Russell Egan

"Social cohesion" exists naturally in societies which are homogenous - with shared values reinforced through generations of family, community and institutional education. When government seeks to mandate social cohesion - by eliminating free speech - it simply results in suppresion of society's dissatisfaction with the policies which have destroyed our natural social cohesion; policies the political class are responsible for. Here comes the UK-style Thought Police... The solution will be worse than the problem. Labor and Liberal are hand in glove.

@Translink_QLD how do I pay for multiple tickets for me and my children using phone tap?

@JarrodBleijieMP just employ non-union labour. Don't accept this bullying. $19bn rail project faces one-year delay over pay row couriermail.com.au/news/queenslan…

What does this even mean?

@disco___cat @DrewPavlou It's a fake democracy where both parties stand for the same things: wars, crony capitalism, political self-enrichment, neglect of the working class and the creeping control of the state.

@DrewPavlou not at all - Trump undermines western liberal democracies and aligns with autocrats. It's pretty out in the open Drew.

Psychotic take

Incompatible

We are a nation of gamblers. abc.net.au/news/2026-04-0…

Trump was elected by a truly historic coalition because of inflation and illegal immigration… He sold out his entire domestic agenda for a war in Iran with Israel.

@disco___cat @glengyron But it was open....

@glengyron In fairness, nations will unfortunately have to act if Iran doesn’t open it - it’s that or economic devastation.

"I'm willing to kill as many Australian soldiers as required to stop the dreaded slug at the bowser" said Marles, understanding the meaning of almost half the words he used.

Oil up 4% immediately on Trump address.

@disco___cat Midsommar?

It's radical but I am prepared to listen to the case with an open mind.

@itsanotherjon @leevalueroach And if the mortgage is on your principal (sole) place of residence there is no practical way to realise that net gain in wealth, as all residential properties rise in the same inflationary tide and you have to live somewhere... Investment properties on the other hand....

@leevalueroach Your debt evaporates in real terms, but it’s irrelevant. Unless your income tracks inflation, your ability to pay off the loan remains unchanged. Even worse, if your earnings *don’t* track inflation, and costs do, it becomes *more* difficult to pay off the loan.

A 30-year fixed mortgage is basically a long-dated call option on inflation. You borrow dollars today, lock the rate, and repay in nominal terms. If inflation explodes, your debt evaporates in real terms while your house price soars. You’re long the house, short the dollar.

It's amazing how we have gone from there is no crisis and its all frenzy whipped up by social media, to the PM addressing the nations on all TV channels and radio for the first time since the pandemic. Funny that....

@BOSSportsGordo Get out fast. Better visibility of the traffic.

Serious question for people who back into parking spaces - what’s the point?

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@disco___cat Stable budget, strong exports, low unemployment.

what is Switzerland doing so well?

@AvidCommentator Taco

My feeling is that Trump won't waste a three day weekend when the markets are closed to try and win this thing, somehow... I wonder if Albo's speech was somehow pre-empting what may be an even greater crap show.

@OMGTheMess Has to be PCP.

I need at least a kg of whatever Mark is smoking

@AlboMP That could have been an SMS.

My Address to the Nation.

@AlboMP is that it?