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WA Labor candidate Georgia Tree quickly walks away from journalist asking her about her background working for Woodside | Punters Politics (www.youtube.com)
submitted 4 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) by to c/australianpolitics@aussie.zone
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Original title: She Really Thought Nobody Would Notice

I changed the title to describe what the video is about in a clearer and less clickbaity way.

Description:

Georgia Tree, WA Labor's candidate for the Secret Harbour by-election, dodges questions about her past role as a Woodside lobbyist before admitting on camera she's pro-gas. Woodside donated over $13,000 to Labor shortly after her candidacy was announced.

edit: updated title from "influencer" to "journalist" after it turns out the person asking the questions is legitimate independent journalist Jesse Noakes at The Last Place on Earth.

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[–] 4 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Difficult to take anything seriously that has "influencer" in the title as if that is a good thing.

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  • [–] [S] 10 points 4 days ago* (3 children)

    It was simply the most accurate term I could think of. They're not a proper journalist, even if in this context they seem to be doing some pretty damn good (if not especially difficult) journalism.

    Happy to edit it if you've got a better word I could use though.

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  • [–] 5 points 4 days ago (1 child)

    Maybe 'podcaster' or 'YouTuber'? The Wikipedia page labels 'Punter's Politics' as a podcast: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punter's_Politics

    They seem to post a lot on various social media too, though, so I see where you're coming from.

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  • [–] [S] 3 points 3 days ago (1 child)

    Punter Konrad isn't the influencer referenced in the title. Konrad is commenting on a clip made by someone else. And I'm not 100% sure, but I don't think that person was a YouTuber. Instagram or TikTok is their stomping ground, I think.

    I definitely would use YouTuber if it were someone primarily from YouTube.

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  • [–] 3 points 3 days ago (2 children)

    Uh oh, I've made an arse of myself by not watching the video first 😆

    To apologise, I've taken the time to look into the actual person/account you were talking about 😆 'The Last Place On Earth' have a website (looks to run on Substack) and a podcast.

    There's also a text article about that particular encounter (https://www.lastplaceonearth.com.au/running-polling) that was co-published with Crikey, at which point I think it's totally fair to just call them a journalist.

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  • [–] [S] 2 points 3 days ago (1 child)

    oh haha very convenient timing. I took the time to do that exact same search myself before refreshing and seeing your message posted 8 minutes ago. But yeah, their About page makes it clear that they're a legit journalist, so I've already updated the title to reflect that.

    It's not Substack by the way, but Ghost.io, based on a DNS lookup.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 days ago*

    "Blogger/Journalist" - some people might consider it pejorative but it doesn't have to be. Certainly less negative connotations than "influencer" which suggests someone paid to astroturf products and services on social media.

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  • [–] 4 points 4 days ago (2 children)

    I know you didn't ask, but Punters Politics is great btw.. Very level-headed political analysis in the videos I've seen from him, and he seems to be getting through positive messaging to a young demographic with his approach. Which is so important with all the mountains of cash being astroturfed into fake groups like 'Advance Australia' to push pro-oil&gas and anti-Greens messaging to that non-politically informed demo.

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  • [–] [S] 2 points 3 days ago

    Oh yeah I'm a big fan. Only discovered him a few months ago but he does great stuff.

    But in this case he's not the one being referred to as an "influencer". That was the creator of the video Punter Konrad is commenting on in this video.

    Which as it happens, I just discovered was created by an actual legit independent journalist, Jesse Noakes.

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