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Sunday, November 24, 2013
What CNN should have asked Madame JuLIAR Gillard.
Spy saga legacy of Left's flawed reign
Piers Akerman
The Sunday Telegraph
November 23,2013
IF CNN's international audience knew what a low priority Julia Gillard placed on national security, the network may not have given her a soapbox on which to offer unhelpful and irrelevant remarks about the alleged spying during Labor's term in office.
It is astonishing that a media outlet did not make it clear that Gillard, as deputy prime minister, showed such scant regard for national security that she sent a junior staffer and former bodyguard, Andrew Stark, to attend meetings of
the National Security Council in her place. It is staggering that neither she nor Kevin Rudd attended every meeting of the NSC when they were in Australia but that's the true measure of their priorities.
To hear her flapping her gums about a topic she cared so little for only serves to remind the electorate of how flawed she was, and how fortunate we are to be shot of them both, despite the adoration they both received from the ABC and its partner in hypocrisy, Fairfax Media.
One can expect those media organisations to willingly dance to the tune being played by the defector Edward Snowden and his conductors in the Kremlin, but to see Gillard, Opposition leader Bill Shorten and other former national leaders such as Malcolm Fraser stepping out diminishes any remaining respect.
Prime Minister Tony Abbott's dignified response to this Left-wing assault elevates him beyond measure.
Gillard's re-emergence so soon after being dumped by the ALP is an indication of the bitter battle being waged within Labor for some shred of consequence to show for the party's six years in office.
If only CNN had been better briefed, Gillard might have been asked about Labor's failure to provide any funding beyond December 31 for offshore processing of illegal boat arrivals, or of the cost of post-processing accommodation on Nauru and Manus Island.
She might have been asked about the lunacy of linking spending measures totalling over $16 billion over the current forward estimates period to the failed mining tax which is only raising $4.4 billion.
She could have been quizzed on the billions Labor ripped out of the Reserve Bank's reserves necessitating an injection by the Coalition of $8.8 billion to give the RBA a buffer with which to respond to international financial events.
She may have explained why Labor's debt ceiling would exceed its limit of $300 billion next month and is now forecast to break the $400 billion barrier. Under Labor and former treasurers Wayne Swan and Chris Bowen and former finance minister Penny Wong, the debt limit escalated four times, going from $75 billion to an eventual $300 billion, and it still couldn't keep up with Labor's wastrel tendencies.
Labor oversaw the fastest deterioration in debt, in dollar terms and as a share of GDP, in modern Australian history.
Just last week the public learnt Labor had planned secret cuts to the public service - but it had failed to fund more than 13,000 planned redundancies, leaving agencies to find the rest of the savings.
This has forced a large number of departments and agencies to offer voluntary redundancies, which were not funded by the former government and which have subsequently pushed some of them into operating losses.
".....she believes that a married woman is a prostitute. (Quote) "Prostitution in marriage is the transaction of sex in return for love, security and house-keeping." (Quoted by Helen Trinca, The Australian, April 6, 1984, p.7).
If CNN wanted Gillard to be relevant it should have asked her why she failed to release a secret report that estimated the NBN would leave taxpayers up to $31 billion worse off. Instead of addressing Labor's failed policies and seeking answers to questions Labor has lied about, the international broadcaster gave Gillard a platform to talk about national security - an area in which, like so many others, she demonstrated no expertise.
It is understandable a global audience may be enthralled by stories of spooks told by defecting traitors, but there is really nothing new to these tales. What is more important to the nation is the truth and nothing but the truth about Labor's six deceitful and immensely damaging years in office.
Piers Akerman
The Sunday Telegraph
November 23,2013
IF CNN's international audience knew what a low priority Julia Gillard placed on national security, the network may not have given her a soapbox on which to offer unhelpful and irrelevant remarks about the alleged spying during Labor's term in office.
It is astonishing that a media outlet did not make it clear that Gillard, as deputy prime minister, showed such scant regard for national security that she sent a junior staffer and former bodyguard, Andrew Stark, to attend meetings of
the National Security Council in her place. It is staggering that neither she nor Kevin Rudd attended every meeting of the NSC when they were in Australia but that's the true measure of their priorities.
To hear her flapping her gums about a topic she cared so little for only serves to remind the electorate of how flawed she was, and how fortunate we are to be shot of them both, despite the adoration they both received from the ABC and its partner in hypocrisy, Fairfax Media.
One can expect those media organisations to willingly dance to the tune being played by the defector Edward Snowden and his conductors in the Kremlin, but to see Gillard, Opposition leader Bill Shorten and other former national leaders such as Malcolm Fraser stepping out diminishes any remaining respect.
Prime Minister Tony Abbott's dignified response to this Left-wing assault elevates him beyond measure.
Gillard's re-emergence so soon after being dumped by the ALP is an indication of the bitter battle being waged within Labor for some shred of consequence to show for the party's six years in office.
If only CNN had been better briefed, Gillard might have been asked about Labor's failure to provide any funding beyond December 31 for offshore processing of illegal boat arrivals, or of the cost of post-processing accommodation on Nauru and Manus Island.
She might have been asked about the lunacy of linking spending measures totalling over $16 billion over the current forward estimates period to the failed mining tax which is only raising $4.4 billion.
She could have been quizzed on the billions Labor ripped out of the Reserve Bank's reserves necessitating an injection by the Coalition of $8.8 billion to give the RBA a buffer with which to respond to international financial events.
She may have explained why Labor's debt ceiling would exceed its limit of $300 billion next month and is now forecast to break the $400 billion barrier. Under Labor and former treasurers Wayne Swan and Chris Bowen and former finance minister Penny Wong, the debt limit escalated four times, going from $75 billion to an eventual $300 billion, and it still couldn't keep up with Labor's wastrel tendencies.
Labor oversaw the fastest deterioration in debt, in dollar terms and as a share of GDP, in modern Australian history.
Just last week the public learnt Labor had planned secret cuts to the public service - but it had failed to fund more than 13,000 planned redundancies, leaving agencies to find the rest of the savings.
This has forced a large number of departments and agencies to offer voluntary redundancies, which were not funded by the former government and which have subsequently pushed some of them into operating losses.
".....she believes that a married woman is a prostitute. (Quote) "Prostitution in marriage is the transaction of sex in return for love, security and house-keeping." (Quoted by Helen Trinca, The Australian, April 6, 1984, p.7).
Madame Gillard (l) without Tim "the Beard" Mathieson seen here playing dress up or something.
If CNN wanted Gillard to be relevant it should have asked her why she failed to release a secret report that estimated the NBN would leave taxpayers up to $31 billion worse off. Instead of addressing Labor's failed policies and seeking answers to questions Labor has lied about, the international broadcaster gave Gillard a platform to talk about national security - an area in which, like so many others, she demonstrated no expertise.
It is understandable a global audience may be enthralled by stories of spooks told by defecting traitors, but there is really nothing new to these tales. What is more important to the nation is the truth and nothing but the truth about Labor's six deceitful and immensely damaging years in office.
Tuesday, October 09, 2012
Uncensored what Peter Slipper said and the Labor Politicians who stood by him.
UPDATE Labor's Speaker Resigns
Labor Values : Just like Labor's Religion of choice,Islam, the Australian Labor Party and their "Co Party" the Greens, respects Women.
The phone text transcripts between Labor appointed Speaker of the House,Peter Slipper and the man he allegedly sexually harrassed,James Ashby.
Peter Slipper, James Ashby,2 Oct 2012 Book of Evidence Annexure
Viewer Caution Female viewers are warned that in the above video, Opposition Leader Tony Abbott can be seen unashamedly looking at his watch whilst Madame Gillard is defending Peter Slipper and her Government in the House.
REVEALED: What Peter Slipper's sexist text messages actually said
By Malcolm Farr, National Political Editor
Daily Telegraph
October 09, 20123:52PM
"LUCY is very available and keen! Could turn you from your wayward ways," Peter Slipper texted to adviser James Ashby on September 3.
It was just one of hundreds of text messages the Speaker sent about sexual matters.
In a document before the Federal Court, Mr Ashby says that, with hindsight, "he understood the reference to 'wayward ways' to be reference to his homosexuality but at the time was unsure as to what it meant."
It wasn't just sex between men that occupied Mr Slipper's many texting moments.
Their chief political interest was former Liberal minister Mal Brough, who wanted to take the seat of Fisher from Mr Slipper.
"Brough is a c..t,'' Mr Slipper said in a text on October 10 last year. Soon after, he said: ''Funny how we say that a person is a c..t when many guys like c..ts.''
About five minutes later Mr Slipper began what the Opposition has called "'vile anatomical references''. Referring to women's private parts, he said: ''They look like mussell (sic) removed from its shell. Look at a bottle of mussel meat. Salty C..ts in brine.''
That day Mr Ashby attempted to get the SMS conversation back to politics, but Mr Slipper persisted.
"Been to thw (sic) fish shop yet to buy the bottle of shell less Mussells (sic)?''
On October 12 Mr Slipper referred to Liberal front bencher Sophie Mirabella, who had criticised him.
"Yes i agree she did push it too far. But did she do it because you're mates or she's just an ignorant botch (sic)?'' he said in a text.
By early October last year, Mr Slipper was aware of Mr Ashby's interest in an insurance agent the Speaker called "Bill" because he reminded him of former US President Bill Clinton.
On October 14, Mr Slipper questioned the relationship between Mr Ashby and "Bill". "Is he a special friend or just business?" he asked Mr Ashby about the man.
Then, on October 16, Mr Slipper enquired whether Mr Ashby, after a night out, was not just tired but "shagged". Mr Ashby took that as a reference to sexual relations.
There was another Bill reference on October 16 when Mr Slipper said: "Sounds to me that you may have broken the drought." And on October 28, "Did you lose your maidenhood", followed by a reference to Mr Ashby's "virtual hymen".
Attention went back to Mr Brough, whom on December 3 Mr Slipper called "that little f..ker on the Bolt Report."
Late in December, Mr Slipper playfully reprimanded Mr Ashby by saying: "I'm going to smack u. Arhhhhhhhh."
Mr Ashby replied, "Ah I might like it. Tho I'm not into pain."
On January 18, after Mr Slipper had not heard from his adviser for a while, Mr Ashby joked he had quit.
"Y r a cccc....tttttt :)," Mr Slipper replied. "Cccccccc.....t."
Mr Ashby's response was: "You love it but."
These Female members of the Australian Labor Party voted to support Peter Slipper today following a motion by the Liberal Party Opposition that he resign following evidence tendered in Court this past week.Relevant doc above.
Bird, Sharon Leah
Member for: Cunningham, NSW, 9.10.04-
Party: Australian Labor Party
Born: 15.11.1962 Member for: Cunningham, NSW, 9.10.04-Party: Australian Labor PartyBorn: 15.11.1962
Brodtmann, Gai Marie
Member for: Canberra, ACT, 21.8.2010-
Party: Australian Labor Party
Labor Values : Just like Labor's Religion of choice,Islam, the Australian Labor Party and their "Co Party" the Greens, respects Women.
The phone text transcripts between Labor appointed Speaker of the House,Peter Slipper and the man he allegedly sexually harrassed,James Ashby.
Peter Slipper, James Ashby,2 Oct 2012 Book of Evidence Annexure
Viewer Caution Female viewers are warned that in the above video, Opposition Leader Tony Abbott can be seen unashamedly looking at his watch whilst Madame Gillard is defending Peter Slipper and her Government in the House.
REVEALED: What Peter Slipper's sexist text messages actually said
By Malcolm Farr, National Political Editor
Daily Telegraph
October 09, 20123:52PM
"LUCY is very available and keen! Could turn you from your wayward ways," Peter Slipper texted to adviser James Ashby on September 3.
It was just one of hundreds of text messages the Speaker sent about sexual matters.
In a document before the Federal Court, Mr Ashby says that, with hindsight, "he understood the reference to 'wayward ways' to be reference to his homosexuality but at the time was unsure as to what it meant."
It wasn't just sex between men that occupied Mr Slipper's many texting moments.
Their chief political interest was former Liberal minister Mal Brough, who wanted to take the seat of Fisher from Mr Slipper.
"Brough is a c..t,'' Mr Slipper said in a text on October 10 last year. Soon after, he said: ''Funny how we say that a person is a c..t when many guys like c..ts.''
About five minutes later Mr Slipper began what the Opposition has called "'vile anatomical references''. Referring to women's private parts, he said: ''They look like mussell (sic) removed from its shell. Look at a bottle of mussel meat. Salty C..ts in brine.''
That day Mr Ashby attempted to get the SMS conversation back to politics, but Mr Slipper persisted.
"Been to thw (sic) fish shop yet to buy the bottle of shell less Mussells (sic)?''
On October 12 Mr Slipper referred to Liberal front bencher Sophie Mirabella, who had criticised him.
"Yes i agree she did push it too far. But did she do it because you're mates or she's just an ignorant botch (sic)?'' he said in a text.
By early October last year, Mr Slipper was aware of Mr Ashby's interest in an insurance agent the Speaker called "Bill" because he reminded him of former US President Bill Clinton.
On October 14, Mr Slipper questioned the relationship between Mr Ashby and "Bill". "Is he a special friend or just business?" he asked Mr Ashby about the man.
Then, on October 16, Mr Slipper enquired whether Mr Ashby, after a night out, was not just tired but "shagged". Mr Ashby took that as a reference to sexual relations.
There was another Bill reference on October 16 when Mr Slipper said: "Sounds to me that you may have broken the drought." And on October 28, "Did you lose your maidenhood", followed by a reference to Mr Ashby's "virtual hymen".
Attention went back to Mr Brough, whom on December 3 Mr Slipper called "that little f..ker on the Bolt Report."
Late in December, Mr Slipper playfully reprimanded Mr Ashby by saying: "I'm going to smack u. Arhhhhhhhh."
Mr Ashby replied, "Ah I might like it. Tho I'm not into pain."
On January 18, after Mr Slipper had not heard from his adviser for a while, Mr Ashby joked he had quit.
"Y r a cccc....tttttt :)," Mr Slipper replied. "Cccccccc.....t."
Mr Ashby's response was: "You love it but."
These Female members of the Australian Labor Party voted to support Peter Slipper today following a motion by the Liberal Party Opposition that he resign following evidence tendered in Court this past week.Relevant doc above.
Bird, Sharon Leah
Member for: Cunningham, NSW, 9.10.04-
Party: Australian Labor Party
Born: 15.11.1962 Member for: Cunningham, NSW, 9.10.04-Party: Australian Labor PartyBorn: 15.11.1962
Brodtmann, Gai Marie
Member for: Canberra, ACT, 21.8.2010-
Party: Australian Labor Party
Burke, Anna Elizabeth
Member for: Chisholm, Vic, 3.10.98-
Party: Australian Labor Party
Born: 1.1.1966: Member for: Chisholm, Vic, 3.10.98- Party: Australian Labor PartyBorn: 1.1.1966:
Member for: Chisholm, Vic, 3.10.98-
Party: Australian Labor Party
Born: 1.1.1966: Member for: Chisholm, Vic, 3.10.98- Party: Australian Labor PartyBorn: 1.1.1966:
Member for: Franklin, Tas, 24.11.07-
Party: Australian Labor Party
Born: 3.7.1971
Member for: Petrie, Qld, 24.11.07-
Party: Australian Labor Party
Born: 26.7.1970
Elliot, Maria Justine
Member for: Richmond, NSW, 9.10.04-
Party: Australian Labor Party
Born: 29.7.1967 Member for: Richmond, NSW, 9.10.04-Party: Australian Labor PartyBorn: 29.7.1967
Member for: Richmond, NSW, 9.10.04-
Party: Australian Labor Party
Born: 29.7.1967 Member for: Richmond, NSW, 9.10.04-Party: Australian Labor PartyBorn: 29.7.1967
Ellis, Katherine Margaret
Member for: Adelaide, SA, 9.10.04-
Party: Australian Labor Party Member for: Adelaide, SA, 9.10.04-Party: Australian Labor Party
Member for: Adelaide, SA, 9.10.04-
Party: Australian Labor Party Member for: Adelaide, SA, 9.10.04-Party: Australian Labor Party
Born: 22.9.1977
Gillard, Julia Eileen
Member for: Lalor, Vic, 3.10.98-
Party: Australian Labor Party
Born: 29.9.1961 Member for: Lalor, Vic, 3.10.98- Party: Australian Labor PartyBorn: 29.9.1961
Member for: Lalor, Vic, 3.10.98-
Party: Australian Labor Party
Born: 29.9.1961 Member for: Lalor, Vic, 3.10.98- Party: Australian Labor PartyBorn: 29.9.1961
Grierson, Sharon Joy
Member for: Newcastle, NSW, 10.11.01- Member for: Newcastle, NSW, 10.11.01-
Member for: Newcastle, NSW, 10.11.01- Member for: Newcastle, NSW, 10.11.01-
Party: Australian Labor Party
Born: 4.5.1951
Hall, Jill Griffiths
Member for : Shortland, NSW, 3.10.98-
Party: Australian Labor Party
Born: 16.11.1949 Member for : Shortland, NSW, 3.10.98-Party: Australian Labor PartyBorn: 16.11.1949
Member for : Shortland, NSW, 3.10.98-
Party: Australian Labor Party
Born: 16.11.1949 Member for : Shortland, NSW, 3.10.98-Party: Australian Labor PartyBorn: 16.11.1949
King, Catherine Fiona
Member for: Ballarat, Vic, 10.11.01-
Party: Australian Labor Party
Born: 2.6.1966 Member for: Ballarat, Vic, 10.11.01-Party: Australian Labor PartyBorn: 2.6.1966
Member for: Ballarat, Vic, 10.11.01-
Party: Australian Labor Party
Born: 2.6.1966 Member for: Ballarat, Vic, 10.11.01-Party: Australian Labor PartyBorn: 2.6.1966
Ley, Sussan Penelope
Member for: Farrer, NSW, 10.11.01-
Party: Liberal Party of Australia
Born: 14.12.1961 Member for: Farrer, NSW, 10.11.01-Party: Liberal Party of AustraliaBorn: 14.12.1961
Member for: Farrer, NSW, 10.11.01-
Party: Liberal Party of Australia
Born: 14.12.1961 Member for: Farrer, NSW, 10.11.01-Party: Liberal Party of AustraliaBorn: 14.12.1961
Livermore, Kirsten Fiona
Member for: Capricornia, Qld, 3.10.98-
Party: Australian Labor Party
Born: 10.11.1969 Member for: Capricornia, Qld, 3.10.98- Party: Australian Labor PartyBorn: 10.11.1969
Member for: Capricornia, Qld, 3.10.98-
Party: Australian Labor Party
Born: 10.11.1969 Member for: Capricornia, Qld, 3.10.98- Party: Australian Labor PartyBorn: 10.11.1969
Macklin, Jenny Louise
Member for: Jagajaga, Vic, 2.3.96-
Party: Australian Labor Party
Born: 29.12.1953 Member for: Jagajaga, Vic, 2.3.96- Party: Australian Labor PartyBorn: 29.12.1953
Member for: Jagajaga, Vic, 2.3.96-
Party: Australian Labor Party
Born: 29.12.1953 Member for: Jagajaga, Vic, 2.3.96- Party: Australian Labor PartyBorn: 29.12.1953
Member for: Robertson, NSW, 21.8.10-
Party: Australian Labor Party
Owens, Julie
Member for: Parramatta, NSW, 9.10.04-
Party: Australian Labor Party
Born: 17.10.1958 Member for: Parramatta, NSW, 9.10.04-Party: Australian Labor PartyBorn: 17.10.1958
Member for: Parramatta, NSW, 9.10.04-
Party: Australian Labor Party
Born: 17.10.1958 Member for: Parramatta, NSW, 9.10.04-Party: Australian Labor PartyBorn: 17.10.1958
Party: Australian Labor Party
Born: 11.8.1966
Plibersek, Tanya Joan
Member for: Sydney, NSW, 3.10.98-
Party: Australian Labor Party
Born: 2.12.1969 Member for: Sydney, NSW, 3.10.98- Party: Australian Labor PartyBorn: 2.12.1969
Member for: Sydney, NSW, 3.10.98-
Party: Australian Labor Party
Born: 2.12.1969 Member for: Sydney, NSW, 3.10.98- Party: Australian Labor PartyBorn: 2.12.1969
Party: Australian Labor Party
Born: 10.7.1978
Rowland, Michelle Anne
Member for Greenway, NSW, 21.8.10-
Party: Australian Labor Party
Member for Greenway, NSW, 21.8.10-
Party: Australian Labor Party
Roxon, Nicola Louise
Member for: Gellibrand, Vic, 3.10.98-
Party: Australian Labor Party
Born: 1.4.1967 Member for: Gellibrand, Vic, 3.10.98- Party: Australian Labor PartyBorn: 1.4.1967
Member for: Gellibrand, Vic, 3.10.98-
Party: Australian Labor Party
Born: 1.4.1967 Member for: Gellibrand, Vic, 3.10.98- Party: Australian Labor PartyBorn: 1.4.1967
Party: Australian Labor Party
Born: 1.11.1954
Smyth, Laura
Member for: La Trobe, Vic, 21.8.10-
Party: Australian Labor Party Member for: La Trobe, Vic, 21.8.10-Party: Australian Labor Party
Member for: La Trobe, Vic, 21.8.10-
Party: Australian Labor Party Member for: La Trobe, Vic, 21.8.10-Party: Australian Labor Party
Member for: Calwell, Vic, 10.11.01-
Party: Australian Labor Party
Born: 4.1.1959
Member for: Calwell, Vic, 10.11.01-Party: Australian Labor PartyBorn: 4.1.1959
Party: Australian Labor Party
Born: 4.1.1959
Member for: Calwell, Vic, 10.11.01-Party: Australian Labor PartyBorn: 4.1.1959
Sunday, October 07, 2012
Goebbels Alive Down Under, Labor's Pit Bulls Cyber Terrorism against Alan Jones Freedom FROM Free Speech kicks invoked by THUGS.
Macquarie Radio Network Announcement -
Sunday, October 7, 2012
Macquarie Radio Network Limited ("MRN"), the owner of radio station 2GB, today announced a temporary suspension of all advertising in its top rating weekday Breakfast Show hosted by Alan Jones.
The move follows a week of unprecedented focus throughout mainstream and social media on Jones and remarks he made recently at a private function regarding Prime Minister Julia Gillard and the loss of her father. More specifically, the move has been prompted by actions being taken and threatened against companies advertising on the Alan Jones Breakfast Show.
Announcing the suspension of advertising, MRN Executive Chairman Russell Tate said, "the nature, tone and volume of the reaction to Jones’ remarks, and in particular the threats being made through social media to companies advertising in Jones' program and the disruption being caused to their businesses, have made it necessary for MRN to call some 'time out".
"Some simple facts need to be acknowledged.
"There is almost universal agreement that Jones' remarks were unacceptable, wrong and inexcusable. Alan himself acknowledged that from the moment he first advised me of them. He immediately arranged a media conference to state that publicly and apologise to the Prime Minister.
"Although the remarks were not made on 2GB, our position from the outset has been that a personal, unconditional apology was a necessary and appropriate response. I encouraged Alan to repeat the apology on 2GB when he first returned to air last Tuesday morning following his media conference. His apology was unambiguous and unconditional. He has revisited his apology many times in subsequent broadcasts.
"Alan Jones' audience, those who listen regularly to his program, also agree that his remarks were unacceptable. From Research we have conducted over this weekend with them, it is also clear though the great majority acknowledge his apology and have not significantly changed their attitude towards the Alan Jones Breakfast Show.
"Nor importantly is there any indication from regular listeners that their attitudes towards companies advertising in the program has changed adversely.
“Since we now know these things to be fact, we have to conclude that the avalanche of telephone, email and facebook demands to our advertisers to “boycott” the Alan Jones Breakfast Show, and the threats to destroy their businesses if they don’t comply, are coming almost entirely from people who do not listen to Alan Jones or 2GB at all – probably never have done and never will.
"Now in Australia these people of course have the right to express their views to anybody who wants to listen, about any subject they want, including Alan Jones and his radio show. They also have the right and plenty of choice; freedom of choice, to listen to any of the hundreds, in this digital age, thousands of radio programs available to them.
"What they do not have the right to do is on the one hand decide for our listeners who and what they are going to hear on the radio station they choose to listen to, and on the other hand decide for Australian based companies which media outlets they will or won’t use to advertise their products and services. They do not have the right to interfere with freedom of choice and they do not have the right to attempt to censor – not Alan Jones, not this radio network, not the people who choose to listen to it and not the companies who choose to advertise on it.
“What we are seeing here is 21st Century censorship, via cyber-bullying.
"As a talk-station we openly advocate debate. Talk radio is arguably the original form of social media. The difference between 2GB and some catchy URL is that MRN operates in a regulated media environment.
"We hold ourselves, and are held, to account on many levels. We operate within a long established regulatory guidelines and rules. We’re accountable to the regulatory authorities for our license to operate; to our listeners who have the freedom to leave us any time they want; to our advertisers who will leave us if our listeners do; to our shareholders who will show staff and management the door when the advertisers disappear.
“We are happy to listen to any constructive criticism of what we are doing. We do it every day, often live on-air. But strangely we have heard very little on this issue from the same social media groups which are attempting to destroy the companies who have the hide to advertise with the highest rating radio station in Sydney. All of their focus is destructive. They are simply making life as difficult as possible for the staff of companies whose crime apparently is advertising on Sydney’s highest rating breakfast radio show.
“How hard is it to work out that those companies do not choose to advertise in the Alan Jones Breakfast Show because they agree with all of his views and everything he says. They advertise in the Show only because they want to engage with the massive audience who listens to him – an audience which has dominated the ratings in the Sydney market for over a decade. An audience which chooses to listen and an audience which, if and when it decides it has had enough of Alan Jones and goes somewhere else, will be closely followed by those same companies.
“We have taken this unprecedented decision to suspend advertising in the Alan Jones Breakfast Show until further notice so that all of our advertisers are on an equal footing, can regroup and discuss with us the way forward and how we together deal with these attempts to damage great Australian businesses. We’ll be doing that over the next week or so and I would personally also welcome discussion with representatives of the organisations behind the totally unwarranted pressure being put on our advertisers. But any discussion will need to be face to face, not hiding behind a keyboard.
“The decision obviously comes at a very significant short term cost to MRN. It is an insignificant price to pay for our audience to be able to listen to what they choose to listen to, and for Australian companies to advertise where they choose to advertise.”
Media contacts;
Antonia O'Neill 0417 252 805. Julia Everingham 0416 033 696
Alan Jones loses his Merc
JONATHAN MARSHALL AND JORDAN BAKER
The Sunday Telegraph
October 07, 2012 12:00AM
MERCEDES-BENZ will confiscate Alan Jones's $250,000 sponsored car, and has vowed to never again support the controversial broadcaster or his radio station 2GB.
The carmaker expressed its strong distaste at Jones's comment, revealed last week by The Sunday Telegraph, that Prime Minister Julia Gillard's father, John Gillard, "died of shame" because of "lies" told by his daughter.
"We want the car back, the deal is cancelled, it is over," Mercedes-Benz's corporate communications manager, David McCarthy, said.
If the car is not returned, Mercedes will send someone to repossess it.
Mercedes-Benz Australia-Pacific, owned by the Daimler Group, distanced itself from Jones and has cancelled all radio advertising .
The Sunday Telegraph revealed last weekend Jones told a Sydney University Liberal Club dinner on September 22 that the prime minister's 83-year-old father, John, "died of shame".
"We were appalled and shocked at the lack of respect (the comments) expressed," Mr McCarthy said.
Now the company has informed Jones it wants him to return the black 2012 S-Class Mercedes the broadcaster has been driving free.
Should the vehicle not be returned by October 31, a Mercedes-Benz representative would collect it, he said.
The Sunday Telegraph understands Jones had been able to use the expensive vehicle as part of a sponsorship agreement with 2GB's owner, Macquarie Radio.Mercedes-Benz bosses have ditched advertising on Jones's show and across the station.
"We have terminated ALL (sic) commercial arrangements with 2GB," the company said in a statement. "We cannot see a circumstance that will see us returning to advertising (on Jones's) show."
Mr McCarthy refused to reveal how much the deal with 2GB was worth, other than to say: "It's now worth a lot less than it was a week ago."
Macquarie is offering discount rates for new advertisers, and has emailed subscribers asking if they have changed their opinion of 2GB and its sponsors, many of whom have dumped the station and Jones.
"During the last week, has your attitude towards companies that advertise on the Alan Jones Breakfast Show changed?" the survey asked.
Macquarie has told at least one agency it would discount standard rates by at least 15 per cent. Advertisements on his show usually sell for $1170 and live reads for $3300.
More than 70 companies have backed away and shares in Macquarie Radio crashed this week amid estimates that the boycott could cost millions.
A spokesman for Macquarie Radio refused to comment.
Jones is still in demand as a speaker, with a spokeswoman for Saxton Speakers saying no bookings were cancelled. Jones charges about $12,000 per speaking engagement.
A Facebook blitz on sponsors has more than 11,000 "likes", with users bombarding advertisers with emails.
Jenna Price from the Destroy the Joint movement named after Jones's claim women such as Sydney Lord Mayor Clover Moore were "destroying the joint" - said one sponsor got 4000 emails.
Staff at 2GB told activists the boycott would hurt young employees, not Jones.
Shares in 2GB fell six per cent last week.
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