Conservative politicians stoking Australia Day debate online with paid ads, analysis finds (www.theguardian.com)

submitted 8 months ago by trk@aussie.zone to c/australianpolitics@aussie.zone

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Conservative politicians are dominating Facebook advertising about changing the date of Australia Day, analysis shows.

After Woolworths announced last week that it would no longer stock Australia Day merchandise due to declining demand, the opposition leader, Peter Dutton, condemned the move as an “outrage” born from the retailer’s “woke agenda” and said most Australians likely thought the same.

Now several conservative politicians are paying for advertisements on social media platforms lobbying against changing the date.

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[-] Gorgritch_umie_killa@aussie.zone 10 points 8 months ago

There is nothing these reactionaries love more than a culture war. "Dig in everyone, those woke oligarchs over at Woolworths don't want to sell us overpriced single use plastic anymore!"

What woolworths should do is come back at these wombats with an offer to supply and deliver all the cheap aussie day plates, and hats, and capes they want but woth marked up prices that cover all costs, plus a healthy profit, then publish which, (if any) take them up on the offer.

[-] zurohki@aussie.zone 4 points 8 months ago

It's not like their real policy of "rich people should get richer" is going to get them a lot of votes from 90% of the population, so they need something to pretend to stand for to bring in the votes.