Thread by @margokingston1

1. Damien Hodgkinson is sole shareholder & a director of @Climate200. He profited last election by doing the donation books of several independents - $30k a pop. inc @zalisteggal. Charged $30k a pop.

Then went big, still on the @Climate200 Board, seeing ‘a gap in the market’.

2. @climate200 denies conflict of interest in Hodgkinson’s lucrative double play.

Aren’t #IndependentsDay campaigns about local capacity building? INDEPENDENCE from donors? No local would do it for free or lower cost?

@climate200 enriching mates?

smh.com.au/national/nsw/t…

3. I worked with Simon on @NoFibs’ 2010 #IndependentsDay campaign & he donated to my crowdfund. I knew @climate200 donated to 3 candidates we backed, none on the story’s list.

I had no inkling @climate200 people were profiting from candidates. ZERO.

amp.smh.com.au/national/nsw/t…

4. @NoFibs is all-volunteer for #ausvotes - I pay expenses due to gifts from close personal friends.

The first I knew of @simonahac’s ramp up of @climate200 was when he announced.

I believe complete separation of donor and donee is imperative for #IndependentsDay campaigns.

5. I also believe it is untenable for people in @climate200 to hawke their services to candidates and profit from their campaigns.

@NoFibs disassociates itself from @Climate200 unless it radically restructures as a donor vehicle, not a pseudo Party.

amp.smh.com.au/national/nsw/t…@

6. I hope those #IndependentsDay candidates enmeshed in buying services from associates of @Climate200 disentangle themselves.

The ‘Voices for’ movement is distinct from @climate200, and 3 @NoFibs #IndependentsDay candidates have not applied for @climate200 support.