The issue, beyond not having ships blown up, is insurance. No insurance due to possible mines risk, or mine uncertainty, is an effective "blockade".

Love this 👇

Also there's this. So i have doubts.

"Australian Ethical announced that Board member Richard Brandweiner will step down 4 May 2026 to be Chief Investment Officer of Australia’s Future Fund. He is a director praised for deep investment insight and commitment to responsible investing.

Ok. That's the answer.
If it isn't credibly sourced it probably isnt true.

Channel Seven’s Spotlight digging for dirt on clean energy ignores fundamental facts and basic journalistic standards | Temperature Check Program portrayed efforts to wean Australia off fossil fuels as morally bankrupt, trashing rainforests and enslaving Australia to China * Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Children sieve mud, workers drop down claustrophobic hand-cut mine shafts, men grimace while others carve out rock with chisels in bare feet to recover cobalt “for our renewable green dream”. These were the dramatic scenes from the Democratic Republic of Congo in a “special investigation” from Channel Seven’s Spotlight program, aired in prime-time on Sunday evening. Continue reading...

Channel Seven’s Spotlight digging for dirt on clean energy ignores fundamental facts and basic journalistic standards | Temperature Check

Another thing we absolutely didn’t see coming.

I'm sure we could productively use extra taxation income. My question was around whether Pa|antir is actually being invested in by our future fund? There's no source quoted.

What do I see ?
No New Zealand.
Hot deserts.
Cold Himalayas.

Rhythms.

This is a wonderful graphic.

These no gas tax defenders act as if they are not here for the interests of the Australian people.

When that's what they are elected to do.

Sarah Hanson-Young shreds the QLD Resources Council for recycling the same old arguments against a Tax on Gas that they used against QLD Labor’s Coal royalties in 2022, revealing there’s “more” Coal mines now than in 2022
SHY: “In 2022 there were 52, there’s now 58!”💥 #auspol

Sarah Hanson-Young skewers BCA Chief Exec Bran Black after he tries to keep his "consultations" secret while he lobbies against taxing gas giants.
SHY: “Embarrassment is not a stance for public interest immunity.”
“You can’t hide because it’s uncomfortable for you.” 🔥 #auspol

Japan is making $40b exporting Australian gas??

Larissa Waters asks former Treasury chief Ken Henry if it’s too simplistic to say wartime gas profits from the war on Iran can either go to Australians, or to overseas investors & shareholders.
Henry “That’s not simplistic, that’s how it is!” “It is as simple as that.” 💥 #auspol

If taxes kill investment, why is the gas industry rushing to Norway to pay 78%? 🙄
“They are playing us for fools.” 🔥
Nationals’ Susan McDonald has no rebuttal & scrambles to change the subject. #auspol

David Pocock beside himself as Shell’s Cecile Wake insists she doesn’t know Shell’s revenue, or how much gas they export, while she fronts an inquiry on Gas Exports.
Sarah Hanson-Young: “What did you think we were going to be asking you about today?” 🔥🙄 #auspol

Voltaire did not say this.

Although a high profile Enlightenment thinker, who did critique social inequalities and injustices in his works, this specific quote does not appear in any of his writings.

The quote is often attributed to Muriel Rukeyser, but not found exactly in her writing either...

Iran’s foreign ministry spokesperson Baqaei:

We entered the negotiations in good faith and with seriousness, but the negotiating party (U.S.) has shown disregard and lack of good faith. Iran has not yet decided whether it will participate in the new round of peace negotiations.

No lies detected.

This 👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼 we are aware of….

a black and white photo of a man riding a horse . ALT: a black and white photo of a man riding a horse .

Donald Trump wants to drop a small thermal nuclear device on Tehran
And whiskey Pete Hegseth is going to fire every single person in the military until anyone who objects to that is gone
This is worse than Doctor Strangelove

Trump is Doctor Strangeperv

Blah blah blah blah blah blah blah...

Noise. Empty noise.

Table the Euro-Med Report! Else politicians, media are complicit in atrocities - Michael West A report titled ‘Another Genocide Behind Walls' was published this week, bearing witness to unspeakable atrocities committed by IDF soldiers.

Table the Euro-Med Report!
michaelwest.com.au/table-the-eu...

Yikes. The IDF is like the Wehrmacht in Poland. War crimes and depravity.

Liberals and Nationals to preference One Nation in blow to Michelle Milthorpe in Farrer byelection Independent candidate and One Nation’s David Farley are viewed as the frontrunners in the four cornered-contest for the 9 May poll

And there it is, the LNP handing Farrer to a complete fuckwit who fabricated his academic qualifications, shared porn on social media, and likened Julia Gillard to an unproductive old cow. The LNP are morally bankrupt and continue to demonstrate a complete lack of political acumen. #auspol.

Why has populism's influence increased politically Claims that rising inequality is driving populism overlook the evidence – stagnant wages and falling living standards are the more likely cause.

Populism isn’t being driven by rising inequality.
It’s being driven by stagnant wages and falling living standards, Michael Keating writes.
#auspol #Economy #Inequality #Wages #Politics

The new head of the Australian military is taking his first international trip to the US as part of the $375 billion AUKUS scam.

While there, he will be the keynote speaker at a $ 5,000-a-head corporate event run by former Minister for Defence Industry Christopher Pyne.

The system is rigged.

I mean they threatened to invade, Canada and Greenland!! Which I think signals some stepping back??

The USA, is very clearly stepping back from its alliances. Unless of course they put money in trump's personal bank account.

Headline from the AFR "Time to end welfare for the wealthy, says big business"

You mean the superannuation tax breaks? No?
You mean the CGT discount? No?
You mean the fossil fuel subsidies? No?
You mean the free gas for multinationals? No?
You mean the failure of the PRRT? No?
You mean the tax dodging trusts? No?
You mean the lack of a wealth tax? No?

No you mean the NDIS FFS

NDIS infiltrated by organised crime gangs using intimidation and threats of violence against Australians Review recommends better use of NDIS data to identify repeat rorters and a requirement for providers to register with the government

NDIS is now run by Liberal voting conservatives, enjoying long lunches before early mid-afternoon drinks. Charging the government the most they can, to assist as few as they can..

#UseTheGovernmentAsABank
#AusPol
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...?