Rex Patrick

I now conclude my time as a Senator in the Federal Parliament. It’s been such a privilege to represent South Australia. Unconstrained by party lines, I never held back and I never voted against my conscience. I’m proud of what my team and I achieved. No regrets! #auspol

@ZeeRooAlpha So you think the benefit of high prices for OUR gas should go to the gas cartel? Whatever I’m smoking is better for thinking than what you’re smoking. The answer to lower prices is a retrospective gas reservation policy, which I have also called for. michaelwest.com.au/gas-reservatio…

@MrRexPatrick Ahh yes Rex. New costs for producers will surely see prices come down. What the fuck are you smoking.

Better late than never! #auspol abc.net.au/news/2026-03-2…

Japan, South Korea and Singapore are heavily reliant on Australian LNG (and even more so noting Qatar’s LNG is now unavailable). Australia is heavily reliant on Japanese, South Korean and Singaporean refined fuel. I hope our diplomats are thinking what I’m thinking. #auspol

@southernmacro I’m not referring to contracts, I’m referring to agreements between Governments centred around national interest.

@MrRexPatrick Refined products aren't contracted

@MrRexPatrick has been doing a lot of work around the Australian sovereign fuel crisis. He was on the @Boganintelpod and gave a detailed breakdown of the bipartisan actions that have led us to be in this mess. youtube.com/watch?v=Suf87D…

MSM playing catch-up. Electricity costs will rise - on top of petrol prices and interest payments. Aussie consumers and businesses could be insulated from international events if the Govt bothered to put us ahead of the gas cartel and foreign consumers 🤦‍♂️. #Fail #Iran #auspol

@Billmjohn Jerry can, Chris can’t.

@MrRexPatrick A new name - Jerry can’t

“Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel" Samuel Johnson, 1775. Perhaps the rush on jerry cans is the direct result of Chris Bowen’s own failure (see 2/2) to address Australians’ rightful lack of confidence in our country’s fuel reserves 1/2 #auspol

Ed Husic is calling on Dr Jim Chalmers to consider embracing the ACTU’s proposal for a 25 per cent tax on gas exports, which would raise $17bn a year. Read more: theaus.in/4rtDgbn

Labor has done nothing on fuel security. 2/2 #auspol 👉 michaelwest.com.au/dwindling-rese…

@DigitalMedia_LM Thank you for your thoughts. Yes, it’s expensive - I paid $19K in adverse costs last year for one of my public interest case :-(. I do have people support me from time to time in various different ways. So, I’m OK for now.

@MrRexPatrick Rex, can the public help you to pay for the FOI costs? They aren’t cheap. Thank you for standing up and asking the tough questions.

I hope there’s transparency around this week’s meeting between the @acccgovau and the fuel industry, else I might have to force some using #FOI. The Australian community deserves a detailed explanation on why fuel prices have risen so rapidly. #gouging #auspol

@MarkPlackett1 Do you really think a Wedgetail is an anti-drone system? I accept it can be an expensive contributing part of an anti-drone system.

@MrRexPatrick What's a Wedgetail do Rex?

Our Navy is “essentially non-existent”. We’re vulnerable to drone warfare. We’ve limited munitions. We’ve no fuel security. We’re spending our Defence money on a never arriving #AUKUS sub force. And Govt just kneecapped oversight of the organisation that put us here. 1/2 #auspol

ICYMI 2/2 michaelwest.com.au/biggest-loser-…

Noting Defence can’t refuse Auditor-General access to its information, shutting down the Major Project Report is a significant oversight hit on Defence’s already too secretive procurement activity. More info is needed on how this accountability shutdown has occurred. #FOI #auspol

@twtrrr @BrisMarSci @AlboMP In 2019 Albanese was adamant that. “You don’t govern in the national interest under a shroud of secrecy”. One of his major goals for a future Government under his leadership was to “restore public accountability”. 🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️

@MrRexPatrick @BrisMarSci @AlboMP What?! How much national security costs is now deemed not public interest? Far out Australia. This isn’t a democracy anymore. Those are our collective tax dollars. #auspol

Defence spends the most public money on projects, by a long shot. They waste 10s of billions. A Govt controlled committee has ordered the Auditor-General to stop auditing Defence major projects. Politically good for @AlboMP - very bad for taxpayers #auspol michaelwest.com.au/biggest-loser-…