Australian Politics

Congratulations must go to the Albanese government and its Grand China Grovel, for it has delivered what is left of “Australia” a truly unprecedented outcome.

Victoria’s public debt is already the highest in the country, and the state has the lowest credit rating.

Via Institute for Energy Economics & Financial Analysis.

The Ukraine War should never have happened.

Late last year, the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) became embroiled in its own corruption scandal.

Victoria has the nation’s largest per capita debt and the lowest credit rating.

Local gas prices are still outrageous,  above $13Gj.

Deputy Opposition leader Sussan Ley claims the number of small businesses that employ people in Australia has fallen from around 953,000 to 922,000 since Labor won the federal election in May 2022.

Peter Dutton says he would do a much better job on energy prices.

One key measure political parties use to gauge the public’s appetite for change is voter sentiment about whether the nation is headed in the right direction.

In August 2024, the Actuaries Institute reported that rising home insurance premiums were causing financial stress for 1.6 million Australian households.

The writing was on the wall for Albo in his first week.

The latest YouGov poll suggests the Dutton-led Coalition will most likely win the upcoming federal election and form the next government.

Last week, ABC’s 7.30 report aired a special on Australia’s housing crisis, which was put together by Alan Kohler.

All hail King Trump!

These guys are something else.

In October 2024, it was revealed that Victorian taxpayers paid more than $32.9 million to 102 executives working on the Suburban Rail Loop Authority (SRLA), averaging $322,000 a head.

Gotti is having a baby, which tells you this is a good thing.

The former Coalition government’s Boosting Apprenticeship Commencements (BAC) program ran from October 2020 to June 2022 and was designed to turbocharge trainee and apprenticeship numbers coming out of the pandemic.

The financial woes of the Victorian government are well documented. The state had the nation’s highest per capita net debt in 2023-24 and the worst (AA) credit rating.

Energy buffoonery is an LNP speciality.

At the 2010 Australian federal election, the Julia Gillard-led Labor Party won a second term after Labor formed a minority government with the support of three independent MPs and one Australian Greens MP.

The parliament of the energy superidiot is trying to proof itself against Peter Dutton.

Last year, former federal Treasury official Stephen Anthony warned that Victoria might require a federal “bailout” due to soaring state debt, which reached $27,729 per person in 2023-24.