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A friend of mine was the Shire Engineer in a municipality in country Victoria. He complained that every time he attended a Council meeting he had to debate with ten other engineers.

Not standing in for anyone. Nev doesn't need a representative.

Might be fake news. AI Overview It is not entirely true that Australia rejected U.S. demands; rather, in early 2025, the U.S. rejected an Australian offer to trade guaranteed rare earth supplies for exemptions from steel and aluminum tariffs. While the U.S. initially refused this, both nations later moved to secure a framework on critical minerals. Reserve Bank of Australia +2 Key Details of the Situation: The Swap Attempt: Australia proposed a deal offering the U.S. increased, secure access to its critical minerals (including rare earths) in exchange for exemptions from U.S. tariffs on steel and aluminum. U.S. Rejection: The Trump administration rejected this, maintaining the tariffs, which Australian officials expressed disappointment in, noting the missed opportunity for secure supply chains. Subsequent Action: Despite this initial rejection, the two countries later established a "United States–Australia Framework for Securing of Supply" in October 2025, aiming to secure supply chains for defense and commercial industries, according to the Department of Industry Science and Resources website. Context: Australia is seeking to become a major supplier of rare earths to help the U.S. reduce reliance on Chinese supply chain dominance. Argus Media +4 The situation shows intense negotiations rather than a flat refusal of U.S. demands, with Australia using its mineral wealth as a bargaining chip to protect its domestic steel and aluminum industries from tariffs. ABC News +1

What about those who voted for the candidates who didn't win a quota? By your logic their vote had zero value, which is what you're complaining about.

No, the value remains as a record of the choice a person made when voting. So what would you like to see happen with a vote lodged for a party or person that didn't win a majority.

No, it is fair. That's how democracy works. Each vote counts because that's how they work out who won. Therefore each vote has value.

What I'm saying is that Democracy gives people a choice of which party they prefer, even if it's a choice between bad or worse. The result for One Nation after 30 years has been pretty dismal which suggests they have very little support in the community. You can make a case for alternative systems of voting, but ours is probably as fair as any.

No, he's saying it's because Democracy works that One Nation fails to get any.

That sounds pretty reasonable. I’d do much the same in terms of the family and I’m not likely to live long enough to spend the rest. I’ve got two cars (one was my wife’s) that date from 2002 and 2008 respectively, but they’re going fine at the moment so I don’t even need a new car. What else to spend the other $49m or so on? It’s too much money for most people. As long as you’ve got enough to live pretty well, having a lot more is not going to do much for you.

What would you do with $50 million? Probably try and avoid all your new friends for a start.

This clip shows just what a lowlife Trump is. Here he is relishing the fact that US Congressman Neal Dunn has still been turning up for work to bolster the Republican numbers in the House, despite having been diagnosed with a terminal illness. In the meantime while Trump is talking about death and the details of Dunn's illness, Susie Wiles is sitting next to him and has just been diagnosed with early stage breast cancer. It's hard to believe how crass and self-centered this guy is.

The expression on Takaichi’s face and her uncomfortable shifting in her seat shows just how Trump’s unexpected and ignorant jibe landed. She was visibly shocked. He hasn’t got a clue of course. Then Eric Trump’s response on X; “One of the great responses to a reporter in history!” A true chip off the old block. The sooner they are all gone, the better.

I believe it’s around $12-14m. Just loose change in his world.

It was reported that his briefers about the upcoming war in Iran talked about an ‘incursion’ into the country, but Trump heard ‘excursion’, and nobody has dared to tell him that they weren’t talking about a picnic or a trip to the beach.

Looks like it’s a ‘no’ from us then.