Scott Ludlam
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[edit] Before he was cool
A filmmaker, artist, and graphic designer by trade, he produced a 30 minute documentary titled Climate of Hope outlining why he believes that nuclear energy isn't the solution to climate change. [1]
He was elected to the Australian Senate in 2007 He has spoken at length against internet censorship/filtering/data retention, spoke in favour of the National Broadband Network, campaigned for the fair treatment of Julian Assange and WikiLeaks and has campaigned against uranium mining.
[edit] "That speech"
Ludlam's breakthrough didn't come until the lead-up to the Western Australian Half-Senate Election in March of 2014. He delivered a speech, in what he describes as an "almost empty Senate chamber", 'welcoming' Tony Abbott to Western Australia.[2] Despite the lack of Senators sitting in the Senate chamber at the time, this speech dramatically raised Ludlam's profile leading up to the election, which contributed to him retaining his seat.
[edit] Image and popularity
Ludlam's profile hasn't waned since that point; and he has used this to his advantage to argue against metadata retention, which, as also mentioned above, was being brought in by the Liberal Government and supported by the Labor 'Opposition'.
He often and unashamedly calls out other Senators for their crackpot views. George Brandis and Ian Macdonald have been two targets of Ludlam. Malcolm Turnbull has also been the target of Ludlam's trollage.He often engages with Reddit readers, as well as followers on his other social media accounts
[edit] Footnotes
| Australian Politicians | ||
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| Ann Bressington - Clive Palmer - Fred Nile - Jacqui Lambie - Julia Gillard - Pauline Hanson - Tony Abbott - | ||