Australian Politics

The Australian gas question is now existential.

Don’t be fooled.

This is a pretty good summary from John McGregor, a translator and political violence researcher at Naked Capitalism.

An exclusive survey, conducted by Resolve Strategic for The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age, reveals that Australians categorically do not support a return to ‘Big Australia’ immigration.

Where is this urgent review of the ADGSM we were promised?

Federal Treasurer Jim Chalmers has told the annual Superannuation Lending Roundtable that he believes that Australia’s $3.4 trillion superannuation sector should play a bigger role in building the nation.

I guess this can last as long as Scott Morrison hangs around like a hideous reek: Or maybe it will last as long as Voldemort is the opposition leader.

The Australia Institute joins the crawl: New research from the Australia Institute’s International & Security Affairs Program on Australian and Taiwanese views regarding China reveal a large and growing degree of fear of China and the prospect of war.

There is not one story about Australian energy markets in the MSM today.

The Grattan Institute has released a report calling for a ban on government ministers choosing grants, claiming that ‘pork-barrelling’ promotes a corrupt culture.

Two articles in The Saturday Paper over the weekend are disturbing for the future of Australia under the Albanese Government.

I have noted repeatedly that the recent improvement in local gas and electricity prices is largely thanks to one of the six Curtis Island LNG export trains being shut for maintenance through August.

On Tuesday night, I had a fabulous discussion with Martin North on the Australian economy, the state of politics and policy making, and Australia’s housing market.

The gas price is hanging around $19Gj again today as the cartel calculates that that is low enough to take the heat off it during ADGSM negotiations with the captured Resources Minister Mad King.

I have said many times that former PM Morrison has a unique ability to divide.

He’s from the projects, they said.

The similarities between the Albanese Government and the former Rudd Labor Government are uncanny.

To nobody’s surprise, the cost of building Melbourne’s suburban rail loop has doubled to $125 billion, with another $75 billion projected for operating expenses.

The US is pushing forward on multiple fronts: The US and Taiwan have started formal negotiations on a bilateral trade initiative, a move likely to inflame already high tensions with China.

Martians can get Australian gas: The UK is about to receive liquefied natural gas from far-off Australia for the first time in at least six years, highlighting the European region’s desperation in grappling with its worst energy crisis in decades.

Roy Morgan CEO, Michelle Levine, has provided a useful update on Australian politics and economics, based on the firm’s latest surveys.

Must Australia liberate the Solomons again?