
The
Adelaide
Set Façade.
I don't really go for local interest content, so I wasn't familiar with @TheAdelaideSet. 'They' came onto my radar in 2026, long after the hinges weren't hinging.As of this writing, though you'll see why timeline matters below, this is how their website describes them:"The Adelaide Set stands as Australia’s largest right-wing, libertarian & traditional left source for politics, news, and freedom, dedicated to delivering authentic news that matters to the people of South Australia."As a person of SA, I needed to know more, so I did a little digging into where we're apparently getting our 'freedom.' I do like locally sourced, farm-to-table subjective concepts.On this site, I'm going to document a pivot from harmless narcissists pseudo-influencers with a low-quality Wix, into ranting cooker fascists. With some Easter eggs along the way.They're fond of saying "The truth doesn't fear questions." So here I am, some guy, just asking questions.Strap in, though. Because this downward spiral is quite a ride.
Introducing the Set-pieces.
George-Alexander Mamalis
Hamish MacLachlan-Lester
The Turning Point Extended Universe
TPAus is the local licensee of the new low Point in imperial culture war bullshit. A look into this black hole takes us on a journey of bottom-feeders filling the trough with MAGA-flavour Christian hate, served up to adoring swine, all collared by obvious establishment figures, like the gimps they are.
About your handsome interrogator
The Adelaide Set-Pieces
Firstly, George-Alexander Mamalis. He's the (now-solo) face, described as the founder, and apparently owns the business. He's our main character.But we also need to look at collaborator Hamish MacLachlan-Lester. He was more prominent in the earlier stages as 'Creative Director.' I'm unsure how involved he is now, but he at least bears partial responsibility, and now has his own complications.As you'll see when we kick over the rock that is George, we see a bunch of other little worms that need a bit of an examination.More directly, there are several others listed across the Adelaide Set website, in older social posts by mention or credited contribution, and touting their involvement on their own profiles. I'm making the choice not to pull those threads. I can't really be sure how involved they are anymore, whether or not they've moved on, and why. None of them is presenting as problematic or prolific as those I'm covering here, and it'd be a stretch to call them public figures, and open to fair comment. Let's hope they're not fucked, because I'm giving them a pass unless or until I have reason otherwise.
An intro to The Adelaide Set.
At various times, The Adelaide Set has described themselves as
• "...provid[ing] authentic and transparent independent journalism...an alternative to the mainstream media, a voice not controlled by corporate interests and closer to the hearts of the people of Adelaide." This was as described on a largely forgotten Patreon.• From the "Ancient Lands of Kaurna” according to an older IG bio, cited in this excellent article back in 2022.• A "showcase" of "what’s good about the South Australian lifestyle...only work[ing] with SA businesses" and "want[ing] to promote SA and give young people of Adelaide a voice" by the Commissioner for Children and Young People, in a puff piece back in 2018. That piece also claimed "George and Hamish are two ambitious young people with a vision to take over the world from their hometown of Adelaide."• "The Adelaide Set stands as Australia’s largest right-wing, libertarian & traditional left source for politics, news, and freedom, dedicated to delivering authentic news that matters to the people of South Australia." per their current homepage content, as of this writing, but possibly as old as 2022 (anonymised link).
But more recently...
• "Truth does not fear questions⚜️ Former Australian Parliamentary Advisor ✞ God First・Common Sense・Freedom... I pulled this from a recent IG bio, date uncertain, but in 2026, and before the SA state election got busy.• ⚜️Truth does not fear questions⚜️🇦🇺Former Australian Parliamentary Advisor ✞ Patriotism・Common Sense・Freedom" as of March, 2026.
Interestingly, #til the fleur-de-lys can be used for more than to make stuff vaguely French. Unless the Greek-Australian writing those is a French royalist, proudly Quebecois, or a fan of the New Orleans Saints, it's likely he's using it for a 'purity' connotation with fuckin' European Christian (mostly Catholic) Nationalism. Cool and normal for an Eastern Orthodox guy.
I guess this massive tone shift was foretold by the shitty MS Paint logo, which is an arrow literally pointing to the right.
The business entity
The name is registered, but only to a sole trader ABN for George. While that's probably not a great arrangement if you're Hamish, that doesn't say much.
It is/was never registered for GST, which says it's always traded under that $75k mark, which would be rough if it were paying all the contributors at its peak.
The main account is theadelaideset. That now self-identifies as just Georgie, but he also has madeinadelaide and officialgeorgemamalis. MadeIn has a blue check, while the 'official' one hasn't done anything since 2023. Hamish and everyone else associated have their own personal accounts, which makes sense.For the alleged business, they've Set up at least thelondonset, thesydneyset, themelbourneset, and theaustraliaset.I think they were largely just toying with doing their thing in other cities. London's seems like a travel blog. Meh, whatever. These don't seem to do much, other than occasionally talking back to them in a very Well Done Angus way.The final one is a bit more interesting: an expansion "in the world of advanced digital creation." They set up a video production company?Well, 'set up' is a bit of a stretch...I can't find a business entity, trading name or IP registered anywhere. 'The Australia Set' might not even be able to be registered. Searching it on ASIC returns an error and a link to 'acceptable names'.Despite that, this is where they semi-formalise, and now have a bunch of other kids' headshots on the website, with roles and responsibilities.Genuinely, this would not have been a bad idea. They've got a local audience and small business network, slap together some promo vids and package with some airtime on a growing local channel? Simple and reliable. But that does not seem to be what's happened.It appears Hamish officially left in 2020. Off on his own endeavours, but not necessarily with any acrimony, as they published a podcast with him in '22 and '23, and he later pops up on video for the 2025 Adelaide City Council elections; so there's at least an ongoing association.Sometime in 2020 or 2021, Taydam, Brode, Bior and Taliah enter the fray. Presumably, as friends or associates, they were offered a role when the Australia Set becomes...a thing.At this point, they have ~50,000 followers and largely local-interest content. Should be a nice story about some enterprising kids making a bit of money — but that doesn't last.
The economics of influence.
A quick tangent, let's take a look at how influencers make money. Once an account has some traction, it can theoretically be monetised. What a world we should burn live in.
• Sponsored content. Promoting a good or service for money. Like a pro-am advertorial. Pretty straightforward, should be disclosed way more than it ever is.
• Affiliate marketing. Click here or use code FASCISTGRIFTER 15% off...and I get a kickback.
•Straight up sales. Buy my merch, or the more hilarious 'take my course on how to get rich asking other people to take your course.'
• Subscriptions. Link in bio to see more of me, [suggestive wink]. Also, options with clothes on, like gated content on a Substack and so on.
• Donations. Buy me a coffee, tip me some change, turn the crank and the monkey will dance.
• Brand ambassadorships. A fancy name for what's basically just long-term, multi-post sponsored content, unless you're Michael Jordan, and not just a fan of his 2010 moustache.
That's really about it. These are accounts with reach, so advertisers pay them to promote their shit upfront or on the back end, they sell their own shit, or panhandle.
But how much can they make? According to HypeAuditor (who have skin in the game, so grain of salt):
Safely assuming these are imperial marks USD, at the current 200k followers, sponsored posts could be raking in a couple of grand a month for a part-time gig.
Side-side note for some quick math:
• Adelaide has ~1.4million people.
• The 15-29 age population is ~325k
• IG has ~60% penetration (their best) for those ages.
That's almost 200k. That would be a complete Set.
But sponsorships for local Adelaide businesses is no longer what they do.
Looking at recent posts, they don't obviously have a revenue outcome to the posts. Now there's a theme, and it's not very brand safe, unless you're MyPillow.
What's happening now?
Watch the progression. All I've done here is grab semi-random, indicative screenshots, with highlighting the posts that are overtly right-wing prop, from just the thumbnail. I'm not watching all the goddamn videos.
Apparently, they started back in 2015, but I didn't bother to scroll back that far. You can see that even as recently as 2021, it does what they describe: local interest stuff. Pics of a beach, and a band, and a ballgame. There are even some sponsored posts from local businesses.But sometime in 2022 things take a turn. I've picked out some of them, but now we're seeing the punchable face of Henry Davis, Alex Antic, and (somehow) worse. There's a whole run of Joanna Howe, Attorney at Grift. Check my page on her if you haven't.
So what changed, and who paid?
This is my prevailing question with these RWFWs. By whom and why is this being funded?The answer to that is, in my estimation, related to the most recent...partnership? Brand alignment? I don't quite know what to call it: in October 2025, they made an honest boy of him and named George-Alexander the "State Coordinator" of Turning Point South Australia. TPAus being, of course, the local franchise of American culture-war piss and vinegar merchants, led by Charlie Kirk until he changed his mind on Israel his recent violent death.
Paraphrased in an ABC article, the current eyebrows-in-chief for TPAus Joel Jammal (right, no pun intended) says "Mamalis's new position with Turning Point Australia is only a volunteer role...and the Adelaide Set would continue to operate."Since TheAdelaideSet is now just Georgie Boy ranting generic right-wing bile to the camera in a split screen with AI slop, it's pretty clear that, there's a strong TP influence, and not a lot of direct sunlight involved in this.So let's have a look at George. Otherwise, with their paths diverging a little, we can take a side trip to where Hamish has parked.
George-Alexander Mamalis
George is the central character of this story. He's always described as the founder of TheAdelaideSet and is sometimes credited as an advisor to various prominent conservative figures.The takeaway from those biographies is clearly to impress, like he's some experienced political genius. Per the moronic quote written for Joel Jammal, he "represents the new generation of conservative leadership."Unfortunately, the fig leaf doesn't stand up to even the lightest breeze. I accept that everyone gooses up the old LinkedIn like any resume, but this feels...fraudulent. If he's the new generation, he's more Degrassi than Star Trek.Let's have a look.
An Impressionable, privileged kid
In the first section, I showed how the social content steered into the ditch on the far right. When you contrast that with the milestones we can see in public information, it provides important context.Again, the highlighted posts are only the ones I could say are right-wing bullshit from the thumbnail alone. The trend is painfully obvious.
In various places, I've noticed references to meeting Nikolai Petrovsky as a (pardon the pun) turning point for Georgie boy. And that seems to be the case, at least as a catalyst, and a contributor.I just don't think that's the whole story. At that time, George-Alexander was already halfway through his tenure with nose-beers Speirs. He'd also finished that claimed 'apprenticeship' on the London equivalent of Madison Ave, and had gone to school at one of Adelaide's most expensive dickhead factories.The foundation was laid well before the patron scientist of cookers sat down with him.Also around that time, possibly because he's publishing Petrovsky, TheAdelaideSet is also uncritically resharing content from Rukshan Fernando. This oxygen thief transitioned from wedding photography to anti-lockdown identity. He's quoted in this article from Cam Wilson in Crikey: “Do we always take the word of an authority figure?... Is there an area where public opinion or our own feelings or our own understanding of an issue is as valid or as important?” Uh, sure.There's another post that stands out to me, as well. In November 2021, George shared a news story in which Alex Antic, still a nobody backbencher and at least 4th on the Liberal Senate ticket, was issuing his anti-vax 'ultimatum.' It's low-hanging fruit, but foreshadowing. The source, however, is even more telling: Kurt Mahlberg. He's by no means a household name, hopefully because he's an insane pseudojournalist and Christian nationalist zealot.
That these two figures are in George's algorithm makes what comes almost a foregone conclusion. The insane rhetoric ramps up, and he makes new and even more toxic contacts:• After Dr Nick Riviera Petrovsky interview, the TheAdelaideSet account starts sharing content featuring the MVP of Litigious Dickbrains of Adelaide, Henry Davis.• Mamalis then leaves Speirs for a quick stint with the festering pustule of 'news' media, Murdoch.• Then comes a whirlwind tour of pick-me culture war bullshit with then-One Nation's Sarah Game.These are not necessarily his direct fault, having researched under instruction from Game, but you can check out the stellar contribution made to Hansard those five-ish months, with her motions on Gender and Male life expectancy, and religion (Separate topics raised on the same day).Motions aren't everything – search her entire Hansard output for the possible time he worked in that office.• Finally, George puts in a solid year with Mr stake-in-the-Liberal-Party-heart himself, Alex Antic.As you can see from the timeline, leaving Antic, if anything, simply removed the shackles. He has enough momentum on his own to completely abandon even the pretence of being a local lifestyle account. He's jumped clear out of the Overton Window and landed on his head.
To make sure I'm in no way letting convicted drug trafficker David Speirs off the hook, here are two pretty telling quotes:"I stand here today as a believing practising Christian in a Christian nation—not desiring to impose piety on this parliament, but instead pledging to conduct myself within the moral constraints of the Christian faith."*
-- maiden speech to parliament, 2014.andHe will “ensure that we have the most conservative abortion laws in the nation… the best of a bad bunch”... Pay very close attention to what’s happening in your parliament and what your local members of parliament are doing… this idea of the separation of church and state – forget it"
-- to Southland Church, 2021.
By the end of 2025, there's a rock-solid fuckwit formula, and that continues to this day. The top half of a vertical post is him ranting some insane bullshit even he can't possibly believe, with the bottom half being AI slop to illustrate. Sometimes, because variety is the spice of life, those panels are flipped.When a former contributor and presumably friend goes missing in June 2025, it warranted a single post. Contrastingly, when the CIA/Mossad pseudo-grassroots uprising in Iran happened in January 2026, Georgiou posted about it several times. I think this is what they call being values-led.All of this begs the question, though: how is he funding it? According to his LinkedIn, he hasn't had a paying job since Antic's office in August 2024. None of these staffer jobs line your pocket. The family has St Peter's money, so maybe it's just that. But then, why would he have ever worked at all? And he had a wedding to fund.After converting her to his religion (I'm trying not to be judgmental of that), he and Miss Milquetoast Adelaide or whatever, tied the knot. With at least two key RWNJ figures in attendance (Game and Joanna Howe).This is an expensive lifestyle for one on the Unabomber career track. I wonder if there's a deeper pocket not being cited...
Into the turniverse
With the far-right transition complete, and maybe jumping in the pocket of Big Christofascism, check out what the plan was for 2026.TPAus-SA publicly set their sights on the March state election. There was actual press coverage: 'Turning Point South Australia would conduct "a number of events" in the community before the election and also on university campuses "in the same spirit as Charlie Kirk"'To be fair, Charlie Kirk is indeed a spirit.They also flagged their awareness of and intention to comply with the requirement to be a registered third party. That's mildly surprising alone, but they even followed through.For those who don't know, when an organisation that is not a registered political party "incurs or intends to incur more than $10,000 in political expenditure during the designated period in relation to an election" they are required to register with ECSA.ECSA hasn't had the best run lately, but this at least seems to be up to date.Joanna Howe is also in there as Australia Life Pty Ltd, the legal name of Bird Flip.Of that (expected) $10k, they at least managed to put out a series of interviews and some online assets.
Because the term 'Turning Point' is someone else's brand and doesn't currently (and hopefully will never) have that much cache in Australia, when you go looking specifically for presence in SA, you come across unfortunate completely unrelated organisations...
• An addiction treatment facility.
• A dance studio.
• A career advice consultancy.
They are pretty open about being pro-conservative, but it's rather amusing watching them twist about trying to recommend almost all the far-right spread at once. If I were someone looking to find my specific preferred flavour of racist dickbag, I think I might leave even more confused. But the signs are there, where they want to push people. And preferential voting will have these votes cascade back, anyway.
I don't know if George can work a Canva, but I'm proof that it ain't hard. Between these graphics and the seat-by-seat how-to-votes they made, it's a fair chunk of time. Probably helps that he apparently doesn't have a real job...or the labour is being purchased by Turning Point.What's interesting is that to see the above 'How your MP voted,' which seems to be their own version of the excellent resource They Vote For You, requires you to search by address.Because of course the target audience here doesn't know their own electorate. This isn't made for the well-read.It's also 'powered by AI' for whatever that means, and apparently displays "voting records, key legislation, and major policy positions so you can clearly see whether your representative has stood for conservative and freedom values.". So it's questionably accurate, entirely subjective, and needs personal information to work. That seems safe.On top of that, the volunteer registration asks for a bunch of personal information, plus voting intention/cooker brand preference. To submit all this PII, you also have to sign up for both a party and TPA's mailing list.This is data harvesting. If they're sophisticated (and I'm sure the US version is), this could funnel people into an automated track to convert into recurring donations.
It's not unexpected that they'd be interviewing these characters. If anything, I'm surprised they bothered to include Hurn...she's legacy right-wing. That's not what Gina's money is for, dagnabbit!Each video has a news entry to share it. You might note, because of the logo overlays I included below, the decidedly orange flavour to the people interviewed or discussed.That brand is also the first in line for the how-to-votes, on the preference flow diagram, and (assuming the goal is to be as far-right as possible, since the arrow points upwards with pure subtlety) on the Left-to-Right complete misinformation diagram.
We know that Turning Point takes donations. That's the grift. But who or what is a 'customer' to them, and what's behind the private login?That's very curious indeed.The privacy policy is pretty standard, including a commitment not to resell data without permission. The volunteer form does ask for some consent.So what just fucking evil services could be behind that paywall?!All up, Georgie's contribution was to fiddle about the edges in platforming the furthest-right, least literate party. I'm sure the outcome of the election will have buoyed them. They're probably doing quite the victory lap, despite Messiahnauskas actually increasing his caucus of pretend Left, without even having to offer any real inducements to the electorate. But frankly, I doubt they changed a single vote. Thank fuck they're so useless, really.
In my estimation, Mamalis started like many of us do: young and dumb. And he's not that young anymore. So what was a cute, inoffensive platform became the soapbox from which he can regurgitate the worst bile of the people he's been around. He started off with a silver spoon, and somehow, as it does for so many on the right, that became a spewing font of grievance.At the 2026 SA Election, he was the local front...for the Australian front...for the American front...for the monied interests of the US Right. A matryoshka of contemptible turds.Does he know he's just absorbed the worst impulses of the assholes to whom he's been exposed? I don't know. At best, he's their mildly useful idiot. If he does know, it's probably even worse.The good news is that he's only paper-thin, because if these assholes were also competent, things could be even worse.
From here, you can learn more about the various characters in the milieu of fringe rightwing fuckery, or check out Hamish, the other kinda-founder of the platform.
Hamish MacLachlan-Lester
Sometimes described as a founder, Hamish was the 'Creative Director' for TheAdelaideSet until the middle of 2021. That seems to be around the time the other kids came in, but also when Georgie started to lose his damn mind. Maybe it was a lucky escape, because Hamish's brain is not so obviously mashed with Sky After Dark ranting points, despite having some similar jobs.But that doesn't mean he's not his own brand of grifting shitbag. Let's check out a few highlights before the main dive:
• Obligatory private school listed on the Facebook and LinkedIn. This comes free with the surname.• After school, off to Bond University to do Business and/or Marketing. And quite a business decision that is, going to an upfront-fee, private uni, an equal fifth-best in Queensland.• But that's not all of his education: Hame makes sure to include Landmark on his profiles. Landmark is credibly described as being both a cult and a scam.
Hamish's LinkedIn is pretty hilarious, for how obnoxiously douchey it is. If you have profile privacy, check it out, here. It's like it was written by an AI instructed by a focus group of the worst Deloitte BAs, trying to reach a distant word count.Here's an example: he and Georgie did a fundraising walk. (Good on them, no shade, it's just pretty funny how woke George would call the beneficiaries, now). But would you put that on your LinkedIn? I mean, if you needed to explain a long gap in the CV, maybe. But that's not enough for Hamo... he lists it twice: an entry for each org to which they made the donation.At some point, Hammy stops using "Lester" in his surname. Which is odd, because for someone who yearns to be a personal brand, it's what gives him something unique to a much more famous guy. This will become a relevant note very soon.
• In July 2021, Hamish leaves TheAdelaideSet, possibly to start being the Marketing Manager for Adelaide Car Parking.• But then, in November 2021, he started with Sky News, and then in November 2022, Hamish is the new media advisor for Senator and raving fuckwit, Alex Antic.• He may have come out of that just unscathed enough, because rather than following Georgie down the rabbit hole, Hamish leaves to join his current employer, PriPark, in mid 2023.
The Parking Magnate
Using that extensive carpark business knowledge, he's now General Manager. I can't see any other employees, so fair bet he's the founder, if not owning all the stock. Not bad for someone so young.But...how? Capital is hard to come by for we mere proletarians, and none of these past jobs actually pays well to be saving one's own.The double-barrelled surname is a clue, but let's not prejudge.So we scratch the surface with the related businesses:
• Pri Park (SA) Pty Ltd is the app and the brand label. Adelaide drivers might notice the blue and pink signs popping up, usually attached to un- or under-used buildings, so real estate parasites land-bankers can squeeze a little more value out of their portfolio.• But the business was registered in 2009. That's when Hamish started high school. Very forward-thinking and keen on carparks from such a young age!• Their T&Cs Set out what, to my lay understanding, is parking here means you accept some pretty insane, unenforceable terms. Breach will mean enforcement, etc.• Also 6% service fee, because fuck you.• That said, break the rules and "Parking Collection Services Pty Ltd (‘Manager’) acts as an independent contractor, not as PriPark’s agent, employee or partner. To the maximum extent permitted by law, PriPark is not liable for the Manager’s enforcement actions or any losses arising from them". Pretty thorough disclaimer, like they expect some risky enforcement actions from their not-agent. Who the fuck is PCS?• Well Parking Collection Services is a separate entity that leaves a 'Notice of Claim' on your windscreen if you breach PriPark's ridiculous terms.• That claim says they think you've imposed a cost on them and owe civil damages. That language is very important, because they go to considerable lengths to explain that this is not a fine. Because they're a private organisation. Hilariously, they say the liquidated damages for parking your car there amount to about $70. Which is insane. But this business model depends on people either thinking it's a real fine or being afraid enough to cough up to avoid enforcement action.• It's very important to reiterate here that these are, of course, not fines. And beyond their strenuous definitions, you know they're not real fines, given what prompted the business to change its name from Adelaide City Fines Pty Ltd back in 2009.• What happened in 2009, I hear you ask? Adelaide City Council sued them for deceptive practices. And won. The parking parasites had to pay ACC's costs before they semi-phoenixed into this new form.• Both that court record and the incredible, detailed source I've linked below identify Damian Lester as the mastermind in this. A quick Google of Damian Lester and you see a colourful character who apparently faked passing out to avoid a DUI, and also managed to run a property empire into the ground during history's greatest real estate boom. Kinda impressive.• Digging into Damian Lester, I noticed a lawsuit from David & Cecily Lester, identified as Damian's parents. They seem to have sued him after things soured, when their company provided security for him to buy a couple of car parks.• And it turns out David Lester is also a carpark fraud baron: a company where he was a named director was sued in Victoria for the same conduct.
This site provided a lot of very useful information – well worth a look.
One might, hypothetically, infer the methods for parking in the city without spending a lot of money...
In parking and politics, a family affair
That surname sound familiar? Told you we'd come back. Damian provides the second barrel to Hamish MacLachlan-Lester. So we now have third-generation carpark parasites.As described in the article on the alleged DUI, Dad Damian has previously run for mayor of the City of Churches. Presumably, to ensure the churches have enough parking.One of Hamish's early jobs, in senior years of high school, was as a Car Park Attendant for Daddy's PCS grift. So he was presumably giving out the fines Notices himself. Along with honing his ability to navigate diverse parking scenarios, of course.And so sometime in 2021, Hamo leaves the Set. After a jaunt through Sky News and Alex Antic's office (a job where he tagged in George, it seems), he's now the GM of PriPark. And the Lester from his name is seen a lot less often.
Not content with just that, Hamo has ambition. In the 2025 Adelaide City Council election, he was one of four million candidates for the vacated Ward seats. His pitch? Without directly answering questions posed by InDaily, he gave this statement: “Meanwhile, we’re losing practical amenities, like car parking...". I guess he wasn't going to run on a pro-mass transit platform.Let's have a look at his campaign website:Bold ideas. Local focus. Real solutions.
Hamish MacLachlan (sans Lester) is a lifelong Adelaide local running ...With a media, marketing, and business leadership background, Hamish brings practical experience- not politics- to the table.I mean, sure. Practical experience helping run dad's grift. And not politics, fresh from a stint inside Alex Antic's office and NewsCorpse's 'Bernardi'. It continues:Clear communication. Accountable leadership.
Hamish believes Council decisions should never feel hidden or out of reach. Transparency builds trust and is earned through honesty, accessibility, and clarity. Hamish is committed to keeping the community informed...Let’s bring transparency back to the City Council.Yes, let's bring transparency back. Perhaps by adding back in the name associated with your dodgy ass family, bro.Thankfully, even with the incredibly low turnout in local government elections, he only received 2.41% of the vote. Because he lives outside the ward, the 56 votes can't even include his own. Maybe they're all Dad's friends?What a fucking douche. And this is the least awful person here.
Turning Point Extended Universe
Turning Point Australia, as with many right-wing grifts, begins with (I'm guessing) controversy, but zero originality.The mothership of these dorks is, of course, a quintessentially American endeavour. Made globally newsworthy for semi-recent, very American happenings in Utah. It's just another carbon-copy export from that failing state.The first step was checking out who first registered the brand here. That gave me this first pair — Andrew Cooper and Barclay McGain.Following that thread, they don't seem to be involved anymore, but without obvious explanation.When you more directly look up the founder, you're introduced to Joel Jammal and Damien Costas.Most recently, in addition to Georgie, TPAus added Saraya Beric.I could keep kicking over rocks and finding the next worms these bootlickers associate with in the Turning Point Extended Universe, but we'll pause with those five, for now.Let's have a peep.
Andrew Cooper
Starting with the basics, when looking up the registered name to find a legal entity, one of the first results is the ABN for Libertyworks.Under that ABN are four other business names, all of which have been deregistered, though at least three are still going concerns, including Turning Point.One of them is the Libertarian Party, which is currently registered as a party at an address in Victoria, with no relevant names as nominated officers.I didn't care enough to pull on whatever dickbrain thread 'Free Zoe' represents.Regardless, each of those names was deregistered at various times in 2022. Perhaps these are just thought bubbles never taken anywhere, or maybe the owner is doing a grift camping on the name so other RWFWs have to buy it off them. Purely speculation, there, but game recognise game, yo.Googling LibertyWorks or CPAC Australia, the final extra name, you meet Andrew Cooper.Before his parasitism at the fringes of conservative politics, Andrew was somehow involved in late 90s online retail. So bleeding-edge was he that he had to call it 'pioneering' twice in 20 words. His LinkedIn shows three organisations – dstore, HotShed, and TopShop – that cover the same timeframe, and might be the same job? Only one of those is even a mildly recognisable name, and certainly not in Australia. Topshop is a large UK chain. I guess Andrew was the genius behind that...not doing a lot for 15 years, here. But don't worry, this vital contribution is why he was also President of the Brisbane Chapter of whatever circlejerk 'Entrepreneurs' Organization' is.A thinker in residence, so of course, those thoughts needed to go somewhere.
LibertyWorks
This non-think tank (hilariously, the fuckwit calls it a 'do' tank) is not famous for much.Just on the first page of Google, and even in the AI slop suggestion, they're notable for failing in lawsuits against the government. Separately challenging Covid restrictions and Foreign Interference legislation...because they import American culture war shit. Like, textbook foreign interest.Losing both, LibertyWorks was ordered to pay the Commonwealth's costs. In the intervening years, articles published in 2023 and 2025 suggest he hasn't shelled out a cent. Classy guy.But the latter one references his trip to kiss the ring at Mar-a-Lago, the new Mecca for facelifted fucktards. This would be in his role as 'Co-Founder and Director' of CPAC Australia. Yeah, another foreign brand he lured home.
Note: the whole org was actually deregistered while I researched this page, so you can see this is all a live issue as these (allegedly) shonky fucks play their (alleged) shell game.
CPAC Australia
CPAC is ComicCon for society's most evil empty suits. It's been running since the Reagan Era, so it's very much the hotspot of people who want to fuck up the entire globe. And hotspot of other types of fucking, too.The Australian expansion has been running since 2019. Which is glorious because they'd have hated (and in Andy's case, litigated against) Covid restrictions, imposed in their early years. Thankfully, the AU team has never given in to the urge to dress the stage up as literal Nazi symbology.But 2019 is...before Ando registered the name. And that was cancelled in 2022. There have been yearly fash rallies since, so that's a bit weird. The Trademark has been registered by the homeland entity since 2018, presumably taken as a prudent but ordinary step in organising the first one.In the true fake-it-til-you-make-it mentality of the industry, Andrew gets on stage at CPAC a lot. I can only assume this is the bathroom break. Andrew, sometimes with fellow pick-me Warren Mundine but often without, pops up on stage at least two times a conference.Opening remarks, sure, before kicking it to an actual keynote, but check out some of the thought leadership attendees have been gifted with:
2023
• Opening & closing remarks, day 1.
• CPAC'S GLOBAL FIGHTBACK – American Conservative Union Chairman Matt Schlapp, Chairman CPAC Japan Jay Aeba and CPAC AUS Founder Andrew Cooper
• WHY DO CORPORATIONS GO WOKE? – Steve Baxter, Matt Camenzuli and Andrew Cooper
• ASK US ANYTHING – CPAC Aust Founder Andrew Cooper and CPAC USA Chairman Matt Schlapp2024
• Conference theme: Values Matter – Andrew Cooper, CPAC founder & national director
• The Law Vs Biology: The Crushing of people speaking truth – Panel: Sal Grover, Katherine Deves and Andrew Cooper
• 'THE election' – Panel: Campbell Newman AO, Hon Gary Hardgrave and Andrew Cooper
• Closing day 2 with Mundine2025
• No title given, but in the 10 mins before lunch on day 1, I'm sure it was riveting.
• Opposing the Chinese Regime – Panel: Former Hong Kong MLC Ted Hui, Andrew Cooper & Matt Schlapp
• Supporting Liberty – Panel: Veronica Birkenstock & Andrew Cooper.If you don't recognise Veronica's name, you're not alone. Assuming this is the right person—and this is the only one I could find with any profile—she lost a Republican primary in Texas in 2018. Seriously, that's fuckin' it. 'Bad for the swamp' because maybe that's where she now lives, since she ain't in Congress.
My conclusion: Andy is five-foot-two of impotent hanger-on. Whatever wealth, standing or notoriety he has seems to have come from importing other people's ideas, and then pandering at the fringe of relevancy: Topshop, Turning Point, CPAC...he's not so much a mover and shaker as he is someone they remember. If he's wearing a nametag.His whole schtick is even a little on the nose among these right-wing dickheads. Just pay your costs judgment, you little dipshit.
Possible side note in this, there are several uses of the 'CPAC' acronym floating about. Common enough thing that sifting took a bit of work. But one kept floating back up: CPAC Holdings Pty Ltd.That would be entirely unnoteworthy if that entity didn't also own the (possibly expired) trademark for...the political party Australian Conservatives.Holdings also shows up alongside an entity called CAS Super Holdings, and they both own shares in a variety of boring rich asshole circlejerk of exploitation "diversified financial services" organisations.But who signs off on changes in both Holdings? One Sinead Bernardi. Uh huh. The (human) wife of Cory MLC.
Barclay McGain
In that last banner about Mini Cooper, some might have noticed the speaker evidently boring the fuck out of Canavan and Mundine: Barclay McGain.It's a good rule of thumb that the less said about this trolling twerp, the better. With that in mind, the briefest of intro to his contributions to discourse. I'd honestly forgotten about him, and the intervening years haven't warmed the reception.
The unwanted exposures
"Clay" as he wants to be called, and I'm positive no one does, first came to notoriety by... being publicly racist. Because of course he did. Some might remember him faking a voxpop, man-on-the-street interview with youths on the Gold Coast, December 2019. Said youths were all Young LNP members. One said some offensive shit. The resulting exposure and furore led to Barcers being booted from the LNP, which is frankly quite the feat.Not long after that, he went to work for MP Andrew Laming. Laming's many and often creepy-if-true allegations are documented here.In late 2021, while working for Dr Upskirt, he dressed as racist murderer crybaby Kyle Rittenhouse.Despite feeling in 2020 that the Party threw him under the bus, Clayface pops up again on the 2023 campaign trail near Peter Dutton and has to be disclaimed as just another volunteer.
His off-camera moments
When one goes looking at what he's been up to when he's not getting press for being a fuckwit, it's possibly even worse.While still working for Lame-ing, he claims to have founded Turning Point AU. The timeline and the photo above suggest this is the edition with Mini Cooper. The one that appears not to have done anything, possibly because it was never licensed IP. That doesn't stop him from clay-ming it on his Facebook.As with all of these people, he can't resist publishing every little role. Five months for whatever circlejerk 'Students for Liberty' is. Refereeing Rugby League games and coaching cricket. I'm sure the Australian Taxpayers' Alliance is its own rabbithole of fucktards:
"In 2011 when the Federal Government announced drastic changes to energy policy, there was national outcry against yet another burden on Australian taxpayers. Campaigning against these radical changes marked the birth of the Australian Taxpayers’ Alliance, and we’ve been growing ever since."...so it's astroturfing anti-carbon tax prop. Gotcha.
He even included 'Field Officer' at the Bureau of Statistics, 3 months from August 2021... the census. His liver might have been nice with some fava beans.Between the overlap of part-time and what are barely even extracurriculars, it's tough to pin down a real work history. Presumably he turned part-time with the liberturdians into a few months at Americans for Tax Reform.
They're so on the nose I didn't even need to click the link. From the second line of their Google description:"Americans for Tax Reform opposes all tax increases as a matter of principle."I guess the reform must happen in only one direction.
I'm sure the co-founder of the UQ Monarchist League had a lot to contribute to US domestic tax policy discourse.This gig overlaps with another standout feather in his cap: Campus Coordinator for The Institute for Public Affairs. The intellectual titans of people too ugly to get on Sky After Dark. Opposing anything more progressive than hunting the poor with hounds, the IPA is where Gina dropped her pocket change before she bought a Queensland Senator or two.Who knows what the role entails. I had assumed he worked at their campus (one floor of a building in Melbourne's CBD), as some kind of gopher/whipping boy. But it seems they have campus coordinators at universities across the country. So it's...an honorary title? The mascot they can stand next to when a Distinguished Fellow gives a rousing speech to a uni's cohort of tan slacks around whom no one leaves their drink.Another non-job to pad the resume.And then we're up to date. His next and current role is General Manager of CPAC Australia. This must be closing the loop on the Cooper connection. Rather, living proof that it's not what you know, but who. And that yet another of these buffoons is woefully underqualified for their own job, it's frankly baffling they're taken seriously at all.
Joel Jammal
When talking about Joel Jammal it's so very difficult to not give in to the ad hominem. Just...look at him, for fuck's sake. He might even have weaponised that face -- he puts that out there and people can't engage with the toxic bullshit he rants. Well not today, jay-jay!Joelly is the face of Turning Point Australia, officially and ongoing. He's at least on the surface, the one making the hiring decisions that induct Mamalis into the Extended Universe. In that or similar capacities, he pops up with his own podcast, guesting across the Cookerverse, at Anti-Choice fundraisers, and with an almost-insultingly small cameo at CPAC.
While he's managed to parlay some minor notoriety into...whatever he can currently be called, Joel's profile dates back to that font of public intellectuals - Covid lockdowns.Lace-up! We're going goose-stepping down memory lane.
A star is (Lebens)born
Referenced by Cam Wilson in this Crikey article, back in 2020 Jammal was calling himself a 'Christian journalist,' and a 'part-time political activist and lecturer.' Professsor Jammal was apparently preaching teaching at the Sydney Institute for Christian Studies. Which must be a sweet gig - there's only one book on the reading list.
I did a very quick search for the Institute. It could very well have changed its name, but I can find a Biblical Studies one, and an Australian College of Christian Studies. So...does Joel not know where he lectured? The only places on the first SERP are him saying he had the job.I guess he wasn't giving classes on Exodus 23:1, Leviticus 19:11–12,Psalm 12:2–3, Psalm 31:18, Psalm 34:13, Psalm 58:3, Psalm 101:7, Proverbs 4:24, Proverbs 6:16–19Proverbs 12:17–22, Proverbs 14:5, Proverbs 14:25, Proverbs 19:5, Proverbs 19:9, Proverbs 21:6, Proverbs 21:28, Isaiah 30:9, Jeremiah 9:3–8, Zechariah 8:17...But then, I think this one's the most apt:2 Corinthians 11:13: For such men are false apostles, deceitful workmen, disguising themselves as apostles of Christ.Full disclosure, it shouldn't come as much surprise that i'm not some bible guy. I just got these from a listicle about what their book says about lies. Turns out, they actually have a fair amount to say about it. Unlike, for example, abortion or homosexuality.
Not long after that someone fucks either a bat or a pangolin and Covid, etc etc. Lockdown cooker movements and dynamics of that grift have all been covered by people doing this at the time. More experience and far, far better informed. Tom Tanuki comes to mind. So read/watch his stuff for way more detail.I'm sure we all recall the crowds of scared but also stupid people demanding the FREEEEDUM to go play pokies at 11am on a Tuesday or whatever. I guess the police checkpoints didn't accept 'visiting my meth guy' as a reason to be 5km from home. Well freedoms were shouted, David Icke conspiracies were shared, red ensigns were waved, and at least one horse was punched.Along with fringe fuckwit and known prior associate Riccardo Bosi, Joel wormed his way into addressing these riled up...livestock of a woolly persuasion. Decrying vaccine mandates and being told to stay home instead of licking doorknobs. He also joins Bosi on 'The ARC' for long-winded chats on YouTube full of the kind of lizard-people insanity yopu'd expect. Cam's done the heavy lifting and explains that in these, Joelly outs himself as skeptical of Port Arthur, as well as the topical vaccine, mandates and all that jazz. Lots of Trump, and as of this writing, two of the six videos still online have been removed, so who even knows how cooked.Jay-jay (he legit wants people to call him that) fucks around on the fringe of reality with these bottom feeders through Covid, while also buttering up the more mainstream far-right, being very tangentially, boot-lickingly linked to Craig Kelly, Ross Cameron and Andrew Cooper. Apparently he volunteered at CPAC, because of course the free enterprise people's conference needs volunteers.He would also show up at 'Christian Lives Matter' events, such as a protest at The Project, who I'm sure were delighted to just have an audience for the night, as well as the more recent March for Australia.On this latter one, the proper Nazi rally of which one had a curiously-downplayed attempted terrorist attack, Joel has been accused of trying to co-opt. So at least it's night to see the fringe right have internal politics, instead of the purity test of being the right flavour of neoanarchosyndicallyMaoist or whatever.
Juggernaut of political communication
Joel's early 'activism' possibly begins and ends with being involved in the Christian Democrats. The Fred Nile people. Apparently while supporting some guy trying to de-stabilise a micro vanity party, which is a bit funny.He also wrote a couple of articles published to 'The Daily Declaration'.His bio on that Christofascist e-rag says he's an author at the The Spectator. The Speccy articles? Oh, they're the same content pieces. But he must be a journalist like his TPAus bio claims. He has 10 years in political communication, you know.Well, there's fewer than 7 years of YouTube, if that counts. It starts with pre-freedumb movement Bosi having a chat in someone's nan's living room. Even the titles they've extracted for the tiles make it seem unwatchably stupid. But somehow it goes downhill, even among the kooks.They get hundreds of views, peaking in the thousands around lockdowns. Even stupid people needed something to do during lockdown, without a horse in arm's reach. But that drops when Bosi bounces, which is a wild concept. Riccardo brought the audience?!
Circa 2022, the channel's views are down not even in the hundreds...he's getting *tens of views. Slapping the licensed Turning Point logo actually made things worse. I guess being a journalism are hard.Oh wait, his LinkedIn suggests he might have a different vocation. It seems his pre-TP roles range from Development Management Assistant all the way up to Assistant Development Manager. His work experience also helpfully includes his capstone student project, sketching some designs of a train station. That's because he has a degree in...Property. No wonder he's this much of a cunt, right - real estate to his bones but without the face for billboards.
The Turning of the Screw-ups
So now we get to Turning Point. Moving in the same circles, possibly because he'll volunteer to support any old fascist, Joelly connects with Damien Costas. Costas is the money man, bringing Yiannopolous and then Farage here. Which feels like it should be a crime, but I digress.The legend has it that despite Mini Cooper and BARclay trying to steal the TP's IP, Nigel fucking Farage gives the okay to Charlie Kirk, on Jammal's behalf. So with the pomp of what I assume was a response of 'yeah, okay, whatever,' Joel has the local brand for the youth-orientated culture war front.While Australian universities do have their own odious party politics, it's just not the same. Well because TPAus is run locally, grass-roots whatever, and because there isn't the appealing and segmentable demographic of a student body who lives on campus, they diversify to...general, broad far-right shit.From their raison d'etre:
Whilst we are officially licensed under TPUSA with a branding agreement and we share the same love for freedom with Turning Point USA, Turning Point Australia is independent from TPUSA in management & policy positions taken. We are operated and run by Australians, for the benefit of Australians.
...
In the last five years, Turning Point Australia has fought in more Local, State, and Federal Elections than any other non-union third-party campaigner on the right or left of politics.He's the first non-Brazillian man to travel backwards through time!
So other than being non-profit, but definitely not non-prophet, they exist to...exist. It's just a lobby group, but without the effectiveness of an Advance.And on a daily basis Joel is...hosting his podcast The Ark. Not to be confused with the one he had with Bosi, the ARC. Got it?Podcasts are hard to find reliable audience metrics for, especially without paying for a platform to give dubious numbers. But on a look at some ranking lists, in the sub- subcategory for Australian Politics News, he's...not in the top 200.Rounding out one list at 199 was a series entirely in German. So it seems they might not be setting the world on fire as they turn from meddling in SA to meddling in Victoria.
Damien Costas
One of the first things I ever found out about Joel Jammal, Temu's Charlie Kirk was that he collaborated with Damien Costas to bring Nigel Farage here, because that's definitely worth doing without prior rental of a wood chipper. Of course, I had to look into this guy.And this is why Damien Costas is the last and most shadowy figure in this petite pantheon of pricks. He is the former publisher of the local edition of Penthouse, more recently a bankrupt, a hypocritical pseudointellectual author, and tour guide to a rich and stupid coterie of internationally-renowned ignorant regressives.The timeline is a bit convoluted because he has different grifts always on the go, so please bear with me.
A (Morally) Bankrupt Media Mogul
Damien here is often touted as an expert in media. Probably because that's on press releases he drafts for himself. What I can confirm is that he was the local publisher of the Penthouse brand until the 2010s. Because, of course, the side of politics that espouses innovation and having-a-go(tm) has to sell someone else's brand. Like...Turning Point and CPAC and TopShop and Church & State.And then, of course, the family values are very important to selling pictures of tits.No shade on porn, sex work is real work, it's just the hypocrisy is offensive.The lack of originality is a strong theme with all of these fuckwits.
The 4D chess move of printing media two decades after the Internet must be a contributing factor in his being declared bankrupt: After doing everything he can to kick the can down the road, in March 2019, he was forcibly declared bankrupt as the result of a lawsuit from TMA Australia, those actually doing the physical printing. He apparently owed them $172,000.Across all creditors, he racked up a total of $3.5 million. In true right-wing grifter fashion, he cobbled together an offer that would pay back 8 cents on the dollar, and have the rest forgiven "because they (the creditors) share his vision for the future of his Penthouse empire, now being run by his de facto partner and mother of his son".* Must have been some vision.A quote from someone who has done business with him: "This personal bankruptcy should put an end to Damien Costas and his business endeavours and years of him ripping off the general public as well as business in this country."It's truly mind-boggling that someone could think they're a media genius with that on the resume.
Preaching to the Choir
“This whole rightwing speaking tour thing, we basically invented it when we brought Milo out and then we did Farage after that". That's what he told the Guardian in 2019.
While he's absolutely the kind of smug douche to take credit for others' creations, he certainly did tap into the idiotic market of impotent white guys paying to be given their latest bigotry, so this kind of low-effort production was a perfect grift, or a grift whose perfect time had come.After running Penthouse into the poorhouse, Damo brings (sh)it-boy Yiannopoulos over, then Farage. It's on at least the latter he collaborates with Joel Jammal. Farage gives Joel the thumbs up to Throat-goat, and the rest is history. Like Charlie.Of course, the complex production of getting one fuckwit on a stage is impossible for these people to finish without owing people money...When the porn mag printshop bankrupted him, Damien was also and separately being chased by "Celebrity Agent' Max Markson, over an alleged $63k he owed on the Milo and Nigel tours, along with smaller amounts across the oeuvre of Sky After Dark, including Daisy Cousens, Bettina Arndt and Claire Lehmann.
Max Markson is the father of Sky 'News' pseudojournalist, the annoyingly attractive hatemonger and hasbarist Sharri. So it's tough to feel a lot of sympathy when the poisonous fruit of his loins is actively contributing to everything revolting in the media.
What's not included is how the Yiannopoulos tour was slugged fees for the extra security provided by police, but don't seem to have coughed that up. Come on guys, they need that money to settle black deaths in custody suits. (I think I'm most offended you're making me take the police's side on something).He then tries to bring over Tommy Robinson and Gavin McInnes, until at-fucking-last a visa cancellation stops bringing literal terrorists over. He apparently doesn't consider himself right wing, just fond of FREEZEPEACH. I'm sure it's simply a coincidence he's never promoted anyone to the left of Himmler, and ensures his guests are introduced by fair-minded thought leaders like Andrew Bolt and Ross Cameron.Costas also inducted the now-liquidated-no-refunds-given promoter of a Candace Owens tour into the wonderful world of hatespeech delivery. Way to pay it forward.As of 2024, Damo was expressing his 'keen awareness' of the ethical obligations of media ownership. "Media professionals have a huge responsibility like the discourse they foster...What we choose to cover—or not cover—has real consequences. It's not just about reporting the news; it's about shaping public opinion and, by extension, societal values.".
And that's why his grift is hosting far-right pieces of shit. Thanks for that, buddy.
It could just be a side-quest, but along with all the unpleasant fuckwits Costas publicly associates, it seems like he's also had business dealings with a guy called Sean Dolman. Now, Seanny here made a bit of a name for himself when he was arrested in what was "Australia's biggest-ever meth bust" – 1.2 tonnes of Heisenberg's finest found off the coast of WA.Costas denies any real involvement with the guy, but even the MSM is dropping crumbs as big as cookies. The article claims...• Dolman owned HMD Capital
• HMD Capital owned 50% of Filthy Gorgeous Productions (ew)
• Costas owned the other 50%
• Milo's first tour stated as being produced by Filthy Gorgeous
• FG renamed to Global Media & Entertainment (nice and unique)
• GME was the promoter of Farage and more.
• PSHD is listed as a creditor when Damo is bankrupted.But yeah, he's 'shocked' at his bro's involvement with a metric fucktonne of meth, but they had no business dealings before old mate got his three hots and a cot. Gotcha.I haven't double-checked the ASIC records cited here, but it's been years since publication, and His Smugness is forever bleeding money on attorneys, so I can't believe he wouldn't have sent a C&D. He clearly gets up to enough stupid fuckery that they'd have a template worth a good few billable hours for this fuckwit. It's probably a mail-merge.Well the now-incarcerated Mr Dolman, of whom I could not find any photos, is guest of the state of WA for an undisclosed length of time. Legitimately, it was suppressed. I don't know enough criminal law to know if that's a common thing, but it sounds odd.Seanny is introduced as an Adelaide man. And when you search his full name, you get that bust and (based on the full legal name and corresponding ages)...also faced charges for hitting-and-running a lady in a Commodore in Sefton Park. Classy company for Damo.
The Book
So up to now, we've confirmed at least the allegation of money owed to the printers of his decade-outdated medium, the various contributors to the roadshows of regression, a rogue's gallery of Skyfash, and the goddamn state.All of that has combined into giving our media guru the fucking gall to write (or slap his name to the ghost-writing of) a book titled 'What Happened to the Lucky Country?' I don't know, Damo, cunts like you hollowed out culture to line your pockets, you fucking parasite?
WHTTLC is 190 pages of 'piercing analysis and engaging storytelling' pitched directly at the kind of semi-literate rage addict who needs something to get angry about while taking a dump. Within the 190, he also finds space for a foreword from Mark Latham and a 'contribution' from the IPA's Gideon Rozner, so you know you're in for a serious intellectual pursuit.I don't have to read this pamphlet to know it should have been a twitter thread getting ratioed for being old-man-yells-at-cloud. Shit, even the positive reviews sound like a condemnation. Which is all to say that it's probably for the best that it's barely inside the top thousand books on Australian and New Zealand History.The four confirmed readers on Goodreads are probably all people he knows or just sockpuppet accounts he created, since he's apparently pissed off every other person he's ever met.Well, those and Joel Jammal, if someone helps JJ with the bigger words.
"At the end of the day, the media is not just a business—it's a public service. We have the power to inform, educate, and influence. But with that power comes the obligation to do so responsibly, ethically, and with the public's best interests at heart."If he can say that with a straight face despite everything he's ever done, no wonder his every pose makes him look like an SNL sketch about the greek god of smug assholes.
Saraya Beric
The newest addition to the depth of raw talent in the Turning Point stable is Saraya Beric.While her LinkedIn tries to muddy the waters about who she might have worked for, it's rather easy to line them up. And what a line-up it is!
The highs and lows of One Nation
Apparently, Hanson's son saw Beric give a talk on small-business social media at some event on the Gold Coast. Who knows how she was invited to that, given her later performance. I know I take all my talent acquisition tips from those convicted of breaching a restraining orderThat's the DV son, not the literal sex trafficker son, btw.Note: decriminalising sex work would also mean no Hanson sons need to be involved.So then Saraya becomes the social media 'strategist' for Hanson's return to politics. Of course, this must be a nuanced strategy of...sharing the media endlessly platforming her uninformed hatemongering, and curating the bile in the semi-literate commentariat.In her ongoing commitment to valuing simpering yes-men more than competence promoting from within, When Pauline re-coups her party, Saraya becomes Queensland and national secretary. Truly harnessing the raw talent of turning oxygen into carbon dioxide.
Hilariously, Hanson's second maiden speech gives this kinda backhanded acknowledgement Saraya's only client doesn't think she came with any skill:
"Thanks to Saraya Beric. You took on a task unbeknown to you, from performing as a professional violinist to running a political office and campaigns. You have been invaluable."
But something is rotten in the state of Queensland. Quelle surprise, here comes James Ashby.It's suggested she and the former party Treasurer went whining to the big donor who was paying for their office lease after getting shafted. And someone recorded and leaked that."I thought Pauline was a bit more strong-minded than that," Mr McNee responded.Who could possibly think Pauline is strong-minded?!Anyway, that was actually the second recording of these dipshits gossiping. There was a prior recording within the turmoil that booted the treasurer. That was all over Mr Big's donation of the last plane these people grifted. Hanson seems to blame Beric for that leak.
Another castaway
It seems to me that her first stop was Rod Culleton. For those that don't remember the various dickheads churned through the orange brand, Rod was...
- Elected as Senator for WA, July 2016.
- Convicted in absentia in NSW for stealing a car key
- Quits One Nation 16 December, 2016, due to their "unAustralian behaviour." That must have hurt.
- After long and probably pointless legal squabbles over the preceding years, he was finally declared bankrupt 23 December 2016.
- Being bankrupt means he's ineligible to sit as a Senator, so goodbyeeeeee Rodney.And Saraya's out of a job again.In June 2018, she was then linked to another piece of One Nation jetsam, Brian Burston, but I can only find that being announced, not...going anywhere. Probably because this was under the Clive Palmer United Australia Party banner. The second of that buffoon's brands of piss.So I guess she was out of a job yet again. And according to her LinkedIn, that lasted a good four years. There could be a bunch of reasons for that -- having a kid, health, meth problem -- no real reason to speculate. In February 2021, she joins Gerard Rennick.Rennick started with the LNP, but then became the redneck version of Alex Antic, and mainlined horse paste until his already weak brain was fucked beyond repair. Of course, this helped Saraya spend 4-and-a-half years as his Communications Manager, helping an immeasurably idiotic man say impressively stupid things.Alas, not enough to get his re-elected without the LNP brand, even in Queensland, so dammit, she's out on her ass again.Five months or so later, she's snapped up by the boffins at Turning Point. In time to maybe contribute to the fuck-all George achieved for them in SA, and warming up to their leeching off whatever is happening in the fuckery of the 2026 Victorian election.Go team!
Her personal endeavours
Throughout all of this, our gender-quota diversity pick(-me) has also allegedly run her own businesses.After all, that's how she was scouted by the draft savants at One Nation. Or the DV kid, at least.So there's Poli PR, The Social Tone, and The String Selection. The last one there actually relates to her actual qualification! That'd be less exciting if these people weren't all frauds. It seems she played in and managed a band. Perfectly reasonable, not much more to say on the matter.The Social Tone is a bit different, no pun intended. Her services there claim to include
• Social Media
• Websites
• Email Campaigns
• Lead & Sales Strategies
• Stationery & Signs
• Logo Design
• Political Campaigns
Now, I don't get the feeling she's an actual web designer. She does claim graphic design skills, but I can't see her developing a decent brand logo. And there's printing. Even with whatever design skills she pretends, that's all outsourced.And to be fair, this is all very normal. Lots of small agencies will act as the lead contractor and bring in other specialists, and slap on a fee for the effort.Where that all gets questionable is when you look at the portfolio. The 'we've worked with...' logo strap shows a variety of small local businesses. Fine. But there are six case studies. Of those, three are One Nation (her job), Rod Culleton (another job), and Tinder Pollie Campaign (her own fucking run for a seat). The 'Signs' portfolio is one picture. The 'Stationary (sic), Logos & Promo' case is a small gallery of some incredibly ghastly creations. The funniest of all is the 'Social Media, Websites & E-Newsletters' which is...images of the Rod Culleton campaign.Look, I feel like I'm punching down here, but let's be clear: this isn't some young kid slapping together some work and getting their name out there. This is a business she has owned since January 2012 and still operates as of this writing. More than 14 years. And potentially the reason she was giving the talk that DV Hanson attended.The other one of note is Poli PR. The Socially Tone-deaf includes both a 'service' working on political campaigns, and half her portfolio on them, too. Well Poli PR is the business that...works on campaigns? And what a portfolio?!
• Her own Tinder campaign.
• One Nation.
• Rod Culleton.
I can see why she's got the organic reach of 27 total followers across both Meta platforms.Again, it feels like I'm kicking a sick puppy, but this is after nearly a decade in operation and claiming to lead 'targeted, high-impact' social media campaigns.They should bottle her confidence, because this is frankly insane.
The uninteresting bit
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All images have been found in the wild and are used fairly for satire, including any edits.All content references publicly available sources and, through my own personal analysis, expresses my honest opinion.I have not met and have had zero interaction with any of the people discussed here, including on social media under any account.I'm also not affiliated with any political or advocacy organisation (other than my union) or employed by any media organisation or any entity related to any organisations mentioned here.I reject any suggestion I'm defaming anyone here, and I'm certainly not making up any information, only connecting dots I've found. If you find unrefuted facts being asserted to be defamatory, maybe look in the fuckin' mirror, dawg.If you think anything here is inaccurate and want to provide proof, I'd be happy to discuss. Updates, corrections, and outright denials are all welcome. My mind is open. Email contact below, and I will publish as appropriate, up to and including any necessary apology.
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My first activism (or whatever this is called) site was BirdFlip. Check it out. In one of the latter stages of his derangement, Georgie posted a series of Joanna Howe's lies, which is how(e) he landed on my radar.Outside of doing this stuff, I lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat.Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur. Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non proident, sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est laborum.Sed ut perspiciatis unde omnis iste natus error sit voluptatem accusantium doloremque laudantium, totam rem aperiam, eaque ipsa quae ab illo inventore veritatis et quasi architecto beatae vitae dicta sunt explicabo. Nemo enim ipsam voluptatem quia voluptas sit aspernatur aut odit aut fugit, sed quia consequuntur magni dolores eos qui ratione voluptatem sequi nesciunt.And if you'd like to know more about any of that, reach out.You can call me Jaq.
Contact
I have a couple of socials, mostly Instagram. Follow/like/share and all that shit. Link in the footer, or @someguyjaq.As mentioned above, anyone featured here or with information about such is welcome to reach out with any updates, corrections and whatnot. I'm happy to be wrong; it'd be a new experience to look forward to!But if you have any tips on other characters I should look at, I'd welcome the inspiration.




























































