Twitter hashtag #koalakiller, in reference to Berejiklian. On 10 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 season, including widespread deaths of animals. Shanks raised $300,000 for bushfire relief from his stand-up shows and sales of #koalakiller t-shirts. Clive Palmer In 2019, Shanks published a video covering businessman Clive Palmer who was running in the 2019 Australian federal election. There were existing allegations of financial irregularity in the liquidation of Palmer's company Queensland Nickel and alleged failure to pay the company's workers, which Shanks covered, alongside satirising Palmer's behaviour and appearance. In response, Palmer threatened a defamation lawsuit, demanding and that Shanks cease making public statements about him. Shanks said he would not "capitulate" and released merchandise containing the statements in question. Commentators noted that Palmer appeared to have created a Streisand effect. Other commentators said that Palmer's legal threat was substantially similar to a SLAPP suit and that such threats had a 'chilling effect' on public interest reporting. Joe Hildebrand In 2020, The Daily Telegraph journalist Joe Hildebrand made a complaint to New South Wales police accusing Shanks of stalking and harassment. The police laid no charges. John Barilaro In a political commentary video uploaded 29 June 2020, Shanks included an impersonation of John Barilaro, Deputy Premier of New South Wales, which Barilaro described as "very offensive" and "full of racist undertones". Shanks subsequently filmed a video inside an Airbnb rental property owned by Barilaro, accusing him of corruption and environmental vandalism. In May 2021 Shanks published a letter sent by Barilaro in December of a threat to sue for defamation. In response, Shanks turned up dressed as the video game character Luigi at a National Party event where Barilaro was giving a speech. Barilaro lodged defamation proceedings against Shanks on 27 May 2021. On 8 July Shanks' legal team responded by filing a truth defence, supported by an honest opinion defence for a subset of claims. In June 2021, friendlyjordies producer Kristo Langker was arrested by officers from the Fixated Persons Unit (FPU), a specialised counterterrorism police unit who often targets lone wolf terrorists, established in response to the 2014 Lindt Cafe siege. Langker was charged with two counts of stalking and intimidating Barilaro after Langker had approached Barilaro at a National Party event with Shanks and on