Australian goods suffer a 10 per cent tariff, which is much less than that borne by other nations. We are not that important as exporters to the US but we have the advantage of a lower penalty.
Disruptive as it is, mounting US debt, a crumbling domestic economy and a declining standard of living could not be tolerated forever. A utopian world order will likely be a dream for some time yet.
The wisdom of the ordinary Australian will save us from what Ergas refers to as ‘the catastrophic crash of a nation that has lost its way’.
What’s wrong with tariffs? They just protect a nation. Look what free trade with China has done to our manufacturing base, as we can’t compete with cheap labour.
Peta Credlin wins the therapy contest. She urges him to stick on the winning target; it should be cost of living every time Dutton speaks. The Coalition has nothing to lose following this advice.
Albanese needs to consider his own lack of initiative before he blames Trump. In fact, it appears Australia fared better in the tariff war than other countries.
The PM’s false equivalence between Australia’s participation in international exercises in the South China Sea and China’s two recent exercises shows a complete failure to understand the reality of China’s actions.
Not all defence ‘experts’ accepted their invitation for a bit part in Malcolm Turnbull’s press club performance. By all accounts it was hilarious.
Peter Dutton’s decision to base himself, should he win the election, on the shore of Sydney Harbour rather than in a nondescript house in Canberra is entirely understandable.
It is cruel beyond belief that the Greens leader is suggesting it is Israel’s fault that Hamas is treating Palestinians brutally.
There are so many government failures to combat and Dutton appears like a kangaroo in the headlights, even though this election fight is of crucial significance for our national future.
We can choose to follow the path shown by the US, China, India, Russia and other big emitters in producing power by the cheapest, most reliable way possible, including coal, gas and nuclear.
Obfuscation prevailed as recently as the budget, when the Treasurer claimed power prices had fallen by 25 per cent in 2024 but failed to mention the reductions were the result of subsidies.
How can the PM crack down on so-called price gouging by supermarkets when his own investigative body, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission, has found no evidence of it?
Australians are looking forward to the deja vu moment when Chris Bowen comes out of hiding and suggests to voters that if they want nuclear power in the energy mix then don’t vote Labor.
To channel Mark Twain and Benjamin Disraeli: ‘There are lies, damn lies and Mediscare’.
As a society we have become addicted to this largesse and there does not appear to be any politician of conviction on either side of politics who is prepared to call this out.
The approval for this vandalism needs to be withdrawn now, the destruction required to be rectified immediately and the transmission lines forced underground at whatever the cost.
Amid a prevailing belief that coal-fired power stations have to go, there is little incentive for their owners to spend the millions of dollars required to keep them maintained.
We can’t allow the ALP to be in opposition. The last time they were there, they allowed Josh Frydenberg to run up a national debt of three-quarters of a trillion dollars.
There are no exceptions to the history of go woke, go broke. Bombarded voters could be assisted by understanding the drivers, the underlying belief systems of rival parties.
There are now two sacred cows on the Australian political scene, Medicare and the NDIS.
The amazing courage and bravery displayed by those many Gazans who are joining anti-Hamas protests and calling for an end to the war with Israel, is the greatest news I’ve read for a long time.
So, Peter Dutton does love temporary sugar hits after all. For the LNP, which always proclaims to be the party of lower taxes, now confined to the dustbin of history!
For our long-term financial future, Australia needs a sustainable and responsible fiscal plan that reflects greater budgetary control whereby spending is needs-based.
As unrestrained government debt approaches $1 trillion and energy policy runs out of gas, cost-of-living pressures will remain embedded, hurting many Australians.
Peter Dutton needs to come out swinging against this budget and give the voters a choice between policies designed for Australia to climb out of its financial hole or continue to dig the hole deeper.
The only intellectually honest action for a university embarrassed by its colonial origins is to demolish its entire structure and scatter those carefully hewn sandstone blocks in the desert.
Given that the prospect of Palestinian Authority reform is low, perhaps a local clan-based leadership entity acting on its behalf could be involved in a new governance framework for Gaza.
Our schools and kids have become ripe pickings for the whims of political puppetmasters. This so-called intellectual takeover of our society correlates nicely with the dumbing down of education.
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