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Reply #30 - Mar 9^th, 2026 at 5:14pm

lee wrote on Mar 9^th, 2026 at 1:10pm:

I see Penny wants us to protect the Gulf States. She coyly hasn't advised on which side. Wink

The Gulf States - the ones that covertly support & harbour terrorist groups leaders?

The ones who are part of OPEC & who dictate the price of oil - therefore affecting fuel costs & supply to dumbass countries like ours that signed up to the world parity pricing BS and has closed most of it's own refineries?

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lee Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 20161 Gender:	Re: Bowen on fuel - Reply #31 - Mar 9^th, 2026 at 5:15pm Gnads wrote on Mar 9^th, 2026 at 5:10pm: So how does that work? When a tax return goes in they put in foreign income. That can be chaecked at source. It is sometimes easier to move money around overseas banks. you want to buy shares in USA, have an account you can operate there. It could be Bank of Hong Kong.
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Reply #32 - Mar 9^th, 2026 at 10:50pm

lee wrote on Mar 9^th, 2026 at 5:15pm:

Gnads wrote on Mar 9^th, 2026 at 5:10pm:

So how does that work?

When a tax return goes in they put in foreign income. That can be chaecked at source.

It is sometimes easier to move money around overseas banks.

you want to buy shares in USA, have an account you can operate there. It could be Bank of Hong Kong.

I prefer KL personally but it’s horses for courses.

You can board a plane out of Australia with $9999 cash in your pocket and ( for now) the Australian government can’t do anything to stop you.

I definitely don’t want my major savings in Australia.

The tax’s are farcical.

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Reply #33 - Mar 12^th, 2026 at 6:58pm

“Australian fuel standards eased

Alex Blair
Australia will temporarily ease fuel standards for the next two months to boost supply as Canberra attempts to deal with disruptions linked to the Middle East conflict.

The change is expected to add about 100 million litres of fuel a month, roughly equal to two extra days of supply.

Australia currently holds 36 days of petrol supply, 29 days of jet fuel and 32 days of diesel, well below the IEA expectation of 90 days of reserves for member countries.

Fuel with higher sulphur levels will be allowed back into the domestic market for 60 days rather than being exported.”

As labor has said repeatedly that there is no crisis I must ask why there now approved the sale of environmentally damaging petroleum?

Only to overseas markets, because apparently there environmentally damage doesn’t effect the rest of the world???

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Reply #34 - Mar 12^th, 2026 at 8:56pm

I see chalmers with one hand behind back owned libs once again in question time , 4/6 refineries closed under libtards , then another doozy who opposed labors strategic reserve policy just last year ? You guessed it , libtards ... arent you angry you got corrupt anus and fake coal face as an opposition? But , lets be honest next lnp leader isnt born yet Cheesy

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Sir Grappler Truth Teller OAM Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 89988 Proud Old White Australian Man Gender:	Re: Bowen on fuel - Reply #35 - Yesterday at 9:43am The way he speaks about fuel he must be sniffing it....
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Reply #36 - Yesterday at 9:49am

Daves2017 wrote on Mar 12^th, 2026 at 6:58pm:

“Australian fuel standards eased

Alex Blair
Australia will temporarily ease fuel standards for the next two months to boost supply as Canberra attempts to deal with disruptions linked to the Middle East conflict.

The change is expected to add about 100 million litres of fuel a month, roughly equal to two extra days of supply.

Australia currently holds 36 days of petrol supply, 29 days of jet fuel and 32 days of diesel, well below the IEA expectation of 90 days of reserves for member countries.

Fuel with higher sulphur levels will be allowed back into the domestic market for 60 days rather than being exported.”

As labor has said repeatedly that there is no crisis I must ask why there now approved the sale of environmentally damaging petroleum?

Only to overseas markets, because apparently there environmentally damage doesn’t effect the rest of the world???

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Reply #37 - Yesterday at 1:54pm

LNP never again wrote on Mar 12^th, 2026 at 8:56pm:

I see chalmers with one hand behind back owned libs once again in question time , 4/6 refineries closed under libtards , then another doozy who opposed labors strategic reserve policy just last year ? You guessed it , libtards ... arent you angry you got corrupt anus and fake coal face as an opposition? But , lets be honest next lnp leader isnt born yet Cheesy

They've never had a "reserve" policy.

And when asked if they help the situation by cutting the fuel excise of 51.6 cents per litre they said no.

They also get 10% GST on every litre sold so are collecting 61.6 cents a litre in excise & taxes.

It's absolutely ridiculous.

If they were fairdinkum they'd ease that excise rate.

But they're so far in debt they're raking in/raping the tax payer for all they're worth.

No govt should get anymore than 10c in the dollar in tax or excise.

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Vic Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 8567 Melbourne Victoria Gender:	Re: Bowen on fuel - Reply #38 - Yesterday at 3:49pm Is it time to consider telling the USA we would like the billions of litres of oil we paid for and pay for them to store back? I am sure if we send Angus over (after all he organised it) we would have it back Tout de suite “Fantastic. Great move. Well done Angus”
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Jasin Gold Member Online Posts: 55896 Gender:	Re: Bowen on fuel - Reply #39 - Yesterday at 3:56pm The National Leader is an expert on climate issues. I'm betting he's gonna kick Bowen's salesman arse.
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Vic Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 8567 Melbourne Victoria Gender:	Re: Bowen on fuel - Reply #40 - Yesterday at 4:23pm Jasin wrote Yesterday at 3:56pm: The National Leader is an expert on climate issues. I'm betting he's gonna kick Bowen's salesman arse. Bit hard from the Senate Jasin. Meanwhile: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canavan_disease
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Reply #41 - Yesterday at 4:30pm

Gnads wrote Yesterday at 1:54pm:

LNP never again wrote on Mar 12^th, 2026 at 8:56pm:

I see chalmers with one hand behind back owned libs once again in question time , 4/6 refineries closed under libtards , then another doozy who opposed labors strategic reserve policy just last year ? You guessed it , libtards ... arent you angry you got corrupt anus and fake coal face as an opposition? But , lets be honest next lnp leader isnt born yet Cheesy

They've never had a "reserve" policy.

And when asked if they help the situation by cutting the fuel excise of 51.6 cents per litre they said no.

They also get 10% GST on every litre sold so are collecting 61.6 cents a litre in excise & taxes.

It's absolutely ridiculous.

If they were fairdinkum they'd ease that excise rate.

But they're so far in debt they're raking in/raping the tax payer for all they're worth.

No govt should get anymore than 10c in the dollar in tax or excise.

The Uniparty - Labor/Liberal turned us into a debtor nation
when we should be so wealthy that everyone should owe us money.
The result is enormous taxes that will never go away.

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Daves2017 Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 3119 Gender:	Re: Bowen on fuel - Reply #42 - Yesterday at 4:32pm Remember when Bowen and Albo said that there was no crisis and everything was going to be fine? Guess what. They now acknowledge that there is a crisis and taking radical urgent action . Never, ever believe an Australian politician!
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Reply #43 - Yesterday at 5:34pm

Vic wrote Yesterday at 3:49pm:

Is it time to consider telling the USA we would like the billions of litres of oil we paid for and pay for them to store back? I am sure if we send Angus over (after all he organised it) we would have it back Tout de suite

“Fantastic. Great move. Well done Angus”

I’d like Anus to explain the mechanisms that would allow us to access our emergency 90 day supply he organised to be purchased and stored in Texas?

“ Fantastic. Great work Anal. Well done .”

I might even buy a newspaper if an Australian journalist was able to stop drinking long enough to do some basic research and write an informed article on it?

But let’s be honest, that will never happen?

Maybe someone on social media will explain it.

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Reply #44 - Yesterday at 10:58pm

I'm just waiting for the planes to run out of jet fuel now.

China’s ban on fuel exports is deeply worrying for Australian air travellers

The airlines have already increased the cost of their fares to cover the increase in the jet fuel price over the past 2 weeks (they won't absorb the cost from their obscene profits and plenty of mugs will still pay, of course) so let's see what happens here.

I, for one, see no downside to less planes in the air.

Less noise.
Less pollution.
Less virus and other disease spread around the world (flu, Covid, measles, etc.).

Just like we saw in the early days of Covid before governments 'caved in' to the airlines and others and we've had to live (and die) with the virus ever since.

If they do run out of fuel in the coming weeks I'd like to think of this as Karma coming back to bite the airlines in the @ss for all the disease they spread worldwide with zero effort made to stop or reduce it.

Mind you, I'm sure governments will do everything they can to prevent this from happening, they don't care about the average Joe not being able to put petrol in his car but they can't have anything affecting the airlines too much, can they?

Some of the pollies might even lose their Qantas Chairman's Lounge memberships and free flights. Roll Eyes

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