The Shovel's Political Translator

Get the real news behind the doublespeak with the Shovel's Australian politics translator for Chrome
What is The Shovel's Political Translator?
The Shovel's Political Translator is a Chrome extension that helps Australian voters get to the core of what politicians truly mean. Transforming doublespeak into plain language, this tool is invaluable for understanding the 2016 election campaign.

Extension stats

Users: 49 ▲ 6
Rating: 5.00 (9)
Version: 0.1 (Last updated: 2016-06-07)
Creation date: 2016-06-06
Risk impact: Low risk impact
Risk likelihood: Low risk likelihood
Manifest version: 2
Size: 19.27K
URLs: Website

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Extension summary

The Shovel's election translator helps you cut through the crap and get to the core of what politicians really mean. Thanks to this translator you can see terms like 'house prices', 'Malcolm Turnbull' and 'Christopher Pyne' magically transformed into 'avocado prices', 'Richy McRichface' and 'the most annoying man in the world'. Developed specifically with an Australia audience in mind, this is the perfect tool to help voters get through the 2016 election campaign without going crazy.

User reviews

Not working! No issues with the Drumpfinator, so why isn't this one working? (Definitely enabled! Tried closing/reopening Chrome and full reboot of PC, no luck.) EDIT: Huzzah! Working perfectly now!
by Trish Wilson, 2016-06-16

outstanding.
by Nick Triantafillou, 2016-06-10

Very good on news sites. Also use it to decipher non news websites like the Australian Electoral Commission voting instruction web pages.
by Dan, 2016-06-08
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Extension safety

Risk impact

The Shovel's Political Translator requires very minimum permissions.

Risk likelihood

The Shovel's Political Translator has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.

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