Sex Party advocates ‘Jerk Choices’ while Labor and Liberal go into attack mode
Adelaide agency Fnuky has created a new ad for The Australian Sex Party parodying Work Choices.
The libertarian group is campaigning to raise funds to get its “Jerk Choices” ad onto TV.
Fnuky credits:
- CD/Writer/Director – David Campbell
- Writer – Erica Brien
- Producer – Amy O’Connell
- Account director – Jeremy Ervine
Meanwhile,the Liberals have today uploaded a new ad featuring Kevin Rudd being run down by Julia Gillard.
And Labor has also returned to the battle with a new attack ad attacking Tony Abbott on the economy:
The Liberal Party has also launched ads in the last couple of days focusing on the cost of living and immigration:
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Those Liberals ads are horrendous. I still can’t believe that 3000 asylum seekers arriving per year has become an election decider. And fuck the Liberals for scaremongering and throwing the word “illegal” about.
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Look at these stats and tell me this is worthy of the beatup that politicians (and the media) make of it. http://www.aph.gov.au/library/.....c233686295
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The Libs or the ALP aren’t worth voting for this election.
The Libs with their despicable latching onto the Asylum seekers issue and pretending that it’s mainstream and the ALP trying to take away the freedoms that we all enjoy, or used to enjoy and legislate an alarming new level of Government control it’s looking like the minor parties are the way to go.
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Well said Mike – it gives me goose bumps of dread it’s that bad.
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Why are the Liberals the only party willing to give any indication we might actually get a carbon price? But only if Labor win? That ad actually gives me some hope…
Also, notice the cheeky, almost subliminal, photo of a brown-skinned Sri Lankan at the end of all the boat photos (0.09 sec)? Way to sneakily push that xenophobia button, Libs.
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Akira – Absolutely, I think the sex party has a lot going for them, but they probably do themselves a disservice with the name. A lot of people I talk to had written them off based on the name, but if explain their policies and what they stand for, people get interested.
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“Whose” going to get fired for not spell checking?
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What a laugh!! I mean.. these can’t be serious!?!!
*sighs*
Give the country a chance, don’t vote lib or alp!
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Labor runs over children? That’s a bit of a stretch isn’t it?
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Mike & Akira – I concur, the sex party has wonderful policies but even they don’t take themselves seriously. While I don’t think stereotyping is a good idea it’s unfortunately the first thing most people do and things like their name: ‘sex party’ or having a candidate thats also a comedian aren’t the best marketing choices. As for the greens – Alot of their policies are good but there’s one that really troubles me: they keep promising to move asylum seekers into the community while they’re being processed but what happens if they’re denied refugee status? They’ve made connections here – friends work school – and for all that to be taken away again is not fair on the people and not fair on the community
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The work choices thing has been done a million times before and is about 3 years too late.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c4YxMiTlLsM
It’s certainly not going to make me vote for them, if the whole thing is just abit of a joke.
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The ‘Driver’s Seat’ ad’s not working on this page, but here’s the link…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YbvLqumpxMw
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Thanks, Ron.
They pulled down the original version of the ad captioned “Whose in the driver’s seat?”
And replaced it with the new version with the more grammatically accurate “Who’s in the driver’s seat” (which I’ve updated the link to).
Looks like they need Zac Martin on their team…
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Tim – Mumbrella
How does shit like this get through FACTS?
Does it even have to be submitted?
“Nah, you’ve lost my vote.” As if that dude in the reflective vest has ever voted Liberal in his life.
And finally to Mike: c=3.
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@Eek, c=3?
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This election is a case of picking the tallest midget…
Pick between Australia’s backroom socialist union power-brokers running this or Australia’s George Bush
Both the booby prize
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Wow Eek, how judgmental of you – “As if that dude in the reflective vest has ever voted Liberal in his life.” I didn’t know you could tell how someone votes by what they are wearing (especially on an TV commercial…)
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Might wanna re-swip your card the right way around in the second to last ad
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So the last ad rules out people with a heart and conscience voting for the Liberal party… check
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Wow – the look of the Libs “drivers seat” ad sure is the most modern thing we’ve see from them in years!
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@Cailean, the Australian government already allows people into this country and lets them intereact with the community, make friends, form connections and then wont allow them to stay…they’re just non-nationals rather than refugees.
Either way it’s preferable to being detained like a criminal
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I just can’t wait for this election to be over! I’ve heard better arguments between the children in the local primary school yards. Certainly more interesting
I’m over seeing the two major parties just slinging mud.
I had a look at the Sex Party’s policies a little while back and they will be getting my vote. Agreed their name will alienate some people…also when I first watched that ad I thought it was a spoof! *shrugs* Vive la différence.
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Clara … a spoof … pure gold!
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The libs must have spent about $20 putting that drivers seat ad together. There must be a sheltered workshop going in their campaign office where the strategic heads get to cut out pictures of the heads of their least favourite labor pollies. Wonder if they will be submitting that one to cannes?
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Totally agree with Mike. The Libs would bring back the White Australia Policy if it meant votes..
Me? I’m looking for a people smuggler to get me to Sri Lanka until its all over…
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PS: how did CAD approve a commercial showing a car driving into a child, when only a couple of weeks ago it banned a TVC because someone wasn’t wearing a seat belt….
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Mike – good find on the APH website. I wonder if they have counts for the “boat people” between, say, 1770 and 1800. Given that the Mabo decision of 1993 overturned the legal falsehood of ‘terra nullius’ (but stopped short of overturning the concept of Crown land and land title per se) – these people (yes, including my forebears from 1799) actually were illegal boat people.
Further, those the media and politicians currently label as “illegal immigrants” have broken no law – international or Australian – until they set foot in Australia or another country. But let’s not concern ourselves with the intricacies of the law – let’s adopt Guantanamo-style “action plans”.
But given that 96.4% (2009 data) of “illegal immigrants” arrive by aeroplanes, I eagerly await the Mad Monk’s “WE’LL TURN BACK THE PLANES” ads and the installation of his “plane-phone” – a sure fire vote winner!
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Ah thanks John Grono I was actually wondering what percentage of illegal immigrants actually make it here by boat. Around 3.6% from what you quote. I wonder how much effert there is being poured in to fixing the issue at the other end? And what systems there are in place currently regarding tracking people who have expired visa’s. I can’t being to preach to know much about the topic but with all the media banging on about it, some facts would be nice every now and then!
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who will stop the hovercrafts?
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the boat ads aren;t pretty but politics isn’t and the Libs obviously researched this area and think it may sway voters. the Sex Party ad deserves an ahem…
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@smith or smith – Do you think that it is a good thing for a political party to demonize a group of people fleeing untold horrors to seek refuge in Australia, by misrepresenting the facts and preying on fear and ignorance to win votes, instead of humanising the issue and trying to reach a bipartisan solution? Just because it might get votes doesn’t mean its the right thing to do.
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