Birthday

1989-08-19

Place of Birth

Sydney, Australia.

Biography

Jordan Shanks, known online as friendlyjordies, is an Australian political commentator, comedian, YouTuber, and former model. His content discusses contemporary Australian political issues and self-proclaimed "lowbrow humour". Shanks popularised viral Twitter hashtags targeting Premier of New South Wales Gladys Berejiklian and political commentator Joe Hildebrand. Shanks' channel, created in late 2013, has more than 450,000 subscribers. He has interviewed several politicians including Jodi McKay, Tanya Plibersek, Kristina Keneally, Helen Dalton and former Prime Minister Kevin Rudd.