With much pomp and ceremony the Governor General opened Australia's 48th Parliament, 22nd July 2025. With no opposition candidate nominated, Milton Dick (Labor) was elected once again to the role of Speaker, is this a sign of the "Noaltion" once more becoming the Coalition, as it seeks to display a more positive and cooperative attitude towards the Labor government and its agenda, lets hope so, under new Opposition leader, Sussan Ley. Hopefully the negativity displayed by Peter Dutton, in the 47th Parliament will become a thing of the past, and Labor will be able to push ahead with a progressive reform agenda in its second term.

What to expect? Well since the election was heavy on hoopla and light on policy, we'll have to wait to find out what to expect. Even Albo will have to wait.

"Anthony Albanese will convene experts, unions and business leaders in Canberra later this year to brainstorm ideas for economic growth, as his government seeks a reform agenda to capitalise on its new-found parliamentary dominance." (ABC)

So having won, they now need to work out what to do. Great way to run a country. A bit like the dog who caught the car but now doesn't know what to do with it.

Both Liberal and Labor leaders kicked off with divisions in the community and identity politics. Albanese made the stupid statement that Welcome to Country is not controversial, when Australians, via polls and surveys, have shown that it is definitely controversial, and an insult to 97% of Australians.

So the “not controversial” comment was Albanese's first lie in the new Parliament.

How many to come?

He told 56 lies during the election. Three lies a day.

Documented by Senator Susan McDonald.

Albanese knew his lies were being recorded, but it didn't stop him.

The $275 reduction in power prices was only one of the lies, told 97 times.

The 1.2 million homes lie is a real beauty, now discredited by a leak.

Cutting immigration and foreign students is a real gob smackers.

Stage 3 tax cuts.

Cheap electricity.

Hydrogen.

No new taxes on superannuation.

Lie after lie, after ….. Yet the low-information voters gave them more seats than they had during all the lying,

Who is really to blame for the rotten state of Labor?

I see the usual suspects are out in force, confusing consultation with cluelessness and mistaking culture-war tantrums for insight.

Labor engages with business, unions and experts before making big reforms, and somehow that’s a problem? Meanwhile, the last government spent a decade doing the exact opposite: policy via press conference, and consultation only with donors.

As for the screeching over Welcome to Country? If that’s your rallying cry for the 48th Parliament, maybe take a breath. No one’s forcing anyone to clap, and most Australians aren’t spiralling into identity crisis every time someone acknowledges traditional owners.

And the “Albo lied” mantra? Please. A Gish gallop of out-of-context lines, shifting circumstances, and wishful outrage doesn’t make a case - just noise.

If this is what passes for opposition now, the Coalition’s road back is going to be even longer than it already looks.

I would think one quintessential of good government would be to consult with stakeholders, experts and interested parties on a range of issues. Our resident Trumpster must prefer the Donald approach, where the lunatic in charge calls all the shots, then backflips, denies, procrastinates and all in all make a bloody fool of himself. Then there is the mad poster from extreme right field who thinks it all, lies, lies, lies, quotes nonsense and fails to understand the bigger picture.