Proud Centrelink recipient ‘Jobseeker Jez’ Heywood resurfaces to threaten millionaire boss Tim Gurner after his ‘unemployment must rise’ comments

A Centrelink recipient, who heads the national union for the unemployed, has issued a threatening message appearing to suggest a controversial millionaire’s Porsche should be targeted by vandals.

Last week, Jez Heywood joined the social media onslaught in which Rich List boss Tim Gurner attacked businesspeople for calling workers arrogant and saying the unemployment rate needed to rise by 40 to 50 percent.

Heywood posted a photo of Mr Gurner from a Daily Mail Australia article about the reaction to Mr Gurner’s comments, showing him next to a woman in front of an electric blue Porsche 911 Carrera worth $320,000.

In a disturbing appeal to his more than 3,000 followers, Mr Heywood posted on X, formerly known as Twitter: ‘Quite a striking blue Porsche you’ve got there, Tim.

“There can’t be many of them driving around Melbourne. Wonder how much it costs for a set of tires?’

Job seeker Jez Heywood (pictured earlier this year) posted the tweet. However, the post had a problem: the Porsche was not owned by Mr. Gurner

But in the event of a failure, Porsche is not Mr. Gurner’s – and the woman next to him is not Mr. Gurner’s wife, Amee Gurner.

The woman pictured is Gold Coast mother-of-three Rachael Reid, a former model and racing driver, who was photographed meeting Mr Gurner on business.

The Porsche is hers and the photo is on her Instagram account, Her Supercar Life, which has more than 100,000 fans and has now spawned its own company.

A telltale sticker on the rear window of the Porsche in the photo is said to have alerted Mr Heywood, but even after it was pointed out, he continued.

When it was suggested that the car might be a rental, he added: “Ah, damn it. Yet there is always the deductible.’

But by then it was too late and his followers were already thinking of ways to destroy the Porsche.

One follower suggested it should be sprayed with paint-stripping brake fluid, while another said a bottle of Coke would have the same effect on the pristine bodywork.

Others warned that using a lentil under the valve cap could scratch the car or ruin all the tires.

One ominously researched the cost of a new Porsche tire and discovered it cost $967 a pop, while another instructed would-be vandals to damage just three tires because “if it’s all four, the insurance pays out.”

Other followers belonged to extremist environmentalist group Tire Extinguishers which targets 4×4 SUVs by deflating their tires to protest carbon pollution.

However, one follower warned Heywood that he had gone too far and advised: ‘I would delete this post’, but his suggestion was ignored.

Tim Gurner is pictured with his wife Aimee, co-founder and director of The Beauty Chef, a brand of organic skin health and beauty products

The woman in the photo with Mr Gurner is actually Gold Coast mother of three, Rachael Reid, a former model and racing driver, who owns the luxury vehicle

The Porsche is featured on Ms Reid’s highly successful Her Supercar Life Instagram account, who has just set up her own company

Heywood, 47, made headlines earlier this year when he became embroiled in an on-air row with 2GB’s Ben Fordham after admitting he had been unemployed for more than a decade.

The radio host found a boss willing to hire the graphic designer, but Heywood turned down the job offer and fired off a series of angry tweets from his granny flat in his parents’ home in Melbourne’s south-east.

Daily Mail Australia later revealed how its Australian Unemployed Worker’s Union had raised more than $175,000 in donated money last year – and refused to answer questions about what it planned to do with the money.

Instead, he told Daily Mail Australia he “absolutely had to get in trouble.”

He no longer accepts messages from Daily Mail Australia. Daily Mail Australia has contacted Ms Reid for comment.

Mr. Gurner, a property developer, apologized Thursday evening for calling workers “arrogant” and said the unemployment rate needs to rise by 40 to 50 percent.

His registered non-profit charity has more than $178,000 in its bank account, mostly from donations, much of it from the unemployed.

THE UNION FOR THE UNEMPLOYED… THAT’S NOT REALLY A UNION!

The Australian Unemployed Workers’ Union was formed in 2014, but has never actually been a trade union

The Australian Unemployed Workers’ Union was formed in 2014, but is not a formal union.

It was registered as an Incorporated Association in 2015 and subsequently as a not-for-profit charity in 2020.

Australian Council of Trade Unions secretary Sally McManus has previously had to clarify that the organization is neither a registered trade union nor a subsidiary of the ACTU.

The website says it aims to ‘protect the rights and dignity of the unemployed and alleviate poverty and disadvantage’.

It is funded almost entirely by dozens of donations of less than $1,000 from supporters, and was boosted in 2020/2021 by a single donation of $39,317.

It has set up a toll-free “national advocacy hotline” available four hours a day, five days a week, answering calls from desperate job seekers.

The AUWU says its aim is to provide information resources to the unemployed and benefit recipients, while fighting for their rights.

It has also conducted surveys to gauge unemployed people’s views on life on JobSeeker and campaigned for an increase in the benefit.

The AUWU website says it aims to ‘protect the rights and dignity of the unemployed and alleviate poverty and disadvantage’