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@karlmehta The human bias may soon become an automation bias when the voting element is seen as perfunctory

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@KatyKray73 Australia already has millions of tons of toxic heavy metal coal ash waste with no plan to resolve it. Qld does have recycling facility

Australia is facing a mountain of toxic old solar panels leaching chemicals into landfills, with no viable recycling. The govt’s own Dept of Climate Change warned of the crisis. Albanese govt pushes rollout but ignores decommissioning. 3M tons installed now, 250,000 tons of waste by 2030. This isn’t “green” energy. It’s expensive pollution. 😨👇🏽

@HoskyWatcher @TheMoneyApe If US withdrew from NATO then not only would they have difficulties asking from assistance after going to war they would not be able to ask before going to war. Might be the best thing all round

@TheMoneyApe Trump claims he could pull the U.S. out of NATO on his own. If true, that would be a seismic move that could harm credibility and deterrence. Lawmakers, veterans, and NATO partners should demand clear specifics and a full review before any decision.

🚨 TRUMP ON NATO 🚨 TRUMP SAYS THE U.S. MAY RETHINK ITS RELATIONSHIP WITH NATO. CLAIMS HE COULD MAKE THE DECISION HIMSELF WITHOUT CONGRESS. EXIT FROM NATO NOW BEING CONSIDERED. IF THE U.S. EXITS NATO, NATO MAY BE IN BIG TROUBL… Show more

@Ryandally08 No. It’s religious. No longer Left Right, rich poor. Much more dangerous

5 men of Middle Eastern appearance were arrested by heavily armed Police allegedly on their way to commit a terrorist attack in Sydney. Is this the “right wing extremism” that Anthony Albanese keeps telling us is our biggest threat?

@TMFScottP @JamesBenHul Aggregate demand will decline with the RBA % increase. When was the last time they did a preemptive rate increase? The fuel price increase is taking more out of the economy and from everyone not just mortgage holders. Petrol price will drive more to EV particularly trucks.

@JamesBenHul It won't help, because aggregate demand across the economy will be unchanged, pushing up prices elsewhere *and* encouraging higher usage of a supply-constrained good - fuel - putting supply under even more pressure.

This is a nonsense. Discounting a supply-constrained good is economic madness and will only make supply more precarious.

@LofayPeter @GROGParty @AlboMP @LilyDAmbrosioMP Not sure of your figures here as since 2019 Coal Power stations have been unavailable 20-25% and increasing.

@GROGParty @AlboMP @LilyDAmbrosioMP Our coal/ thermal plants have a capacity of 22GW …I have seen coal perform comfortably at 21 GW

Good morning Australia 7-00 am AEDST 22 Mar 2026 Variable renewable energy is not supplying 87.55% of your current electricity needs ( 21.09 GW ) @AlboMP @LilyDAmbrosioMP #auspol

@mattjcan What about the basin of the coast from Newcastle ? Already had many surveys. But your mate Scotty from Marketing shut it down. So it’s an out of sight out of mind locations only then?

It's pretty simple. If we had drill for oil we wouldn't have an oil crisis, and petrol prices would not be as high as they are. One of Australia's most prospective offshore oil basins lies off the South Australian coastline in the Great Australian Bight. For years I fought the left-wing activists to open up the basin for all Australians. A Bight oil industry would provide 1000s of jobs, raise billions in taxes and ensure Australians aren't force to ration the fuel we import from overseas. That's why today The Nationals, with our mates in South Australia, are announcing ahead of tomorrow's state election we will DRILL, BABY DRILL to deliver CHEAP and RELIABLE fuel to Australians. Unless we open new oil basins like the Bight, we will always be at the mercy of unstable regions and international conflicts. Our petrol and diesel shortages are a choice. A choice not to develop our own resources. We need to unleash a hyper Australia. An Australia that develops our God given resources to lower prices and restore our living standards. More in the Adelaide Advertiser below.

@DrCraigEmerson @RBAInfo When was the last time the RBA did a pre-emptive move in rates? Up or down? I can only remember them always lagging.

Unemployment is already 4.1% - not low. World oil price hikes will slow the economy further. The @RBAInfo can’t influence the price of oil. There is no wages breakout. Yet the cash rate has gone up. Wrong move.

@RBVogue @TheAusInstitute @JosephEStiglitz How? Please exclude income tax paid by workers, also indicate the amount of gas sold overseas at a price lower than that gas being sold into the Australian market and any other price/cost shifting mechanism that reduces real profit in Australia. Make it an annual $$$

@TheAusInstitute @JosephEStiglitz Australia earned 100s of billions of dollars from our natural resources. To say they are given away is disinformation.

"You're giving away your natural resources...I find it mind-boggling." @JosephEStiglitz Australian beer drinkers pay more tax than gas companies pay in Petroleum Resource Rent Tax. A 25% tax on gas exports could raise $17 billion every year! #auspol

@MikeA_Thompson @krassenstein Because in his transactional mind he wiukd then owe them.

Spot on — these Iranian drones (with Russia's "little help," as Trump calls it) are hitting US bases too easily. Ukraine has the tech to counter them — they've intercepted thousands of Shaheds. But Trump says Ukraine is "the last people" he'd ask for help. What's wrong with that logic? #Iran #Drones #Ukraine #Russia #Geopolitics

BREAKING: This is how easy it is for these drones to find their targets. Iraq's Iranian-backed Kataib Hezbollah just released this drone video from their attack on the US's base near the Baghdad International Airport.

@hydrogeoscience @GreenTyler27 @Partisangirl So USA isn’t a serious nation? Have relied on Canadian imports for years and now Venezuelian imports

@GreenTyler27 @Partisangirl A serious nation doesn't rely on foreign imports for a start. But that's probably too deep for you.

$168.88 to fill the tank. This is Australia under labor 🇦🇺

@Lisa9Sophia Just remember that 80%+ of energy at Gina Reinhardt Lithium mine comes from renewables, solar, wind , batteries. Desires is less than 5%. I don’t think there are too many farmers who don’t have solar running pumps on water bores so they know the benefits. Let them decide.

So smug. It’s intolerable that these Elites are rubbing their hands with glee at the misery of farmers who can’t milk their cows, or plant their crops We don’t want the junk you’re selling Lucy Turnbull Batteries, solar panels and EVs are all NON RENEWABLE It will all be in landfill in fifteen years. Then you’ll be coming after tens of billions more from us taxpayers $$$ to replace it all, every 15 years

@JNampijinpa @nyunggai The USA is getting a new refinery. $300B. Do you know someone (Gina, Palmer,,,) who might like to invest and build a new one here?

Energy is the economy. Energy is security. Australia’s fuel supply is a national vulnerability. Australians need more than words from Chris Bowen. We need action from the Energy Minister. We don’t need green fantasies. Australia is a diesel economy.

@BeowolfBrother @SpencerHakimian 5 tankers hit by Iran and counting. Some on fire, most leaking out and no longer functioning

Iran no longer has a Navy to block the Strait of Hormuz. The problem now is Lloyd’s of London and other insurance providers have rescinded policies based on wartime riders. Oil ships are currently waiting at anchor in the Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman. They are waiting for the storm of war to pass before sailing.

This is probably a stupid question but can someone explain it to me like I’m 5. If Iran blocks off the Persian Gulf/Strait of Hormuz, why can’t countries must move their oil through The Red Sea/Gulf of Aden?

@stingerdelux @AmyRemeikis And it was Malcolm who introduced it

@AmyRemeikis Excise is fixed per litre, true. But GST rises with price, so government still collects more when petrol spikes. The real issue isn’t which tax, it’s why an energy-exporting country prices petrol like a pure importer.

Cut-price Costello Tim Wilson on Sky just now: "It’s very clear to me that when there’s an increase in petrol prices, Jim Chalmers collects more excise revenue." Excise is not based on price changes. It's indexed twice a year in line with inflation.

@EricJMoser1 @krassenstein @Eagle7612 Yes read your article. It is a relatively small area. Let’s wait and see.

Ukraine isn’t winning the sea battle because navies are obsolete — they’re doing it with Western ISR, precision weapons, and a bottled‑up Russian fleet. None of that exists in the Strait of Hormuz. Iran can harass traffic, but they can’t sustain the firepower, mine‑laying, or targeting needed to actually close it — which is exactly what my post explained.

MAJOR BREAKING: Iran's Revolutionary guard commander has just announced that the Straight of Hormuz is "CLOSED" and that Iran will attack any ship trying to pass. Oil Prices are already higher today than when they were when Trump too office. I expect to see "TRUMP DID THAT" stickers on all gas pumps.

@EricJMoser1 @krassenstein @Eagle7612 I am sure that Iran will have been watching and learning from Ukraine who have no ships but is winning the battle of the seas. You no longer need a navy to control a mere 40klms strip of ocean with 2 x 3 klm wide shipping channels

A threat isn’t a closure. To actually shut the Strait, Iran would need sustained firepower, mine‑laying, and the ability to stop U.S. escorts — none of which your own feed shows them having right now. To stop commercial shipping, Iran would need: Large numbers of anti‑ship missiles. Continuous drone waves. Enough ammunition to maintain pressure for days or weeks. Iran has already fired off large numbers of drones and missiles in recent days, many intercepted. The ability to replace losses quickly which depleted their stockpile. Even without a navy, Iran would need: Mine‑laying capability. The ability to prevent U.S., U.K., and Gulf navies from clearing mines. Persistent surveillance to target ships attempting passage. So Brian, how are they planning to shut it down? They don’t have the assets to do it anymore.

@agentbenny007 @cryptofergani Nah. Without us there is no one to buy their overpriced stuff that keeps them in $ollars. The bigger question is Without millions of workers providing governments with income tax where will government get their money?

@cryptofergani When a big part of their end game is to unalive up to 50% of the world population because breathers won’t be needed then you can start to understand it all. There is no other play here. They say Ai will create abundance and if it does it will be for those who weren’t unalived.

@AngusTaylorMP @sunriseon7 If housing supply will go down as you suggest if Labor increase CGT then why didn’t supply increase when CGT was reduced? Rather than just prices increase. Maybe supply would stay the same and prices go down.

We welcome all who share Australian values but the door must be shut to individuals who reject our beliefs and our way of life. Great to join @sunriseon7 this morning to discuss this important issue.