Probably the main thing you missed this week was that Nasa released actual footage of UFOs under President Trump’s orders.
‘We found many very interesting documents, I must say…’ said President Trump.
It is part of a full government transparency shift designed to end decades of secrecy. More documents will be released to the public over time.
I doubt you missed the demise of the Liberal Party, which happened in its birthplace over the weekend. But you might have missed the irony of Pauline Hanson and One Nation supporters singing John Farnham’s ‘You’re the Voice’ in Farrer.
The song was part of the infamous Voice to Parliament campaign while the One Nation victory is perhaps the least-Woke event possible. In my view, Pauline is now Sadie the Cleaning Lady. The room certainly loved it.
One Nation’s thumping win in Farrer wasn’t just a by-election, it was a political earthquake. David Farley stormed home with over 39 per cent of the primary vote and more than 57 per cent after preferences. The once-mighty Coalition scraped together barely 20 per cent.
The climate-inclined independent movement and their man-bun barista brigade got absolutely ‘dakked’ too. Turns out regional Australia still drives trucks, not Teslas, and they’re sick of being lectured by inner-city types who think drinking a decaf almond milk latte qualifies them to run the country.
When Tony Abbott led the Libs to a whitewash of Gillard and her backstabbing government circle, he told voters what he would do:
Stop the boats.
In the Liberals’ new campaign slogan, Angus Taylor effectively said:
Ask not what we can do for you, but what you can do for us.
Stop the spray already. Even Climate 200 and GetUp! can’t hold back the tide. And it’s bloody marvellous!
Straight away, NSW Premier Chris Minns went for One Nation. The pitch went something like: If you vote for the Coalition, you vote for One Nation. Vote for us instead. Meanwhile, we’re drowning in debt, Labor keeps spending money on trying to build houses. Has Minns ever been outside of Sydney before? The Feds will probably kill negative gearing and the capital gains tax discount on Tuesday. And then they’ll wonder why nobody can afford to buy houses.
Speaking of which, Treasurer Jim Chalmers drops his big 2026 Budget on Tuesday night. Word is he’s touting $2 billion for ‘fast-tracked’ housing while floating fresh hits on negative gearing and the CGT discount. The very things that actually get houses built.
This is classic Labor. Help to create the housing crisis with endless spending and migration, then punish the people trying to solve it. On top of that the RBA hiked rates again to 4.35 per cent, hammering mortgage holders and even truckies doing 3am starts. While the elites sip their lattes in Sydney, the battlers are paying the real price for Labor’s cost-of-living disaster.
In Pauline’s speech to the packed Farrer after-party, One Nation remembered the Forgotten People. Some commentators were saying that it is almost as if One Nation is ‘new’ and not the product of 30 years of hard work by Pauline Hanson.
That’s because One Nation is drawing on a greater international trend in swamp draining that began with US President Donald Trump. We’ve seen it with Nigel Farage’s Reform UK which has completely wiped the floor with Labour and the Conservatives in the recent council elections.
Punters are projecting that if the voting trends were for a national election, it might well be Sir Nigel as Prime Minister. That would breathe as much new life into the UK as King Charles’ HMS Trump bell did for the US-UK alliance.
Sir Nigel. Imagine! Reminds me of Paul Hogan’s skateboarding 11-year-old Nigel Lovelace. Nigel would politely admonish establishment folk for doing the wrong thing. When challenged, the establishment folk would suffer a gut punch. Sounds about right.
Defending the major parties has become a bit like defending the practice of suttee. Once the scales have been removed from your eyes, you can’t unsee the horror show that was. ’Nuff said.
Speaking of the Road to Damascus, the Syrian government said they had nothing to do with the ISIS Brides returning to Australia. The news somewhat contradicted what Tony Burke had to say. Then, of course, there were rather distasteful scenes at the airport when it was alleged one of the ISIS Brides’ supporters shouted, ‘Shut up you sl*t!’ to a female journalist.
Considering it is Budget Day, here is a random thought on economics.
Did you know that it can cost thousands to get your truck licence? But you don’t need to do a course to become a barista to earn the same money as a 3am start truck driver? I’m trying to get a job as a barista but it’s hard to wear a man-bun when you’re pale, male, stale, and bald. Orange hi-vis it is then. And that will come in handy with One Nation’s impending orange surge.
What did you miss this week? One Nation has put the bogan back into Oz. Get out your flannie, put on your Ugg boots, sit down in front of your wood fire with a cold can of VB, and watch the latest episode of ‘Please Explain’ (it’s a little bewdy!).
If you don’t believe me, ask Shadow Minister for Defence, Senator James Paterson. After copping it from a pensioner in Farrer, even he knows that the biff is back. If I don’t poke out my own eyes during the budget lock-up, I’ll tell you more about how bad it’s going to get under Labor shortly.
Dr Michael de Percy @FlaneurPolitiq is the Spectator Australia’s Canberra Press Gallery Correspondent. If you would like to support his writing, or read more of Michael, please visit his website.
