George Simon

Assistant General Secretary @NSWLabor. Working to defeat Liberal Governments in NSW and in Canberra. Views are my own.

[Steve Murphy ✊ @Murphy_Steve]

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This is members’ money.

[George Simon @george_simon]

This is reprehensible

[Ewin Hannan @EwinHannan]

The NSW CFMEU authorised the transfer of $3.15m of union members’ funds to pay for lawyers for Darren Greenfield and his son Michael to fight bribery charges, two days after the ­government announced the union would be forced into administration. https://t.co/5lwMrwqC9F

[Australian Unions @unionsaustralia]

An important message to all of Australia's union members

[George Simon @george_simon]

Aged like a fine wine 🍷

[George Simon @george_simon]

In 10 years, the Liberal Party in the Northern Beaches has gone from delivering a Liberal Prime Minister to having no federal seats, no nominated councillors and a bloke named Rory Amon as the ranking state Liberal MP in the area. We are watching an extinction event.

[George Simon @george_simon]

It's that time in the cycle when local government backroom operatives sit in dimly lit, cigar smoke filled rooms churning out dossiers for journalists on their stolen and defaced election signs

[George Simon @george_simon]

@CrPhilippaScott Hilltop Hoods introducing Amanda Fazio to move the rules report

[George Simon @george_simon]

God I’m embarrassed for them

[George Simon @george_simon]

Three types of freaks on this website commenting on the opening of the Sydney Metro:

- weird dudes who ironically love trains

- out of work Lib staffers who would have you believe they laid the track with their own coarse hands

- people who live on the north shore

[George Simon @george_simon]

Live footage from NSW Lib HQ

[Michael Koziol @michaelkoziol]

This is quite a statement from the NSW Liberal Party, claiming “the integrity of our democracy is at stake” and insisting the technicality they have identified is not a technicality

[James Griffin MP @James_HGriffin]

Chris Minns, I believe, is a man of principle. As Premier he should do the right thing and support Liberals being allowed to stand as candidates for the Council elections. Don’t be afraid of competition. Our democracy is only as good as the competition of ideas on offer. #nswpol

[George Simon @george_simon]

@benraue “I’ve seen enough” says Raue

[George Simon @george_simon]

@benraue Local intel from our side suggests this was an error and they intended to run. Can’t completely verify though.

[George Simon @george_simon]

Long may he reign

[Max Maddison @maxmaddison]

Senior Liberal sources telling me state director Richard Shields has no plans to resign at this stage. Opposition leader Mark Speakman publicly called on him to fall on his sword this morning

[George Simon @george_simon]

Hearing reports that angry NSW Liberal council candidates will rally outside the Liberal HQ tomorrow morning. They will hold placards reading “Justice for the Georges River Council Mortdale Ward 3” and “Fairness for the Frenchs Forest Ward of Northern Beaches Council Four”

[George Simon @george_simon]

Hell hath no fury like a wronged local council candidate. I’ll be surprised if Shields still has his job tomorrow.

[Max Maddison @maxmaddison]

Liberal state director Richard Shields has issued a statement confirming the administrative disaster which has seen the party fail to nominate candidates in several LGAs

"With the secretariat resources that we had available unfortunately we were unable to nominate in all LGAs"

[George Simon @george_simon]

@Lindymorrison8 Very impressive!

[George Simon @george_simon]

A really good summary from Matt that contextualises some of the more hysterical commentary we are seeing on recent polling

[Matt @Matt_oByrne]

So much discussion on polls lately. A few things to consider when examining them 1/8:

[George Simon @george_simon]

I want to be in the meeting where a political party decided to buy a conveyor belt

[George Simon @george_simon]

@Picketer I resent NSW being described as a faction of Victoria