☮ ♥ ♬ 🧑💻<p>Day 26 cont 🥷🥷🥷📸🤳🤳</p><p>“<a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Kooyong" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Kooyong</span></a> MP <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/MoniqueRyan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MoniqueRyan</span></a> had just remarked that the national broadcaster’s annual budget was “about as much as we spend on keeping 100 refugees on <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Nauru" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Nauru</span></a> and <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/PNG" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PNG</span></a>” when a man’s voice suddenly bellowed from the back of the room.</p><p>“We’re just here to ask about immigration and crime,” he said.</p><p>…</p><p>A meeting of Kooyong candidates led to a heated confrontation between agitators and other attendees.<br>In a room at the <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/KewLibrary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KewLibrary</span></a> filled with <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/CivicMinded" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CivicMinded</span></a> locals waiting to hear from the Kooyong candidates about the state of the media, the arrival of the three unexpected men disrupted the calm.</p><p>Leading them was a bald man with a <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/goatee" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>goatee</span></a>, wearing a black T-shirt emblazoned with the logo of the “<a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/AustralianWorkersAlliance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AustralianWorkersAlliance</span></a>” – a self-described nationalist organisation whose mission includes the “preservation of <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/WesternCulture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WesternCulture</span></a> and identity”. One of the other men wore a leather jacket and filmed the room with his <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/phone" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>phone</span></a> – a dead giveaway that the goal was to capture a viral “gotcha” moment. The third man, dressed in a grey hoodie and sneakers, loitered nearby with his hands in his pockets as back-up.”</p><p>The old LNP, Advance create scene, capture distribute trick. </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/Independent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Independent</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Kooyong" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Kooyong</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/FarRight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FarRight</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/extremism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>extremism</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Advance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Advance</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/SandraBourke" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SandraBourke</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/Liberal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Liberal</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://archive.md/V3knV" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">archive.md/V3knV</span><span class="invisible"></span></a>> / <<a href="https://www.theage.au/politics/federal/victoria-s-hot-seats-live-updates-federal-election-2025-continues-muslim-lobby-group-rolls-out-attack-ads-against-labor-20250421-p5lt3t.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theage.au/politics/federal/vic</span><span class="invisible">toria-s-hot-seats-live-updates-federal-election-2025-continues-muslim-lobby-group-rolls-out-attack-ads-against-labor-20250421-p5lt3t.html</span></a>> (paywall)</p>