The United Australia party is no longer, but now Trumpet of Patriots is making a lot of noise – and their ads look uncannily similar. Plus: policy bantz with Bandt
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Clive Palmer has a new party and a new slogan, but it’s still the same old ads from the eclectic mining magnate. Not content with pouring hundreds of millions into the past two federal campaigns, for the princely return of one senator who seemingly spends most of his days tweeting furious support for Donald Trump, Palmer is kickstarting his blanket ad campaigns again – this time for the Trumpet of Patriots, but still in the ubiquitous Palmer yellow.
On Monday, huge banner ads ran across the front pages of The Australian, Daily Telegraph and West Australian newspapers: “We don’t need to be welcomed to our own country,” one ad screamed, while the other yelled “Too much immigration destroys infrastructure”.
