Australian conservatives have hitched their wagons to successive White House administrations in the post-1945 era.
In Freudian terms, loyalty to the US has been so internalized that only our bravest political leaders dare to offer the mildest dissent. Surprisingly, dissent came from Ex-PM Malcolm Fraser who set up the National Security Committee (NSC) in 1976 to bring Australians out of the quite rebellious tone of the Whitlam era for those three brief years (1972-75).
As a member of Inner Cabinet, Treasurer Chalmers attends meetings of the National Security Committee (NSC). Military chiefs and intel services apparently keep the government fully informed on strategic issues.
From the NSC Web Site:
The NSC considers the highest-priority, highest risk and most strategic national security matters of the day. Decisions of the NSC do not require the endorsement by the Cabinet. Decisions with financial implications are endorsed through a joint meeting of the National Security Committee and the Expenditure Review Committee
As Chair of the NSC, PM Albanese is supported by the Deputy PM as well as the Ministers for Foreign Affairs, Treasurer, Finance, Home Affairs as well as Climate Change & Energy.
The Midterm Blue Wave offers temporary distraction from decades of cultural imperialism promoted by US cultural diversion networks. The opportunity will pass quickly. There is little interest in deeper explanations of our cost-of-living problems. Few really care that other Middle Powers like Britain, Germany, Japan and NZ have similar economic challenges.
Australia’s Current Budget Paper (1:110) shows that the projected burden of higher interest rates falls on both government as well as householders with interest rate of PDI payments projected at twice the growth of NDIS spending:
The US Midterm Election results made headlines worldwide. It is vital for our progressive political insiders to extend the longevity of the Blue Wave as the national sovereignty of Middle Powers including Australia has been negatively affected by Trump’s decrees and militaristic tendencies. Invitations for greater participation from Australia should be resisted.
With the vast resources available to the Albanese Government, Labor’s political insiders would benefit from an expert review of losses to our national sovereignty by heavy reliance on US corporate investment in the broader context of multinational tax avoidance and the hemorrhaging impact of defence purchases from US and British companies on our finances.
This Labor Government is one of the few remaining reformist governments in developed OECD countries. The short list extends to Britain, Malta and some Scandinavian countries in a geopolitical world that is increasingly dominated by far-right politics. Spain is likely to lose its centre-left government at elections later this month. There was indeed no new Blue Wave across the Tasman in NZ on 7 November 2026. Shuffles to the Left are now rare political events as voters seek out populist minor parties over more broadly based agendas.
It is in the interests of the Albanese Government to be more transparent about future policy options to reduce the tax burden on wage-earners. There are too many homeless people in our streets. This is a real shock to overseas visitors who expect more welfare support and social housing in a wealthy country like ours. Going back to neoliberal austerity budgets as demanded by the LNP is no solution in the context of rampant tax avoidance.
Australians do not like systematic tax avoidance from multinationals and the Big End of Town because the tax burden falls on those who can least afford to pay while media moguls lecture the country about fiscal responsibility while making little contribution to the ATO’s challenges on our behalf.
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Thanks for the article Denis!!! Can’t help but think we could do tax a better way in this country.
I support your concerns Burleigh Waters. Tax avoidance by multinationals and overspending on the military combine to wreck our tax system. I expect Treasurer Jim will make changes after MYEFO as a post-Christmas gift in 2027. Here are the current trendlines on the tax take (Budget Paper 1:140). The graph does not copy here. Angus Taylor knows all this from his M.Phil. studies at Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar but he communicates in a populist and adversarial fashion. The LNP is ready to launch an austerity budget on Australians if elected.
There is a better, fairer and more efficient way of collecting tax. It’s name; the Financial Debits Tax (FDT), it is collected by the banking industry and passed on to government.
All those individuals and organisations receiving a financial income would pay, no exceptions. The same percentage of tax would apply to ALL.
It is worth remembering, the more people paying tax, the less each one has to pay to reach the same bottom line.
My opinion; a blue rinse does not change the underlying reality.
Your right, Mediocrates. US democracy is very over-rated as a force for change.
Snoopy did not win the Presidency in 68.
The Royal Guardsmen Pop Group are still waiting to raise the flag of the People High.
Richard Nixon won in 68 with the support of that Silent Majority.
Lead Guitarist Tom Richards died from a brain tumour in 1979 but the others are still around.
Lead Singer Barry Winslow has turned to Gospel Music. Most of the group has drifted South to Florida.
For those with idealistic political thoughts about US Democracy sing along with the Snoopy’s Party of One Member: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QddHVitk7KA&list=RDQddHVitk7KA&start_radio=1