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In the following video Senator Babet gives his election round-up and comments on the Liberal Party.
This is well worth watching.
The problem with the Libs is that they don’t believe in anything. They try to be all things to all people which results in them meaning nothing to anyone.
The Liberals need to become a conservative party with a belief in free enterprise and small government and be pro-energy and pro-freedom. The Libs are none of those things.
I’m not sure that the Liberal Party is fixable. I think the existing small conservative parties have to unite into one to form a new conservative force to save Australia.
Under 7 mins.
https://youtu.be/JkkNdz-YxFE
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The solution is quite simple. Provided of course that the party will need a leader with a really large “ pair “.
Split the coalition up into the Liberal party down the middle with the National party keeping the conservative Policies of Menzies & probably going a little more to the right & injecting lots of common sense.
Government for Australia & its people, not some foreign body like the UN / WEF Communist & totally unelected preaching World Government.
The Liberal party is no longer fit for purpose & will be totally irrelevant within 18 months.
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29 out of 54 Lib Members of Parliament do not believe in any of these things. They showed that by voting for Ley.
They should be forced to defect to Labor, and let the Libs start again.
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Video: The best of British comedy.
A Dick Emery skit, probably from the early 1970’s.
https://youtube.com/shorts/dpHRFy1jxqo
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Got ’em all. 😁
Only have a few episodes of the super rare Joker’s Wild with Barry Cryer from 1969-1974.
Like the missing Dr Who episodes…
One thing the poms were good at was comedy.
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Versace doesn’t get it.
So they have just hired the transgender, biological male, Dylan Mulvaney to model and promote their exclusive and expensive women’s clothing.
They haven’t learned from the destruction of Bud Light brand when they used this same character.
Get woke, go broke.
https://youtu.be/oQit9bssHSM
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I wouldn’t be so sure about that.
Target consumer demographics matter. Bud Light’s target demographic is blue collar working class adult males who want cheap beer they can swill down in large quantities without getting too hammered. Versace’s target demographic is Affluent White Females Liberals (AWFLs) who covet and can afford their overpriced handbags. Mulvaney was a terrible fit with Bud Light’s target market (to the point that he repulsed and alienated them) but is a great fit with the white lady brunch crowd.
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Where Jaguar goes Versace follows.
/Down the toilet.
“I’m a lady you know!” 😁
/dangly bits intact.
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Tweet: Julius Malema in South Africa reaffirms his commitment to kill farmers.
This is why President TRUMP is saving them.
In 2018 Dutton refused to.
These are hard working farmers, they will get to work quickly and will not require life-long welfare and will quickly integrate and become patriotic, tax-paying citizens.
America’s gain, Australia’s loss.
Video at: https://x.com/DefiantLs/status/1922213073957327219
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Yep
One of the primary liberal talking points about cracking down on illegal immigration is ‘who will pick our crops?’. Well, I can think of worse options than bringing in a bunch of highly successful large scale farmers with specialized skills in the industry.
One thing that immediately struck me about the South African farmers who just arrived on America’s shores is that they were all waving AMERICAN flags. When was the last time you saw any of these lefty immigration activists doing that? They all wave the flags of the country the fled rather than the stars and stripes. They wave Mexican and Venezuelan and Palestinian and Somali flags, but never Old Glory. It was refreshing to see new immigrants who left their former country’s flag behind and waved the Red, White, and Blue.
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It’s a huge shame that Australia and Dutton wouldn’t allow the SA farmers to come. The Australian farming climate is quite similar to SA’s. And if we had a forward thinking government we could be opening up much more farmland with irrigation programs rather than throwing money away on wind and solar subsidy farming operations. And the standard Third World uneducated immigrants that the government prefers won’t be doing such activities.
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Unfortunately, for the residents of Oriana (who have rejected an asylum offer) their chosen existence may now be under threat because of the refugee moves to the US:
https://www.parliament.gov.za/news/orania-and-kleinfontein-pose-grave-danger-our-democracy-says-eff
Mr Ashley Sauls (PA) declared that enclaves are a threat to nation-building, nonracialism and social cohesion efforts. However, he registered the PA’s concern with the striking similarities between these racist enclaves and the ideology promoted by the EFF. “They both have leaders with racist and separatist ideological views,” he alleged. He went further to underscore his observation. “The EFF ideology is based on an atheist, white-man-thinking Karl Max, who is known to have racist views.”
Continuing with his comparison of the two, he further claimed that Orania and Kleinfontein prefer to sing the Afrikaans part of the national anthem, while the EFF prefers the Sotho and Nguni parts of the national anthem. While these enclaves promote separatist Afrikaner identity, the EFF chants “kill the boer” to promote black separatist identity, Mr Sauls observed. Therefore, South Africans should view both these enclaves and the EFF as threats to nation-building, nonracialism and social cohesion, he reasoned.
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Ballsy Show with Warren Tredrea (I have to admit, I wouldn’t know Warren Tredrea without finding this podcast, but I am sure some here might recognise the name). Some good guests – this has the question ‘but why not use Coal?’ which is not asked elsewhere.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qn7-PZ5daG8
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TdeF’s comments do not show up.
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Not showing up here also.
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Wokesters in Canada tried to get people to eat insects, as the Left want for non-Elites, but that operation has gone bust.
Let the Leftists eat their beloved insects and soy. I’ll stick to delicious meat.
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It’s literally the old saying “I wouldn’t feed that slop to my dog” come to life. I raised multiple generations of dogs on cheap dry dog food + food prep scraps (trimmed fat, bones, egg yolks, etc.) and they all lived long healthy lives. But even a cheapskate like me wouldn’t feed my dog bug protein even if it did save me a few shekels.
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Wind farm neighbour payments offered to ease community tension
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05-14/wind-farm-neighbour-payments-offered-to-ease-community-tension/105243272
Excerpt from article:
About 450 kilometres north-west of Brisbane, the small town of Wandoan is watching closely as the proposed 1.4-gigawatt Bungaban Wind Farm on its outskirts awaits federal government approval.
Windlab, which is majority-owned by Nicola and Andrew ‘Twiggy’ Forrest’s Squadron Energy, estimates the $3.9 billion project could power the equivalent of 860,000 homes.
The company is offering neighbours an initial $10,000-$40,000 upon signing, $30,000-$150,000 at construction start, and annual payments of $10,000-$75,000 for up to 35 years, based on proximity to the planned 204 turbines.
By comparison, the Clean Energy Council (CEC), which advocates for renewable energy, estimates the average landholder hosting turbines can earn about $40,000 per turbine annually.
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The promised payment of moneys to “affected” land owners is of concern to me. In my area a new wind factory is proposed by a 100% Australian owned company. This 100% Ozzie company appears to be just a front and is really backed by a French company. Now, lots of compensation promised to land owners affected by construction and power lines etc and of course ongoing payments for the suggested 40 year life of the wind factory.
Now I have no knowledge of contract law, however I do have a question.
What happens to all of these contractual payments if the wind farm is sold as soon as construction is completed? I don’t believe any “new” owner is obligated to honour any contracts entered into by a previous owner. Can anyone throw some light on this area of contract law?
If contracts don’t flow from one owner to another then any ongoing compensation payments simply stop leaving any signed up farmers with nothing.
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Sambar,
I don’t think that would apply to a simple sale, but it’s a different story if the windmills were sold because the “front” company came under administration/receivership/liquidation. Bankruptcy “protection” can lead to lots of unhappy people.
Landowners should refuse to sign unless the contracts are underwritten by some organisation that *isn’t* going to disappear. Would also be wise to make sure compensation is attached to the land, not to their title, so it doesn’t amount to “golden handcuffs”.
Then there’s the question of inflation and what will be fair compensation in 20 years’ time. Etc. Etc.
Probably best just to tell the wind companies to go blow.
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Do the contracts include removal of all infrastucture at the end of life.
If not I would deffintately tell the to stick it where the sun does not shine.
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“Do the contracts include removal of all infrastucture at the end of life.”
The short answer is NO. At the proposed factory near me the end of life removal only referred to the above ground structures. All foundation works would be simply left in the ground.
Sadly, as in all these good ideas there only ever seems to be more questions and no definite answers.
Question, Why does a wind factory have a relatively short productive life. Once a turbine has reached the end why isn’t it dismantled and another simply put up int the same place?
( from the ground up, I understand the towers age as well as the turbines) The very large foundations could be designed to last 100 years I would have thought.
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Solar panels catch fire and destroy house in UK
https://notalotofpeopleknowthat.wordpress.com/2025/05/13/solar-panel-blaze-rips-through-1-5m-mansion/#more-86848
I know firemen don’t like to tackle them but what would cause a solar panel to catch fire.?
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High voltages, lots of current flowing? I’m seeing 280 and 260 Volts at 10 amps each from my small solar array, and it’s not midday yet. Expect well over 300 volts soon.
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Heard some galah called ‘Norman’ being sworn in as your Chief Guv’nor and Oppressor yesterday: is he the best selection your foreign overseers could come up with?
Don’t worry, we have Mr Potato-Head representing our colonial plantation, a millionaire who can spew corporate gobbledygook until the cows come home and yet still nobody knows exactly what he said.
Thankfully there’s one thing we can rely on that will never change: climate.
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Teal Monique Ryan has called for faster electrification of the energy grid.
Has she not noticed that it is electrified which it is why it is called an energy grid.
https://www.theepochtimes.com/world/teal-monique-ryan-holds-seat-calls-for-faster-electrification-of-energy-grid-5856804 The complete electrical and engineering ignorance of the pro ruinables people passes all comprehension.
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I do not think her electorate is affected, it is not new housing area.
But on the other hand – it is interesting how glorious old wiring in that same area coping with massive EV increase, assuming many people there still work regular hours, leave & come back home at the same and plug/unplug their landau in at the same time.
Honest question – there must be some stats by now.
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FWIW – more o Trump’s drug announcement here – starts at
“After all the hand-wringing about pharma stock prices this weekend, the corporate media was eerily quiet about the actual order. Yesterday, Reuters ran a short blurb headlined, “Trump signs executive order to demand pharma industry cuts prices.” ”
https://open.substack.com/pub/coffeeandcovid/p/wokescolds-tuesday-may-13-2025-c?
And, if we in Oz aren’t already getting “most favoured nation prices” – WHY NOT!
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And
“Hmmmm….. Pharma
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Well well perhaps this is the reason the biotechs and other pharma stocks got hammered the last week or so….”
https://market-ticker.org/akcs-www?post=253274
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FWIW
From an email –
“The Albanese government intends to complete reform of Australia’s federal environment laws, known collectively as the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act”
I guess we can expect the worst.
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FWIW
More on the US Episcopal Church and refugees
“Someone Please Explain the National Episcopal Braintrust to Me Like I Was Five”
https://hotair.com/tree-hugging-sister/2025/05/13/someone-please-explain-the-national-episcopal-braintrust-to-me-like-i-was-five-n3802731
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And the wider scene –
https://instapundit.com/719479/#disqus_thread
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I generally try not to judge other people’s religious choices … but there is a reason mainstream Protestantism is dying out, and Episcopalians are the worst of the lot. They’re too well-adapted to a secular life, and have largely abandoned ‘inconvenient’ scripture to allow them to embrace secular western shibboleths like abortion, homosexuality and gender theory. They are far more interested in ‘fitting in’ to the secular world than they are to being ‘people of the book’.
While religiosity of all types slowly withers and dies in the secular west, it’s still doing quite well in the rest of the non-communist parts of the world. Christianity as a whole is still growing thanks to the global south, with both Catholicism and Evangelical Christian denominations doing quite well. But mainline churches are struggling to find any purchase with those who seek a more muscular Christianity that is based on scripture.
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Someone might find a worrying commonality between protestant and communist faiths.
( I do not )
The main one – labour in itself is its own reward.
The socialist states of any colour, were built on meritocracy, however twisted other “creams on the cake top” were.
The achievnicks were rewarded, the idlers left alone.
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Fantastic by Mr Uhlmann on yesterday’s silly renewables puff piece in the Fin.
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No thanks – I like it the way it is with the old spinning power meter giving me a fixed kWh price whenever I need it. Let the “smart” ones worry about peak charges – they deserve it.
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Good article and I feel for Chris, like me he was born and will die a verist (great word, suggested by my new friend!).
He still believes that looking at his own power bill a normal person would need no further arguments about who to vote for.
But not, there is Reality and reality…
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A friend asked for some sort of evidence when I claimed that Mr Albanese’s speech impediments became a good deal worse after his cosmetic dental work.
Looked up a random video today and it’s a fair contrast. Yeah, he wasn’t great, but (e.g.) he got through “anticipates” without his colleagues needing to get out their umbrellas.
Moral of the story for all pollies: lose the image-minders; let your true personalities shine through (in all their hollowness).
P.S. Totally agree with his assessment of Turnbull.
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Watch the earth move….Myanmar earthquake March 28 2025…..
Fast forward to 8 minutes in if not interested in a technical geological background to the event.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CfKFK4-HNmk
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FWIW – in the wake of AI
“Death Of ‘Search’
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Really, its dying if not already dead — and I don’t consider it “progress” either.”
https://market-ticker.org/akcs-www?post=253267
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Ted O’Brien says the new look Libs are in no hurry to dump the nuclear policies.
Keep it up Ted & the Libs are well on the road to irrelevance.
Ted reminds of Tampon Tim Walz who was also a deputy!
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Australia should transition away from burning a lucrative income stream. Nuclear power generation is the long term answer.
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FWIW
“Mark Latham – spot on.”
https://x.com/GeoffWilsonWAM/status/1921739159733154024
Via https://www.michaelsmithnews.com/2025/05/mark-latham-spot-on.html
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Florida Just Made Chemtrails ILLEGAL: Spraying the Skies Is Now a FELONY
The war in the skies is no longer hidden. As of May 12, 2025, the State of Florida has officially become the first U.S. territory to declare chemical and weather warfare illegal. Senate Bill 56, now on Governor Ron DeSantis’ desk, is not just legislation—it’s the opening salvo in a long-overdue counterattack against the criminal spraying operations that have been waged above our heads for decades.
https://gazetteller.com/florida-just-made-chemtrails-illegal-spraying-the-skies-is-now-a-felony-the-weather-war-is-real-and-trumps-team-is-taking-down-the-globalists/
/ALLEGEDLY going on for decades..
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