Mastodawn

“It turns out that it doesn’t take a regional war. Australian resilience, apart from its test at the hands of #OneNation populism, is being stressed by a medium-sized war far from our region. #AngusTaylor is in a poor position to criticise the government. He was the #ScottMorrison government minister who proudly assigned #Australian (#Petrol and #oil) reserves to the safekeeping of the USA.”

#PeterHarcher / #LNP / #Nationals / #MattCanavan <https://theage.com.au/politics/federal/matt-canavan-has-done-in-an-hour-what-angus-taylor-failed-to-do-in-a-month-20260313-p5oadr.html> (paywall) / <https://archive.md/33ddU>

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☮ ♥ ♬ 🧑‍💻Mar 15

“The One Nation MP said he believed Australia should be rationing fuel supplies and should send a ship to the #StraitofHormuz”

Barney 🤪

“Former deputy prime minister #BarnabyJoyce says he regrets not doing more while in government to secure #fuel reserves, as #Australia grapples with supply shortages triggered by #wars in the #MiddleEast.”

Coulda, shoulda.

#LNP / #Nationals / #OneNation / #MaaniTruu / #ABCAustralia <https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03-15/joyce-fuel-reserves-regrets/106456818>

Barnaby Joyce regrets not doing more to secure fuel reserves when in government

One Nation MP Barnaby Joyce says he regrets not doing more when he was in government to secure fuel reserves, as Australia grapples with supply shortages triggered by war in the Middle East.

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DragonFlame

@peterrenshaw
Fine by me, as long as the crew are #PHON members or supporters and Gina supplies the ship.