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3/3 — THE VICTORIAN LIBERALS GOT $11.8 MILLION FROM THEIR OWN COMPANY. THEY BOOKED IT AS DIVIDENDS, SO IT WAS NEVER A DONATION.

Vapold Pty Ltd is the company that received $36.9 million when the Victorian Liberals sold their Exhibition Street headquarters in 2018. It lodges federal returns as the party's associated entity.

Its shareholders hold the shares for someone else.

The federal record shows Vapold paid the Victorian Liberals $18,984,521 from 2018-19 to 2024-25.

The Victorian record shows how the party booked it. In its returns to the Victorian Electoral Commission, the Liberals list Vapold money paid into the state campaign account:

$3,863,012 in July 2019, "Dividend from subsidiary".
$4,990,393.89 in 2023-24, "Dividend and management fees".
$2,640,975 in 2024-25, "Dividend and management fees".
Plus $96,250 and $165,000 in "Management fee", and $13,750 as a "Loan from Associated Entity".

That's $11,769,381, all recorded as receipts "other than political donations". Not one dollar counted as a donation, so not one dollar counted against the cap of about $5,000 that applies to you.

In 2023-24, Vapold's "dividend and management fees" were 37% of everything the Liberals' Victorian state account took in that year.

Another $7.2 million of what Vapold paid on the federal record isn't itemised under Vapold's name. Some of it may sit inside the $7.7 million the Liberals booked in 2022-23 as "Intercompany transfers".

The return doesn't say.

Vapold was never a nominated entity, so the High Court case and the repayment rule don't touch it. And its own Victorian returns show $0 every year, because they only cover its state campaign account.

Same standard for Labor.

Its company paid it $9.5 million on the federal record, and its Victorian returns show none of it.

In fairness, a dividend from a company you own isn't a gift, and this is the party's own property money from selling its own building, not a donor's. The commission's own definition of a gift includes property from an associated entity, but a genuine dividend on shares the party owns is generally treated differently.

But this is how the system works.

The cap stops you giving more than about $5,000. The party's own company can put $11.8 million into its Victorian campaign account, and the official record calls it dividends.

Same standard, every side.

Cold Hard Facts. Corrected when wrong. No misinformation.

What's your thoughts…?

Peter Lyndon-James 🇦🇺

Sources:
AEC Transparency Register, detailed receipts, Vapold Pty Ltd to Liberal Party (Victorian Division), 2018-19 to 2024-25; VEC Disclosures, annual returns of the Liberal Party Victorian Division and Vapold Pty Ltd, 2018-19 to 2024-25 (itemised receipts, stated purposes and total income); ASIC extract, Vapold Pty Ltd, ACN 004 957 699; VEC, Funding glossary; Real Estate Source, Nov 2018. Totals: author's calculation.

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2/3 — THE LIBERALS' BIGGEST BACKER PAID THEM $11 MILLION. VICTORIA'S ELECTORAL RECORD NAMES $1.8 MILLION OF IT.

Same test, other side.

The Cormack Foundation was the Victorian Liberals' nominated entity. It lives on dividends from Commonwealth Bank, BHP, Wesfarmers, NAB and Rio Tinto, and at 30 June 2024 the High Court record put its net assets at $89,656,938.

The federal record.

AEC returns show Cormack paid the Victorian Liberals $10,990,000 from 2018-19 to 2024-25. $4,700,000 of it came in 2024-25, the biggest single year to the Victorian Division in 27 years of AEC data.

The Victorian record.

The Liberals' returns to the Victorian Electoral Commission itemise every amount paid into their state campaign account. I opened all seven. Cormack is named just four times: $59,000 and $213,129 in 2020-21, then $200,000 on 27 September 2022 and $1,300,000 on 12 October 2022. That's $1,772,129. The other $9,217,871 isn't itemised under Cormack's name, including every dollar of the $4.7 million.

There's a catch in the record itself.

In 2022-23 the Liberals' state account also took in $7,742,868 listed only as "Intercompany transfers" from the party itself. The return doesn't say where that money started.

Look at the timing of what is there. $1.5 million arrived seven weeks before the November 2022 state election.

The repayment rule only reaches above-cap money still unspent in the state account on 15 April 2026. On the named record, that's a fraction of what Cormack paid. And the commission's guidance says electoral expenditure can be paid "from the state campaign account or another account."

In fairness, the years with the most Cormack money missing from the named record, 2018-19, 2021-22 and 2024-25, were all federal election years, and federal campaign money is required to stay out of the state account. Cormack is legally independent; the Federal Court found the party owns at most a quarter of it. And money does move from the Liberals' federal campaign account into the state account: $1,881,465 in 2024-25, recorded as "Reimburse costs".

Taxpayers have also given the Liberals a $10,472,987 advance public funding entitlement for this election.

But two official records of the same money don't match, and only one of them is the Victorian regulator's. If the Liberals want to show that none of the $4.7 million touches this campaign, the account statements would settle it.

But there's more…

Same standard, every side.

Cold Hard Facts. Corrected when wrong. No misinformation.

What's your thoughts…?

Peter Lyndon-James 🇦🇺

Sources:
AEC Transparency Register, detailed receipts, Cormack Foundation to Liberal Party (Victorian Division), 1998-99 to 2024-25; VEC, Advance public funding for the 2026 State general election (updated 9 Sep 2025); VEC Disclosures, annual returns of the Liberal Party Victorian Division and Cormack Foundation, 2018-19 to 2024-25; Hopper v Victoria [2026] HCA 11; Alston v Cormack Foundation [2018] FCA 895. Totals: author's calculation.

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1/3 — LABOR'S OWN COMPANY PAID VICTORIAN LABOR $9.5 MILLION. LABOR'S RETURNS TO THE VICTORIAN ELECTORAL COMMISSION SHOW $0 OF IT.

Victorians are told the state's donation laws let them see who funds the parties. So I checked two official records side by side.

The federal record.

Labor Services & Holdings is the trustee company that was Victorian Labor's nominated entity, the vehicle the High Court case was about. Its directors are party office-holders or people the party picks. AEC returns show it paid Victorian Labor $9,544,671 from 2018-19 to 2024-25. $4,598,000 of that was in 2022-23, the year of the last state election.

The Victorian record.

Every year Labor lodges a return with the Victorian Electoral Commission itemising the amounts paid into its state campaign account. I opened all seven, 2018-19 to 2024-25. There isn't a single line from Labor Services & Holdings. Not one dollar. The company's own Victorian returns show $0 income every year.

Why?

Victoria's disclosure system only covers the state campaign account. Money in a party's other accounts is reported federally, once a year, months later, and the federal return doesn't say where it ended up. Yet the commission's own guidance says parties can pay electoral expenditure "from the state campaign account or another account."

Now the part that matters before 28 November.

Victoria's new law makes parties repay nominated-entity money over the cap, but only what was still unspent in the state campaign account on 15 April. On the commission's own record, Labor's state account received nothing from its company in seven years.

On that record, there is nothing to repay.

What Victorians can see: in 2024-25 Labor's state account took in $14,784,949. Only $213,362 was disclosed as donations. And taxpayers have given it a $12,655,133 advance public funding entitlement for this election.

In fairness, all of this is lawful.

Federal campaign money is required to stay out of the state account, and the company may be paying staff, premises or debts. But 2022-23 had no federal election.

But $4.6 million moved in a state election year, and the state regulator's record shows none of it. Labor could say where it went. Nothing requires it to before you vote.

But there's more…

Same standard, every side.

Cold Hard Facts. Corrected when wrong. No misinformation.

What's your thoughts…?

Peter Lyndon-James 🇦🇺

Sources:
AEC Transparency Register, detailed receipts, Labor Services & Holdings to ALP (Victorian Branch), 2018-19 to 2024-25; VEC Disclosures, annual returns of the ALP Victorian Branch and Labor Services & Holdings, 2018-19 to 2024-25 (itemised "amounts received other than political donations"); VEC, Annual returns for nominated entities; VEC, Advance public funding for the 2026 State general election (updated 9 Sep 2025); Hopper v Victoria [2026] HCA 11. Totals: author's calculation.

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9/12 — SNOWY 2.0 HAS SPENT $11.1 BILLION OUTSIDE THE RULES THAT GOVERN MOST GOVERNMENT SPENDING.

Snowy 2.0 has cost $11.1 billion so far, by the Auditor-General's count. Almost none of the checks that apply to other government spending apply to it.

Snowy Hydro doesn't have to follow the Commonwealth Procurement Rules, the core rule of which is value for money. Its own investment papers say so. It has used sole-source arrangements where competitive bidding was "not possible", and in May 2022 it had about 323 subcontracts on its own register, four public notices on a tender site, and none on AusTender.

The Auditor-General can only examine it when a parliamentary committee asks. That's why the last two audits happened when they did.

The $2.6 billion equity agreement signed in September 2024 reached the public as a note about events after balance date in the annual report a month later.

And when former senator Rex Patrick tried to see the monthly project reports, Senate answers put the government's legal bill at $507,506 at the tribunal stage alone.

Every one of those is lawful.

Government business enterprises are given commercial freedom on purpose, and Snowy Hydro says that freedom lets it move quickly. But it was designed for a company earning its way. This one has taken about $6 billion of public equity and a $4.5 billion loan, and the number the public is waiting for is still not public.

But there's more…

Cold Hard Facts. Corrected when wrong. No misinformation.

What's your thoughts…?

Peter Lyndon-James 🇦🇺

Sources:
Auditor-General Report No.39; Snowy Hydro annual report 2023-24 (events after balance date); Auditor-General Act 1997 s17; Snowy Hydro final investment decision papers; Senate Question on Notice (Lambie), as reported by Rex Patrick.

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THE ALBANESE LIE LIST. PART EIGHTEEN: THE MEETING.

On 10 July 2023 the government refused Qatar Airways 21 extra flights a week into Australia. Qantas had lodged its opposition in October 2022. Fewer flights means less competition, and less competition means dearer fares.

On 5 September 2023 the Prime Minister told Parliament: "I once again confirm I did not speak to the former Qantas CEO before a decision was made."

His diary, released under Freedom of Information in January 2024, shows a half-hour meeting with Alan Joyce at Parliament House on 23 November 2022. Five weeks after Qantas lodged its opposition.

Almost eight months before the decision.

His answer: "Qatar was not raised." He says the meeting was about industrial relations, and he called the criticism "an absurdity".

That year Qantas posted a record $2.47 billion underlying profit. The ACCC later took it to court for selling tickets on flights it had already cancelled.

Qantas agreed to a $100 million penalty.

And in 2023 the Financial Review reported the Prime Minister's son was a member of the Qantas Chairman's Lounge. The Prime Minister said he had "completely" complied with his disclosure obligations.

In fairness, no inquiry has found Qatar was discussed at the meeting.

But he met the Qantas boss before the decision Qantas wanted most, and told Parliament he hadn't spoken to him.

You decide.

But there's more…

Cold Hard Facts. Corrected when wrong. No misinformation.

What's your thoughts…?

Peter Lyndon-James 🇦🇺

Sources:
House of Representatives, 5 Sep 2023, via Australian Aviation, Jan 2024; PM diary released under FOI, via The New Daily and Michael West Media, Jan 2024; Qantas annual results, Aug 2023; ACCC v Qantas, Federal Court, 2024; SBS News, 22 Aug 2023.

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$266 BILLION OF AUSTRALIA'S EXPORTS RUN ON DIESEL. WE IMPORT 87% OF IT AND HOLD 31 DAYS.

Ask any politician what pays the nation's bills and they'll say exports. Here's what pays for the exports.

Last financial year Australia exported $646.6 billion. Iron ore, coal, gold, alumina and beef were $266 billion of it, 41% of everything we sell to the world. Add gas and mined commodities are nearly half.

Every tonne of ore, coal and beef is dug, hauled or farmed on diesel. Mining and its trucking use 11.5 billion litres a year, 35% of all the diesel in the country. Our biggest export, iron ore, and coal account for more than 80% of mining's diesel.

Now look at where the diesel comes from.

87% is imported. South Korea alone sends 8.7 billion litres a year, then Singapore, Malaysia, Brunei and India. We're the biggest diesel importer on earth, about 10% of all diesel shipped by sea.

We used to make our own.

In 2020 our refineries met about 42% of fuel demand. By 2025 it was 21%. BP closed Kwinana and ExxonMobil closed Altona in 2021 under the Coalition. Three more were closed between 2012 and 2015, under both sides. Western Australia, home of the Pilbara, hasn't refined a litre of its own fuel since 2021.

And the buffer?

31 days of diesel nationally, by the Minister's own figure, down from 33 in April. WA's emergency stockpile is 20 million litres. Rio Tinto gave up 8 million litres of its own delivery to help fill it.

In fairness, both parties let the refineries go, importing is usually cheaper, and the government has announced a $3.2 billion reserve and higher minimum stocks.

But the reserve has no date, the refineries aren't coming back, and $266 billion a year of exports depends on a fuel we barely make and hold about a month of. That isn't a fuel problem. It's a national security problem.

Same standard, every side.

Cold Hard Facts. Corrected when wrong. No misinformation.

What's your thoughts…?

Peter Lyndon-James 🇦🇺

Sources:
DFAT, Australia's top 25 exports 2024-25; IEEFA, Digging mining out of diesel dependence, Oct 2026 and Managing Australia's diesel squeeze, Apr 2026 (citing DCCEEW Australian Energy and Petroleum Statistics); Australian Petroleum Statistics, via NRMA, Mar 2026; ABC News, 24 Sep 2026; Argus Media, 10 Feb and 10 Mar 2021; NAB, 10 Apr 2026; Chris Bowen, LinkedIn, 24 Oct 2026; WA Government, 6 May 2026; Australian Mining, Apr 2026. Export totals and shares: author's calculation.

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BOWEN SAYS EV SALES DOUBLED BECAUSE AUSSIES "UNDERSTAND" WHAT'S GOOD FOR THEIR POCKET.

THEY DOUBLED BECAUSE FUEL WENT THROUGH THE ROOF, WITH A $1.35 BILLION TAX BREAK ON TOP.

Chris Bowen posted that EV sales more than doubled this September, outsold petrol cars for a second month, and that it shows "everyday Aussies understand that what's good for the planet is good for your pocket too."

The numbers are right. Here's what he left out.

The market didn't grow. 108,778 new vehicles were sold in September, up just 1.8%. EVs rose 117.7% to 26,287. Petrol fell 36.2%. People didn't buy more cars.

They switched.

The war started on 28 February. By March diesel was over $3 a litre and some service stations had run dry. That month EV sales hit a record, and the Commonwealth Bank put it down to the fuel crisis.

"Outsold petrol" means by 269 cars. Three in four new cars sold in September still run on fuel, and almost every truck delivering your groceries does.

Now the pocket.

The tax break on EVs bought through salary packaging cost an estimated $1.35 billion last financial year, more than 10 times what Treasury first forecast. The leasing industry's own data found 48.2% of EV lease customers earned over $150,000. The government is now winding it back from 2027.

And who builds the cars?

Australia hasn't made a car since 2017. September's EV leaders were Tesla, 5,654 cars, and Chinese brands BYD, Geely and Zeekr. Every car that tax break supports is built overseas.

Charging isn't free either. Household electricity rose 22.4% in the year to June.

In fairness, cheaper EV models have arrived, many owners will genuinely save on running costs, and nobody in Canberra started the war.

But this isn't a nation suddenly converted.

In March the car industry's peak body said it was "too early to determine if this represents a structural shift in the market." It's families looking at $2.43 petrol and $2.85 diesel and switching, with a tax break that's worth more the more you earn.

Taking credit for a choice people were pushed into isn't leadership.

Same standard, every side.

Cold Hard Facts. Corrected when wrong. No misinformation.

What's your thoughts…?

Peter Lyndon-James 🇦🇺

Sources:
Chris Bowen, LinkedIn, 6 Oct 2026; FCAI VFACTS September 2026, via CarExpert, Oct 2026; FCAI VFACTS March 2026 and Tony Weber, via Commonwealth Bank newsroom, 7 Apr 2026; The Nightly, 23 Mar 2026; FuelRadar, 1-23 Oct 2026; EV Central, Sep 2026 sales; Treasury Tax Expenditures and Insights Statement, via Drive; ABC News, 4 May 2026; NALSPA and Electric Vehicle Council data, via AFR and Drive; ABS CPI June 2026.

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SHALOM PROPERTY CLEAN

Today the Shalom men got their whippers snippers, hedges and mowers out and cleaned up all 3 of the properties! Our boys had a great day full of laughs and hard work.

These men are really trying to change their lives and it shows in their work ethic and motivation to get through each day, working together side by side helping one another reaping what they harvest.

not only do the fellas live with each other, they also work along side with each other, and I’m telling you, they aren’t afraid to get there their hands dirty to make their living space clean.

Changing your lives doesn’t just involve working on the heart, it involves working from the start and these boys do whatever it takes to change every aspect of their lives no matter how many rakes it takes or hedgers they have to wield.

Shalom House, leading the way in Australia Holistic Rehabilitation, Reintegration and Re-Socialisation.

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BEAUTY FOR ASHES

Our ladies have had a wonderful time attending the Ashes to Beauty Women’s Conference at Christian Revival Church, spending time there last night and again today.

It’s been a great opportunity to step away from the usual routine, spend time together and hear some encouraging messages about healing, growth and moving forward in life.

These experiences give our ladies a chance to connect with other women, be encouraged and reflect on just how far they’ve come in their own journeys.

A big thank you to Christian Revival Church for welcoming us and putting together such a special event. We’re grateful our ladies could be part of it.

Shalom House, “Leading the way in Australia Holistic Rehabilitation, Reintegration & Re-Socialisation”

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SHALOM WORKS - BUILDING SKILLS, BUILDING LIVES

The Shalom Works trucks have been flat out across the Perth region this week, tackling a variety of projects and producing outstanding results throughout the community.

From laying beautiful paving at a winery in the Bickley Valley to major excavation works and operating machinery to prepare for large limestone retaining walls, the boys have been putting in the hard yards. Alongside these big projects, crews have also been busy with renovations and a range of other paving jobs, working together to deliver quality results.

But at Shalom Works, it’s about much more than just getting the job done. Every day brings new opportunities for the fellas to learn practical skills, build confidence and develop a strong work ethic. Through teamwork, structure and daily routine, the men are discovering the importance of responsibility, discipline and having a sense of purpose.

It’s not just about building walls, laying pavers or transforming properties; it’s about building better men and creating a foundation for a brighter future.

Shalom House, “Leading the way in Australia Holistic Rehabilitation, Reintegration & Re-Socialisation”

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THE ALBANESE LIE LIST. PART SEVENTEEN: "A TWO IN FRONT." IT WAS PROPPED UP WITH YOUR MONEY, AND NOW YOU'RE PAYING FOR IT.

On 19 February 2025, ten weeks before the election, Albanese told ABC Radio Melbourne inflation had gone "from having a six in front to having a two in front". "We have been successful, more to do, but it's heading in the right direction."

Here's what he didn't say.

The two was the headline number, 2.4%. The measure the Reserve Bank actually watches, trimmed mean, was 3.2%. A three in front.

And the 2.4% was dragged down by electricity, which the Bureau of Statistics said fell 25.2% over the year. Why? The Commonwealth's energy bill rebates. Without them, the Bureau said, power prices would have risen that quarter, not fallen.

Taxpayers paid to pull the number down.

Then the rebates ended. Electricity rose 22.4% in the year to June 2026, "largely due to the ending" of the rebates, the Bureau said.

Now look where we are. Inflation for the year to August: 4.0%. A four in front.

Rates were cut three times in 2025, the first the day before he spoke. Every one of them has been taken back. The Reserve Bank raised in February, March, May and September 2026.

The cash rate is 4.60%, the highest since 2011.

On the average new loan of $731,000, this year's rises add about $470 a month. That's $5,600 a year, after tax. Diesel averaged $2.85 a litre this month.

The Treasurer, 30 September: "Inflation is still too high in our economy… Of course I take responsibility for our part in the fight against inflation."

In fairness, the 2.4% was a real number and the Reserve Bank sets rates, not the government.

But he sold Australians a two in front that his own rebates helped produce, while the Reserve Bank's preferred measure had a three. The rebates are gone, the power bills came back and the rate cuts went with them.

Heading in the right direction?

But there's more…

Same standard, every side.

Cold Hard Facts. Corrected when wrong. No misinformation.

What's your thoughts…?

Peter Lyndon-James 🇦🇺

Sources:
PM transcript, ABC Radio Melbourne, 19 Feb 2025 (https://t.co/ReDeGQrpdM); ABS CPI December quarter 2024, 29 Jan 2025; ABS CPI June 2026; ABS CPI, released 30 Sep 2026; RBA monetary policy decisions, 2025 and 2026; ABS Lending Indicators, June quarter 2026; FuelRadar, 1-23 Oct 2026; Treasurer press conference, 30 Sep 2026. Repayment figure: author's calculation, $731,000 principal and interest over 30 years.

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8/12 — SNOWY HYDRO COSTED REPLACING ITS CONTRACTOR TWICE AND NEVER APPROACHED AN ALTERNATIVE.

Snowy Hydro costed replacing its contractor twice, and never approached anyone else.

In January 2020 an adviser estimated replacement at about a quarter of the contract value and up to a year's delay. In August 2022, with Clough collapsing, the updated advice said 35 to 46 per cent of the $5.3 billion contract and up to 34 months. The advice named capable alternatives. The Auditor-General found Snowy Hydro "did not engage directly with any of them."

In February 2023, four days after Webuild took over Clough, Snowy Hydro sought advice on termination.

In July the board rejected it.

The reset that followed was negotiated over about 61 meetings with no formal agendas and no minutes. Snowy Hydro says the outcomes were captured in the draft contracts.

That deal moved the cost risk onto taxpayers.

Snowy Hydro now tells Parliament re-tendering had "an even more remote prospect" of being cheaper or faster. That may be so. But the decision that put the risk on you was made without a minuted record of how it was reached.

But there's more…

Cold Hard Facts. Corrected when wrong. No misinformation.

What's your thoughts…?

Peter Lyndon-James 🇦🇺

Sources:
Auditor-General Report No.39 (paras 2.20-2.55, 2.100); Snowy Hydro Submission 4 to the JCPAA, p.13.

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NEW RESIDENTS TACKLE THEIR FIRST MONTH

New residents have arrived this week to have a crack at changing their life around.
The block crew is where it all starts for the men when they enter the Shalom program.

The first month can be very tough for some residents who may be coming off alcohol and substances on top of missing family and loved ones that they’ve left behind on the outside.

Over this time on the block in the initial stages of their program residents are getting to know each other, learn the Shalom culture as well as learn basic trade skills as they get in to a working routine.

Shalom House, “Leading the way in Australia Holistic Rehabilitation, Reintegration & Re-Socialisation”

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BOWEN SAYS OUR FUEL SECURITY IS "SOLID". DIESEL IS AVERAGING $2.85 A LITRE AND WE HOLD LESS FUEL THAN IN APRIL.

Chris Bowen posted today that "Australia's fuel security remains solid." 39 days of petrol, 31 of diesel, 28 of jet fuel, 45 ships on the way.

Here's what he left out.

In April he said 44 days of petrol, 33 of diesel and 30 of jet fuel. Every one is lower now, and so are the ships and litres due since mid-October.

His department says the stock figures include fuel "on water in our exclusive economic zone", and the four-week figure includes fuel already on ships. The same fuel can show up in his days, his ships and his litres at once.

Now your end.

Diesel has averaged $2.85 a litre this month, petrol $2.43, up 39.5 cents on the September quarter. That's about $24 more for a 60-litre tank of petrol. The excise relief ended on 3 August. Diesel moves every truck, tractor and grocery delivery, so you pay it again at the checkout.

We are the world's biggest diesel importer, about 10% of all diesel shipped by sea. In September an analyst warned rationing was a real risk within weeks if the US imposed a severe diesel export ban.

The money.

The $14.8 billion package includes a $7.5 billion facility buying diesel cargoes since April. I can't find what it paid. The $3.2 billion reserve has no date for when it will be full. A UTS supply chain academic wrote that some tankers waited offshore "in some cases for months without unloading".

Same standard for the Coalition.

Its plan was 60 days of supply by 2030, not now, with an extra cent a litre at the pump.

In fairness, nobody controls a war in the Middle East, both sides ran our stocks down for years, and that same analyst credited Bowen with acting early.

But a month of fuel, less than in April, partly at sea, at $2.85 a litre, isn't "solid".

Minister, what have the cargoes cost, how much of today's stock is still on the water, and when will the reserve be full?

Same standard, every side.

Cold Hard Facts. Corrected when wrong. No misinformation.

What's your thoughts…?

Peter Lyndon-James 🇦🇺

Sources:
Chris Bowen, LinkedIn, 24 Oct 2026; DCCEEW, https://t.co/OC1TR74YSh fuel statistics, 13 and 16 Oct 2026; FuelRadar, Australia fuel price report, 1-23 Oct 2026; Dept of Infrastructure, fuel excise relief fact sheet, Jul 2026; Treasurer and Prime Minister, Strengthening Australia's fuel resilience, 12 May 2026; Bowen and King, fuel reserve, 18 Aug 2026; ABC News, 27 Apr and 24 Sep 2026; Sanjoy Paul, UTS, via Daily Cargo News, 11 Sep 2026 (tank cost: author's calculation).

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1Open Safari and go to: https://t.co/YTqUBkY5dX (https://t.co/DAuohNWR2Z)
2Tap Share — the square with an upward arrow. Depending on your iPhone version, it may be inside the ••• menu.
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4If you see Open as Web App, leave it switched on.
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BOWEN'S RECORD PIPELINE IS A QUEUE. OF THE 29 GIGAWATTS TAXPAYERS HAVE UNDERWRITTEN, ONE SOLAR FARM WAS FULLY RUNNING.

Chris Bowen posted that a record 80.9 gigawatts of generation and storage is moving through the grid connection process, more than the 77 gigawatts running today. He calls it "a strong vote of confidence."

So I checked what he didn't put in the post.

A pipeline is a queue. 88% of it hasn't reached registration, and AEMO says some projects won't proceed at all.

Last financial year a record 9.1 gigawatts reached full output. But of 14.4 gigawatts that entered the stage where projects get financed and built, only 6.4 got through, and a third have been stuck there more than two years. In the September quarter six projects reached full output, down from 14 in June. New wind: zero.

55% of the queue is batteries.

A battery doesn't make power, it moves it. Most batteries running today are two-hour systems, 5.2 of 7.3 gigawatts.

Now the confidence.

Under Bowen's Capacity Investment Scheme, the government has guaranteed revenue for 89 projects, 29,177 megawatts. If earnings fall below an agreed floor, the Commonwealth pays the difference.

That's you.

In August an analysis of AEMO data found only 14 of the 89 had reached financial close. One, the 46 megawatt Mokoan Solar Farm, was fully operating.

Wind is the worst of https://t.co/KGrNkVJgpa June, only 3 of 31 wind projects with these contracts had reached a final investment decision. An energy analyst at Rystad said many early bids were priced too low for lenders. Bowen says he won't renegotiate, but developers can pull out and bid again with updated numbers. In plain English, come back at a price that now works for them.

And the cost?

When the Parliamentary Budget Office costed a Greens plan to expand the scheme, it said the underwriting costs were "unquantifiable" for lack of information. The Auditor-General has flagged it as a potential audit topic for 2026-27, and the Opposition has asked for one.

And the target he didn't mention. AEMO's own plan has renewables at 75% by 2030, short of the government's 82%, and that assumes the pipeline gets built.

Same standard for the Coalition. NSW set up the same kind of guarantees in 2020, paid through NSW power bills.

In fairness, 9.1 gigawatts is a real record, more than double the year before. Big projects take years, the first tender only opened in mid-2024, and AEMO lists 33 of the 89 as anticipated or further along. The government also takes a share of earnings above a ceiling.

But a queue isn't a power station, and a guarantee isn't a gigawatt.

So, Minister, how much has the public guaranteed, and what's the most it could cost?

Same standard, every side.

Cold Hard Facts. Corrected when wrong. No misinformation.

What's your thoughts…?

Peter Lyndon-James 🇦🇺

Sources:
Chris Bowen, LinkedIn, Oct 2026; AEMO, NEM connections scorecard, 20 Jul 2026; AEMO September quarter scorecard, via RenewEconomy and The Energy, 21 Oct 2026; Modo Energy, via The Energy, 21 Oct 2026; WattClarity, CIS-awarded project pipeline, 18 Aug 2026; RenewEconomy, 24 Jun 2026 (Bowen, Rystad); PBO costing ECR-2025-3577, May 2025; ANAO, potential audit: Capacity Investment Scheme; Tehan and Hamilton to ANAO, 20 Aug 2026; AEMO 2026 ISP, via MacroBusiness, Jun 2026; Clayton Utz on CIS agreements, Sep 2023; NSW Electricity Infrastructure Roadmap, Nov 2020.

[Peter Lyndon-James @PeterPerthWA]

THE ALBANESE LIE LIST. PART SIXTEEN: TWENTY-FIVE DAYS.

In the ten years before October 2023, Australia's Jewish community recorded an average of 342 antisemitic incidents a year. In the next twelve months it was 2,062. In the twelve months after that, 1,654. That included arson attacks and a caravan packed with explosives.

In July 2025 the government's antisemitism envoy handed the Prime Minister a plan. He said: "We'll now carefully consider the report recommendations."

It sat for five months.

On 14 December 2025 gunmen attacked a Hanukkah event at Bondi. Fifteen people were killed.

Four days later the government adopted the plan and committed to all 13 recommendations. The Prime Minister: "Of course more could have always been done.

Governments aren't perfect. I'm not perfect."

The families asked for a federal royal commission. On 22 December he said multiple inquiries would "simply delay action". On 29 December he said a royal commission could "platform" antisemitic voices.

On 8 January 2026 he announced one. "It's clear to me that a Royal Commission is essential."

In fairness, the royal commission reports in December, and nobody should pre-empt what it finds.

But the warnings were there in black and white, around five times the normal rate, for two years. The plan sat on his desk. It took fifteen deaths to move him.

But there's more…

Cold Hard Facts. Corrected when wrong. No misinformation.

What's your thoughts…?

Peter Lyndon-James 🇦🇺

Sources:
ECAJ, Special Report: Anti-Jewish incidents in Australia 2025, via Australian Jewish News, 3 Dec 2025; PM transcript, 10 Jul 2025; PM media release, 18 Dec 2025; The Nightly and Canberra Times, Dec 2025; PM transcript, 8 Jan 2026.

[Peter Lyndon-James @PeterPerthWA]

THE ALBANESE LIE LIST. PART FIFTEEN: FIFTEEN DAYS.

On 27 July 2025 David Speers asked Albanese on Insiders whether Australia would recognise Palestine.

"Are we about to imminently do that? No, we are not."

Speers pushed: at the UN General Assembly?

"Are we about to do that, no we are not."

On 11 August 2025, fifteen days later, he announced: "Australia will recognise the State of Palestine." It was formalised at the UN on 21 September.

At the time, Hamas was still holding 50 hostages taken on 7 October 2023.

There was no vote in Parliament. One of the biggest foreign policy decisions in decades went from "no, we are not" to done in a fortnight.

The government says recognition depends on commitments from the Palestinian Authority, including no role for Hamas.

You can support recognition or oppose it. That's a debate Australians were entitled to have. They didn't get it. They were told no on a Sunday, and two weeks later it was done.

But there's more…

Cold Hard Facts. Corrected when wrong. No misinformation.

What's your thoughts…?

Peter Lyndon-James 🇦🇺

Sources:
PM transcript, ABC Insiders, 27 Jul 2025 (https://t.co/ReDeGQrX3k); PM media statement and press conference, 11 Aug 2025 (https://t.co/FsE1AFPwj3); PM media release, 21 Sep 2025.

[Peter Lyndon-James @PeterPerthWA]

THE ALBANESE LIE LIST. PART FOURTEEN: "END THE RORTS."

On 1 May 2022, at Labor's campaign launch, Albanese said: "You can choose to restore integrity to politics – to end the waste and end the rorts." He said public money was being used "as a political slush fund."

After the 2025 election his government ran the Major and Local Community Infrastructure Program. $559 million.

You could only apply if the government invited you.

The Centre for Public Integrity found 73.2% of the money went to seats Labor holds. $3.20 to a Labor seat for every $1 to a Coalition seat. 45 electorates got nothing.

Check whether yours was one of them.

The infrastructure department told the Senate: "The department had no role in identifying, selecting or recommending projects or applicants." So the public servants didn't choose.

Someone else did.

$6 million went to Marrickville Golf Club, in the Prime Minister's own seat. He held an honorary membership there that was never declared. He says it was issued about 15 years ago without his knowledge, and he has since declined it.

His answer: "I make no apologies for my electorate being serviced by me as a good local member."

In fairness, no audit or court has made any finding. A Senate inquiry is still running.

But in 2022 he called this a slush fund. Now it's "good local service". The only thing that changed is who's handing out the money.

But there's more…

Cold Hard Facts. Corrected when wrong. No misinformation.

What's your thoughts…?

Peter Lyndon-James 🇦🇺

Sources:
Albanese campaign launch speech, 1 May 2022 (https://t.co/tZ387NDnOF); Centre for Public Integrity, Public money, political advantage?, 8 Sep 2026; Department of Infrastructure submission to Senate inquiry, via AAP, 8 Oct 2026; AAP, 9 and 30 Sep 2026; ABC 7.30, 8 Sep 2026.