Thread by @drlouisehansen

”545,000,000 reasons put a bad taste in Murdochs mouth. In 2005 Murdoch purchased Myspace for $550,000,000. What he did not know is that in 2004, Zukerberg and friends at Harvard started Facebook. In 2006 Facebook opened to public membership, and the rest is history. 1/40

Myspace was sold by Murdoch in 2011 for $35 Million. Generating a $545 Million loss. Murdoch was enduring difficult years. His China expansion had failed. His online venture had failed. 2/40

Murdoch tried for 10 years to be the major media in China, even married a Chinese lady, Wendi Deng, but in 2013 after 14 years they divorced. 3/40

Murdoch gave up on China and in 2014 gave up plans to be the mogul of Chinese media and sold his major Chinese media holdings.
Certainly there is no love lost between Murdoch and China. 4/40

Murdoch owns 70% of Australian Media. Murdoch also holds major media in India, the UK, enormous holdings in the USA. This man can make or break presidents and prime ministers. He has no significant holdings in NZ and this is why NZ is not attacking China. 5/40

Murdoch offered Trump the support of his Media if he broke up Big Tech and made them pay for news. Trump wanted to demonise China to make America great and Murdoch wanted to break up Big Tech, Murdoch was his key. They had a mutual goal. 6/40

Morrison wants to get reelected and Murdoch is his key. The whole scene is now being replayed in Australia with SKY News supporting the Liberal and National Coalition and demonising China and the Labour Party. 7/40

Anybody who watches SKY News, reads any News Corp Media, or listens to their radio will see this photocopy of the US Trump promotion, but now it is the Morrison Liberal and National Party promotion. 8/40

Demonise China, break up big Tech, and Murdoch will re elect you. You will also see that the Liberal and National Government did what Trump could not do and made Big Tech, Google, pay for News content. 9/40

You may recall that Morrison started his China bashing on the 21st September, 2019, the day after his arrival and visit to the White House where much to the amazement of Australian businesses he openly gave public support to the US for the Trade War against China 10/40

and every few days after the Trump meeting, Morrison made continuous agitations against China. Many businesses scratched their heads in wonder as to why would our prime minister be so naive to start a trade war with China.. our biggest customer. 11/40

Demonise China, break up big Tech, and Murdoch will re elect you. Morrison parroted Trump and Murdoch against China and Big Tech at the sacrifice of the Australian farmers, fishermen, tourist operators and people. 12/40

We came from British settlement, a country ruled by Kings and Queens, and in days of old, Morrison and his Liberal and National Government would have been charged with treason for knowingly destroying our countries economy and future, just to get re elected. 13/40

Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI) is a Division of the Australian Defence Department and you will see its directors every week on Sky News warning about danger China poses to Australia and to world peace, but in particular, China is a real threat to Australia. 14/40

They will predict there will be war in 3 to 10 years etc. They will tell us that China is about to invade Taiwan, about human right abuses in China, forced labour, concentration camps etc, China is the biggest threat to world peace, seeking Global Domination.

Really...? 15/40

China sounds like a really bad country. Now this sounds very worrying, until you look at who funds ASPI: Lockheed Martin - Military aircraft Manufacturer; Northrup Grumman - Military aircraft Manufacturer; MBDA Missile Systems; BAE _ Military Aircraft Manufacturers; 16/40

Raytheon - Military Defence Manufacturer; Jacobs - Manufacturer of Military Bases; Saab - Military Manufacturer; Thales - Military Manufacturer; Japan Government; Taiwan Government; UK Government; 17/40

Australian Defence Department contribute 35% of funding to the ASPI... the rest is from the above arms manufacturers and foreign Governments. Look it up on Google... it is all there. Are the dots starting to form a pattern yet? 18/40

Believe nothing you hear or read and only half of what you see... and you will grow up to be a very wise person.” 19/40

Who gets what out of this?

The USA.

America wants to delay or stop China’s growth to be the leading world economy and power. 20/40

Rupert Murdoch.

He gets Google etc to pay for news and he gets revenge on China for not allowing him to be the media mogul of China.

Never understate the vengeance of an old man. 21/40

Big Tech.

Trump never got elected so they don’t get broken up in the US. 22/40

Morrison and the coalition did make them pay for news in Australia. A win for Murdoch, a loss for Australian farmers, businesses and citizens as now Morrison has to complete the anti China deal with Murdoch. 23/40

The Liberal & National Parties.

They did Murdoch and Trumps bidding to demonise China and make Google pay, so they will get Murdochs reward of 70% positive publicity in the coming Australian Election. 24/40

Hanson and Katter did their China bashing too, so they won’t get any bad press from Murdoch.

They will be reelected. 25/40

Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI)

Their financial backers would make money if a war started with China.

They already made money as Morrison’s Australia increases it’s defence budget which Morrison just did pledging $250 Billion over the next 10 years. 26/40

They are already a winner.

They will keep appearing on Sky News to condition Australians that China is the greatest threat to world peace. If a war starts their Military Financiers will make trillions. 27/40

Australians should be asking the question as to why is the Australian Government spending $1,858 per person to fight an imaginary enemy. 28/40

Why is Australia buying 72 x F35 Fighters and increasing our defence spending by a further $250 billion over the next decade based on a recommendation by an Australian Defence Department’s advisory body that is funded by the F35 fighters and weapons manufacturers? 29/40

Hello ... are all Australians idiots... or does no one see the imbalance in this?

That is a question all Australians should be asking. 30/40

Certainly if China was aiming for Global Dominance as the anti China propaganda states, then it would be spending a lot more on it’s military budget?

Why is Australia’s military spending per person close to that of the US and higher than the UK or China? 31/40

The losers:

You me and every Australian born or unborn for the next couple of generations. China’s growth was Australia’s growth and prosperity.
Thanks to the above players, Australia’s relationship with China has been destroyed beyond repair. 32/40

Even if a new government is elected and tries to mend the relationship, it is too late as China has signed contracts with other countries for the supply of what was 48% of Australia’s income. 33/40

In a year or two China will have iron ore supplies to replace Australia’s iron ore and that will be the end of Australia’s income.

Australia will be a 3rd world country, thanks to Morrison. 34/40

No person, company or country can have a 48% reduction in income and survive. China has been part of Australia since the Gold Rush days.

Chinese Australians have demonstrated a peaceful integration and there is a Chinese restaurant in every Australian town. 35/40

The anti Chinese narrative being force fed on the Australian people by the Liberal, National, Murdoch Group, and ASPI has created racist tensions in Australia between Chinese Australians and Australians. 36/40

This friction and discrimination has not gone unnoticed in China’s social media and there goes our 1.4 Million Pre Covid Chinese tourist industry.

NZ will win this prize.

Goodby Queensland. 37/40

Not to mention the hundreds of thousands of Chinese students at our universities. Chinese parents are not going to send their kids to a country that demonises China.

Goodbye our education system which was funded by Chinese students. 38/40

The lobster farmers, the wine makers, the cattle, cotton, wood, barley, meat, you name it, all farmers and every Australian will pay the price of the Morrison Government actions to demonise China in order to please Trump and Murdoch for an election victory. 39/40

Australians need to wake up...
Believe nothing you hear or read... and only half of what you see.

Think for yourself, and you will grow into a wise person... and never let Morrison or the Liberals or Nationals govern again.” - A person who would prefer to remain wise 40/40

*per person per annum.

*Chinese tourists were the biggest spenders in Queensland in 2019; $1.3 billion and accounted for about a quarter of total international expenditure.