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In the following video Senator Babet gives his election round-up and comments on the Liberal Party.
This is well worth watching.
The problem with the Libs is that they don’t believe in anything. They try to be all things to all people which results in them meaning nothing to anyone.
The Liberals need to become a conservative party with a belief in free enterprise and small government and be pro-energy and pro-freedom. The Libs are none of those things.
I’m not sure that the Liberal Party is fixable. I think the existing small conservative parties have to unite into one to form a new conservative force to save Australia.
Under 7 mins.
https://youtu.be/JkkNdz-YxFE
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The solution is quite simple. Provided of course that the party will need a leader with a really large “ pair “.
Split the coalition up into the Liberal party down the middle with the National party keeping the conservative Policies of Menzies & probably going a little more to the right & injecting lots of common sense.
Government for Australia & its people, not some foreign body like the UN / WEF Communist & totally unelected preaching World Government.
The Liberal party is no longer fit for purpose & will be totally irrelevant within 18 months.
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Video: The best of British comedy.
A Dick Emery skit, probably from the early 1970’s.
https://youtube.com/shorts/dpHRFy1jxqo
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Versace doesn’t get it.
So they have just hired the transgender, biological male, Dylan Mulvaney to model and promote their exclusive and expensive women’s clothing.
They haven’t learned from the destruction of Bud Light brand when they used this same character.
Get woke, go broke.
https://youtu.be/oQit9bssHSM
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I wouldn’t be so sure about that.
Target consumer demographics matter. Bud Light’s target demographic is blue collar working class adult males who want cheap beer they can swill down in large quantities without getting too hammered. Versace’s target demographic is Affluent White Females Liberals (AWFLs) who covet and can afford their overpriced handbags. Mulvaney was a terrible fit with Bud Light’s target market (to the point that he repulsed and alienated them) but is a great fit with the white lady brunch crowd.
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Tweet: Julius Malema in South Africa reaffirms his commitment to kill farmers.
This is why President TRUMP is saving them.
In 2018 Dutton refused to.
These are hard working farmers, they will get to work quickly and will not require life-long welfare and will quickly integrate and become patriotic, tax-paying citizens.
America’s gain, Australia’s loss.
Video at: https://x.com/DefiantLs/status/1922213073957327219
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Yep
One of the primary liberal talking points about cracking down on illegal immigration is ‘who will pick our crops?’. Well, I can think of worse options than bringing in a bunch of highly successful large scale farmers with specialized skills in the industry.
One thing that immediately struck me about the South African farmers who just arrived on America’s shores is that they were all waving AMERICAN flags. When was the last time you saw any of these lefty immigration activists doing that? They all wave the flags of the country the fled rather than the stars and stripes. They wave Mexican and Venezuelan and Palestinian and Somali flags, but never Old Glory. It was refreshing to see new immigrants who left their former country’s flag behind and waved the Red, White, and Blue.
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It’s a huge shame that Australia and Dutton wouldn’t allow the SA farmers to come. The Australian farming climate is quite similar to SA’s. And if we had a forward thinking government we could be opening up much more farmland with irrigation programs rather than throwing money away on wind and solar subsidy farming operations. And the standard Third World uneducated immigrants that the government prefers won’t be doing such activities.
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Ballsy Show with Warren Tredrea (I have to admit, I wouldn’t know Warren Tredrea without finding this podcast, but I am sure some here might recognise the name). Some good guests – this has the question ‘but why not use Coal?’ which is not asked elsewhere.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qn7-PZ5daG8
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TdeF’s comments do not show up.
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Not showing up here also.
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Wokesters in Canada tried to get people to eat insects, as the Left want for non-Elites, but that operation has gone bust.
Let the Leftists eat their beloved insects and soy. I’ll stick to delicious meat.
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It’s literally the old saying “I wouldn’t feed that slop to my dog” come to life. I raised multiple generations of dogs on cheap dry dog food + food prep scraps (trimmed fat, bones, egg yolks, etc.) and they all lived long healthy lives. But even a cheapskate like me wouldn’t feed my dog bug protein even if it did save me a few shekels.
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Wind farm neighbour payments offered to ease community tension
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05-14/wind-farm-neighbour-payments-offered-to-ease-community-tension/105243272
Excerpt from article:
About 450 kilometres north-west of Brisbane, the small town of Wandoan is watching closely as the proposed 1.4-gigawatt Bungaban Wind Farm on its outskirts awaits federal government approval.
Windlab, which is majority-owned by Nicola and Andrew ‘Twiggy’ Forrest’s Squadron Energy, estimates the $3.9 billion project could power the equivalent of 860,000 homes.
The company is offering neighbours an initial $10,000-$40,000 upon signing, $30,000-$150,000 at construction start, and annual payments of $10,000-$75,000 for up to 35 years, based on proximity to the planned 204 turbines.
By comparison, the Clean Energy Council (CEC), which advocates for renewable energy, estimates the average landholder hosting turbines can earn about $40,000 per turbine annually.
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The promised payment of moneys to “affected” land owners is of concern to me. In my area a new wind factory is proposed by a 100% Australian owned company. This 100% Ozzie company appears to be just a front and is really backed by a French company. Now, lots of compensation promised to land owners affected by construction and power lines etc and of course ongoing payments for the suggested 40 year life of the wind factory.
Now I have no knowledge of contract law, however I do have a question.
What happens to all of these contractual payments if the wind farm is sold as soon as construction is completed? I don’t believe any “new” owner is obligated to honour any contracts entered into by a previous owner. Can anyone throw some light on this area of contract law?
If contracts don’t flow from one owner to another then any ongoing compensation payments simply stop leaving any signed up farmers with nothing.
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Solar panels catch fire and destroy house in UK
https://notalotofpeopleknowthat.wordpress.com/2025/05/13/solar-panel-blaze-rips-through-1-5m-mansion/#more-86848
I know firemen don’t like to tackle them but what would cause a solar panel to catch fire.?
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Heard some galah called ‘Norman’ being sworn in as your Chief Guv’nor and Oppressor yesterday: is he the best selection your foreign overseers could come up with?
Don’t worry, we have Mr Potato-Head representing our colonial plantation, a millionaire who can spew corporate gobbledygook until the cows come home and yet still nobody knows exactly what he said.
Thankfully there’s one thing we can rely on that will never change: climate.
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Teal Monique Ryan has called for faster electrification of the energy grid.
Has she not noticed that it is electrified which it is why it is called an energy grid.
https://www.theepochtimes.com/world/teal-monique-ryan-holds-seat-calls-for-faster-electrification-of-energy-grid-5856804 The complete electrical and engineering ignorance of the pro ruinables people passes all comprehension.
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