Any half-decent Australian politician from either of the major parties can stand up to the senile p1ssweak bully who is pretending to be the POTUS when he's not cheating at golf. If you followed international affairs you would know that the Australian Government regularly takes an opposing and correct position to that of the USA. The rest of the world has a playbook for effectively dealing with Taco, and Albo is one of the authors.
And Rudd, for all his flaws, has the balls to rightfully call out Taco as the village idiot.
Proof is in the pudding - when Trump raised what Rudd said (prior to Trump winning) their combined gigging and backflipping was as weak and childish a response as you get and not to mention cringe worthy.
You hate him we all get it but to imply our leaders can stand up to him is utter nonsense.
You need leaders with presence and backbone - the opposite of what we have in Oz and why the likes of Trump will walk all over us.
Stop listening to right wing podcasts and get some independent, factual information. Taco and the US may be able to bully Venezuela but most first world nations, including Australia, are running rings around Taco.
Did we cave in to the US demands to scrap our pharmaceutical benefits scheme? Why then are our prescriptions still relatively cheap?
Have we lifted defence spending as Taco demanded? The independent media headline "Albanese again pushes back on US demand for Australia to increase defence spending to 3.5% of GDP" suggests not. Have we given any assurances in response to the US demand that we show our hand when China invades Taiwan?
And who sold the JORN defence radar to Canada, gazumping a deal the US had been counting on? Then there's our ongoing opposition to all of the craziness that's spilling out of Mar a Lago.
As for the press conference, it was discussed at the time that the whole thing was scripted and Rudd agreed to take a fall in order to give the impression that he was contrite. At the end of the day, the Hon Dr Kevin Rudd AC is still the Ambassador of Australia to the United States and Taco is still the village idiot.
You have to wonder why North’s men’s program is so inept 🤔
I read an article recently that went into how well prepared North were for AFLW and how the decision not to grant them a foundation licence was inexplicable. Their ability to maintain that state of preparation in the face of that disappointment is commendable.
Their girls have to be favourites for the next couple of years … unless they swap personnel with the men.
Nothing showing why you can't. 7 others have. Poll is not locked, I've locked the midfield and defender ones though.
Can you see the results?
Yes I can see the results.
I had a quick look and “liked” the post. When I returned to the thread to complete the poll I was locked out - and my selections were going to be earth shattering 🤣
You've got the governments mixed up again Shawny. We have a Federal system with State and Territory Governments and the Commonwealth Government. The latter has the misfortune of trying to deal with the lunatic in the USA.
My point was we have no politician remotely capable of standing up to a figure like Trump.
Albo nor that goose Rudd are not taken seriously by any country yet alone a super power.
You're point has absolutely no validity.
Any half-decent Australian politician from either of the major parties can stand up to the senile p1ssweak bully who is pretending to be the POTUS when he's not cheating at golf. If you followed international affairs you would know that the Australian Government regularly takes an opposing and correct position to that of the USA. The rest of the world has a playbook for effectively dealing with Taco, and Albo is one of the authors.
And Rudd, for all his flaws, has the balls to rightfully call out Taco as the village idiot.
I have mentioned in another thread that Sam Walsh’s father, Wayne, is my grandson’s woodwork teacher. That’s not exactly right, he is his “design tech” teacher.
Anyway, the young fellow has just brought his design tech project home. Superb design and precise woodwork. Great work by the lad but well done Mr Walsh!
I understand that shaving one's head can be an act of faith for Muslims but it's not obligatory (as opposed to not shaving beards). Perhaps Adam has decided to revert to his natural appearance
Nic Newman, Brodie Kemp and Jagga Smith coming back from injury adds to competition.
Established players like Florent, Hayward and Ainsworth add to competition.
An outstanding draftee in Harry Dean demands a spot in the 23.
Newbies like Chesser, Reidy, Ison and Byrne add to the competition for spots.
We’ve basically lost five first 23 players, three of whom were injury prone or unavailable, and replaced them with seven first 23 players and four players with the potential to demand a first 23 spot.
@Lods....see above, perfect. Everyone's an upgrade at this stage of the season.
@DJC... No way have we gained 7 best 23 players. Even if you include players who missed last year through injury, i don't think you get 4 more via trades/draft.
Re harry dean, Weitering is a lock. Haynes should be as well. Did Dean demand a spot of those 2 are there? Did it makes us too tall? Some would have McGovern as the 3rd, did Dean take his spot? Gov can play smaller, can Dean? Long term replacement for Haynes, sure, not sure it happens yet. .... and don't tell me Haynes is playing on a wing
Newman, Kemp, Smith, Hayward, Florent, Ainsworth and Dean is seven best 23 players.
Experienced observers like Shifter have Dean playing in opening round. He may not play exclusively on the opposition’s second KPF but he will have the measure of many.
We played Weitering, O’Farrell and Haynes (and Young) together in defence last season so why not substitute Dean for O’Farrell? Far from making us too tall, it means we can match up well with most forward lines.
Haynes played on the wing in our last two games but I have him in defence in my team.
If the Australian Government had any balls, they’d tell Taco to go and plait his sh1t.
this government cant even control local machette thugs - you want them to stand up to trump.
ya dreamin.
You've got the governments mixed up again Shawny. We have a Federal system with State and Territory Governments and the Commonwealth Government. The latter has the misfortune of trying to deal with the lunatic in the USA.
I think the big difference between 2025 and 2026 is that we will have serious depth and fair dinkum competition for almost every spot in the 23.
I'm not sure there is anymore competition than there was last year. There's a lot of new faces who are 'unknown' that is causing some grief.
Nic Newman, Brodie Kemp and Jagga Smith coming back from injury adds to competition.
Established players like Florent, Hayward and Ainsworth add to competition.
An outstanding draftee in Harry Dean demands a spot in the 23.
Newbies like Chesser, Reidy, Ison and Byrne add to the competition for spots.
We’ve basically lost five first 23 players, three of whom were injury prone or unavailable, and replaced them with seven first 23 players and four players with the potential to demand a first 23 spot.
but I don't think so.
