Rinehart blames ‘left media' for Coalition wipeout, claims voters ‘very short on understanding'
Mining magnate Gina Rinehart is urging politicians to shift further to the right and adopt US President Donald Trump's policies as she blames voters and the 'left media' for the Coalition's disastrous election result.
Rinehart, whom defeated opposition leader Peter Dutton has previously called a 'dear friend', published a lengthy statement on Monday lamenting that Australians were 'very short on understanding' of the need to revitalise the economy with sweeping changes to drive investment.
'Trump-style 'make Australia great' policies via cutting government tape, government bureaucracy and wastage, and hence being able to cut taxes, [are] too scarce in Australia this year to rate a mention,' Rinehart said in a statement to the Daily Mail.
'No doubt the left media will now try to claim that the Liberal loss was because the Liberal Party followed Trump and became too right!
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'The two simply don't add up!'
Rinehart's call for the Liberal Party to shift to the right clashes with pleas from moderates for their colleagues to move the party towards the centre and to recruit more women via quotas, setting up a fight for the future of the Liberals' policy direction.
But Rinehart blamed the media for the Liberals' election result. 'The left media did a very successful effort, frightening many in the Liberal Party from anything Trump, and away from any Trump-like policies,' she said.
Rinehart is a major Coalition donor who has attended events with Trump. She has also run newspaper ads praising the president's return to office. This masthead's Resolve Political Monitor showed before the election that Trump was deeply unpopular with Australian voters.
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