This morning the governor-general issued an apology over his decision to appear with his wife in an advertisement for a local builder. He described the move as a “mistake”. But, really, David and Linda Hurley, why stop at builders?
Governor-general and his wife could move on from builders and give Crikey the royal nod
The Queen's man in Australia has endorsed a building company's work on his house — in advertisements. Where next?
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I know nothing about the GG – didn’t even know his name till I read this story – but I assume he’s a legacy of Scummo’s marketing strategy. It’s time he went the way of the government that appointed him. Bye bye David!
Sure, David Hurley is not the sharpest tool in the shed. But, compared with the philandering dill and serial tax-avoider who will soon become our head of state, he is a model of judgment and probity.
Sure, you would expect the Coalition to want to pleasure themselves with a King Charles III of Australia. But it blows my mind that Labor has not the slightest sense of urgency about preventing it, instead kicking the can way down the road. You wouldn’t have this bloke as head of a tennis club, never mind a whole country.
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You would have to give him a life long free subscription. There is no way this guy did this without benefits. The grifting at the top is terrible.
Time for him to go. This sort of cock up at this level doesnt happen because of ignorence. He deliberately chose to pocket some bucks knowing that it would create waves and that he could wave it away with a faux apology.
Nope. Cant wear it. Time to go.
Didn’t the GG also endorse one of Scomo’s dodgy grants to a religious group?