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Australian Youtuber

Jordan Shanks
Friendlyjordies.jpg
Personal data
Born Jordan Shanks-Markovina
(1989-08-eighteen)xviii August 1989

Commonwealth of australia
Education
  • Newtown High School of the Performing Arts[1]
  • University of New South Wales[2]
Occupation
  • Independent journalist
  • YouTuber
  • stand-up comedian
Website https://www.friendlyjordies.com/
YouTube information
Also known every bit friendlyjordies
Channels
  • friendlyjordies
  • Friendlyjordies Podcast
  • Jordan Shanks
Years active 2013–present
Genres
  • Australian culture
  • Comedy
  • Journalism
  • Political commentary
Subscribers
  • 625 yard (friendlyjordies)
  • 26 k (Friendlyjordies Podcast)
  • 93 thousand (Hashemite kingdom of jordan Shanks)

(October 2021)
Total views
  • 174 million (friendlyjordies)
  • 2.4 1000000 (Friendlyjordies Podcast)
  • six million (Hashemite kingdom of jordan Shanks)

(As of June 2nd 2022)

Creator Awards

YouTube Silver Play Button 2.svg 100,000 subscribers
Updated: x November 2021

Hashemite kingdom of jordan Shanks-Markovina, known online as friendlyjordies, is an Australian political commentator, stand-upward comedian and YouTuber. His content often discusses gimmicky Australian political issues, involving self-described "lowbrow humour". Shanks' YouTube channel, created in February 2013, has more than half a meg subscribers.[3] He has interviewed politicians including Jodi McKay, Tanya Plibersek, Kristina Keneally, Nib Shorten, Helen Dalton and former Prime Minister Kevin Rudd.[4]

Early life [edit]

Shanks was born on 18 August 1989.[5] He graduated from Newtown High School of the Performing Arts,[i] and later studied international studies at the University of New Southward Wales.[two] Prior to condign a YouTuber, Shanks was a model, appearing in magazines and advertisements throughout Australia and Southeast Asia.[6] [seven]

YouTube career [edit]

Shanks' channel is primarily focused on one-act videos and political commentary, often in back up of the Labor Party and critical of the Liberal Political party.[viii] Early in his YouTube career, Shanks made paid videos for the Australian Council of Merchandise Unions, GetUp!, and Greenpeace, later budgeted them and offering to promote their cause.[nine] [8] In 2016, he campaigned confronting the Sydney lockout laws.[9] In 2020, he produced reviews of Australian cask wine.[10] [xi] Shanks has interviewed and filmed videos with former Prime Minister Kevin Rudd.[12] In July 2021, Shanks released an hour-long self-produced documentary entitled 'Claret Water: the state of war for Commonwealth of australia's water', discussing floodplain harvesting in rural New South Wales and addressing allegations of corruption and mismanagement from local governments in the Riverina.[thirteen]

2019–twenty Bushfires [edit]

In 2019 and 2020, Shanks released multiple videos alleging that the then New South Wales premier Gladys Berejiklian was one of the chief people responsible for increasing the take a chance of bushfires and the destruction of the koala population in Australia. He created the Twitter hashtag #koalakiller, in reference to Berejiklian.[14] On x June 2020, Shanks released an interview with New South Wales Opposition Leader Jodi McKay, discussing topics including the state and federal governments' response to the 2019–20 Australian bushfire flavour, including widespread deaths of animals.[15] Shanks raised $300,000 for bushfire relief from his stand up-upwards shows and sales of #koalakiller t-shirts.[16]

Clive Palmer [edit]

In 2019, Shanks published a video roofing businessman Clive Palmer who was running in the 2019 Australian federal ballot. At that place were existing allegations of financial irregularity in the liquidation of Palmer'due south visitor Queensland Nickel[17] and alleged failure to pay the visitor's workers,[xviii] [19] which Shanks covered, alongside satirising Palmer'south behaviour and appearance. In response, Palmer threatened a defamation lawsuit, enervating A$500,000 and that Shanks cease making public statements about him.[xx] Shanks said he would not "capitulate" and released merchandise containing the statements in question.[20] Commentators noted that Palmer appeared to have created a Streisand effect.[19] [21] Other commentators said that Palmer'southward legal threat was substantially similar to a SLAPP suit and that such threats had a 'spooky effect' on public interest reporting.[22]

Joe Hildebrand [edit]

In 2020, The Daily Telegraph announcer Joe Hildebrand made a complaint to New South Wales police accusing Shanks of stalking and harassment. The constabulary laid no charges.[23]

John Barilaro [edit]

In a political commentary video uploaded 29 June 2020 Shanks included an impersonation of Deputy Premier of New South Wales John Barilaro, which Barilaro described as "very offensive" and "full of racist undertones".[24] Shanks subsequently filmed a video inside an Airbnb rental property owned by Barilaro, accusing him of corruption and environmental vandalism.[25] [iv] In May 2021 Shanks published a alphabetic character sent by Barilaro in December of a threat to sue for defamation. In response, Shanks turned up dressed every bit the video game graphic symbol Luigi at a National Party outcome where Barilaro was giving a speech.[26] [27] Barilaro lodged defamation proceedings against Shanks on 27 May 2021.[28] On viii July Shanks' legal team responded by filing a truth defence force, supported by an honest opinion defence for a subset of claims.[29] [30]

In June 2021 Friendlyjordies producer Kristo Langker was arrested by officers from the Fixated Persons Unit and charged with ii counts of stalking and intimidating Barilaro afterward Langker had approached Barilaro at a National Political party event with Shanks and on another occasion.[31] [32] Langker's lawyer Mark Davis contested the police force'southward accounts, and he denounced the timing of the abort being soon afterward the defamation lawsuit commenced. He also criticised use of the Fixated Persons Unit of measurement, a counter-terrorism unit gear up up in the wake of the Lindt Buffet siege.[31] In August 2021 it was revealed that Barilaro had been in contact with the Fixated Persons Unit regarding Shanks for at to the lowest degree half-dozen months prior to Langker's arrest.[33] This contradicted what Barilaro had earlier told Sky News Australia host Tom Connell, saying that he had non requested the Fixated Persons Unit become involved in the matter.[34] [35] In Oct 2021 John Barilaro resigned as Deputy Premier of New Due south Wales and every bit the member for Monaro, citing his defamation case confronting Shanks as a "big reason" for the decision.[36] [37]

In November 2021 Barilaro settled the defamation case with Shanks, and Shanks issued the following apology: "Mr Shanks accepts that some of the videos he posted were offensive to Mr Barilaro. Mr Shanks understands that Mr Barilaro has been hurt, and apologises to him for that hurt." Shanks was required to pay $100,000 in legal costs and Barilaro received no damages from the settlement. Shanks agreed to edit some of the contested videos, which would remain online, and to cease selling merchandise featuring Barilaro after Barilaro'due south retirement from politics.[38] [39] As of 10 March 2022, the NSW Police have dropped all charges against Langker who is considering taking civil activeness confronting the law.[forty]

Carry of the NSW Fixated Persons Unit has been brought into question with Attorney Full general Mark Speakman being questioned over the case in budget estimates. Speakman refused to farther comment, conceding that the matter may announced earlier Police force Enforcement Comport Commission.[41]

On 6 June 2022, the Federal Courtroom judge awarded Barilaro $715,000 in defamation amercement from Google for the YouTube videos, and referred Shanks and Google for possible prosecution for contempt of court.[42]

References [edit]

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  2. ^ a b University of New S Wales has an online award verification service. To ostend Jordan's degree and conferral date, enter his first and last names and click on the search button.
  3. ^ Antrobus, Blake (nine July 2021). "Comedian asks for NSW Deputy Premier's parliamentary privilege to be waived in defamation case". News.com.au — Commonwealth of australia'south Leading News Site . Retrieved 11 July 2021.
  4. ^ a b Hunter, Lucy Cormack, Fergus (nineteen September 2020). "How to solve a problem similar friendlyjordies? Politicians debate new-age commentator". The Sydney Forenoon Herald . Retrieved 21 September 2020.
  5. ^ Shanks, Jordan (3 April 2012). "Undercover investigation dressed every bit woman in girls room". YouTube. Retrieved 12 April 2022.
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  9. ^ a b Stefano, Mark Di (6 April 2016). "This Viral YouTube Star Has Been Employed For Political Advertising". BuzzFeed . Retrieved fifteen July 2020.
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  13. ^ Hill, Daneka (15 July 2021). "Opinions divided over new floodplain harvesting documentary". Country News . Retrieved 31 August 2021.
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External links [edit]

  • Official website

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Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friendlyjordies