One of the more colourful characters hanging around the Tasmanian political scene is a fellow who called himself Steve Mav. His real surname is Italian and has at least 10 more letters so he's gone for the short version. He stands for every election that come around and his mode is to stand on street corners carrying a big sign with his name and waving madly at cars going past. We've just regarded him as a harmless eccentric but this time around he has a new sign. It seems he has joined One Nation and now has the backing of Pauline.
I thought it was time I looked him up. His Linked-In profile claims he is an executive of BHP with no evidence that he has ever worked for them. His last job was as Chief Executive of the Gumala Aboriginal Corporation who receive millions of doors every year in royalties from BHP. The Corporation is now suing him for the return of expenses he claimed fraudently, including thousands of dollars in accommodation expenses when he was staying at his Mum's flat, and dozens of expensive meals at some of Perth's top restaurants.
Mr Mavigiannakis also wants to ban cycles from the roads, re-introduce the death penalty in Australia, and is against 'greenies', QR code check-ins, paedophiles, communists and 'climatards'. He is a strong supporter of Donald Trump.
I don't suppose there's room on his sign for all that, but it does highlight, again, the weakness in our system. Some people will vote for him because they've see him around, because he's a bit of an oddball or 'just because', without having any idea of his background. God help us!
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