Cory Bernardi tried and failed. It’s someone else’s turn, at The Australian:
An alliance of well-known Australians has launched a centre-right political machine in a bid to rival union-backed activist group GetUp and vowed to campaign as a registered third-party organisation against the Left ahead of next year’s election.
The group, Advance Australia, will run its first major campaign against Labor’s plan to scrap imputation dividend refunds, the so-called retiree tax, as well as a grassroots movement to keep Australia Day unchanged.
An advisory body for the not-for-profit organisation, which proposes to register with the Australian Electoral Commission as an independent third party under pending rule changes in the electoral act, includes: former ABC chairman, banking executive and Macquarie University chancellor Maurice Newman; Sydney doctor David Adler, who is president of the Australian Jewish Association; and storage king Sam Kennard.
“Grassroots”. Good one. Expect this one to go the same way as the first.
