Thursday 5 July 2012

Andrew Bolt accuses legitimate companies of not existing and other howlers



In his weekly newsletter Liberal Party Senator Cory Bernardi very foolishly linked to this Andrew Bolt nonsense:

Below are some interesting examples of the 200 businesses listed on http://www.b4ce.com.au/home/signatories/businesses supporting a Carbon Tax:
• Furless (online shop specialising in Vegan makeup brushes and not much else)
Love.fish (there website is ambiguous but possibly a fish and chip shop or an sustainability consultancy that sells fish and chips )
Marie-Pierre Cleret (not so much a company as a Physiotherapist in Erskinville )
• Organia Revolutuion (store selling “Elephant dung journals & writing paper in Murwillumbah)
• “I ran the wrong way” (possibly a gift shop )
• Byron Bay International Film Festival
• Unfolding Futures (possibly a husband and wife team of motivational speakers )
• WordCraft Global (some type of consultancy which teaches you how to write documents
• NIDA
• Shaunie P Music
• Telstra Shop Balina (note Telstra Australia haven’t signed up – just the Balina shop)
• The Dentist at 70 Pitt Street
• The Family Wellness Centre
• Young District Anglican Ministry
Cellian (don’t appear to exist based on an online search)
• Damask Perfumery (shop in Woolloongabba)
tripple0gear (don’t appear to actually exit)
Jason Corporation (appears to be a house in Neutral Bay
{all that red ink belonga me}

As usual Teh Bolta tries to pull the wool over our eyes.
Cellian Pty Ltd does exist and has done so for the last 9 years as a consulting firm. It can be found by searching online.
Despite Bolta misspelling its name Tripleogear also exists as a business which sells emergency and adventure equipment online and has its own social media presence on Twitter as triple0gear.
Jason Corporation Pty Ltd is not a house but a 12 year-old construction management company apparently owned by John Vigours.
Marie-Pierre Cleret Pty Ltd is another 12 year-old company run by a psychotherapist not a physiotherapist.
While love.fish is not a chippy but a seafood restaurant in Rozelle, which has a website set up by the owners.
As he wasn't batting all that well I didn’t bother to look up the rest on his little list – feel free to hunt for yourselves.
And yes, I took a screenshot of Bolta's pork pies.

2 comments:

Yambaman said...

I'd imagine at least 50% of these so-called "companies" would have an annual turnover of less than I spend each week; far from Bolt attempting to pull the wool over our eyes, I'd suggest the boot is on the other foot. And by the way, 300 "companies" probably represents .01% of real businesses in Australia! Any company that supports government tax increases is not a real business.

Anonymous said...

The way you dress Yambaman Dave, it's easier to believe that you exist on handouts. ;-)