and 4.58 Believe it or not some people can want a more equitable situation for their fellow man without envy being involved. The only reason I admire miners is that they’ve managed to convince the Australian battlers that they’re good old Aussie blokes just trying to make a living. I say tax the miners and pump the money into education (for people like 3.59)
The problem is those resources belong to all Australians, not just the few. And they belong to future Australians.
I’m not saying I’m for the tax and how Labour manage it, but I think it’s a decent idea.
@9:10
Hey Comrade, don’t up the education spend just on my account. I mean, thanks for the generosity and all; but perhaps we should be pumping that money into some adult education programs for the CFMEU miners’ union. It might help explain to the big fellas that they’re actually biting the hand that feeds them.
Why do we continue to celebrate ignorance and social ordinariness in this country like it’s some kind of badge of honour? Aussie ‘battler worship’ is a manipulative tool of The Left because they know that’s where the numbers are. (And, as Rudd found out the hard way, politics is all about the numbers.)
So maybe, if YOU’RE so keen on equity for all, why don’t you donate half the equity in your house to say… a youth rehabilitation program in Sydney’s southwest. After all, car thieves and violent gang members deserve a fair go, too.
9:10
What sort of business do you own and operate?
Whilst the site offers a charming insight. It’s more interesting to observe a good political stoush on the blog.
It seems obvious that the reactions that they come from ones political persuasion.
Irrespective of ones politics and looking at the broader picture. I think we as Australians have just witnessed the demise of a Prime Minister at the hands of several companies that aren’t even Australian owned. Xastra for example.
Sadly the mining tax issue has been mishandled but the basic premise of the distribution to of wealth from a nations resources is a sound one as long as the money is spent on infrastructure. At the moment companies pay an upfront concession to develop and mine resources. This was planned to be fazed out and replaced with a tax on profits that really wouldn’t have had much effect on the work force or economy. In fact in the long run it would have strengthened the economy because money would have been used to fund of infrastructure development in much needed facilities such as the broadband network, hospitals and modern transport systems such a fast train links. This would have created work and jobs that distributed the wealth.
Instead we have just witnessed a well managed scare campaign by a select group of self interested parties who will still manage to make a small fortune and our economy will be seen to boom. As this happens people will still sit for hours in queues in Outpatient clinics. We’ll sit in traffic jams miles long and choke on the fumes. The unplanned suburban sprawl will continue in our major cities and my internet service will remain like one from the stone age when compared to many other countries.
Wow, got some crazies on here.
First, the union campaign is unethical because it is paid for with compulsory union dues, mainly from industries where union membership is compulsory (even though compulsory union membership is illegal). The members get no say on the spending on money that was intended to help them but is being used purely for party political purposes. (The nurses are a classic case – they’ve been murdered by Labor state governments and actually had their incomes threatened by Gillard’s so called award modernisation, yet they still throw millions into advertising for Labor.)
But the main point is, if you make our mining taxes higher than the taxes in the likes of Brazil and parts of Africa, we will lose investment and jobs. Before the last election, we were told Australia’s economic well being and our massive budget surplus had nothing to do with Howard and Costello, it was all because of the massive amount of tax we were getting from the mining industry. Now, with the revenue from mining tax higher than ever, the tax is suddenly not enough – and we find ourselves with a $100 billion debt. Go figure.
Final point. Mining is an expensive business. That’s why our main mining companies have actually invested more in Australia over the last decade than they’ve actually made in profit. That’s right. They’ve spent more on development and creating jobs than they’ve made in profit. Surely not an industry you’d want to damage.
BRIEF:
A dumbed-down class warfare message by a dumbed-down comedian (by far the least funny of the Chaser lot – and brother of hapless NSW State Labor MP Verity Firth) for a dumbed-down constituency.
Stick that up your Bolivian-dictator-supporting-lithium-powered iPhone/MacBookPro/iPad. You twat.
I see the mineral and chemical resources of Australia, particularly those found on crown land belonging to all.
It’s just like a publicly owned company, before the coalition decided to sell off every last remaining asset and say ‘HEY! LOOK AT US! WE’RE IN SURPLUS!! for now.’
One only has to look at Telstra for the implications of such a deal. The shittest advertising ever to grace our screens.
It’s stupidity of the highest order to not tax the mines, especially when the profits of all of our natural resources are heading offshore – not here, where they pay Australian company tax.
I’d rather lose a few jobs than lose an economy.
People who think this campaign will have any effect on anyone probably think Earth Hour works.
Regardless of your political persuasion, by far the most amusing, best produced election ads made yet.
Well done.
2:22
You mean the assets the Libs sold after Labor had sold off Qantas and CommBank.
Right about now I want to see some aboriginal land rights claiming going on. That would make things intetesting.
Mr Rabbit
What does a kiwi say to another kiwi when he sneezes?
Izzdatchoobro?
Is that bloke John Curnows brother?
Statue bro?
I’m on a bucket bong aye.
7.09. The miners all negotiate with the local owners before doing any mining. They create a huge number of jobs for aboriginals, and also provided huge amounts of money to aboriginal communities.