Dear Prime Minister,
Re: Moral consistency and sovereign leadership
I am writing as a concerned Australian to urge your government to better align its priorities with the values and concerns of many Australians. While I appreciate the challenges of governing a diverse nation, there are two pressing issues where your government’s focus appears disconnected from the broader sentiment of the public, as expressed daily across all social media platforms and citizen journalist sites.
Firstly, the response to the recent arson attack on a Melbourne synagogue has highlighted a troubling inconsistency in how Australia addresses racism, victimisation, and discrimination. Political and media discourse has placed disproportionate emphasis on antisemitism, often overshadowing issues faced by Aboriginal communities, as well as refugees and religious and ethnic minority groups. While combating antisemitism is essential, many Australians are asking why it consistently dominates the national conversation, while systemic discrimination and violence against other groups remain under-addressed.
During travels in Europe and the United Kingdom, my wife and I have often been asked why Australia treats refugees and Indigenous peoples so poorly – but never asked about antisemitism. This suggests our international reputation is shaped more by these broader issues of racial justice, which deserve equal, if not greater attention from your government. I urge you to champion a more inclusive approach to tackling all forms of racism and discrimination, ensuring that no Australians are sidelined in the national conversation.
Secondly, many progressive Australians are deeply concerned about Defence Minister Richard Marles’ apparent alignment with the Trump administration. At a time when Australians are wary of being drawn into international conflicts, this relationship raises alarm bells. We value our sovereignty and are resolute in our desire to avoid entanglement in foreign wars. Your government’s defence posture should reflect this sentiment, prioritising diplomacy and independence over closer ties with any administration that may not align with Australia’s interests or values.
I implore you to engage more directly with the perspectives shared on platforms where these concerns are being voiced loudly by everyday Australians. By addressing these issues – balancing the focus on all forms of victimisation and racism, and ensuring our defence policy reflects our commitment to peace – you can rebuild trust with voters who supported your government’s vision for a fairer Australia.
Thank you for your attention to these matters. I look forward to seeing your leadership in addressing these concerns and fostering a more inclusive and independent Australia.
Yours sincerely,
Michael Taylor
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Well said. I absolutely agree. I hope Albanese does not squander his mandate
Thank you Michael. I’ll be sharing this on social media. Hopefully, it will inspire others to write along the same lines.
Well put Michael.
Is the attack on the synagogue linked to the Gaza genocide?
Of course.
Is the Gaza genocide linked to control of global trade and of Middle East resources?
Of course.
Is control of global trade and of Middle East resources linked to preserving the global financial system?
Of course.
Everything is linked.
Reform the global financial system and most problems will disappear.
Much more important to make a fuss about the Israeli ZION@ZI professional whingers than Australian Aborigines that compose a larger proportion of the Australian population. We have decades of experience ignoring Aborigines and their atrocious living conditions and unhealthy life style enforced by Australian government inaction.
Also, that is why Australia still supplies armament components to the Israeli government rather than take the necessary moral stand against The GENOCIDE IN GAZA.
Must be something to do with our European AngloCeltic heritage, the countries that persecuted Jewish persons for centuries and by colonisation made racism an artform for their own financial benefit.
Thank you Michael, a great discloser of our (Australian) political scene. But I don’t see any “racism” in my country,just a lot of bigotry and ignorance.
Israel’s defence minister, Israel Katz told journalists on Monday he wanted to establish a camp on the ruins of the city of Rafah, initially to house about 600,000 Palestinians – and eventually the whole 2.1 million population: Katz, showing that he has a morbid sense of humour, refrained from calling this camp a ‘ghetto’ and prefers the term “humanitarian city”.
“It will be just like camping out” they say, only the ‘campers will be known as ‘inmates’ and will not be allowed to leave; the IDF will guard the perimeters (and take the occasional pot-shot at inmates) and of course healthcare, food and drink will be limited.
Happy camping !
Good shot Michael, Albanese and his government are totally out of step with the Australian people on –
(1) ‘excessive’ antisemitism government rhetoric while ignoring irritants such as Israel’s genocide, propaganda, false claims, hypocrisy and deliberate agitation by Israeli intelligence and secret services in Australian domestic affairs to deflect the former, as well as under-representing more relevant racist issues and agendas (indigenous and multicultural), as stated;
(2) ‘lack of’ critical concern, action, sanctions and condemnation of Israel’s continued illegal war, war crimes, genocide, crimes against humanity, and Australian Federal and State domestic attack policy and legislation on civil rights, freedoms, free speech and right to protest, demonising human rights advocates; and
(3) our ‘unconditional’ and excessive alignment with Trump, his administration and the USA including US military dominance over Australian defence, strategic and foreign policy in our region, compromising Australian sovereignty, risk of being dragged into another dangerous and pointless US led war at our expense, and push back, calling out excessive totalitarian Trump trade tariff wars and bullying of Australia.
The way our government is handling and responding to the entire Trump administration is cowardly, weak, sycophantic and dangerous, making us a collaborator, onlooker and voyeur to the bully in the playground against our international obligations, United Nations responsibilities and long established Australia humanitarian values.
On these issues the Labor Government is utterly failing to govern in the interests and aspirations of all Australians, the nation’s interests, international relations, world peace, trade and mutual prosperity.
It makes sense to me. Well said.
Thank you Michael for addressing concerns to the Prime Minister.
Jon Chesterson’s comment speaks for me!
We Australians need to be mindful of keeping our Sovereignty as well as being aware and protective of our ‘Rights’ ( not yet writ in Law) and our obligation to Human Rights via UN (which we helped pen) on the immoral slaughter of children and innocents. Our political voice should be loud, clear, persistent and determined.
Thank you again, Michael.
The genocidal maniac, Netanyahu, had the absolute hide to venture an opinion on the synagogue arson ( which, as I have said before is counterproductive in gaining traction for Palestinian support, so probably is basically anti-Semitic) is somewhat hypocritical given the havoc his Israeli Death Forces have visited on the hospitals, schools, mosques and every other piece of civil, commercial or residential property in Gaza.
I have a feeling that Albo is aware of the job that the Jewish lobby did on Jeremy Corbyn who was required to jump at the thought of antisemitic, and they measured whether he jumped high enough.
You may have seen that he is constantly being goaded by the jewish lobby here, and these guys display the sort of ethics you find in rogue nations.
Fence sitting requires a lot of skill and he has my support.
I like the article and agree with its thoughts, I also agree with the Douglas Pritchard reply. Does the Zionist lobby have too much influence on our system of government. I have made the comment before “Labor take care, we voted you in and we can vote you out” Fair and Equal does no mean one group is more equal than any other.
The Australian descendants of immigrants are indeed fortunate that indigenous people are peaceful, and value deep spirituality.
If their culture had a similar orientation to their dispossession as many other nationalities and ethnicities, we would live in a very deeply divided and troubled society.
The lack vigorous protest allows the question of dispossession to drift off the political radar, we pay lip service at best, and then only when the need arises.
There is so much more to do beyond welfare and grand statements.
To the contrary, I think Albanese is trying to do more for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders. It was the Australian people who voted ‘NO’ to the Voice.
Blame people like Jacinta Nampijinpa Price and Lidia Thorpe who try and sabotage Labor and their approach to do better for first nation’s people.
The Jewish ‘lobby’ – a broad umbrella if ever there was – have consistently demonstrated their unique characteristic, viz: if human skin ranges in thickness from 0.5 to 4 mm, then the so-called lobby would seem to have skin of a much thinner nature, perhaps to a power of ten to the negative 1, ie. 0.05 to 0.4 mm; poor petals, subjected to extraordinary sensitivity of a painful nature, liable to find fault wherever they look, unable to conceptualise that they themselves are the progenitors of their suffering, enveloped in a self-protective psychological shield from the perceived sense of inescapable hostility from every quarter, incapable of determining that if they, themselves, tweaked their outlook towards the positive, then possibly everything might change for the better, but no, insisting on rigid adherence to the primitivistic logic of the cave dwellers who saw danger & threat everywhere whenever they ventured out from the safety of their shelters.
Hopeless, would be an appropriate assessment.
Psychopathology is inherently possessive and transmittable, and one thing stands out in this whole ideological morass, which is, that the Jewish ‘nation’ and disapora collectively have acceded to the poisonous belief that they are superior to other humans, and by extension, other humans are inferior and can be treated accordingly; subjugated, brutalised & murdered without regret or consideration, even to the extent of whole-race elimination along with unwarranted acts of repeated aggression time & again. And they wonder why we don’t approve? All other nations should, ought to, need to, with common voice, condemn the actions of these rouge brutes and institute whatever sanctions and restrictions necessary to bring an end to the ongoing brutaity and inhumanity that these people seem to take such delight in inflicting.
Anne, that’s not my argument.
My question is, basically, why does a burnt door of a synagogue attract more outrage than a murdered Aboriginal lad?
Much the same as Michael Taylor, but I would have been more “direct”.
Gaza-and the blanket level DISGUSTING lies concerning it makes for the most , despicable action of many I can remember, although it does shed new light on the Viciousness of Bush and the Iraq and Afghanistan cruelties.
But I so agree with Canguro and his “petals” remark, after seeing the pics of starving and mutilated Gazan Kids.
Entirely agree, Michael.
Mr Taylor, it grieves me to say that your factual, reasonable and humane words will have absolutely no effect on the Albanese government whatsoever. The Zionist lobby rules this nation.
Regarding the Rafah concentration camp (referenced above) where ultimately two million Palestinians will be detained, it has been announced that :
“Israel continues to receive critical military aid from its closest ally: the United States. In a major logistical operation completed today (Wednesday), dozens of armored D9 bulldozers were delivered to Israel’s northern port of Haifa, bolstering the IDF’s ground capabilities amid the ongoing war.”
https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/defense-news/article-860489
This massive shipment, whilst hailed by Israeli media has largely been ignored by Western media. The Caterpillar D9 shipment is vital to the IDF final solution of demolishing and clearing remaining infrastructure in the Gaza strip.
With the best will in the world, what is happening in Gaza between the US and Israel is well above Anthony Albanese’s pay grade. Even his namesake, Francesca Albanese has been attacked for her reporting on behalf of the UN :
“US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Wednesday announced Washington was sanctioning the United Nations special expert on the Palestinian territories (Francesca Albanese), following her criticism of Washington policy on Gaza. Rubio also attacked her for “biased and malicious activities,” and accused her of having “spewed unabashed antisemitism (and) support for terrorism. We will not tolerate these campaigns of political and economic warfare, which threaten our national interests and sovereignty,” Rubio said.”
In the prevailing political climate it pays Australia and others to be very cautious lest they start attacking us : remember, we are not dealing with rational people.
Michael, can’t you imagine the msm reaction to albo NOT echoing the semite support of reaction to a burnt door???
40% of voters do care for Aboriginal deaths in custody but 99% of xstians condemn Hamas terrorists and, to allow their conscience to accept the IDF murder of women and children, extend their fear to all Palestinians. IT was A shock to read the xstian belief that jewish babies killed by hamas is worse than palestinian babies killed by IDF.
Not content with running the USA,the Zionists want to run us here too.Will Albo resist? And if he does, will it mean a bombing campaign here, as well?
Totally agree. We had a weak pushover, who wants to play with the big boys as PM.
What a shame for All Australians
The recent sale of “dozens of armoured D9 bulldozers” to the IDF, per Terry’s reference, yet again drills the point that wars are very good for business; no doubt there would be a heels-up, back-slapping celebration of the successful transaction by the senior execs in the boardroom of Caterpillar Inc. in Irving, Texas.
Sales of Cat D9s – nicknamed ‘Doobis’ (Teddy Bears) by the IDF, close to USD2 million per unit – the hundreds sold over many years will have benefited the American manufacturer no end, and the fact that the Office of the UN High Commissioner on Human Rights has advised Caterpillar Inc. that supplying the bulldozers to the IDF makes that company complicit in human rights violations is no doubt seen as a slap with a warm lettuce leaf, not to be heeded when the wheels of capitalism are being so generously greased.
I’d expect that the executive staff of Caterpillar sleep well at night, love their children, eat well, drive expensive cars, are thankful for their annual bonuses, and are comfortable to put their hands on their hearts and say ‘God Bless America,’ … grateful to be born in the land of the free and to be so blessed.
Q. Time for Albo to take the AUKUS subs, and figuratively speaking, shove ’em up The Donalds arse and tell him to fuck off?
A. Sadly, Labor will make noises and then waste even more billions of dollars for no return for years, if not decades, or most likely not at all.
https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/if-we-go-to-war-submarines-come-too-how-us-could-demand-aukus-changes-20250706-p5mcu4.html
Canguro
lOVE ALL OF YOUR COMMENTS [sorry Caps]. Always spot on.
Keep them coming
GL’s suggestion, which might use the national ration of lubricant, is so good.., a swollen Trucking Fump full of subby marine excrement potential.., logs of which might be sold off profitably to MAGA mugs and misfits. Does the USA know what it is doing..? The government team of leeches, maggots, warts, tumours and misfits is stupendously evil.
There are many Jews that detest what’s being done by Netanyahu’s Israel. There are many Jews that want nothing to do with the political Zionist supremacy. The brainwashing propaganda that’s been wrought on the ‘Israelis’ is directed at the droves of Russian / Baltic / Austro-Hungarian Jews and the American (settler) Jews who have been bombarded with an armed siege-type psychology since Israel day #1. It is hyped by the political Zionist manifesto of supremacy. And since ever Netanyahu and Likud dominated the scene, it has been super-hyped into a vengeful hatred of all things but the political Zionist Israel conquest.
It suited the aspirations of the American hegemon, and entrapped by guilt, the EU and Britain, which cringed and cowered behind the American might and hubris. But those aspirations and the cowering of the ‘West’ have been totally captured by the political Zionist schema, which is now holding the world to ransom, whilst it seeks to erase the Middle East, Central Asia and North / Central Africa, leveraging the olde western imperialist objectives.
The world is now at a time when the olde imperialist hegemons of the ‘West’ (Europe & America) are falling apart, they’re all heading rapidly for bankruptcy, financially and morally. They don’t stand a chance in the post-boomer world, which is why America resorts to the ego-fixated labile demented madness of T-Rump as POTUS and his simplistic flunkies.
The dire exceptionalist evil twins of political America and Israel are already starting to smash themselves into oblivion, in the meantime other countries have to be very very careful of them lest they are elevated up the twins’ target list.
I completely agree, but I will take it a step further.
Right now the world is reassessing it’s relationship with the USA. Most OECD countries are realigning their relationships away from America. That includes defence and trade.
Canada was out of the blocks first and has almost completely disconnected with an unstable and capricious USA headed by Trump. They have completely cut the USA out of their defence strategy, cancelling government contracts with Starlink, the US military machine and the extrajudicial kidnappings, murder and mistreatment of their own people and foreign tourists including Australians.
What do we get from our relationship with the USA? Very little.
-Aukus – As of tonight we are told the price will rise. Given we will be expected to pay them well over AU$400 billion and they have clearly stated they may not deliver any subs, and if we get anything, they will have control over everything.
– Defence – US military bases pay peppercorn rent while providing what for us? Pine Gap knew about the Chinese Live Fire exercises in the Tasman Sea and did NOT notify our government. This is not the act of an ally. If they didn’t know, then they should not be there. We also suffer the indignity of crimes done by US service personnel (hit-and-runs, assaults, public drunkenness and general civil offenses) who then get repatriated to the USA to avoid charges, court and penalties – which may include terms of imprisonment. It is clear they are not acting in our best interests. We would be better served by inviting countries like Canada and Germany to help with our defence and bases. After all, Canada has purchased our long-range radar system, so why not create closer ties with them.
-Trade. They are abusing us for their own gain. Trump is unstable, capricious and vengeful. They have applied tariffs without a care and now wants us to dismantle our Medicare and PBS. If we hold firm then the 200% tariffs to be applied could seriously undermine CSL and any other pharmaceutical companies operating in our country.
-The USA supports Zionism which has become the 4th Reich and the biggest terrorist country in the world. They provide the world’s most sophisticated weapons to Israel (when will Israel pay for those arms?). It is not Anti-Semitic to decry the behaviour of Netanyahu and the IDF, and most Jews are not Semites. With our foreign minister and our PM actively supporting Zionism we are rapidly losing the respect of other countries. What Israel wants is a Gulag for over 2 million Palestinians. How can we support this and sleep at night?
– First Peoples – Our treatment of Indigenous people is as bad, but mainly worse, than any other country treats it’s first nations people.
— Why can’t we realign our trade and defence with the EU, Brazil, Canada, Asia and India? They are definitely more reliable and trustworthy that the USA. We certainly cannot wait another Three and a half years for a replacement president. By then we may be drawn into another conflict not of our making when, as Trump has clearly stated, they will not come to our aid. We are dealing with a country that has perfected the art of the shakedown.
Our security will more likely be enhanced if we pivot away from the USA.
An earlier comment from Terry Mills as to outside financing of the mass murdering sums it up.
Israel would not have dared embark on something this despicable without the support of Big Brother.