The RBA today left official interest rates unchanged at 4.35%. Statement by the Monetary Policy Board: Monetary Policy Decision at www.rba.gov.au/media-releas...

Where to start! There is no much hinted at on smh.com.au/politics/nsw... August 10, 2026 — 4:34pm, first published 9:01am

Australia’s National Climate Risk Assessment: An Overview | 2025, p.24, excerpt

"Future changes in Australia’s climate will not occur gradually or smoothly (very high confidence). Reaching potential climate and ecological tipping points is very likely to result in abrupt changes." [Australia’s National Climate Risk Assessment: An Overview | 2025, p.25] 🧵

In broad terms federal & state governments know current climate risks & those risks expected to emerge or increase over the next 25 years. Go to pp iii-iv of Australia’s National Climate Risk Assessment: An Overview | 2025 climateservice.maps.arcgis.com/sharing/rest... *Know how unprepared we are*🧵

Whether the meaning of "remigration" encompasses voluntary or forced return of people to their own (or ancestors) country of origin, taken to its logical conclusion in Australia est. 26,744,584 men, women & children would have to leave this country permanently to meet the objective😂🤣

Global observed oil stocks declined by 3.8 mb/d on average since start US war on Iran, /w sizeable 143 mb (-4.6 mb/d) draw May 2026. As of 30 June Australian reserves in days - Petrol 41, Diesel 38, Jet Fuel 34, /w another 32 days on water to meet crude/refined demand #TrumpSux

A divided US is uniting over one cause. The fight here is just beginning "This week’s Lowy poll showed 64 per cent of us think the risks of AI outweigh the benefit...It’s a 12 percentage point increase in just two years" www.smh.com.au/national/a-d...

FILED UNDER 'THIS LATEST SO CALLED CEASEFIRE IS A CRUEL ILLUSION': For Gaza’s children, fear, loss and violence have become so constant that trauma is no longer an episode in their lives. It is woven into the very fabric of their childhood.

On 24 June 2026 Trump posted on Truth Social: "MY REAL POLL NUMBERS ARE THE HIGHEST THEY HAVE EVER BEEN. THANK YOU!!! President DJT" Yeah Nah. In Jan-Feb 2025 his approval ratings were in the mid-40s to low 50s. By June 2026 approval rates were in the 30s. edition.cnn.com/polling/appr...

Ah, that face. I miss this Tolkien fan - gone as he is from US late night television #StephenColbert

This is the Trump White House and Administration, what could possibly go wrong? www.whitehouse.gov/research/202...

Far-right populists typically generate attention & support by attacking minorities. With Jean-Marie Le Pen’s National Front in 1970s it was "Arabs", Donald Trump in 2015 targeted "Mexicans", "Pauline Hanson in 1996. She started with Asians and Indigenous Australians." smh.com.au/politics/fed...

Just wow 😱 *Is this yet another AI hallucination?*

A Liberal-National Government scrapped the Native Vegetation Act in 2017 & habitat clearing in NSW sky-rocketed. "Agricultural clearing is eroding the productive future of NSW Summary Report June 2026" wentworthgroup.org/wp-content/u...

Whaaaa?

ABC political editor LAURA TINGLE, 15.06.26: "Lebanon and nuclear weapons: The stumbling blocks in Trump's Iran negotiation". *it feels foolish to hope that peace is possible, given Trump & Netanyahu's individual & combined track records* www.abc.net.au/news/2026-06...

Not a big fan of AGE-SMH Resolve Political Monitor, but was intrigued by this poll question asked of 1,801 respondents from 8-13 June 2026. 👇Gender breakdown was 37% of Males & 31% Females expect ALP to win next federal election. Election expected to occur sometime between 7 Aug 2027 to 20 May 2028.

“I hope they are paying attention to inventories right now. You’re hitting tank bottom.” *US strategic oil reserves said to be at 40 year low* news.com.au/world/north-...

Unfortunately appears this US Congress war powers resolution is vulnerable to the presidential veto power, so at Day 98 of US-Israel war of aggression against Iran there's still no end in sight 🧵https://abc.net.au/news/2026-06-04/trump-labels-house-vote-to-curb-iran-war-powers-unpatriotic/106761614

And the One Nation-LNP-Minor Party Australian Mini-MAGAs are off and running towards the race starting gate for the next NSW state election in March 2027 abc.net.au/news/2026-06...

Appears Trump has no intention withdrawing from his war of aggression against Iran anytime soon & IEA announced its Market Report "Oil 2026 - Analysis and forecast to 2031" originally due be released 17.06.26 been postponed indefinitely. Current strait status via www.shipfinder.com/special/horm...

22 May 2026 3:57 pm: A low pressure system remains offshore over Tasman Sea, whipping fresh to strong southerly winds and large powerful waves along much of the coastline. Damaging surf conditions are expected to ease from the south during Saturday morning reg.bom.gov.au/products/IDN...

On paper Trump's pick for US ambassador to Aust, Republican 2-term HoR member David Brat [2014-2019], reads as worse than continuing with no formal ambassador. Most recent post at private Southern evangelical Christian university which produces 'Champions for Christ'. LNP will see him as an ally.

Finally a reasoned approach emerges.....

On Sat 9 May 2026 a total of 38,919 registered electors voted for One Nation. That represents 39.45% of all formal first preference votes cast & 57.42% of all TTP votes. Majority voters in Farrer have revealed themselves to be political racists at heart. tallyroom.aec.gov.au/Downloads/Ho...

Republican-led Senate on 15.04.26 (US ET) for a 4th time rejected a Democratic attempt to halt Trump's war in Iran - this time by 47-62. Turning aside a resolution that would require the U.S. to withdraw forces from the conflict until Congress authorizes further action.

That startled look on Fox News reporter Maria Bartiromo's face when President Trump voluntarily admits during a Sunday phone interview that US gas prices at the pump might rise even further before the November mid-term elections.

Trump was said to have won the Catholic vote in the 2024 US election. With his party now facing the Nov 2026 mid-term elections, he & his VP have been hitting out wildly. Perhaps driven by a fear this time round they might lose what they identified as American Catholic support?

‘Stagflationary shock’ from Iran war a ‘nightmare’ as confidence crashes among Australian households www.theguardian.com/australia-ne... *current status: #NoMoreSparePenniesLeftToCount*