Recently Prime Minister Anthony Albanese gave an address to the nation regarding the ongoing fuel crisis hitting Australia.

http://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/apr/01/albanese-prime-minister-address-nation-others-history

Some however have called it a waste of time, something with little content and a 'bunch of nothing’.

http://au.news.yahoo.com/pm-address-nation-amid-fuel-001721441.html

I haven't seen a lot calling his speech to Australians leadership. I have though seen a lot of people critical of the government and its handling of the fuel matter across Australia.

Opposition Leader Angus Taylor has spoken out following in reply, with some calling his speech nothing more than 'political theatre'.

http://www.msn.com/en-au/news/insight/barnaby-joyce-mocks-angus-taylor-speech/gm-GMC81F29B8?gemSnapshotKey=GMC81F29B8-snapshot-4&uxmode=ruby

With that in mind, I don't know if we would get much better from the Liberal Party either if Angus Taylor was PM.

I'd like to know what other people think. I've also been very disappointed with the states/territories also, which have also been average and below standard on this issue.

"With that in mind, I don't know if we would get much better from the Liberal Party either if Angus Taylor was PM."
- They would have committed troops to a war with Iran already.

"I'd like to know what other people think. I've also been very disappointed with the states/territories also, which have also been average and below standard on this issue."
- I think Albo's an fool for giving support to Trumps war.
What sort of vehicle do you have NathanJ if you own one?

When my car runs out of fuel I'll tell you.
I have about half a tank of diesel, but beyond that I'm not too worried
- Maybe I should be a little more concerned?

Hi Nathan,

The Albanese address to the nation, was three minutes long. The message was one of reassurance about fuel supplies, nothing more than that. The fact is Australia has a good supply of fuel at the moment. Contrast that to the lunatic in the White House and his address to America, twenty minutes long full of utter garbage.

Hi AC,

That sycophantic nonsense from Albanese supporting Trumps illegal war, tells me that my belief that Australia should be a non-aligned nation is well founded.

The speech reflected a man who was caught like a deer in headlights and was concerned his lack of leadership in the first real crisis he's faced would become apparent.

It also reflects a ruling elite that is terrified that the masses are deserting to the fringes of One Nation and the Greens and are desperate to continue the charade that they know what they are doing..... and failing.

That Australia, resource rich in all sorts of ways, is about to suffer a power crisis shows the folly on the last 20 years of climate alarmism and economic complacency.

Australia, like Europe, has relied for decades on the knowledge that the US navy would keep the international trade routes open. They had the duel luxuries of being utterly reliant on the US for their economic well-being while thinking they could treat the US with disdain. The last few weeks have shown the world what happens when the US decides to not be the world's policeman. They (Europe, Australia, East Asia) are all now floundering around trying to work out how they exist in the new world where the US worries about its own interests and not about those of their fair-weather allies.

A speech by a real statesman would have addressed or at least mentioned some of that. That Albo didn't is hardly a surprise.

Hi Un-Australian Trumpster,

"The speech reflected a man who was caught like a deer in headlights" I think you were on the wrong channel, and watching CHICKEN-OUT DONALD. The Iranians have got your folk hero by the short and curlies! One day he's ranting and raving like a deranged Hitler, the next day he's begging the Iranians for a peace deal. They don't call him CHICKEN OUT DONALD for nothing.

How about commenting on Donald's own military service? Didn't he lead the Charge Of The Light Brigade, wasn't Donald in the vanguard with Teddy Roosevelt at San Juan Hill!.... Then poor Donald woke up from his nanny nap in the Oval Office, and realised he was only dreaming.

BTW There is a photo doing the rounds of Donald in an army officers uniform. He looks like an oversized HERMANN GORING.

So Paul doesn't deny or attempt to refute the observations about Albo, just races to change the subject... as usual.

But you've got to admire Paul's consistency </grin>. One day he's saying deriding Trump for wanting to bomb the hell out of the dictators Paul so admires, the next he's deriding Trump for NOT wanting to bomb the hell out of the dictators Paul so admires.

Meanwhile, the US and Trump win again.

Unhinged Trumpster,

What do you want me to "refute" it was a three minute address to the nation, about fuel supplies. I thought you must have been watching the deranged Donald and his twenty minute Hitler like diatribe.

Were YOU not claiming as Trump did, the war would be over in a day or two, and the Iranians would be begging to surrender. I though the Iranians would get their arses smacked quickly. BUT, I should have known better, the Americans haven't won a war since when, all puff and bluff. With their massive fire power, they still make a complete botch of things. Militarily Iran is ranked 16th in the world, behind such countries as Egypt and Indonesia, America number 1. Imagine if Iran was China.

"Were YOU not claiming as Trump did, the war would be over in a day or two,"

No. Just another one of the many things you fabricate (ie lie about) as you try to grapple with the logic of what I actually say. You pride yourself on claims that you hit me for six but fail to realise, if indeed you are capable of such a thing, that what you're hitting for six are made up claims about what you think I said rather than what I actually said since what I actually said is beyond your capability to refute, even if you understood it.

"Militarily Iran is ranked 16th in the world"

Was ranked. Now that they have no navy, no air force, almost no aerial defences, no ability to manufacture missiles, they are ranked somewhere behind Upper Kumbakta West

Hi Off The Planet Trumpster,

"Was ranked. Now that they have no navy, no air force, almost no aerial defences, no ability to manufacture missiles, they are ranked somewhere behind Upper Kumbakta West" Big Daddy in Washington keeps on saying.

But they still have the ability to open and close the Strait Of Hormuz faster than Big Daddy can open and close the dunny door!

Paul whinges about the cost of fuel and then cheers the fascist regime that causes the rise in fuel costs. Go figure.

no ability to manufacture missiles
- They're still manufacturing them.
You seem to live in a world where Iran didn't foolproof it's defensive plans.
Everythings underground.

All these targets U.S. boasts about.
They wasted much of their standoff weapons on chinese made decoys.
Some of the decoys even put out a heat signature.
The Iranian shahed drones depleted western air defense.

Trumps achieved absolutely nothing.
Even FOX news is stating he's achieved none of his objectives and it's the biggest loss since Vietnam.

Trump’s Latest DESPERATE Hail Mary To End Iran Debacle!
http://youtu.be/2pn0QcsG4oI

No regime change (where's your Shah?)
No recovered enriched uranium
No Strait of Hormuz open (he got it closed)

And here's Ritter this morning, saying there was more to that rescue operation, (If it even was that) it was an operation to get the enriched Uranium.

http://www.youtube.com/live/sySgSUEnpO4?t=969

(Not that I think you listening to intelligent content would result in intelligent comments)

"Paul whinges about the cost of fuel and then cheers the fascist regime that causes the rise in fuel costs. Go figure."
- The blame for this mess starts and ends with Netanyahu and Trump, it was well known what Iran would do if things got serious, the U.S. and Israel have forced them to play that hand. They should be sending reimbusement, and let Trump pay from his own money.

You could point a finger at our politicians as well I suppose, for lack of preparedness, lack of forward thinking, their propensity for abandoning self-sufficiency; considering they cheered the attack on / want to take part.

The quality of western leaders is so bad they can't be called leaders, merely managers.

I give up on you characters. All that you are doing is using the fog of war and the natural secretiveness of the fascist mullah regime to pretend that those things that aren't fully verified are whatever your fantasies hope they'll be....

* Iran's surface fleet is no more - completely wiped out. That can be verified so naturally you don't want to mention it any longer.

*Iran's air force is no more - completely wiped out. That can be verified so naturally you don't want to mention it any longer.

* Iran's leadership at the beginning of the war are all dead. That can be verified so naturally you don't want to mention it any longer.

* Iran's first, second and third tier army and IRGC leadership are now all dead. That can be verified so naturally you don't want to mention it any longer.

* The Iraqi militia the mullahs were bringing in to help murder any protestors were wiped out by Israel. That can be verified so naturally you don't want to mention it any longer.

/cont

/cont

So, to continue your fantasies that Iran is winning, you make up these fantastic stories about massive factories in the deaths of the Zagros ranges. And completely unlearned claims about decoy weapons systems. Struth, I saw a mullah t'other day claiming the Israeli's were only successful in taking out the leadership because they had the help of genies!! It wouldn't surprise me in the slightest for AC to link to a Youtube video to prove that correct. And slack-jawed Paul would concur.

The facts as we know them are that Iran is devastated and barely hanging on. Sure they can terrify shipowners into not risking a Hormuz run but the straits only remain open at the discretion of the US which has no real interest in whether its open or not since the are self-sufficient in oil. No air-force, no navy, no air defenses to speak of, but the mullah's know that surrender equals death for them or at best exile. So they hang on, dependent on the good graces of western compassion.

So I wait until the lifting of the fog of war makes your fantasies apparent, and then I'll remind you of all the lunacy you've spouted over the past month.

Hi meathead,
"Iran's surface fleet is no more"
- They were always going to be U.S. targets, but here's the important point you missed - they aren't required to defend the strait or the gulf.
They have small boats, that can fire torpedoes and they can lay mines, (have just done so) and they also have underwater UAV's.
They can target any ships in the gulf with drones and missiles.
Can the U.S. enter the Gulf with warships or get close enough to launch a successful amphibious assault? (and land where)
- No.

"Iran's air force is no more - completely wiped out. That can be verified so naturally you don't want to mention it any longer."
F14 Tomcats, Su-24's, F-5's and F-4 Phantoms?
- How much of that stuff was so dated that it was obsolete and needed replacement anyway?
The were no match for U.S. air power and we're not necessary for Iran's defense.
- They weren't counting on those antiques to save them.

"Iran's leadership at the beginning of the war are all dead. That can be verified so naturally you don't want to mention it any longer."

- Most of them, yes - but so what?
That matters in that men with more knowledge and experience from prior wars are gone, but it doesn't matter in the manner that the regime has not collapsed when that was the aim.

Other people simply stepped into roles they were pre-prepared for.
And Iran has the Mosaic defense, so taking out the leadership won't affect individual regions or military units functioning on their own.
They are designed to do this.

"Iran's first, second and third tier army and IRGC leadership are now all dead. That can be verified so naturally you don't want to mention it any longer."

"The Iraqi militia the mullahs were bringing in to help murder any protestors were wiped out by Israel. That can be verified so naturally you don't want to mention it any longer."

[Cont.]
There's millions of Iranians waiting for the Americans to try.
Essentially somewhere between 1.5 and 2 million combined IRGC, Iranian army, army reserves and Basij, plus there's 250k Iraqis in the Popular Mobilisation Forces supporting Iran on top.

Iranians come out of their houses and shoot at passing U.S. aircraft.

Ritter used to plan operations says it'd take several million troops to wage a land war to take the Strait of Hormuz, and even then they may not win, he says it can't be done.
http://www.youtube.com/live/sySgSUEnpO4?t=1695

Google? '250,000 Iraqis in Popular Mobilisation Front support Iran'

>>AI Overview

Massive Mobilization: Reports indicate that up to 250,000 paramilitary fighters under the PMF umbrella have been authorized to respond to actions against Iran, with many openly pledging support.<<

"So, to continue your fantasies that Iran is winning"

Maybe this is above your intelligence.
But when Trump states the objective is regime change or unconditional surrender, then all the Iranians need to do to win is survive and Trump fails to meets his own wars objectives.

Trump demands 'unconditional surrender' from Iran as Putin speaks with Iran's president
http://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c5yq82k1wk8o

Does Trump have 'regime change' or 'unconditional surrender'?
Have they secured the 460kg of 60% enriched Uranium?
Have they stopped Irans ballistic missile program?
Have they reopened the Strait or stopped Iran from responding to any attacks made against them?

Their bases were destroyed, capabilities dimininshed, their standoff weapons are depleted as are their air defence interceptors, and they've been smacked across the face, losing billions in equipment, not to mention KIA and wounded.

Google? Iran are using chinese decoys that produce heat signatures

>>AI Overview
Reports suggest Iran is deploying sophisticated, Chinese-supplied inflatable decoys—including tanks and aircraft—equipped with thermal blankets and heaters to mimic real military equipment heat signatures.<<

'remain open at the discretion of the US'
- pfft.. they're constrained by bond markets

...Come back tomorrow night and try again
http://youtu.be/goIvFqX-3mk

Hi Big Guns Trumpster,

AC has put it clearly, that the Iranians don't need a big navy and big air force to fight America, not that they had much of a navy and air force to begin with. All you have said about destruction and death is true,"(all)can be verified". The tactics Iran is using, like the Afghans and the Vietnamese before, who didn't even have a navy and air force to begin with, is use what capability you have to hit the big fella in the guts, and he'll give up. AND we are seeing that right now.

I'd like to know how much Albo has shelled out on his fuel begging tour.
Fuel's not getting any cheaper, $3.29 for diesel where I am, and not much coming out of the Gulf.
(Nor will there be, a lot has been blown up)

I'm not sure I support buying oil from the U.S. as they are the ones who caused the problem, they don't deserve to profit from a problem they caused, The gulf states don't deserve my money either as they hosted U.S. bases and were party to planning and attacks staged on their territory. I'd rather put Russian or Iranian oil in my car.

That's pretty funny. Apparently when the US destroyed the Iranian navy, destroyed the Iranian air force, killed their first, second and third tier leadership structure, they were doing Iran a favour. Struth, how delusional do you have to be to believe that!.

Trumps illegal war
Paul1405,
That's preventative action, openly stating a goal of taking over the World is a call to War !

Kudos mhaze

Uncle Donald the baboon really is a clueless moron.

He's now blockading the Strait of Hormuz, claiming Iran's actions are 'WORLD EXTORTION'
(In capitals, because he's a loser that like to scream it out)
Did the dumb fool forget his own tariffs, that was world extortion.
It's only wrong when someone else does it apparently.

Go ahead kick another home goal, let's watch the financial markets break him.

I heard all the Trump supporters on Truth Social have turned on him.
MAGA is dead.

Donald Trump thinks he IS MAGA, but many are now pointing out that he was just the vehicle to bring them what they wanted and he failed abysmally, wen't against everything he campaigned on, and Americans that trusted his lies are now going broke, living on credit cards.

Iran will just blow all the oil fields up, and there won't be anything left to get from there in a hurry.
Let's watch Uncle Donald the Epstein Island frequenter screw things up some more.

I'm pretty sure the 'negotiations' were just buying time for another attack on Iran.
The U.S. doesn't do diplomacy.

Didn't the moron say a week back that he was happy to control the strait with Iran if he got a cut?

Iran War - Trump Declares Naval Blockade
http://www.youtube.com/live/kBHNQRpTYOs

Iran says they will not move one inch in their demands.
Prepare for higher fuel prices, thank Trump and Netanyahu

Don Tzu: The Art of War - Rule 7

'Break an enemy blockade by blockading their blockade'.

Hi AC,

I hope the Iranians get a better deal from Trump than the Venezuelans got, they got jack sh!t.

In the latest strategic move of stupidity, Crazy Donald is now blocking the Strait of Hormuz

"Venezuelans ... they got jack sh!t."

Not that the facts matter to Paul, but the proceeds of the sale of Venezuelan oil go to Venezuela. But the US does ensure that the money is used for the benefit of the Venezuelan people rather than the Venezuelan leadership group. Also the Venezuelan oil is sold at full market price rather than the discounted price the Chinese used to buy it at.

I can't help but think that that's the main reason Paul wants to misrepresent the process.... that the CCP that Paul so admires is forced to pay the Venezuelan people full price rather than pay the communist Venezuelan leaders a discounted price.

"But the US does ensure that the money is used for the benefit of the Venezuelan people rather than the Venezuelan leadership group."
- I'm calling bs on that.

Now... Leadership
We set the bar pretty low in this country...

Take news for example.
It's the 'Know nothing news', 'Mushroom media'

National Commissioner condemns video of Perth girl on train restrained by off-duty officer
http://www.watoday.com.au/national/western-australia/national-commissioner-condemns-video-of-perth-girl-on-train-restrained-by-off-duty-officer-20260417-p5zowt.html

So I click on it. No video.
A story about condemning an off-duty officers actions in a video - but they won't show the video.

What sort of pointless waste of time is this?
I've gotta go and search for it myself.
http://youtu.be/uZRJl2UnmZ4

Pay attention to the news.
Pay attention to what they don't say or don't show you.

Leadership. Look at Trump.
Posts a picture of himself as Jesus, then when asked, lies like a 12 year old caught.
'Oh no, I thought I was a doctor', the instant pathetic retort.
- thinking the adults are too stupid to see through this blatant lie explanation or call him out on it.
And then he believes he's smarter than everyone else.
Probably already has plenty of loonies around him telling him he was sent by God.

The latest media comment describing the address to the nation(!) is “patronising drivel”. That two-word truth makes all the ideology-driven arguments here redundant.

Hi AC,
According to the Trumpster; "but the proceeds of the sale of Venezuelan oil go to Venezuela."

You say BS!.
I say Venezuelans got jack sh!t.


The Trump administration has taken control of Venezuela's oil infrastructure, with the US Treasury "managing" oil proceeds. Trump has stated he would control the money generated from Venezuelan oil sales. This is the same bloke, who wanted a deal with the Iranians for a cut of toll money, placed bets on how many Iranians America would kill, and when! Trump Derangement Syndrome, and Trumpster you've caught it. Trump certainly is deranged!