Australian Politics

The Albanese government continues to lie and gaslight its way out of the housing crisis.

With gas prices stuck permanently above Albo’s $12Gj price floor: His new power shock is going to the moon!

Victoria is drowning in debt, infrastructure projects are all over time and billions over budget, and the hospital system is collapsing, yet the state’s senior bureaucrats are “failing upwards” and being rewarded with hefty pay rises.

The gas cartel wants a pat on the back: APA Group will spend $20m to upgrade a pipeline in Queensland to transport new gas supplies from Senex’s new $1bn expansion, after the two companies signed a 20-year agreement.

The Australian’s Judith Sloan has labelled the Albanese government’s Future Made in Australia (FMIA) legislation an act of crony capitalism and a charade.

I warned on Monday that the Victorian Government’s idiotic decision to forge ahead with the $200 billion Suburban Rail Loop (SRL) would starve existing transport corridors and growth areas of funding for decades.

Albo’s energy superidiot is drooling in the corner.

Since the day that former Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews made the “captain’s call” to announce the Suburban Rail Loop (SRL) project, it has never stacked up economically or socially.

He just had to keep saying “cost of living” but Peter Dutton has irradiated himself with nuclear power instead.

The Coalition proposes to introduce legislation that would force companies in certain sectors to divest assets if they are found to have abused their market power.

From the ACCC’s report last week: Prices offered by producers for 2024 supply in the August to December 2023 period averaged $14.32/GJ, a decrease of 2% from the preceding 6 months.

Victoria is ‘ground zero’ of Australia’s homelessness epidemic.

I have long admired Australian multiculturalism.

The final report of the Senate Economics Committee’s inquiry into the Australian Securities & Investments Commission (ASIC) has found that the corporate regulator consistently fails to prosecute offenders, while it responds to most reports of alleged misconduct by taking no further action.

You will be unsurprised to hear that the gas situation is worse than feared: In its June 2024 gas inquiry interim report being released on Friday, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission concludes shortages on the east coast market will emerge by 2027 “unless new sources of supply are made available”.

This is absolute madness: The prospects for a Middle Eastern takeover bid emerging for Santos are regarded by the market as unlikely, even as the oil and gas producer engages in talks with third parties on potential asset sales to unlock value.

As we know, Australia needs 26 coal peaker plants to make its renewable energy future function: There are fifteen coal-fired power stations still in the NEM.

Teal independents continue to run interference for Big Australia mass immigration. Last month, posh Teal for the exclusive Sydney electorate of Wentworth, Allegra Spender, shed crocodile tears for less fortunate Sydneysiders locked out of the housing market: Twitter (X) user Dr.

Victoria has the nation’s lowest share of social housing, accounting for only 3% of total homes.

The gas cartel will wreck your standard of living if left unaddressed: Economists warn that persistent and higher than expected power price rises in coming years will need to be offset by lower price rises in other areas of the economy to enable the Reserve Bank to keep inflation in the target band.

There is growing speculation that the Albanese government will use parliament’s five-week midwinter break to revamp its frontbench team.