Has Dan Repacholi quietly become the Hunter Valley’s highest-paid influencer?
Because if you judged him by his Facebook feed instead of his parliamentary record, you’d swear he was chasing sponsorship deals rather than serving his constituents. From rubbing the Big Merino Balls for likes to staging endless photo-ops, Repacholi’s brand is booming — even as the Hunter suffers.
The problem is, we didn’t elect him to be an online personality. We elected him to fight for the people of the Hunter. And right now, the Hunter is under attack.
Labor’s renewable energy obsession is gutting the region’s industries, shutting down jobs, and driving power prices through the roof. They call it a “clear mandate,” but their first-preference vote is collapsing faster than Bill Shorten’s 2019 campaign. Locals know why: this so-called “transition” is leaving working families stranded, with no relief in sight.
And Repacholi? He’s cheering it on. Every job loss, every factory closure, every new green scheme that bleeds the region — he’s there, smiling for the camera, talking about the bright new future while real people are losing their livelihoods.
Remember when Labor promised cheaper power bills? We’re still waiting. What we’ve actually got is a government pushing soft-serve socialism, running out of money, and preparing to tax Australians even harder to keep their fantasy alive. History tells us how that ends — badly.
Instead of championing Australian families and encouraging growth, this government is making it more expensive to raise a family at all. Fuel? Up. Groceries? Up. Power bills? Through the roof. And while the Hunter bleeds, our “representative” is out there polishing his influencer brand on the taxpayer dime.
If being the highest-paid influencer in the Hunter Valley was the job description, Dan Repacholi would be smashing it. But the role of Member for the Hunter is a different game entirely — and on that scoreboard, he’s losing badly.
