greggerypeccary wrote on Apr 16^th, 2026 at 3:20pm:


I will trust everyday Australians over mainstream media owned news that happily collects 20 million tax free taxpayer money to promote the government policies.

As we saw and is recorded in the gazette.


The whole reason why mainstream media is collapsing is because social media cannot be brought and sold by the government of choice.

Albo twenty five million save petrol campaign is more about keeping the mainstream media licking his socks for more Taxpayer dollars than anything about having an educated opinion that might jeopardise their monthly salary .


The first casualty in any war is the truth.

If you think our mainstream talking heads and the brains behind them aren’t  going to promote the Albo after just sharing in a 20 million dollars pay out your mad!

If you paid them 30 million dollars tomorrow they would say the exact opposite or what ever you want them to say.

I have far more trust in Bruce from broken hill with his two  x race greyhounds than I will ever have in our “ opinion for rent” or anything a politician might say.

P.s I follow jan from  Walcott on inster. And shes 79 and making more sense than anyone I read here p.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has travelled approximately 25,000km and burned through more than 300,000 litres of fuel since the Iran War started, the equivalent of 75 car trips around Australia.

Analysis by this masthead of Airbus Albo’s jetsetting reveals he has taken at least 13 official trips interstate and overseas since February 28, when the US-Israel campaign Operation Epic Fury began.

The PM has passport stamps from Singapore, Malaysia and Brunei; as well as postcards from Burnie in Tasmania, Coburg in Victoria, Whyalla in South Australia, Lytton in Queensland.

The PM has taxpayer funded ComCars available anywhere in Australia, as well as a RAAF VIP plane, nicknamed “Toto One” after his cavoodle, which is believed to cost $4,600 per hour to fly.

This week’s flight from Sydney to Brunei would have used an estimated 68,983.2 litres of fuel, according to an estimated calculation by this masthead. The sojourn to Singapore, to shore up Australia’s fuel security, would have likely used 149,143.2 litres of fuel for the return jaunt.

In comparison, heavy duty trucks consume between 30 and 60 litres of fuel per 100km while the average car uses about seven litres of fuel per 100km.

That means the PM’s total fuel usage for the period is the equivalent of around 10,000 trips by heavy duty trucks or 75 road trips around the country in a standard car.

The PM’s travel has been deemed “hypocritical” by critics, who point to the government’s new $20m advertising blitz encouraging Aussies to reduce their car use in a bid to save fuel for the nation’s essential services.

Called “Every little bit counts”, the campaign was launched across televisions, websites and billboards and posters earlier this week.

Opposition spokesman on “waste and accountability” Tony Pasin said the PM needed to explain why he had to fly overseas instead of making a phone call or hosting a digital meeting.

“What Australia needs is fewer lectures and mixed messages and more commitment to drilling and digging to access our own resources to provide cheap and accessible power,” he said.

“This is pure hypocrisy. Telling Australians to catch the bus while he travels around the world, my message to Albo is straight forward – pick up the phone not the boarding pass.

Institute of Public Affairs deputy executive director of communications Daniel Wild said the PM’s travel was hypocritical given the government was telling people to use less fuel.

“At a headline level it’s hypocritical,” he said.

“The government has been putting out a taxpayer funding advertising campaign telling Australians to drive less and use less fuel at the exact same use time the Prime Minister has been clocking up the airmiles and using scarce fuels.

“It’s another example of the PM being out of touch.”

The PM regularly travels between his taxpayer funded mansions in Sydney and Canberra, attending events such as the Bairro Português festival in Petersham and a Rabbitohs games at Allianz Stadium.

He toured a shipyard with King Frederik and Queen Mary of Denmark in Hobart during their official tour of Tasmania, hosted the Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney in Canberra; and attended the Ramadan night markets in the western Sydney suburb of Lakemba.

Treasurer Jim Chalmers is also preparing to travel to Washington for a whirlwind tour to discuss global economic uncertainty with his international counterparts.

Iran has effectively closed the Strait of Hormuz, a vital marine corridor through which about 20 per cent of the world’s oil flows, in retaliation for the US and Israel’s assassination of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

Since then oil prices have soared to above US$100 a barrel, with punters at one point paying over $2.50 for petrol at the bowser.

Australia is almost entirely reliant on fuel exports from Asia and Mr Albanese travelled overseas to secure supply of fuel and fertiliser.

A spokesman for the Prime Minister’s office referred to previous comments by Mr Albanese where he said the international trips were vital to ensure national fuel supply.

“Australia is facing a more uncertain world, and therefore the certainty of those clear, close relationships is more important than ever,” Mr Albanese said last week.

“We don’t need to wait for this global crisis to be over. We have to build resilience into the system. We are currently in a secure position. However, engaging with our international partners is an important part of keeping our fuel supply flowing.”

Australia imported 12,517.9ML of fuel from Singapore in 2025, including 5,974.5ML of automotive gasoline or 55 per cent of total petrol imports.

The nation also imported 3872.6ML of fuel from Brunei and 10260.5ML of fuel from Malaysia, including 38 per cent of total crude oil.

https://www.news.com.au/finance/economy/world-economy/russian-media-mocks-anthon...

“ Russian state media mocked Anthony Albanese’s announcement this week that the government had secured 100 million litres of diesel, saying it would barely last one day.”

Old Albo, solving the crisis one day at a time.