Australian Politics

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?

The idiot MSM is today replete with ScoMo bashing: Albanese said people in government are searching for documents that saw Scott Morrison sworn in secretly to various ministry portfolios, but said he won’t speculate yet on what implications these unprecedented arrangements may have on legal decisions made by the former government.

If case you haven’t seen it, Australian real income are in the process of crashing back to 2009 levels: This circumstance is driven by two main factors.

Australia’s great power shock correction continues today as the gas price sits at around $17Gj allowing electricity prices to establish a new lower range, though still triple more traditional prices: Believe it or not, these prices are still high enough to double utility bills in the next year!

China groveling was a great Australian pastime until the late 20-teens.

Albo’s cowards have leaked their grand plan for energy and it is more than a little ridiculous: Chris Bowen and state energy ministers will speed up the rollout of renewables, gas-proof Australia and minimise electricity market shocks under a national plan focused on slashing emissions.

A disturbing stoush in the press today.

I know it’s not done to talk about anything important these days but too bad: Opposition Leader Peter Dutton is under pressure to adopt a more nuanced approach in the ­Coalition’s attacks on Beijing, with new analysis revealing massive swings against the Liberal Party in seats with high numbers of Chinese-Australian voters.

Not joking.

Bloomberg has a very important story for Australia’s battery of China grovellers.

If you were a powerful politician, there is a good chance you would make decisions that favour your mates.

Residents of the UK are doing so: Like millions of people across Britain, Josina, a teacher from Sheffield, is being pushed into poverty by rising energy prices.