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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Tory Shepherd

Elevator rock and a sloshing sea of yellow: Clive Palmer’s Trumpian election campaign ad

The United Australia party’s election campaign ad features Donald Trump-inspired imagery and a simple jingle that Dr Andrew Hughes says is ‘trying to tap into what Scott Morrison calls the silent majority, the quiet Australians’.
The United Australia party’s election campaign ad features Donald Trump-inspired imagery and a simple jingle that Dr Andrew Hughes says is ‘trying to tap into what Scott Morrison calls the silent majority, the quiet Australians’. Photograph: United Australia party/YouTube

“There’ll be no more beer,” a voice croons in a broad Australian accent. Or is it “no more fear”?

“The sky is clear and grey …” or maybe “great”. “I’m gonna put my faith in a party true.” It might be “a party of two”.

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