Apparently staff at the ABC are on strike.
I haven’t noticed (largely because in the last 10 years I’ve only watched it once-when I was on it a few weeks back).
Anyway let’s hope this lasts.
The Combatting Antisemitism Hate and Extremism (Criminal and Migration) Bill or Hate Groups Bill will come before the Senate this afternoon.
I OPPOSE the Bill and will vote against it in its entirety.
The Bill if passed expands state powers in ways that will erode freedoms under the guise of protecting against “hate”.
The big winners today will be the security state not everyday Australians who will soon be even less free than they once were.
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🇮🇷⚔️🇮🇱 What You’re Watching is Historic
Iran just launched hypersonic ballistic missiles at Israeli cities — missiles so fast (15,000+ km/h), Iron Dome can’t stop them.
🛡️ Iron Dome has protected Israel for years. But these missiles? They fly faster than bullets and strike before radar can react.
📉 This changes everything. And Israel? They won’t hold back. Their F-35s, stealth tech, and air dominance mean they can hit back hard and fast.
🆚 Iran vs Israel (quick compare):
•🇮🇷 Pop: 89M | 🇮🇱 Pop: 9.8M
•Troops: 610K vs 170K
•Budget: $9.9B vs $24B
•Tech edge? Israel
•Terrain edge? Iran (a nightmare to invade)
🗺️ Iran = a natural fortress. Mountains, chokepoints — not a quick war if it turns ground-based.
💬 My take?
Let them fight it out. Australia has no place in this war. No troops. No aid. No refugees. And please — Penny Wong & Albo — zip it. You’ve never seen war. Don’t go lighting matches in a powder keg.
Today the governing body of the South Australian Liberal Party voted to call upon the Federal Parliamentary Liberal Party to rescind their policy of Net Zero by 2050.
It’s time to scrap Net Zero and Save Australia!
@SenatorRennick Or you re join, become leader and bring conservatives back. Clearly the liberal party have learnt nothing from the last elections. Plan A should have been remove all communists not put one in charge.
Malinauskas announced this week that SA will be 100% renewable by 2027.
Last night: 89% gas. No solar. No wind. Likely importing Vic coal.
Batteries? 1–2 hours max.
Another headline for Brand Malinauskas with net zero chance of delivery.
Took a look at the budget.
Project Zimbabwe continues at full speed.
Fundamentally neglects doing anything to strengthen the pillars that separate prosperous, resilient nations from those in decline.
Energy
Budget gives $2b more to renewables while sitting on 1200yrs coal, 31% world’s uranium & 20% global gas.
No initiatives to expand affordable dispatchable generation (e.g. high-efficiency low-emission coal, gas-fired power, or lifting the ban on nuclear energy).
We are already in a severe energy security crisis in case you didn't notice.
Industrial Suicide
$750 million for green metals (like cleaner steel/aluminum), $500 million for clean energy tech manufacturing, and $250 million for low-carbon fuels and a few billion to stuff up aluminium and iron production even more.
Cheap, reliable, and long-term secure energy is absolutely fundamental to manufacturing competitiveness. Absolute madness not addressing the key issues.
Housing Ponzi
With the mother of all housing bubbles we're importing demand & providing demand side subsidies, exporting affordability. Will cause a major banking crisis in this country. 18k social homes is like 3 days international student imports last month, pissing in the wind. Also I bet those homes will be targeted in key voting electorates, just like housing density is.
Inflation
Govt throws rebates & $240m supermarket competition crumbs but ignores real inflation drivers: energy, housing, regulation, input costs. Every incremental new home loan is money issuance as we turn the aud into confetti. AUD has pretty much been inflating away at 9.4% per annum for the last 15 years. A beer will probably be $20-25 after this next term, even if they freeze the stupid tax for 2yrs.
Infrastructure
$17b over 10yrs infrastructure barely keeps pace with immigration of Canberra+Hobart per year. We've got more temporary residents than the population of South Australia in the country and we have no capacity to build the infrastructure to support when the cost to build anything in this country is out of control. Quantity of life over quality. Social services are collapsing all around the country.
National Security
$330b defense spend yet 90% fuel imported, only 50 days of fuel reserves. If you can't make a car, tyre, medicine or a tin can how can you expect to defend the country. Meanwhile a foreign navy just circled our coast on a Kontiki tour which would have been a deliberately act given an election is imminent.