that, "Get Up! are effectively campaigning for rainforest destruction in other countries instead of sustainably harvested Australian timber". The Minister for Manufacturing, Kim Carr has said, "the GetUp! 'No Harvey No' campaign runs the risk of deterring people from buying Australian-made furniture and supporting Australian jobs". In December 2011, Harvey Norman was fined AU$1.25 million by the Federal Court of Australia for misleading advertising relating to their promotion of 3D televisions to watch the NRL and AFL Grand Finals in areas which could not receive 3D signals. In 2011 the outspoken founder of Harvey Norman, Gerry Harvey, fronted a sustained media campaign and funded a special-interest lobby group, the Fair Imports Alliance. By late December apparently in a volte-face, Harvey Norman launched a gaming website that leveraged its Irish subsidiary to export video games direct to customers and therefore was outside of the jurisdiction of Australian tax laws for the purposes of GST. Concerns were raised earlier in the year about the prospect of retailers conducting business in such a manner. On 1 October 2015, the New Zealand online store offered cheap furniture deals between midnight and 8 am. Subsequently, the store decided not to honour the sales stating the prices were the result of a "genuine error", leaving a number of disgruntled customers and potentially a damaged brand name. In May 2021, a controversy arose over acceptance of JobKeeper funds earmarked for COVID-19 relief. Harvey Norman received $22 million in funds intended to keep its workers employed, but critics argued it did not comply with the terms of the program. Relationship with Flexirent Flexirent has had very close ties to Harvey Norman since 1995 and is heavily marketed in stores. Flexirent is alleged to have strong elements of predatory lending practices. In addition, Gerry Harvey has himself asserted on primetime Australian television in a January 2008 airing of Today Tonight that Flexirent should be turned down by the average family. This is why Harvey Norman promotes the product to its commercial customer base. Motorsport Harvey Norman partnered with Tickford Racing to support the #200 Ford Falcon FG X wildcard driven by Simona de Silvestro and Renee Gracie under the name Harvey Norman Supergirls for the 2015 Bathurst 1000. In 2016 Harvey Norman once again sponsored the Harvey Norman Supergirls wildcard entry for the 2016 Bathurst 1000 now run by Nissan Motorsport using a Nissan Altima L33 and sporting the