Congratulations, transport industry workers — your taxes just got flushed away again.
This week, Chris Bowen handed $19.63 million of your hard-earned money straight to Linfox, the company owned by billionaire Lindsay Fox (net worth ~$6 billion), so they could buy 26 electric trucks.
That’s $775,000 per truck — taxpayer-funded. Nice.
If these electric trucks are so great as Bowen claims, why the hell does a billionaire need a $775,000 gift per vehicle from struggling taxpayers?
Why can’t Lindsay Fox reach into his own $6 billion pocket?
This is just the latest episode in Bowen‘s and ALabor’s taxpayer-funded billionaire mateship program.
He’s already shovelled tens of millions to his other billionaire buddy, Twiggy Forrest.
Same script, different billionaire.
Let’s be honest: Bowen isn’t “investing in the future.” He’s buying future job security.
He’s using public money to build favours and networks so that when Labor gets booted at the next election — as they richly deserve — he’ll land softly on some cushy board or consultancy gig funded by the very billionaires he’s busy enriching right now.
Meanwhile, Labor has the gall to clutch their pearls and scream about Gina Rinehart supporting One Nation.
The hypocrisy is beyond rancid.
Billionaires getting taxpayer handouts from Labor? That’s “strategic industry policy.”
Billionaires exercising free speech and supporting a conservative party? That’s a “threat to democracy.”
Australian taxpayers aren’t stupid. This isn’t green energy — it’s green corruption.
I don't think Australia should be funding wars that have nothing to do with us. Albo and Wong just gave Ukraine another $100 million taking the total to $1.8 billion.
When does it end?