As wars in Iran, Gaza and Lebanon continue and our American ally asks Australia to assist in the Strait of Hormuz, the rapidly passing months of 2026 unfold a world that appears, for some of us, to be suddenly transformed.

TOPICS: Fuel crisis and fuel security, immigration and assimilation, Australian values, Farrerby-election, protest votes, NDIS reform

“The Albanese Government are both heartless and hypocritical. Labor brag that they cut taxes, but are taxing older Australians to pay for Wednesday’s policy changes.

TOPICS: Labor's proposed NDIS changes, Albury Wodonga hospital needs, preferencing in Farrer by-election

"I know how important it is to understand how hospital services care for two-state - or, in my case, a large tri-state - catchment. Regional Australians in border regions like Albury Wodonga, feel the neglect of their state governments acutely..

"Connectivity is lifesaving and lifts our productivity in regional Australia. Surely telcos can deliver mandatory domestic roaming while ensuring universal coverage is affordable?"

Member for Mallee Dr Anne Webster MP has welcomed the Victorian Farmers Federation’s 20-point plan for Victoria to have the strongest farmland protections in the nation, as she highlighted The Nationals - federally - had already moved protection

“Former Prime Minister Kevin Rudd referred to the ‘solar energy revolution’ as the first panels were rolled out, and his successor Julia Gillard said it was Australia’s ‘clean energy future’ but we now know those claims were, literally, garbage"

TOPICS: Medical supplies to Australia, Australian sovereign capability, solar panels going to landfill, decommissioning of energy projects, National Disability Insurance Service (NDIS) rorting and viability, Thriving Kids program