Didnt see Albo and crew volunteering to cut the fuel excise to help Australians or say they would return all that extra GST they will make on inflated petroleum product prices to farmers and the agriculture sector etc...Trump isnt the only one who can exploit or take advantage when it suits...
It's worth reading about (and there's a few good articles) what cutting the fuel excise now would do. The net effect would be to send inflation northward at an alarming rate, and lead to far greater pain for a much longer time. Economic times now are very different to those that prevailed when the excise was cut during Covid.
Of course, that doesn't stop opportunistic populist w***ers like Hanson, Joyce et al who claim that it shows the Government doesn't care about struggling Australians. Cheap punchlines with little or no credibility in terms of actual decision-making.
“Prices are coming down very substantially, oil will be coming down. That's just a matter of war that happens very, you can almost predict it. I would say it went up a little bit less than we thought, it's going to come down more than anybody understands."
For accuracy’s sake, substitute “subsquishatly” for “substantially”.
Leaving aside the mispronunciation, what on earth does that mean? That’s not the speech of a lucid, rational person capable of clear thinking or considered decision making.
Lots of noises about oil futures trading immediately around the time that the Orange One made his pronouncements about 'negotiating' with Iran. It's easy to have snouts in the trough when you know exactly when the trough is about to be filled.......
Believe it or not individual teams go into Round 1 with different mindsets depending on their stage of development. Leigh Matthews used to build into the season, and look at peaking at the right time. I dare say Chris Scott thinks likewise as would Chris Fagan. Ross Lyon will have StKilda wound up tighter than a 50's wrist watch to ensure they usher in the new era with a win...... and Vossie has a new game plan that needs to show credibility and effectiveness. So where does that leave Dean Cox and the Swan? Will their attitude be all about showing off their shiny new toy and how that one piece of the jigsaw is enough to take them back into the top 4, or are they at a stage where the build up to a season is the way to go. As is repeated so often before (and after) around 1 games, it's worth 4 point, like every other round..... nothing more, nothing less. I think the Swans in Round 16 would be a far more dangerous outfit than in Round 1.
This is a game that the Swans are expected to win, and they also need to show that bringing in Curnow and ejecting Hayward and Florent has been the right move. They also need to show the Sydney crowd that they are back after a disappointing 2025. If they were to lose this game, it would be a major loss for them, not only the 4 points, but far more significantly from a PR point of view.
Carlton, on the other hand, have lost 3 significant players and are trying to introduce a completely new game style.
Therein lies the opportunity - an unknown quantity that might just ruin the party. We can only hope.....
Imagine if the game came down to a Hayward or Curnow kick after the siren.....
AFL have really set us up for a fall in this first game.
Sydney have lots of tall forward options which may stretch us, I wouldn't play Weiters on Charlie, we need him to be the general back there and free to roam as third man up. Lewis Young may get the job instead.
TBH, I would be happy with not getting blown out of the water - we have some winnable games after this one, and a chance for the new combinations to settle down a bit. Just don't need a flogging first up to deflate the balloon too much.
Loves: Ollie on the wing. Jagga. Walshy. Coops. Game plan. Work rate.
Likes: Deano. Crippa. Hewey. Pitto. Derks. The Byrner.
Concerns: Chesser. Fogarty. Moir.
Agree with most of this, although I thought Chesser was pretty good.
I went last night so I could see how cohesive the new game plan is (watching on the box doesn't let you look 50-100 metres down the ground.....)
A couple of observations.....
- Our forwards need to learn how to work better with this new game plan. The timing of their leads is poor, either too early, or not committed enough so they don't get a break on their defenders. We had several centre breaks that could have led to easy goals, but the leads weren't there.
- Yet again, too many intercept marks by Geelong defenders were effectively uncontested. If we want the small/mid forwards more involved, there must be someone in Blue contesting every mark in F50
- On point 2, if a forward does go up in a marking contest, a mark is good, but a spoil and subsequent crumbs may be just as good. The aim must be to make sure the opposition doesn't get it.
- We really need Newman back with his left foot daggers. The short play in our D50 is heart-in-mouth stuff (especially if Mitch McGovern and Lewis Young are involved!).
- I'd really like to see a bit more one-on-one defense. We coughed up quite a few goals by using a zone approach but being too loose. (eg check out Ollie Henry's goal in the last quarter - he strolled in and kicked from 40 while a couple of Carlton defenders were trying to guard space instead of pressuring the ball-holder).
Overall, a pleasing change, and watching it is much more enthralling than the treacle approach we have been using in the past.
I don't get why the MAGA media post this stuff and think it's a positive for RedTrump, or how anybody can read it and think he some sort of righteous clarion.
I read that paragraph and think, this heavily resourced and connected Kent new what was going or in a global paedophile ring back in 2006 and chose to do feck all about it!
I suspect that he was terrified that Epstein would spill the beans ... and still is, albeit posthumously.
I notice Maxwell used the 5th amendment during her interview with Comer et al. Said she would only tell the full story if Trump offers her clemency.
How does that work....? He lets her out of jail and she tells the whole story with some useful omissions?
There must be something preventing a President from offering a pardon to a person who may hold incriminating evidence against said President?
Their cameos look great but like many players of this mould they struggle to add more strings to their bow and can be a bit pigeon holed - maybe they just don't work as hard as they should as their glimpses of brilliance gets them brownie points other less flashy players are not afforded
As a fan i get very excited with these sorts but have been disappointed more times as only a few go on to play long careers.
Time will tell.
I fear you’re right but obviously hope he can develop into a solid contributor.
Moir reminds me a lot of Izak Rankine - if he can develop an engine, and rotate through the mids occasionally, he will become far more dangerous.
Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado said she had presented her Nobel Peace Prize to US President Donald Trump during a high-stakes encounter that could affect how Trump seeks to shape the South American country’s political future.
But the Nobel Prize people said it is 'not possible' for an award winner to pass the prize onto someone else.
