Australian Politics

The vile AFR is  lying again for the gas cartel: A price cap on gas would amount to a government subsidy of more than $20 a gigajoule, a report from EnergyQuest has concluded, as the federal Labor government finds itself increasingly wedged on how to deliver promised relief.

The latest Newspoll has Labor doing well as the primary vote recaptures swing voters: But no change in TPP: Albo’s notable successes in pushing through the new industrial relations regime and anti-corruption watchdog playing a role.

The AFR is a vile organ these days.

This week, the Federal Parliament passed legislation to establish the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC), a watchdog that will investigate potential corruption at the highest level.

Meh: Kerry Stokes-backed Beach Energy has swiftly moved to regain the upper hand in the escalating takeover battle for West Australian gas developer Warrego Energy, lobbing a higher offer that tops the surprise bid by Gina Rinehart’s Hancock Prospecting by 2¢ per share.

The last time Albo’s cowards tried to fix the energy mess, Resources minister Mad King made the problem 400% worse when she gave the miners everything they wanted before disappearing on a junket fully paid by the same where she couldn’t answer questions.

The gas cartel and coal barons doing god’s work.

What a sector of scabs.

Sometimes you have to wonder where our political machines manage to dig up such a plodding cavalcade of idiots.

We were warned repeatedly from within the party’s own ranks that there was something wrong with ScoMo.

The RBA has made it plain how much the Albanese Government is reponsible for the inflation breakout: “One way of tackling inflation induced by supply-side shocks is to address the supply said,” Dr Lowe told Senate estimates committee hearing on Monday.

It’s an economic urban myth.

The Secure Jobs, Better Pay Bill is set to pass the Senate after the federal government struck a deal with independent senator David Pocock following lengthy negotiations.

Kevin07 continued his rewrite of Australian history in another oration late last week: If humanity is to avoid a bloody war over Taiwan, we all need a clear understanding of what such a confrontation might actually look like.

Last week, lowly Mozambique, one the poorest nation’s on earth, began LNG exports: Mozambique flagged off its first shipment of liquefied natural gas, exports that could help ease Europe’s energy crunch as Russia squeezes supplies.

Here is my response to the Office of Kevin Rudd’s rebuke of my recent article arguing that it is time Labor acknowledge that the Morrison Government China stance was not (only) about domestic political wedging.

Find below a response from the Office of the Hon Dr Kevin Rudd AC 26th Prime Minister of Australia to this post.

This is right: He’s the million dollar-a-year man running the Reserve Bank that sets interest rates who is now urging workers to cop it sweet on falling real wages amid soaring inflation for the good of the nation.

Earlier this week, The Age published an article featuring a range of infrastructure experts deriding the Andrews Government’s billion Suburban Rail Loop (SRL): The Loop’s costings have already blown out from the initial $50 billion to $125 billion, a figure the government disputes.

We’re all waiting with bated breath for the energy solution.

Opinion polls have tightened ahead of this weekend’s Victorian state election, with Labor and the Coalition now neck-and-neck on primary vote.