Monday, April 22, 2019

ELECTION POSTER FOR NATIONAL FRACTURED FLICKERS ARCHIVES

Real estate agents  go on  about  position , position  .  In  the  case of the Liberal National Party candidate for the seat of  Herbert Phil Thompson  having  your   corflute  attached to a  real estate  SALE    sign , above , in  an  open paddock prone to flooding  on  Magnetic Island  ,  was   surely  the   wrong  position . "Is  this   bloke  up  for  sale ? " asked  a  passer-by. 

It will undoubtedly  be included  in  the tropical oddity section  of the  National Film and  Sound Archives  collection  to which  former  Liberal National Party Member for HerbertEwen Jones , was   surprisingly  appointed  the  day  before the  Morrison caretaker  government began  and received  scant  attention  in  Townsville   media .

 You would  think  it deserved a  follow up  in which   he would be asked why he got the position , did he apply for   it ,  how  much  is it worth , does he have any interesting  selfies  suitable  for the archives (what about the one  showing him juggling  a  hand grenade which made  military  onlookers shake their heads  ?)  , is  it a  job  for  the boys , and  so  forth.
 
 The learned columnist in the Melbourne  Saturday Paper Richard Ackland , in the  Gadfly Diary , always great reading , written  in an inimitable style , covered    the Jones  boyo's   appointment,which  is  for  three years .

A member of the Morrison Government   Gadfy   said the Human Toilet Brush - Communications and Arts  Minister , Mitch Fifield  ?- had  been  in a frantic state  in  the lead up to the election  just before  the shutters came down  , dishing out jobs  on  various  government  arts  boards under his auspices,  the  National  Film  and  Sound Archives one .

Gadfly commented that " the joke " in archives was  that Jones, an auctioneer and  real estate agent , would be able  to flog  off duplicate copies of the collection .  He  replaces  the  late ex-National  MP for Hinkler  Paul Nevile , a former  manager of the Bundaberg cinema .  Ewen will  be seated alongside  Fiona Scott  , former  Liberal  MP for Lindsay , who lost her seat at the last election.