“It may be dangerous to be America’s enemy but to be America’s friend is fatal.” Henry Kissingerhttps://bsky.app/profile/brucewilliams4.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/brucewilliams4.bsky.social/post/3ml3nqxawps2oOne Nation’s bubble hasn’t burst, but it won’t get any bigger — there aren’t enough angry middle aged men https://www.crikey.com.au/2026/05/05/one-nation-pauline-hanson-polling-voter-demographics/ This's probably as good as it gets for Hanson because the people she depends on for support are a declining part of modern Australia.05 May 2026 07:23 +0000at://did:plc:zz2yzyej53mbsf4orn64lxgp/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml3nqxawps2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/brucewilliams4.bsky.social/post/3mkz6gwf4is2ohttps://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/may/04/methane-emissions-australian-coalmines-more-than-double-official-estimates-report-finds?CMP=share_btn_url Australia had a major responsibility to cut methane emissions from coal, he said, because it was one of the world’s largest exporters of coal. “The Australian government is increasingly isolated when it comes to defending its coalmine methane estimation methods.”04 May 2026 07:44 +0000at://did:plc:zz2yzyej53mbsf4orn64lxgp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkz6gwf4is2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/brucewilliams4.bsky.social/post/3mkz63ns6fs2wThe biggest loser from the One Nation surge? A directionless News Corp, facing an existential question https://www.crikey.com.au/2026/05/04/news-corp-lachlan-murdoch-one-nation/ Those people abandoning the Liberals and Nationals for One Nation aren’t just voters. They’re much more important. For the Murdochs, they’re THE business model.04 May 2026 07:38 +0000at://did:plc:zz2yzyej53mbsf4orn64lxgp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkz63ns6fs2whttps://bsky.app/profile/brucewilliams4.bsky.social/post/3mkwqx5n6n22xhttps://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/may/02/nsw-government-delayed-water-wetlands-documents-reveal?CMP=share_btn_url The New South Wales government has routinely delayed environmental flows to critical wetlands in the state’s north-west in favour of farming, despite admitting it could harm the breeding cycles of frogs and endangered birds and damage local ecosystems.03 May 2026 08:37 +0000at://did:plc:zz2yzyej53mbsf4orn64lxgp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkwqx5n6n22xhttps://bsky.app/profile/brucewilliams4.bsky.social/post/3mkwqtj4m6k2xhttps://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/02/trump-us-navy-pirates-iran-blockade?CMP=share_btn_url The mad King has said the US navy acted “like pirates” as he described an operation seizing a ship. “We … land on top of it and we took over the ship. We took over the cargo, took over the oil. It’s a very profitable business, we’re like pirates”03 May 2026 08:35 +0000at://did:plc:zz2yzyej53mbsf4orn64lxgp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkwqtj4m6k2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/brucewilliams4.bsky.social/post/3mkwqjrlfjs2xhttps://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/ng-interactive/2026/apr/30/gina-rinehart-one-nation-pauline-hanson-donations-ntwnfb?CMP=share_btn_url Rinehart's entitled to do whatever she likes with her money but she's not allowed to own a party, and that's what this amounts to; this's a purchase of a political party in Australia and it's done in a way to absolutely dominate and influence a party.03 May 2026 08:30 +0000at://did:plc:zz2yzyej53mbsf4orn64lxgp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkwqjrlfjs2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/brucewilliams4.bsky.social/post/3mkwpwmbp322xhttps://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/may/02/the-coalition-is-nailing-its-own-coffin-shut-in-farrer-it-should-have-had-the-courage-to-put-one-nation-last?CMP=share_btn_url One Nation is all ideology and no policy, something even the Liberal party is campaigning on. Yet it’s an ideology that the Liberals are breathlessly fanning in an ill-fated attempt to save themselves to the detriment of a united, hopeful and future-focused nation03 May 2026 08:19 +0000at://did:plc:zz2yzyej53mbsf4orn64lxgp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkwpwmbp322xhttps://bsky.app/profile/brucewilliams4.bsky.social/post/3mkua2slhcs2e [contains quote post or other embedded content]02 May 2026 08:30 +0000at://did:plc:zz2yzyej53mbsf4orn64lxgp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkua2slhcs2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/brucewilliams4.bsky.social/post/3mku7z7ku5k2ehttps://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/ng-interactive/2026/apr/30/gina-rinehart-one-nation-pauline-hanson-donations-ntwnfb?CMP=share_btn_url Rinehart's found a whole party for sale. Countless times she has made clear how regressive her views are, on everything from climate change to labour laws, and now she has a chance to make them reality.02 May 2026 08:29 +0000at://did:plc:zz2yzyej53mbsf4orn64lxgp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mku7z7ku5k2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/brucewilliams4.bsky.social/post/3mku772pknk2eSelf-righteous cookers... [contains quote post or other embedded content]02 May 2026 08:14 +0000at://did:plc:zz2yzyej53mbsf4orn64lxgp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mku772pknk2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/brucewilliams4.bsky.social/post/3mku74umvys2ehttps://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/may/02/queensland-sovereign-citizen-serene-highness-gun-licence-ntwnfb?CMP=share_btn_url02 May 2026 08:13 +0000at://did:plc:zz2yzyej53mbsf4orn64lxgp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mku74umvys2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/brucewilliams4.bsky.social/post/3mku56sdk5225Little men and billionaires https://www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/comment/editorial/2026/05/01/little-men-and-billionaires?utm_source=bsky via @thesaturdaypaper.com.au Rinehart's found a whole party for sale. Countless times she's made clear how regressive her views are, on everything from climate change to labour laws, now she has a chance to make them reality.02 May 2026 07:38 +0000at://did:plc:zz2yzyej53mbsf4orn64lxgp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mku56sdk5225https://bsky.app/profile/brucewilliams4.bsky.social/post/3mku2t6r3nk25A 25 % tax, in contrast, would have yielded $17.1 billion in 2023/24, according to its proponents. It would yield much more now, given the current high global price of gas and commensurately enormous windfall revenue flowing to multinational gas companies. [contains quote post or other embedded content]02 May 2026 06:56 +0000at://did:plc:zz2yzyej53mbsf4orn64lxgp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mku2t6r3nk25https://bsky.app/profile/brucewilliams4.bsky.social/post/3mku2rpvids25How David Pocock reframed the tax debate on gas export profits https://www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/economy/2026/05/02/how-david-pocock-reframed-the-tax-debate-gas-export-profits?utm_source=bsky via @thesaturdaypaper.com.au “How do we live in a country that is one of the biggest gas exporters in the world and get more tax from beer than Petroleum Resource Rent Tax?”.02 May 2026 06:55 +0000at://did:plc:zz2yzyej53mbsf4orn64lxgp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mku2rpvids25https://bsky.app/profile/brucewilliams4.bsky.social/post/3mkryngunc222https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/commentisfree/2026/may/01/the-royal-commission-into-antisemitisms-interim-report-should-improve-safety-but-whats-revelatory-is-what-it-does-not-recommend-ntwnfb?CMP=share_btn_url She has not identified the need for any urgent legislative change to restrict protests or marches. She has not recommended that any phrases be banned on threat of imprisonment for two years. She has not recommended that immigration be restricted.01 May 2026 11:12 +0000at://did:plc:zz2yzyej53mbsf4orn64lxgp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkryngunc222https://bsky.app/profile/brucewilliams4.bsky.social/post/3mkryhtftr222 [contains quote post or other embedded content]01 May 2026 11:08 +0000at://did:plc:zz2yzyej53mbsf4orn64lxgp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkryhtftr222https://bsky.app/profile/brucewilliams4.bsky.social/post/3mkrygsco7c22https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/ng-interactive/2026/apr/30/gina-rinehart-one-nation-pauline-hanson-donations-ntwnfb?CMP=share_btn_url Hancock Prospecting was there “providing the wings” for the One Nation movement. And: “The journey has only just begun.”01 May 2026 11:08 +0000at://did:plc:zz2yzyej53mbsf4orn64lxgp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkrygsco7c22https://bsky.app/profile/brucewilliams4.bsky.social/post/3mkrmvoaeok2rOne Nation eyes Farrer as cost of living bites https://www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/comment/topic/2026/05/01/one-nation-eyes-farrer-cost-living-bites?utm_source=bsky via @thesaturdaypaper.com.au Stirring social division's long been One Nation's tool, ever since Hanson was given licence by then PM Howard to voice resentment towards migrants, Indigenous Australians & Muslims01 May 2026 07:41 +0000at://did:plc:zz2yzyej53mbsf4orn64lxgp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkrmvoaeok2r