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Frank Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 58314 Gender:	Re: Petrol could hit $3 per litre Reply #900 - May 11^th, 2026 at 9:21pm $1.80 now.
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Reply #901 - May 12^th, 2026 at 6:18pm

lee wrote on May 11^th, 2026 at 6:07pm:

Marla wrote on May 11^th, 2026 at 5:10am:

Enjoy that FREE healthcare on my dime while its last.

Can you show me in your budget where it says it pays health care to Australians? Wink

Marla is just in denial about the fact that Americans are unable to pay for healthcare due to the fact that they have to maintain a massive military presence in the world and occasionally have to go provoke a war or two to justify its existence.

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Reply #902 - May 12^th, 2026 at 6:52pm

UnSubRocky wrote on May 12^th, 2026 at 6:18pm:

lee wrote on May 11^th, 2026 at 6:07pm:

Marla wrote on May 11^th, 2026 at 5:10am:

Enjoy that FREE healthcare on my dime while its last.

Can you show me in your budget where it says it pays health care to Australians? Wink

Marla is just in denial about the fact that Americans are unable to pay for healthcare due to the fact that they have to maintain a massive military presence in the world and occasionally have to go provoke a war or two to justify its existence.

I will translate for Marla -

she means that we don't pay our fair share for defence therefore
we have plenty of money for hospitals and medical care.

The defence tab is picked up by the USA.

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UnSubRocky Gold Member Offline Crocodile Hunter: Origins Posts: 25212 Rockhampton Gender:	Re: Petrol could hit $3 per litre Reply #903 - May 14^th, 2026 at 10:49am Apparently, Marla does not understand that bombing the hell out of countries does cost a fair bit of money. That is why Australians would rather set up diplomacy and trade with other countries peacefully.
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Bobby. Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 119855 Melbourne Gender:	Re: Petrol could hit $3 per litre Reply #904 - May 14^th, 2026 at 5:32pm We have $30 trillion worth of shale oil:
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UnSubRocky Gold Member Offline Crocodile Hunter: Origins Posts: 25212 Rockhampton Gender:	Re: Petrol could hit $3 per litre Reply #905 - May 15^th, 2026 at 1:09am "... of shale oil".
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Re: Petrol could hit $3 per litre
Reply #906 - May 15^th, 2026 at 1:32am

UnSubRocky wrote on May 12^th, 2026 at 6:18pm:

Marla is just in denial about the fact that Americans are unable to pay for healthcare due to the fact that they have to maintain a massive military presence in the world and occasionally have to go provoke a war or two to justify its existence.

Not what I'm saying at all. Now pay attention

The reason why I have no healthcare is because of bloated defense spending and the fact that none of your Aussies seem to give a toss about defending your own continent thinking America will do it for you.

Many Aussies are fat, lazy and have no ambition to defend in the name of freedom. By proxy, I am paying for your protection am I not?

That's why I have no healthcare.

So pony up or learn to speak Chinese.

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Sophia Gold Member Offline Posts: 9667	Re: Petrol could hit $3 per litre Reply #907 - May 15^th, 2026 at 11:08am …. I was shocked to see the LP auto Gas price up in Qld Whitsundays! Here in Melbourne it’s .89 cents per litre: In Whitsundays it’s $1.99.5 per litre!
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Reply #908 - May 18^th, 2026 at 8:30pm

Marla wrote on May 15^th, 2026 at 1:32am:

UnSubRocky wrote on May 12^th, 2026 at 6:18pm:

Marla is just in denial about the fact that Americans are unable to pay for healthcare due to the fact that they have to maintain a massive military presence in the world and occasionally have to go provoke a war or two to justify its existence.

Not what I'm saying at all. Now pay attention

The reason why I have no healthcare is because of bloated defense spending and the fact that none of your Aussies seem to give a toss about defending your own continent thinking America will do it for you.

Many Aussies are fat, lazy and have no ambition to defend in the name of freedom. By proxy, I am paying for your protection am I not?

That's why I have no healthcare.

So pony up or learn to speak Chinese.

So, you have no health care because of your massive military budget. That was what I said. You disagreed and then went on agree that it was the problem. As for you saying that the United States is looking after Australia, you have that all backwards. You probably like the idea of Australia's location being a forward defence region, located in the southwest Pacific. 27 million Australians defending a continent (mostly desert) from an invasion of 100s of millions of Asians to the northwest of us. Why have they not attacked if they are hostile? The answer is they are not. And they probably don't mind a $2 trillion economy country like Australia buying their stuff and getting food and natural resources in return.

I don't like your attitude. I think I would want a bigger refund on my taxes, if you seriously think that your country is paying for my healthcare.

Yeah, I am fat and lazy of recent years. But I would have no problem doing 6 weeks of intensive training to get back into an acceptable fitness standard to rejoin the military -- if age was not an issue -- to defend my homeland. If there was a poll in the USA to decide whether to defend Australia from attack, most Americans would say "no". Does not seem to be the other way around, though.

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lee Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 20777 Gender:	Re: Petrol could hit $3 per litre Reply #909 - May 19^th, 2026 at 1:15pm UnSubRocky wrote on May 18^th, 2026 at 8:30pm: I think I would want a bigger refund on my taxes, if you seriously think that your country is paying for my healthcare. You think Marla pays taxes?
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Bobby. Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 119855 Melbourne Gender:	Re: Petrol could hit $3 per litre Reply #910 - May 19^th, 2026 at 2:03pm lee wrote on May 19^th, 2026 at 1:15pm: UnSubRocky wrote on May 18^th, 2026 at 8:30pm: I think I would want a bigger refund on my taxes, if you seriously think that your country is paying for my healthcare. You think Marla pays taxes? She pays taxes on the pot she buys.
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lee Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 20777 Gender:	Re: Petrol could hit $3 per litre Reply #911 - May 19^th, 2026 at 2:45pm Bobby. wrote on May 19^th, 2026 at 2:03pm: She pays taxes on the pot she buys. only if the sale is declared.
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Bobby. Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 119855 Melbourne Gender:	Re: Petrol could hit $3 per litre Reply #912 - May 19^th, 2026 at 3:10pm lee wrote on May 19^th, 2026 at 2:45pm: Bobby. wrote on May 19^th, 2026 at 2:03pm: She pays taxes on the pot she buys. only if the sale is declared. She buys it from the local pot shop.
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Reply #913 - May 20^th, 2026 at 10:51am

Bobby. wrote on May 6^th, 2026 at 3:42pm:

I don't believe this video -

I reckon we've got plenty of oil -
we just haven't drilled enough research holes to find it all.

Australia is one of the most resource-rich countries on Earth, producing enormous amounts of gold, iron ore, coal, uranium, and natural gas. But despite its vast size and geological history, the continent has never become a major oil-producing nation. So why does Australia have so little oil compared to places like the United States or the Middle East? This video explores the geological reasons behind Australia’s limited oil reserves and explains how tectonics, basin evolution, heat flow, organic matter, and environmental history all combined to limit the formation of giant oil fields.

We have plenty of oil & gas.

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Gnads Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 33364 Gender:	Re: Petrol could hit $3 per litre Reply #914 - May 20^th, 2026 at 10:54am Bobby. wrote on May 14^th, 2026 at 5:32pm: We have $30 trillion worth of shale oil: We don't need shale oil. The process to recover it is very expensive and it's very dirty .. that is it is far more dirty that coal mining or gas & oil.
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Question: How high fuel price have to become before Australians would make Australian oil stay in Australia?
* This poll has now closed *
$3 per litre 3 (17.6%) $4 per litre 3 (17.6%) $5 per litre 2 (11.8%) $6 per litre 0 (0.0%) $7 per litre 1 (5.9%) $8 per litre 0 (0.0%) $9 per litre 4 (23.5%) never 4 (23.5%) Total votes: 17 « Created by: tallowood on: Mar 17^th, 2026 at 12:36pm »