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There is only ONE other Party left. Independents are NOT a Party. Libs and the NP are in crisis. Nev

I want to know what punishment the government is going to give the CEO's of the company's that gouged the fuel price on fuel that was not affected by the war. It is the only way this sort of thing will stop. Qantas, commonwealth bank, woolies/coles etc

She only is getting votes because of the quality of the other partys

No tolls in SA yet. We also have the o-bahn which is pretty good the few times I have used it. Buses use it to get int the city quickly and then can just drive on normal roads to other destinations. I believe it was expensive to build but been in use for 40 years this year.

Nomadpete, those sources of pure light crude are generally only very small reserves and don't warrant major expenditure on extraction, because they soon run dry. A mate worked for a drilling company in Central Australia, around Alice Springs, about 1982-83. The company had several drill holes that yielded the same type of light crude. It was drawn off and just filtered and used to power the company Landcruisers. But there wasn't enough of it, to warrant the infrastructure to draw on those small reserves.

I hate to think how much money was expended on finding this clown - money that could've been used elsewhere, to benefit people that really need it.

Glad it's over.

Here is how the police forced Dezi Freeman out if his shipping container makeshift home. Freeman then exited the container in nothing but a blanket and a gun he stole from one of the officers he murdered in August.

Being Grumpy is GONs Raison d Etre. PH has associated her thinking with sovereign citizens eg the speaker of the House has no authority over what she says or does. What a $#!t example for Kids to follow or anyone to vote for. She openly imitates Trump. Surely THAT is running out of Oomph, by now. She's just a $#!t stirrer or steroids. Nev

So, storming the Capitol was a great idea, after all..... Dozens of Jan. 6 defendants and others present on Capitol grounds have filed a class action in Florida against DC + Capitol police for their use of force during the riot. Many of those on the list were convicted of felonies (and pardoned by Trump). https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.flmd.456524/gov.uscourts.flmd.456524.1.0.pdf

All Hail President Ineptstein !

That's really good to hear. Something has to be done about these fkrs literally polluting the world and our kids too with the some of the disgusting stuff just popping up in front of your eyes all over the internet these days.

I recall working out near the Qld oil fields (St George?). I was told that the oil only needed primary filtering & water removal before going straight into the delivery tanker fuel tanks. Did those wells run dry? Could they be a source of diesel again?

That post is relevent to the EV thread. If they close both pinch points, I'll be buying an EV.

Oh the irony!

Here is why Aussies should be whinging louder:

The country town I lived in had a small hospital that was appropriately sized for the town's population. The library was not as big as a city library, but quite good for the small population. A police station with one police officer. The road we lived on was 8km of pretty rough gravel and was only graded once a year, but again, we didn't really expect that the rate payers would build and maintain a city-standard road for 30 people. The reality is that if the area you live in were to have all of the infrastructure of a capital city, then you can expect more and more people to move to the country, destroying the very things that make living in a remote area good. Anywhere you live is going to have pros and cons. When we lived on a bush block, we loved the solitude. The last thing we wanted was a highway going past our place, or a large hospital next door or a supermarket. Perhaps an international airport? Not having the facilities was the price paid for solitude; everything has a price. Now I live in the burbs, lots of infrastructure, but I have to share it with a bigger population. I was happy living in the country, and now I am happy living in the burbs. I am sure there are always cases where a small town needs better medical facilities or whatever. It will always be the case that providing infrastructure to remote areas will be more expensive.

And the rail network is not that bad.. It isn't a European system, though. My point is there's enough public transport, even at the outer to allow a hybrid approach. Car to the nearest decent publoc transport connection and then from there, to where you need to go. One problem - more for those of us who are older is there is no dunny on the metropolitan trains with longer routes.. Don't forget, around the state, v/Line max fares are $10.50 each way.. Although buses hsave to be used on some routes.

The big cities get all the infrastructure, the bush misses out.

My wife worked for Transurban Citylink before she retired. The Burwood line has been extended to Vermont South Shopping Centre for years, and they have talked about extending it to Knox City, also for years.

It's madness to now the way they're still just hammering out new free ways and tunnels left and right in Melb to. All that's doing is just encouraging more and more and more cars and trucks. They should've been de'couraging all that the last 10yrs now and making the whole city more people, living, pt, and environment friendly.

Yep spot , they're absolute bloody idiots they way the handle all that and yet don't even look after our own people. Apparently they're back up to their other old trick again to now and back to selling the place off in bits and pieces left and right to China and Japan atm too.

London has a population of c. 9.5m; Melbourne has a population of c 5.56m. Yes, there is an urban sprawl as, including the morningiton peninsula now considered part of Melbourne, it is around 5 times bigger than London - according to Google. However, the suburban sprawl doe snot mean we should be solely reliable on the car. Rail loops are one thing. A decent hydrogen bus service is another. Trams also can be built (The line to Bundoora is Loooong, as is one to Burwood). Coming off ICE cars would have put Australians in a much better position -if only the government had foresight - oh, it did, it just chose to be beholden to the fossil fuel lobby groups. At least the government is trying something to reduce the cost. Hopefully, it will return to keeping the IEA's agreement of 90 days reserve. Maybe we shoudl tap our reserve in Dallas.. Oh wait, it was smokescreen thanks to Angus Taylor - the now leader of the oppo. Dog help us

Yeah you prob all know by now but that property was the only neighbour down the roads, brother. But he was over in Tassie 3 or 4 mths fishing so old Dezi must've stumbled over his place and moved on in. He must've still be very secretive though even though it looks like it's very away and isolated bc l dunno how far away his brothers place is but he knew nothing about Dezi being there so. But yeah speakin of empty properties, tbh for me l was more thinking hobby farmers and business men weekender properties. l kinda grew up around all that stuff because we were in Melbourne but dad had a few farms over the yrs too and we'd all go up to on wkends, holidays and stuff. But up where we had our place there were 100s of others scattered all through also owned by people from down the city and some would be empty all yr round. Some people hardly ever went up to the properties after awhile or maybe only once or twice a yr. l'd imagine all up through the mountainy areas where Dezi was there' be 100s of wkenders too , not being used or at least quite a few. So added to what onetrack was saying then yeah, you'd imagine someone hiding put could find something.