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The Rise: Protective Spirits Abound

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  He lay under refuge, under assault, sick of the conflict, sick of what was happening, horrified and despairing at the state of everything, while dark forces and treachery and broken promises and an increasingly totalitarian government circled all around. It was wrong what they were doing, faring farewell, noticing a kaleidoscopic slight, haunted by demons which had entered the house, trapped in a situation he had allowed to happen, moving, moving fast. The sheets of coloured armour would wrap around him. It was essential to move on; to preserve safety. That's what they always said, take care of yourself first. But the nastiness, the viciousness, not just of the malfunctioning apparatchiks who had focused on him for reasons which sounded insane every time he tried to explain, so he lapsed back into silence. Silence. It was a safer place to be.  But these words, the fragments of the threads that had been broken and then strung across low flung clouds, the contradictions, the c...
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All Was Not Lost

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  The demons had arrived. There was a disturbance in the force. The whale migration was on; and he cold feel them like a liquid underwater stream passing up the coast. The cliffs were cold. The nights were dark. It was mid-winter, the shortest night of the year approaching; and he, gathering together from confused elements, ligaments which barely worked, night times which disappeared into those same liquid streams. All was disturbed. All was powerful. He remained silent. The village slept. Australia was at a turning point. There were clashes everywhere, if not physically,  not yet anyway, certainly in many other ways. Ground down by the ceaseless nastiness and perpetual repression of what was essentially a communist government, with many willing fools and tens of thousands of employees, their brains, their will, their independence sapped; he gathered strength by the day, and rose up. They were both soaring and instilled in place, the atmosphere drenched. All was not lost. Each...
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Fire the Liar: The Entire Country is Laughing at the Prime Minister

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  "Albanese's $40bn CGT Tax Grab Branded a 'Stitch-Up' in Rushed Senate Inquiry" screamed the Daily Telegraph, as industry leaders slammed the government's handling of controversial capital gains tax and negative gearing reforms. Business groups accused Labor of structuring hearings to "limit genuine scrutiny," with one peak body alliance urging outright rejection of the bill that they claim will hammer housing investment and drive up rents. " Housing Industry Already Taxed Like Tobacco ," experts told the inquiry, warning that Albanese's changes treat property like a vice while doing little for first-home buyers amid chronic shortages. Critics in outlets like the Herald Sun and Townsville Bulletin described the overhaul as punitive, predicting it would kneecap businesses and young investors chasing the same opportunities their parents had, all to fund broader spending blowouts. Polling woes dominated coverage, with Roy Morgan and othe...
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