Brought closure to the Hilton bombing: https://teapawt.net/t.co/DITCPN5PAT
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Here is how Mentaldude describes his “mission” under the auspices of the Australian Cultural Fund:
“We aim particularly to influence ministers, government officials, journalists and other opinion makers.”
Yes, folks, this is what senior executives @creative_gov_au — including CEO Adrian Collette and Corporate Affairs chief Nicola Grayson — looked at, before deciding Pearls and Irritations was indeed an “arts project” and worthy of taxpayer support.
@MichaelDanbyMP @JulieSzego @johnmenadue @Tony_Burke @wmdglasgow
As part of his fundraising campaign under the auspices of the Australian Cultural Fund, Mentaldude undertook to use the monies raised to develop a Young Writer’s Handbook (whatever the fuck that is) and to award scholarships for young writers.
These details were added after senior staff at @creative_gov_au coached him to make some mention of the arts in his application (given the ACF exists explicitly and exclusively to fund artists and their projects).
There is not the slightest evidence that either of these outcomes was “developed”. Instead, Mentaldude has published (as of today) 1732 articles attacking Israel.
@MichaelDanbyMP @JulieSzego @johnmenadue @Tony_Burke @wmdglasgow
Always admired the way she addresses entire populations
I am terrified the Democrats won’t win the midterms. I am terrified what Trump will do if he loses. Fuck you America, for putting the rest of the world in this terrifying place. We will never forget you elected him TWICE!!!! #Midterms26
As part of his fundraising campaign under the auspices of the Australian Cultural Fund, Mentaldude undertook to use the monies raised to develop a Young Writer’s Handbook (whatever the fuck that is) and to award scholarships for young writers.
These details were added after senior staff at @creative_gov_au coached him to make some mention of the arts in his application (given the ACF exists explicitly and exclusively to fund artists and their projects).
There is not the slightest evidence that either of these outcomes was “developed”. Instead, Mentaldude has published (as of today) 1732 articles attacking Israel.
@MichaelDanbyMP @JulieSzego @johnmenadue @Tony_Burke @wmdglasgow
But here’s the best bit.
The motto of the Australian Cultural Fund is “100 per cent for artists. 100 per cent to artists!” [Exclamation mark in original.]
Well, Mentaldude doesn’t even pay his contributors.
In other words, not a cent of the $669k raised via the ACF found its way to any “artist”.
It all went on staff salaries — ie, paying themselves to produce the most vicious “anti-Zio” content you’ll find anywhere — plus a hefty operating surplus.
And guess what. All of this was in direct contravention of @creative_gov_au guidelines, which state that artists must be paid for their work.
More here:
theaustralian.com.au/busines…
@johnmenadue @Tony_Burke @MichaelDanbyMP @JulieSzego @wmdglasgow
That said, I did present at St John’s Ambulance at the MCG in 1981 after biting into a jam donut that turned out to be filled with molten lava instead of jam
Stop being silly. Why would he not attend CHOGM and why would he not attend the cricket while there?
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has attended the cricket in Antigua and Barbuda as Labor defends his trip to the Caribbean while Australians face interest rate pain back home.
news24.com.au/news/pm-catche…
This is a close-up of a crowd reaction shot in the dying minutes of the Grand Final
A month on, I’m still trying to understand how you sustain a head injury watching a game of football
But here’s the best bit.
The motto of the Australian Cultural Fund is “100 per cent for artists. 100 per cent to artists!” [Exclamation mark in original.]
Well, Mentaldude doesn’t even pay his contributors.
In other words, not a cent of the $669k raised via the ACF found its way to any “artist”.
It all went on staff salaries — ie, paying themselves to produce the most vicious “anti-Zio” content you’ll find anywhere — plus a hefty operating surplus.
And guess what. All of this was in direct contravention of @creative_gov_au guidelines, which state that artists must be paid for their work.
More here:
theaustralian.com.au/busines…
@johnmenadue @Tony_Burke @MichaelDanbyMP @JulieSzego @wmdglasgow
What’s clear from this report is that Mentaldude didn’t even need the money.
He was simply desperate for an official stamp of approval on his conspiracy theories.
And the bureaucrats at @creative_gov_au were desperate to comply.
They got sprung. But even now they keep mumbling about how Mentaldude “published book reviews” as if that justified their decision to deem him an artist. More on that here:
theaustralian.com.au/busines…
@MichaelDanbyMP @JulieSzego @Tony_Burke @johnmenadue @wmdglasgow
What’s clear from this report is that Mentaldude didn’t even need the money.
He was simply desperate for an official stamp of approval on his conspiracy theories.
And the bureaucrats at @creative_gov_au were desperate to comply.
They got sprung. But even now they keep mumbling about how Mentaldude “published book reviews” as if that justified their decision to deem him an artist. More on that here:
theaustralian.com.au/busines…
@MichaelDanbyMP @JulieSzego @Tony_Burke @johnmenadue @wmdglasgow
You can fool all of the arts bureaucrats some of the time
You can fool some of the arts bureaucrats all of the time
But you cannot fool all of the arts bureaucrats all of the time
@MichaelDanbyMP @Tony_Burke @johnmenadue @clairlemon @JulieSzego @creative_gov_au
In 2015, Labor and Unions NSW unleashed the mother-of-all scare campaigns to block the privatisation that made the Metro possible. Back in office, Labor criminalised any future attempt at micro-economic reform.
More than 18,000 passengers boarded driverless trains at stations along the final stage of Sydney’s $30 billion M1 metro line for the first time on Friday morning, creating a carnival atmosphere and ending more than two years of major disruptions. smh.com.au/national/nsw/metr…
You can fool all of the arts bureaucrats some of the time
You can fool some of the arts bureaucrats all of the time
But you cannot fool all of the arts bureaucrats all of the time
@MichaelDanbyMP @Tony_Burke @johnmenadue @clairlemon @JulieSzego @creative_gov_au
So we're putting up vast buildings, in the hope that a superior intelligence will provide us with the answers we need and show us the way forward.
It's certainly hard to see any historical or cultural precedents for this kind of activity.
Solidarity with all those protesting sclerotic, state-run education systems dominated by teachers’ unions
“The race that stops a tabloid”
The NSW Racing Minister has let rip at the Melbourne racing establishment for being stuck in “1861” as Sydney stole its thunder with The Everest, popular with women and young people.
We launched a faster, redesigned app - with all new puzzles: bit.ly/3RceccM dailytelegraph.com.au/news/n…
A good kid who got in with the wrong crowd
Norwegian teenager hired to carry out killing in UK for Iran-backed gang sentenced to 20 years' detention bbc.in/4jYJ4tk
