@MrRexPatrick Great to have an office with a bit of 'elbow room'
I imagine it might be a tad frosty up in there this morning.
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Old And Grumpy
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Old And Grumpy
@OldAndGrumpy3
Can't Stand The BS
Not Living on Gullible Land Sumali Temmuz 2020
1.9K Sinusundan600 Mga Tagasunod
This morning I’m writing a short article on the cost of #AUKUS nuclear waste storage and disposal. My office is set up a stone’s throw from the Gloucester River, inside the Barrington Tops National Park, Mid North Coast, NSW. #FOI #WorkFromRoam
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This is just a batshit crazy situation for Australia to be in.
These clowns have a massive majority - never too late for a full resources tax.
Ross Cameron@RossCameron4
If your country owns abundant natural resources, a smart population, in a peaceful region but you accumulate $1 trillion in debt - your government is not "fit for purpose". Entire leadership class has failed, Josh Frydenberg worst Treasurer in Oz history but Jim Chalmers clearly out of his depth, no authority no urgency, not a serious person.
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Its not too late for a Govt with a whopping Majority to do exactly as Norway has done
A legacy for generations to come.
Yet Labor are dicking around about a 25% Gas excise
Scott Phillips@TMFScottP
Norway's Sovereign Wealth Fund was established in 1990. Here's a list of Australian PMs since then who frittered away our natural resources by not charging enough, and who didn't put any of the proceeds aside: Hawke Keating Howard Rudd Gillard Abbott Turnbull Morrison Albanese
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@crikey_news When the "Terrorism" Laws were railroaded through the NSW Parliament Christmas Eve by the Minns Govt
Democracy died in NSW
Many said they voted for it with "reservations" Kellie Sloane &her bunch of Lib no-hopers included
That is not how a genuine democratic process should work
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Opinion | By pushing through protest laws now struck down by NSW's highest court, Premier Chris Minns has proven himself a constitutional vandal.
crikey.com.au/2026/04/17/chr…
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@JacintaAllanMP Imagine what $15Billion could build
If only your mates at the CMEFU would give it back
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The first concrete slabs have been poured - Melton Hospital is underway.
This new hospital will mean world-class care closer to home, making life easier for families in the west.
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An early start here in Washington DC ahead of an important day of meetings with counterparts from countries supplying half of our diesel and 3 quarters of petrol and jet fuel imports.
Thanks to Sarah Ferguson for having me on @abcnews 7:30 to talk about how we're managing this dangerous moment in the global economy.
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You can’t run record immigration into a housing shortage and expect things to improve. More people + not enough homes = higher prices, longer waits and more pressure on everything. It’s not fair on Australians and it’s not fair on the migrants either.
The system is badly broken and the duopoly certainly won’t fix it. Vote differently.
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“If you made them pay for the value of the resources and you made them pay their fair share of taxes.
“You wouldn’t have the problems that you have today.”
- Joseph Stiglitz
✍️ Sign to hold our government accountable and back a 25% gas export tax: theaus.in/4vo6qvI
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@JEChalmers There is no hope for this country with politicians this bloody stupid
Diesel is $2.30 its the most expensive it has been since Trump went ape-shit!!! FFS
Yet this dork @JEChalmers says they are doing us a favour
FMD
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We recognise that people are under pressure and more than recognise it, we're doing something about it with decisive action to help with the cost of living, including halving the fuel tax.
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Economics Editor of The Sydney Morning Herald, Ross Gittins, puts it perfectly:
“This (a 25% tax on gas exports) is low-hanging fruit that Albanese could pluck at no cost to voters and little, if any, threat to the gas industry.”
Too right.
Read more: theaus.in/428r1GY
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Waiting for The ABC or Labor Government to expose ,
The rampant NDIS fraud instead of persecuting people that made it out alive from a war zone.!!!
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@7NewsSydney Who the f*uck is paying for all these bloody EV charging stations? Yep You And Me -Tax Payers
When was the last time Tax payers paid to build a new Fuel Service Station?
If EV Charging Stations were such a wonderful prospect private businesses would be building them everywhere.
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Electric vehicle owners are set to benefit from another 1,000 chargers to be installed across the state over the next two years, taking the total to more than 4,000 charge points.
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@QuentinDempster These Clowns (Labor) have a huge majority
Time for an across the board Resources Tax (Not just LNG)
Problem solved - may even be able to afford those stupid submarines without dragging the whole country into poverty.
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Recession, stagflation ahead. Here's Michael Keating's (Ex PM&C) solutions: reduce the deficit, tighter budgets whole-of-government; reduce CGT property tax break from 50% to 30%; scrap negative gearing from now on; 80% LNG export tax + a carbon tax. johnmenadue.com/post/2026/04/s…
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When you use overly optimistic math to push a view point - @EVCurveFuturist The piont kind of falls flat
If EV's are good they will sell themselves
How we got to this us v's them BS over EV's I will never understand
Topher Field@TopherField
Here's my reply: You can't even do basic math... 600kwh at $0.15 per kwh is $90... not $50... And $0.15 per kwh is pure fantasy, you're buying your energy wholesale instead of retail? Commercial electricity in Australia is up around $0.28c per kwh, putting your energy costs at $168. Still less than Diesel, but now we get to the important bit. That Diesel prime mover unhooks from those trailers, hooks up to some new ones, and keeps rolling. With shift changes for the driver a Diesel prime mover can be rolling for more than 16 hours in a single day. An electric prime mover needing to replenish 600kwh in anything less than 2 hours (300kw power supply) will require it's own transformer from the grid... per truck. Start to factor in the infrastructure costs required, and the cost of the downtime reducing utilisation, add the higher upfront costs, and it all gets VERY expensive very quickly. But yeah... maybe don't post a graphic that features math that doesn't add up... that's... embarrassing. Or it would be if you were capable of understanding it.
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@larissawaters Migration is a large contributing factor
It is a pure numbers calculation
More people = Less Houses that are available
Rents rise People have less to spend on food & other basics
More people clog already stretched essential services
Turning a blind eye to that is ridiculous
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While billionaires and big corps make bank off war, housing, and essential services, people struggle to afford the basics.
Migration is not the cause, unchecked inequality is.
The ultra wealthy want to divide us so that the 1% keep winning. We won’t let them.
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Angus Taylor’s announcement is a desperate Coalition attempt to win back One Nation voters hellbent on blaming migrants instead of the billionaires who are actually fanning the flames of inequality.
Instead of coming up with any new ideas, they turn to racist dog whistling.
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Absolutely Clueless
Fusilier@firstfusilier
So, the spineless maggot we have masquerading as a Prime Minister has decided that the best domestic response to his government’s mishandling of the fuel crisis is to spend $20 million on a Labor Party political broadcast telling Australians the crisis is their fault and that contrary to all the evidence @AlboMP’s government is doing a great job.
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It's never been easier for the Albanese Government to implement a 25% export tax on gas.
#auspol
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Social cohesion isn’t something we take for granted. It’s something we build together, through respect and understanding.
His Excellency Sheikh Dr. Mohammad bin Abdulkarim Al-Issa is in Australia, supporting our strong and diverse Muslim community and the values that bring us together.
A global voice for interfaith dialogue, and a leader in the fight against extremism and hate, his work continues to bring people together across faiths and cultures.
Thank you for meeting with me in Sydney this morning.
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Simple Maths - But @AlboMP can't/won't compute
‘it’s a supply issue’@nascentjude
1.273 million (NOM) since Albanese took office 2.98 million temporary in the country Anyone saying this has nothing to do with the housing & rental crisis is a blatant liar Albanese hates Australians and has intentionally inflicted this crisis
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