There are more warning signs that the government is looking to lock your money away. It's the latest move that demonstrates they think your savings are theirs to control.
Teena McQueen says Prime Minister Anthony Albanese “stands for nothing” after Penny Wong was left to rebuke a Chinese diplomat over dangerous sonar pulses.
Having been there, done that, Thorpe's move to the cross bench is for all the wrong reasons.
Watching the lamentable Lidia Thorpe quit the Greens political party brought back plenty of memories.
It was in 2017 I decided to leave the Liberals while sitting as a senator. It was one of the toughest things I have ever done in politics and I have no regrets.
It was also an eye-opening moment about how tribal politics has become.
Previous 'friends' were now openly hostile and it proved a great filter to find out who your true mates were.
Of course the real pals were disappointed but, in my case at least, many understood the reasons why I felt the need to leave.
Some felt I should have left the Senate altogether upon quitting the Liberal Party.
That was certainly an option I considered, but in the end, I chose to try and effect reform through external pressure within the parliament rather than leave.
Depending on your perspective, it may have worked, or been an abject failure.
The Liberals eventually dumped Turnbull (who was destroying them) but his departure killed off any electoral prospects for the fledgling Party I started.
That became publicly clear with the election result.
Thorpe however seems on a different path.
Senator Gerard Rennick says there has been an unwillingness in Australian leadership to take accountability for responsibilities.
The Prime Minister has a delicate balancing act ahead of him. He needs to muscle up to China while re-establishing important trade markets for our products.
The Intergenerational Report paints a bleak picture of our future prosperity. We can only hope it's as incorrect as previous ones.
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