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The UK speech regulator, the Ministry of Truth (Ofcom) has opened an investigation into GB News for allowing the US President, Donald Trump, to say that climate change is a “hoax”, that parts of London operate under sharia law, and that immigration has transformed parts of the UK in ways the establishment refuses to confront. The Ministry of Truth (Ofcom) say that Trump’s remarks on climate change, Islam and immigration are false.
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Preposterous.
What heads of state say is news. Particularly when it is the head of state of world’s lone superpower. Even if what he says is complete gibberish, it’s still news. All reputable news outlets have a duty to report on what he has said (even if it is dead wrong).
Putting that aside, Donald Trump could say the water is wet, monkeys have tails, and beans make you fart and the TDS-addled members of the administrative/intelligence state blob (including state media) would claim he is lying. If news stations were only allowed to report blob-approved statements from Trump, there would be a total news blackout on the President of the United States. He would essentially be given the Voldemort ‘he who shall not be named’ treatment (which I am sure many members of the blob would OK with).
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TDS-addled members of the administrative/intelligence state blob (including state media) would claim he is lying
Bob Hawke had the same problem with misreporting of everything he was doing back in the 80s while Prime Minister. He assembled all the press gallery on the shores of Lake Burley Griffin and when everyone was in place he proceeded to walk across the lake and then walk back again. Upon his return he surveyed the reporters, smiling for those taking press photos, and told them “Now go and report that accurately”.
The next day every newspaper in the country carried the same banner headline “Bob Hawke Can’t Swim”.
Oldie but a goodie.
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Censorship of scientific opinions questioning “climate change” is one of the next censorship targets in Western countries with the exception of the United States which has free speech guaranteed under its Constitution and who has an actual leader, not puppet as President.
The Australian Senate Select Committee on Information Integrity on Climate Change and Energy released 21 recommendations in its report https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Senate/Information_Integrity_on_Climate_Change_and_Energy/ClimateIntegrity/Report. Of course, it never used the word “censorship” in its recommendations but that’s what it wants.
Australia is a fanatical follower of UN decrees. E.g.
Uniparty members, including the Labor, Greens and Liberal majority on the committee endorsed the report.
Recommendations at:
https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Senate/Information_Integrity_on_Climate_Change_and_Energy/ClimateIntegrity/Report/List_of_recommendations
Dissenting opinions came from politicians, free-speech advocates, and conservative think-tanks argued that giving the state or tech monopolies the power to police “truth” inherently results in censorship.
The following I generated via an AI summary of the Dissenting opinions.
The Left never have any opinions they can debate in favour of so the only way they can ever get their opinions across is via censorship, propaganda, violence or legal enforcement of their idea of “truth” (2+2=5).
It’s tragic that in today’s society it’s even necessary to argue in favour of free speech, truth and allowing a diversity of opinions to be heard.
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The BBC spent a quarter of a million pounds on resisting a freedom of information request that found that 24 of the BBC’s “best scientific experts” did not have any scientific qualifications. However, the ideological advice from the BBC’s best environmental activists, is to not allow any scientist on to the BBC, if they do not agree with ofcom’s environmentalist theology.
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The Hansard Parliamentary records reveal that if there is a Uniparty meaning unity ticket alliance it is Union-Labor, Greens & Teals and all three recipients of Union support, donations and Union GetUp activist organisation.
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The UK has gone utterly insane. That observation has been gelling for some time but was sealed after seeing the titles of the ministers who had resigned:
communities minister Fahnbulleh, the MP for Peckham.
Phillips, a safeguarding minister in the Home Office and in Sir Keir’s cabinet,’
Welsh MP for Pontypridd and minister for tackling violence against women and girls
the junior health minister Zubir Ahmed, an MP for Glasgow South West.
https://metro.co.uk/2026/05/14/ministers-quit-keir-starmers-government-far-28370972/
These beat Australia’s Blackout stupid title of Minister for Climate Change and Energy.
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Ofcom certainly have it in for GB News. If you were to ask Mark Steyn about this latest attack though, he would probably say they deserve it for caving in to Ofcom in the past and thus looking weak, making themselves an easy target.
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The UK is now officially living the “1984” experience.
The politicians via OFCOM are silencing dissenters.
Free speech… gone
Immigration/ country shoppers/ invasion overload
Grooming gangs ignored for years/ decades for the sake of diversity
No wonder that the uniparty in the UK is being totally rejected by the people.
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Yet they have no issue with the head of the UN saying the earth’s climate is at the stage of global boiling, and that tells us all we need to know about the dystopian “Ministry of Truth”.
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Paul, that means it must be true if OFCOM say false………….
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Interesting observation from The Guardian correspondent at the Xi – Trump summit:
There are differences from 2017’s state visit. This year, Beijing appears to have made less effort to ensure blue skies ahead of Trump’s arrival. In 2017, factories were ordered to halt production and heavily polluting cars were banned from the roads in the days before Trump’s visit, in an era in which China had declared war on air pollution and made special efforts to clear the skies before important events such as visits of dignitaries and the Beijing Olympics.
No such efforts have been made this year. The air quality index in the capital was over 150 on Thursday, well above the World Health Organization’s guidelines for healthy air, shrouding the city in a greyish smog full of pollutants that are harmful to human health.
In recent years China’s fight against air pollution has slowed. That is partly because huge improvements have already been made: last year average levels of PM2.5, the most harmful particulate in air pollution, in Beijing dropped to below 30 for the first time since records began more than a decade ago. But heavily polluted skies remain a fairly common occurrence and a visit from the US president is no longer a reason to clear them.
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You forgot to mention that Beijing has air pollution because unlike the West, it doesn’t use adequate (or any) emissions controls in its factories, or at least when the West did have factories before transferring them to China.
And yet you constantly idolise China as the ideal “green” country despite being one of the most polluted places in the world and also it building two coal power stations per week.
E.g. pollution from rare earth processing, required for windmill magnets.
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Too True David.
Yet, let us celebrate a ‘Simon Says’ where the link is not a rabbit hole to some sort of idealistic opinion not supported by fact. This was not the usual Jim Carrey moment, a watershed for Simon.
Simon says:
…ish
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So all those battery toy cars made no difference? Who would believe it?
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Perhaps because they need more coal burning power stations to build them.
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A simple reason for the “air quality”:
Beijing no longer feels the “political need” for the subterfuges and outright lies.
They are at a point of telling the rest of the world to go to Hell,and rolling the dice accordingly.
China RUNS the WHO; via which they can , and as per the Kovid Kaper, demonstrably can, plunge a world of vapid pollie-muppets and malleable churnalists into self-imprisonment / economic chaos.
The “Rat that Roared”?
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The big difference from 2017 is that then, the Beijing government and the Xi Administration were still in panic mode, trying to recover from the 2013 ‘Airmageddon’ crisis.
I worked a lot in China during 2009 to 2014 – during that time the US Embassy published the Air Quality Index as an advisory (their independent consultants, IQAir, had been recording air quality across northern China since the 1990’s). An AQI of 100 is considered harmful for people with respiratory difficulties. The Beijing AQI was routinely in the mid 200’s – the peak I experienced was 390, where you couldn’t quite see across a wide street – with odd days reported off the scale at 500+.
For context, at ~200, a healthy person experiences discomfort (sore throat, red itching eyes) from modest outdoor exposure. The elderly and infirm are advised to stay indoors.
An average PM2.5 is rank by world standards. As IQAir tells us:
…it is important to keep in mind that the average PM2.5 concentration in 2025 for Beijing was 26.8 µg/m³, corresponding to an AQI of 81 (“moderate”), which was already 5.36 times the WHO annual guideline of 5 µg/m³.
https://www.iqair.com/au/newsroom/beijing-among-top-10-most-polluted-cities-in-the-world-3-26-2026
It’s an average, so the daily actual will vary from ~20 (on a rainy day) to 150+. But for Beijingers, it’s consistent with business as usual, difficult to manage without ridiculous restrictions, and not dreadful anyway.
So, although the Grauniad wishes otherwise, the Trump Insult Index is actually pretty low.
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Simon, while I believe that most of us agree that we should be reducing pollution, why should PM2.5 be considered as a reasonable goal? Am left wondering if you know how this level came about.
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The Australian of May 14, 2026 said:
Communist hypocrites!
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The only investor class that will be losing out in this CGT and Negative Gearing ‘taxation reform’ are Millennials and Gen Z … the very people that Labor signaled they wanted to help.
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And I am LMAO.
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Like just about everything from the Left, the truth is the opposite of what they say.
“War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength.” George Orwell, Nineteen Eighty Four
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I will be interesting to see where the investor interest flows now with the property changes, the CGT floor and family trust changes. I expect there will be more general interest in Super.
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Just your basic “Situational Ethics”.
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How is that possible?
I dont have a subscription to the Australian. I would appreciate it if you could give us the reason from the article as to why I will no longer be negative gearing after 1 Jul 2027 but the PM will still be doing it.
TBH, I am almost out of the negative gearing phase, almost broke even this year (only a few $100 dollars in it), so I am not affected. Just curious.
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It’s not. They are being treated the same as everyone else under the grandfathering arrangements. DM was incorrect in calling them hypocrites.
Your negative gearing will remain for the properties you already have,
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Not for those pre 1985 investments that were made exempt under Hawke/Keating. Chalmers confirmed on Ch7 that the changes include imposing CGT on those investments in the same way current investments will be treated.
Maybe there aren’t many investments older than 40 years. But seriously, what rissoles. For not only emphatically promising not to change things and then changing things. But treating those older grandfathered protected investments differently.
As for being hypocrites. I don’t think David was calling them that to imply only politicians are being protected from changes. I expect he’s saying they’re hypocrites because they get to utilise this form of tax break but deny next years investors and future generations from doing so. Supposedly in the name of fairness. This government wouldn’t recognise fair even if an albino streaked across an NBA court.
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Plenty of tankers coming into Victorian ports at Hastings and Geelong.
Petrol and diesel prices continue to drift down.
Strait of Hormuz remains closed to shipping so I am not sure where all the oil is coming from.
https://www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/home/centerx:56.4/centery:25.6/zoom:8
Project Freedom remains on hold, supposedly because Iran might come to the negotiating table, or maybe Trump is waiting to see if other nations will cave in and join in to clear the Strait of Hormuz?
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I think a lot of the extra oil to make up the deficit, or in Australia’s case, mostly refined products because we have pitiful refinery capacity, comes from United States, Brazil, Canada, Kazakhstan and Venezuela.
Incidentally, most of Australia’s crude is exported, processed and then re-imported…
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I guess if the Gulf allegedly controls 20% of supply that leave the rest of the world with 80% and that’s only if they sit back and dont take the opportunity to wind up production where possible. Then of course we must retain our moral purity and never ever buy Russian oil (but maybe we can not ask too many question if a nice intervening refining country can turn it into product for us)
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Indeed.
I asked AI:
What countries take Russian oil, refine it, and send it to Australia?
AI says:
Additionally:
Australia is actually providing more cash to Russia than Ukraine…
As I always say, the hypocrisy of the Left is staggering plus everything they say is the opposite of the truth.
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I read somewhere that the journey from the Middle East to Oz, by sea, takes a couple of months, so if those tankers originated from there, the real question is, are there more on the way or are there gaps in the queue?
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If they are refined product , they most likely came from Singapore, China or India. Oil could be from anywhere as long as it suits the refinery. Geelong had a load from Argentina.
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Easy to see here, looks to be a constant conga line of tankers coming our way.
https://ship-tracker.org/marinetraffic/
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Is there a way to separate or highlight oil/fuel tankers?
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In Angus Taylor’s reply to the budget he “borrowed” many One Nation policies.
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They have finally seen the writing on the wall. It took long enough. Taylor’s prospectus shows that they have also looked at the success of One Nation and have focussed on the principal grievances such as migration, housing, and particularly – bracket creep in taxation. The latter is addressed also by One Nation and is sorely needed as increasing inflation has been pushing many up into higher tax brackets. And Net Zero has finally been identified as the destroyer of economies.
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Vicki,
This is a point that our resident Liberal stalwart, Dennis, should bear in mind. He has been saying that One Nation now has its second Lower House member elected, 74 to go. Not so. The Libs are already taking leadership cues from One Nation.
And voting for One Nation seems the best way to encourage the Libs to stick to it. That’s useful even if One Nation never gets its own majority.
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The Libs are going to have to offer solid evidence that they are reverting to a traditional conservative party before I will even consider voting for them again. I think they’re far from that point currently. Words are cheap, as are promises from a politician.
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Steve, I will not vote for the Libs again until they prove they are worthy of my vote.
The only way they can prove it is to win an election (without my vote) and actually enact some of the policies that Taylor has pinched off One Nation.
I know a few ex liberal voters who have said basically the same thing.
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I agree wal1957.
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Same here David and Wal .
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Interesting. On Wed night Strop severely dressed me down for saying that some here rank labor above liberal. I never said that BTW, I simply asked a Q. Still asking.
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Steve & Wal saying they will not vote for the Libs again until they prove themselves worthy does not vindicate your idea that the Lib critics here are preferencing Labor above Libs. My assumption and expectation is that they’re just talking about their No. 1 vote, and they put the Libs at 2 or 3 but still above Labor.
This is one occasion 23rd Feb #23.1 where you asked the question to DM. You didn’t just ask the question. You added, “I doubt it”. Which indicates your opinion that the Lib haters here are preferencing Labor.
https://joannenova.com.au/2026/02/monday-145/#comment-2898079
Here is another occasion 25th Feb #21.2.1 where you were a bit more emphatic when you accused Steve of preferencing Labor over Liberal when he said that he has voted one nation or other conservative to send the Libs a message. Effectively saying you know he does.
https://joannenova.com.au/2026/02/wednesday-145/#comment-2898551
It’s a bit of searching. So don’t ask for more examples, if there are any. You seem to genuinely think it though, and not just ask.
The other day I thought it was a bit rich you saying my comment had “zero credibility” and “just opinion, zero facts” when I had provided attributed quotes of relevant people. While you base your accusations on simply no one to that point having directly answered your question about how they preference. Sorry if it came across as a “severe dressing down”. No more severe than “zero credibility” and “zero facts” 🙂 It wouldn’t have come across that way in a verbal chat with tone etc.
But let’s not make this an ongoing personal battle. We’re on the same side, essentially. I’m disappointed with the Libs and do not always put them first. But I always put them above Labor and Greens.
I’ll be very surprised if the Liberal party critics here are preferencing Labor above Liberal. I don’t see how that criticising the Libs for not being conservative enough equates to putting Labor higher. If you’re right then it’s very disappointing.
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Steve and Wal DID NOT say that. And DM has never refuted the idea that he puts the labor over libs AFAIK but there is no reason he should, voting is a private matter. I am still entitled to reflect on posts.
But you don’t KNOW.
I have a Nat member.
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Previously you used the lack of answering your question as evidence they do preference Lab over Lib. Now you’re saying voting is a private matter and there’s no reason he should answer.
Correct. Steve and Wal did not say what I said. I don’t know if they share my opinion, but it’s also true you don’t know that they don’t. That’s why I’m saying it doesn’t vindicate your opinion. Neither of our opinions are vindicated.
You think the Lib critics are prefrencing Labor. I think it’s more likely they’re just expressing their disappointment but that they still dislike Labor even more. Nothing they have said indicates their disappointment with the Libs means their dislike of Labor has lessened.
(Actually someone else did recently comment indicating that they are preferencing Lib, but putting ON first. In the context of their Lib criticism)
That’s right, I don’t know. I’ve never claimed to know. Neither do you know. That was my point to you a while back when you were speaking with some certainty. Per your comment to Steve saying you know. https://joannenova.com.au/2026/02/wednesday-145/#comment-2898551
I hope the earlier links refreshed your memory sufficiently.
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Quoting Hanrahan at 3:44. This reply is in this position as there is no reply option for his post.
No I didn’t say that but I have in the past. I am NOT going to say that in every post just to satisfy you.
Just because I have little faith in the Libs doesn’t mean I give my preferences to Labor. My preferences go to Libs as I am sure most people here would do if voting for One Nation.
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Personally, I would vote for a three-legged poodle before I would vote Labor. Hopefully, for as long as it takes to either restore the Libs or build a credible conservative alternative, there will be palatable options.
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Is a three-legged poodle anything like Bill Hayden’s “drover’s dog”?
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If the libs have borrowed ON’s policy isn’t that cause to rejoice?
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“isn’t that cause to rejoice?”
It is Hanrahan, and it shows that ON doesn’t have to get into power to make a difference. Its a fine incentive for the Libs to move back to the right or become a ‘stranded asset’, losing all their votes to either the more Left or the more Right.
But as said, lets see if they enact any decent changes that will make a difference, or is it all just promises and waste-of-time tinkering with Labor’s policies once they get in power.
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‘ … isn’t that cause to rejoice?’
Yes, but Hanson doesn’t understand politics and they’ll paint the Coalition as Trumpist.
‘Victorian premier says Angus Taylor’s budget reply out of Trump playbook; Hanson’s Senate speech cut short …’ (Guardian)
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Yes. Shows the benefit of putting One Nation first to send a message. Hopefully the Libs will correct course and it’s not too late.
ON won’t have the necessary support in suburbia to be a real chance to forming a government. Even though they won in Farrer, the voting was different rural to suburbia. I expect this will be more pronounced in the cities and two thirds of the parliament seats are city based.
I suppose the thing that gives them a bit of a chance is that any Labor voter who feels they need an alternate to Labor but can’t bring themselves to vote Liberal, could go to ON. Or at least preference ON.
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You know it’s so because some lefties have already started accusing Taylor and the LNP of doing just that. It’s not as if ON’s policies are secret. Got to their website and policies are explained and costed.
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‘replete with One Nation policies’, Pauline Hanson claims.
Yep, that is how democracy works.
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Another example of the minor party (noting half the elected members compared to the Greens) publicity seeking, and that is how politicians gain public attention, but not always being completely honest about it. Another minor party leader Katter Party Bob Katter wears a big hat as a trademark for voters to identify him with, he also said he bursts into song occasionally for the effect and publicity resulting.
The Parliamentary procedure is Treasurer Budget Speech House of Representatives and later Leader of the Opposition Budget Reply Speech also House of Representatives and to form government 76 MPs elected or more is necessary.
Senate is the State House Of Review, Senators elected by their State of origin voters usually at the same election as House of representatives are elected, but Senate seats are for twice the time, 6 years compared to 3 years, and Senators have no electorate responsibilities and constituents to service as requested by them.
The One Nation Party has since a week ago gained their first ever elected House of Representatives MP who joins the other MP who was elected in 2025 as a National Party MP, he is twice former Leader and Deputy Prime Minister for the Coalition. One Nation 6 now, Greens 11.
Last night using the Senate the One Nation Leader made a speech to an almost empty chamber with her 3 Senate colleagues in support not officially recognised as a budget reply speech, not House of Representatives.
The Opposition Leader of the Coalition Angus Taylor made a wide range of subjects detailed address to Parliament.
“One Nation claimed before the Budget Reply Speech in the House of Representatives was delivered;
Angus Taylor’s budget reply is “replete with One Nation policies” and shows the major parties are “on borrowed time”, Pauline Hanson has claimed.
The Opposition Leader will appear before parliament shortly after 7.30pm on Thursday for the customary budget reply speech.
Snippets of the speech, released to the media on Wednesday, show the Coalition will seek to cap net overseas migration at housing completion levels and banning non-citizens, including permanent residents, from the NDIS.
However, Senator Hanson on Thursday accused the Coalition of borrowing ideas from One Nation.”.
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FWIW – looking at things differently.
Someone making the case as to why reparations to black people are not warranted.
“”To Black People: You Owe WHITES Reparations”
The facts are:”
Read it all at https://market-ticker.org/akcs-www?post=255405
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Reparations for people who were not PERSONALLY injured by another party are idiotic.
If you want to argue freed slaves should have got their 40 acres and a mule, I’m willing to have that conversation.
If you want to argue their great-great-great-great-great grandchildren who never experienced one moment of bondage should be given reparations, then I’ll tell you to get bent.
Same goes for great-great-great grandchildren of American Indians who were screwed by the United States government, or the great grandchildren of Palestinians who were dispossessed of their property by Israel, or any other nepo-baby descendants of formerly oppressed people that have never been oppressed themselves.
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All peoples have been ‘oppressed’ at some stage of history. It’s how the world has always worked. Still does. Look around.
‘To the victor go the spoils.’ Whether we like it or not.
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Perhaps one of the most fascinating comments to come from the meeting of Xi and Trump was Xi’s reference to the “ Thucydidean trap”. This is the observation of the Ancient Greek historian – Thucydides – who wrote a history of the war between Athens and Sparta that what made war inevitable was the rise of Athens and the fear this inspired in Sparta.
While the modern parallel is obvious, it is fascinating that this modern Chinese “emperor” is versed in what is western ancient history. He either has a very educated speech writer, or he is indeed an interesting fellow. Trump seems to think so.
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“Interesting fellow”?
Living AND playing hard in the apocryphal, Chinese-curse “Interesting Times”
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Its all Greek to Donnie and Xi knows it.
https://thehill.com/policy/international/5877843-thucydides-trap-xi-jinping-china-trump-us-taiwan/
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About That Taiwan ‘Thucydides Trap’
Xi Jinping likes the Greek analogy because he thinks China is the rising power and the U.S. in decline. He might think twice about that.
By The WSJ Editorial Board
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‘He might think twice about that.’
Its fair to say that the US is going into isolationism, while China is broadening its commercial ambitions.
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Not sure how you interpret the Iran war as isolationism.
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Illegal military might has stymied free trade, holy wars are pathetic.
On Truth Social the POTUS said that the ‘Thucydidean trap’ has nothing to do with him, he claims Xi was referring to the Biden years.
He is delusional and the whole world can see it.
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Yes – there’s something in that, Ozzie!
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FWIW
“Scorecard: How Well Does NOAA’s Hurricane Outlook Actually Perform? 26 Years of Forecasts vs. Reality”
https://wattsupwiththat.com/2026/05/13/scorecard-how-well-does-noaas-hurricane-outlook-actually-perform-26-years-of-forecasts-vs-reality/
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The Left’s war against farmers and the food supply continues.
In any case dingoes aren’t even an Australian native animal but an introduced invasive species from 3,000 to 5,000 years ago.
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Yes, they are not to be shielded. The hideous damage they do in attacks on sheep and lambs would change the minds of the so-called “Animal Justice Party”. But these people do not see the reality of their fantasies. Those on the land do.
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No Vicki, nothing changes the minds of these people. They will claim that “maulings” are nature taking its course, therefore O.K..
A few years ago there was a major cull of kangaroos on a Victorian military training ground, a vet actually said that starving to death was lest cruel than being shot!
So a months long process is somehow better than instant? Oh well I’m sure the animals appreciate ideology over practicality.
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FWIW
“Liberal Judge Quashes Petition Forcing a Vote on the Independence of Oil-Rich Alberta From Woke Canada – Premier Danielle Smith Vows to Appeal ‘Anti-Democratic’ Decision”
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2026/05/liberal-judge-quashes-petition-forcing-vote-independence-oil/
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Another example of just how big a lie the government’s official inflation rate is.
My motorbike rego renewal landed this morning and it has increased by 14% in just one year. Outrageous. No doubt the cars will have risen by a similar amount when the renewals come up.
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Here in Victoriastan, we have been promised a reduction on our rego “as a cost of living measure” because its an election year.
Interestingly a major supermarket chain has just been found guilty of increasing prices then reducing them by a smaller amount and claiming that customers are saving. Will our state government be found guilty of the same illusion ?
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A friend in Queensland complained of his V8 car reg going from $1150 (already excessive) to $1400.
I’ve always found it strange than some states ie QLD & WA, base registration fees on number of cylinders. Not number of seats (for CTP cover) or power or weight but if it has 4,6 or 8 cylinders, (are 12 cyl more again?) Ridiculous. An older V8 2 seater utility with a low power output and relatively light weight of 1600-1800kg pays more than a high output 7 seat turbo 4cyl 4×4 weighing 3 tons loaded.
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FWIW – happenings in “The world of Starmer”
“Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham Launches His Bid for Labour Party Leadership and British Premiership, as Multiple MPs Are Gunning for Keir Starmer’s Job”
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2026/05/manchester-mayor-andy-burnham-launches-his-bid-labour/
“British Health Secretary Wes Streeting Resigns, Expected to Challenge Keir Starmer’s Leadership”
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2026/05/british-health-secretary-wes-streeting-resigns-expected-challenge/
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And
“Starmer: What’s Next?”
https://pjmedia.com/eric-florack/2026/05/14/starmer-whats-next-n4952861
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FWIW
“Israel Sues New York Times and Exposes Iranian Terror Network in Australia”
https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2026/05/14/israel-sues-new-york-times-and-exposes-iranian-terror-network-in-australia-n4952856
“Their ABC” beaten to the scoop again?
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Their ABC only made a passing reference to the report on Hamas sexual violence and atrocities and that was embedded deep down inside an article and it had been disappeared by the next day.
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And
“VDH: The Four Horsemen of the New Antisemitism.
Few predicted that blaming Israel and the Jews who support it would flare up in the early 21st century—and in America of all places, where there are nearly as many Jews as there are in Israel.”
Plus
“If British jews are to be held responsible for what happens in Gaza…then by the same reasoning British Muslims should be held responsible for the massacres of Christians by Muslims in Nigeria”
https://x.com/JohnCleese/status/2054834520692502784
“Read the whole thing”
https://instapundit.com/796826/#disqus_thread
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Israel Silenced No More – 7 Oct
298 Page PDF of Hamas Horror
https://cc4e0711-9401-400e-ae14-65ae0400675b.filesusr.com/ugd/aab121_882e9391df384e169d29f16c0faefeac.pdf
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In the disturbing event The CCP gets its wicked way with Taiwan, look back at the “political shenanigans” that ensued after Hong Kong was “re-integrated”.
Now, add NUKES and IRBMs.
Again: “Interesting times”.
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Beijing has no interest in a forceful invasion of Taiwan, Xi has purged his admirals and generals, so it will take a couple of years to mount an offensive.
China is already absorbing the Russian far east commercially, only waiting for the Russian Federation to collapse. At that point they may lay claim to 500 kilometres north of the Amur, its permafrost beyond that.
Vladivostok is history, its becoming China town.
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Jacinta Allen could kill 2 birds with one stone by sending few dozens (verified number) of “Rename Victoria” public servants to Vladivostok ( Haishenwai pre-1860).
You might wish to add another bird or two – as a budget salvation measure.
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Hǎishēnwǎi is still used in common parlance.
Beijing is going to take back what was stolen and write off the $160 billion the Kremlin owes them.
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Wind turbine in Lal Lal explodes.
https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=pfbid022xFehpcokbdsmQATpX346kqDMKK416TwrLsHzqHKrLjozt8bRUMF43CcgmeC23UTl&id=100087168177638
Hope link works.
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Funny.
Had to go on this blog via the internet to read a post from someone in the US (where are you DW?) to inform me of an event that is 15 km away. That’s a weird event David, because it has been relatively calm for last 5 days.
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West Virginia mountains 100 mi west of DC fantasyland.
We are now all neighbors.
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Great. Was always a John Denver fan. West Virginia, mountain mama, take me home, country roads.
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they found the plane that hit it?
Last time a blade broke it had been damaged by lightening.
Lucky wind generators produce so much useful electricity that they can be readily replaced using profits.
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China’s new robotic cop
https://imgur.com/Lm6WJAk
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Donut powered?
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Another riceburner.
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What Ukrainian biolabs?
https://youtu.be/2E-DThFrIxE?si=ZNvqwO64jNhE61AX
Over 3,600 biolabs worldwide now.
Helping to keep us all safe. 😎
Not worried about killer bacteria and viruses at all, the real problem is something else.
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This is difficult… How to criticise Xi without praising Trump.
“The London Telegraph, meanwhile, warned its readers not to be fooled by the “pleasantries” on display from Xi at the Great Hall of the People last night.
“Xi’s strikingly provocative opening remarks demonstrated how – rightly or wrongly – he believes that China has the upper hand. ‘At present, changes unseen in a century are accelerating,’ he said.
“What Xi meant was that America was declining and China and other opponents of Washington’s hegemony were rising. For him to have repeated this message – which, when decoded, means ‘I am climbing, and you are falling’ – directly to the president of the United States was a sign of confidence bordering on arrogance.””
Still, its interesting to see someone show ‘a sign of confidence bordering on arrogance’ to the leader of the world’s most confident and arrogant nation.
https://www.smh.com.au/world/asia/trump-china-visit-live-us-president-xi-jinping-continue-us-china-summit-with-discussions-on-iran-trade-and-taiwan-20260514-p5zx2i.html?post=p5afdi#p5afdi
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Its confidence based on reality and not arrogance, China is on the rise as America sinks slowly in the West.
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https://removepaywalls.com/https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/abusers-drug-traffickers-and-bikies-the-men-making-money-off-allan-s-pro-women-big-build-program-20260514-p5zwph.html
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Paul, that means it must be true if OFCOM say false………….
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O O….that surname Ellery rings a bell…..I am sure not related, but, wasn’t Albo’s Grandfather’s surname Ellery ????
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It clearly shows that the Police in Australia are a complete waste of time, unless you’re a white middle-class subject who is easy pickings for them! This whole scene should have been investigated and prosecuted a decade back, but they were busy hunting grannies for hate crimes…
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Some time ago there was talk in the blog about the use of the label “The Blob” for the network of governments, bureaucrats, and media that work against our interests.
I hadn’t heard others use the label, but former UK PM Liz Truss seems to like that terminology.
https://www.facebook.com/share/r/1CYdB6phgX/
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I might be mansplaining, so apologies. (there’ s lots of that on this blog) but there was a B Grade horror sci- fi movie in the 70’s with that name. Giant gelatinous blob that engulfed the world, maybe came from outer space. So similar to the climate blob. It’s a great analogy.
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Strop
There could be as an overall group “The Blobberwoki”, with with a sub-group “The Jabberwoki” for the Peking Pox jab set
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There are a few of us using The Blob, though it was not I who invented it.
I’m open to suggestions but nothing else seems to capture the amorphous nature and extensive slimey behaviour … it is also very useful as a prefix to connect all the parts. The Blob Media, The Blob Bureaucracy, The Blob Bankers etc.
As to “Who invented the term “The Blob” to describe bureaucracy ” Google offers many — some going back to US politics in the 1980s. https://hep.gse.harvard.edu/blog/2016/10/12/randomized-controlled-trials-and-the-blob/
Michael Gove of recent times….https://newcriterion.com/dispatch/the-blob-returns/
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https://www.zerohedge.com/energy/nuclear-buildout-accelerates-goldman-now-including-smrs-forecast
Meanwhile in Australia ……..
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COPIED FROM FARCEBOOK.
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Albanese government is now claiming it does not affect Discretionary Trusts. Can’t see how it doesn’t. A lot of people use these to prevent (among other reasons) legal contests re inheritance. They are now pretty upset.
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Regarding the substantial increase in public service employees over the past four years of Labor Government there was comment on Sky News yesterday with photographs of a government furniture sale in Canberra, many items for sale second-hand but looked like new, one highlighted was office chairs probably for visitors use imported from Italy original price shown $1,700 each, sale price $450 each.
Ask why expensive Italian chairs and why are they now being sold at a substantial loss instead of being used for purpose intended until worn out?
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Another Sky News interview yesterday a former government employee who had been accounting for NDIS provider invoices claiming expenses incurred for reimbursement. He said many if not most of the invoices are impossible to audit because they make no accounting sense, that the process for requesting an explanation and more evidence of expenses incurred takes months and most often the invoices are paid to avoid the problems and time wasted as more invoices arrive for approval of reimbursement.
He described invoices that must look like high school student created for a joke, drawings and even pictures of body building participants being the service provider.
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In which case the invoices should not have been paid.
Gee whiz, it’s too easy to spend other peoples money – (our taxes).
The whole of government spending needs a big audit and possibly prosecutions.
It reeks of incompetence, lack of accountability or worse.
Anyone who has worked in small business knows that this doesn’t pass the pub test.
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Post budget Roy Morgan poll has One Nation at 32%, now 4% points above Labor at 28%.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1AvuQ5Hzlw8
Still a way to go to get to 50+% so ON is not reliant on preferences but achievable by 2028.
Improving prosperity in Australia has so much low hanging fruit now after 25 years of adopting the UN de-industrialisation agenda that it will take no effort at all. Just stop doing stupid things like trying to change the weather with the electricity grid.
Save heaps by setting up their ABC, their CSIRO and their BoM on subscription models. If people want to be bombarded with radical left propaganda then let them pay for it. Then stop funding all grid scale wind and solar. Send all dole bludging immigrants back to where they came from.
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The Coalition is adopting a radical view, thanks to ON.
‘New migrants to Australia would be barred from accessing welfare handouts until they became citizens under a landmark Coalition plan.’
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You would have to be a far left radical to call what ON are proposing “radical”. One Nation’s policies are common sense. Climate botherers might consider ON radical but they have been sold the UN fairy tale and believe it. So also in need of a clue as well as radical.
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Its radical for the Coalition and they may lose some votes in the cities.
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Privatising the ABC is worth considering.
https://independentaustralia.net/business/business-display/should-the-abc-be-privatised-a-modest-valuation,20890
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The employees at their ABC are so up themselves that ON could offer an employee buyout for the operation and filming hardware while government retains buildings and charges rent at market rate.
They could get income from Youtube clicks and other subscriptions.
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The idea has appeal and saving a billion dollars annually is a big plus, I’ll follow it up. Overcoming the political hurdles will be no easy task.
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IMMIGRATION
Howard 2000-2007 (elected 1996) however statistics basis from 2000 = 125.8K
Rudd Gillard Rudd 2008-2013 = 259.0K
Abbott Turnbull Morrison 2014-2022 = 168.7K
Albanese 2022-2025 = 424.3K
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Australia Immigration Dashboard
https://immitrack.com.au
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9 News Melbourne posted this on Farcebook.
So the Left are finally building an idol of their beloved Dictator Dan Andrews.
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I wonder how long it will stay pristine.
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He is a white guy right?
So a statue of white guy is being put up instead of torn down?
A reversal of trend?
I recall reading that in ancient Olympia, competitors entered through a corridor of statues of disgraced former Olympians that had cheated.
To inspire honest competition as to not end up in perpetual contempt.
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Let’s hope that the pigeons love the statue.
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One Nation has overtaken the ALP in primary support in the post-2026 Federal Budget Roy Morgan poll, with 32% compared to Labor’s 28.5%, according to a Special Snap SMS Poll conducted from May 13–14, 2026, of 2,348 voters.
The L-NP Coalition polled at 16.5%, the Greens at 11.5%, and Independents/Other Parties at 11.5%.
On a two-party preferred basis, Labor leads One Nation 51% to 49%, making the election “too close to call.”
One Nation would also defeat the Coalition 51% to 49% in a head-to-head.
A three-party preferred calculation results in a tie between Labor and One Nation at 44.5% each, with the Coalition on 19%.
Key drivers for One Nation support include immigration reduction,
“Australia First” nationalism,
opposition to “woke” politics and climate policies,
distrust of major parties, and strong approval of Pauline Hanson as authentic and honest.
Labor’s support is driven by alignment with fairness, social justice, economic management, housing reform, and rejection of right-wing populism, though much of it is described as being based on being the “best available option.”
59% of voters disapprove of Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s performance, and 57% disapprove of Treasurer Jim Chalmers, with dissatisfaction consistent across genders and age groups, except in Tasmania where Albanese retains majority approval.
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A friend of a relative who moved to the US from Oz about 15 years ago ended up marrying an American lass after a few years and now they want to move back to Australia , costs were $9000 to the aus govt non refundable if his wife was refused .
After 2 years still no answer or approval so I suggested they fein the wife’s origin to an Isis bride so that way the government will pay to repatriate them back to Australia.
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FWIW
“Shocked Silence Greets RCP8.5 Demise as ‘Implausibility’ Ruling Leaves Net Zero Fearmongering in Tatters”
“The fallout from the recent Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) ruling that computer model high emissions pathway RCP8.5 is “implausible” is only just beginning. Most mainstream media fearmongering stories over the last 15 years need to be moved into the junk file, as do the increasingly shrill sandwich-board pronouncements of King Charles and Sir David Attenborough. But the rot goes much deeper than ill-informed public comment, although that alone has been enormously influential in promoting the Net Zero fantasy. Activist-ridden science bodies such as the UK Met Office have brazenly used RCP8.5 to flam up weather predictions which in turn has led to onerous requirements being placed on British industry and finance. Politicians have been convinced by patently ridiculous claims and Net Zero rules and regulations have cascaded through the economy and society.”
More at
“https://wattsupwiththat.com/2026/05/14/shocked-silence-greets-rcp8-5-demise-as-implausibility-ruling-leaves-net-zero-fearmongering-in-tatters/
Could lead to a Bee item like
“Data centre panic! Huge clean out of archived items mentioning RCP8.5 frees vast existing storage space”
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