☮ ♥ ♬ 🧑💻<p>Day 20 💰💰🏭🏦🛢️☢️🕍⛪️🙏🔥</p><p>“spin-off of the US-based <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/CPAC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CPAC</span></a> – short for Conservative Political Action Conference – the <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Sydney" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sydney</span></a>-based outfit described itself as a “values-based” organisation that “espouses the best of <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Howard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Howard</span></a>, <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Reagan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Reagan</span></a> and <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Thatcher" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Thatcher</span></a> while exploring new ideas and themes for the coming generations”. </p><p>Guests at the August event included <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/OneNation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OneNation</span></a> senator Pauline Hanson, Michelle Pearse, the CEO of the <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/AustralianChristianLobby" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AustralianChristianLobby</span></a>, and broadcaster and soon-to-be alleged sex offender, <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/AlanJones" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AlanJones</span></a>. </p><p>Overseas talent included Jay Aeba, chairman of the Japanese Conservative Union and Heather Wilson, mother of six and co-founder of <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/GiveSendGo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GiveSendGo</span></a>, a <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Christian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Christian</span></a> <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/crowdfunding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>crowdfunding</span></a> network which has helped raise money for <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/NeoNazis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NeoNazis</span></a> and <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/AntiVaxxers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AntiVaxxers</span></a>”</p><p>“Then, in 2018, investment banker and long-time <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/ClimateConspiracist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateConspiracist</span></a> Maurice Newman, billionaire storage king Sam Kennard, and David Adler, of the <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/FarRight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FarRight</span></a> Australian Jewish Association (AJA), got together to form <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/AdvanceAustralia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AdvanceAustralia</span></a>. Money was no problem: <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/HedgeFund" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HedgeFund</span></a> manager and <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Liberal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Liberal</span></a> Party donor Simon Fenwick tipped in $190,000; a further $400,000 came from Sydney <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Establishment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Establishment</span></a> couple Rodney and Judith O’Neil, and the Taylor <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/winemaking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>winemaking</span></a> family.</p><p>Advance pitched itself as a champion of the <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/SilentMajority" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SilentMajority</span></a> – <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/HowardsBattlers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HowardsBattlers</span></a> 2.0. But its real concerns were better expressed by another early backer, <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/hotelier" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hotelier</span></a> James Power, who was then engaged in a battle to prevent women from becoming members of <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Brisbane" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Brisbane</span></a>’s <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Tattersall" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tattersall</span></a>’s Club.”</p><p>If you noticed a darker turn to the election this week, here’s a good explanation of the WHY and HOW. Also I see Tony 🧅 got a new job. </p><p><a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/AusPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AusPol</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/LNP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LNP</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Nationals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Nationals</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Australia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Australia</span></a> <<a href="https://archive.md/wY3Cn" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">archive.md/wY3Cn</span><span class="invisible"></span></a>> / <<a href="https://theage.com.au/national/copied-the-maga-model-the-grassroots-lobby-group-funded-by-some-of-australia-s-richest-20250408-p5lq6k.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">theage.com.au/national/copied-</span><span class="invisible">the-maga-model-the-grassroots-lobby-group-funded-by-some-of-australia-s-richest-20250408-p5lq6k.html</span></a>> (paywall)</p>