As the fog of deliberate deception and deceit that oozes out of that primordial swamp called Canberra, people are beginning to figure out that a new start for Australia is possible and – at the same time – accept that there will be a cost which they will have to bear.

Abraham Lincoln’s words that you cannot deceive all of the people all of the time are now ringing true for the ALP. The call for change at almost any price is gathering momentum.

SERIOUS

Australians are increasingly realising that their country is in serious economic decline when judged against comparable economies.

For so long they were the envy of the world and now they are being compared to Argentina, without their new leader.

Apart from the well-off who don’t have any concerns regarding the price of electricity and the cost of just living, the majority of Australians know that they are getting poorer by the day, by the week and by the year.

Recently I have been miserable and, at times morose, as bastion after bastion of life in Australia has been threatened by those who seem to care little for our country and even less for its people.

Now in the winter of my years, I have been more than anxious for Australia.

I have feared for its future as I have watched Labor make bad decisions one after the other and slowly stumble into incompetence – laying waste to this nation with its venal socialist ideology.

I have wondered why so many of the young and aspirational in our society have been unable to achieve those milestones in life that were fought for and enjoyed by previous generations.

The dignity of secure well-paid work, the prospect of owning a home, the confidence to raise a family, and the belief that effort, thrift and determination would be rewarded is now longer a reality for many in Australia today.

Could it be possible that under socialism (and in such a short time) ambition, aspiration and drive among the finest and the young of our egalitarian society have been snuffed out — been abandoned as being unattainable?

As the commitments and promises made by Labor to gain office became nothing more than brazen electioneering and their rhetoric devoid of guilt, would, I asked myself, the people rise up or submit?

IRRELEVANT & INEPT

As the sea of national debt multiplied and inflation remained intractable and as our Treasurer and his Finance Minister relied on their qualifications in the social sciences to make Australia great again, those occupying the benches of His Majesties Opposition laid positive claim to being irrelevant and inept in the face of a national crisis.

Then on December 14, 2025, as Australia looked forward to a break at Christmas and an opportunity to “get away” and perhaps for a few days forget life’s challenges and tribulations Australia became the centre of world news.

On Bondi Beach as over one thousand of the Jewish community celebrated Hanukkah – the most sacred of Jewish days – Islamic terrorism materialised in the form of two gunmen — a father and his son.

Within minutes, 15 Jewish, men, women and children were shot dead, and another 40 were wounded; one of the gunmen was also shot dead.

As shock around Australia consolidated into anger – and as the leaders of the Jewish community understood with awful clarity that their warnings had gone unheeded – the lack of leadership from the federal Labor government was palpable and portentous.

When in Israel on October 7, 2023, Hamas killed 1200 Israeli men, women and children and took another 240 hostage, the Jewish community and their leaders told Australia that they feared for the safety of their people in Australia.

The truth began to dawn on all of Australia that those charged with maintaining law and order, and with securing the nation against the terror being experienced in other countries, had failed the Australian community in general and the Jewish community in particular.

After the October 7 slaughter Australian leaders allowed anti-Semitism to thrive; demonstrations against Israel and the Jewish people became commonplace on city streets and within university quadrangles; neither the university administrators nor the police intervened.

Chants like “From the River to the Sea, Palestine shall be Free” – code for the elimination of Israel – went unchallenged.

Across Australia, Synagogues and Jewish places of business and homes were daubed with anti-Semitic slogans, some of them with the Nazi swastika.

Arson became almost unexceptional; a Synagogue was fire bombed while people prayed and studied inside. Priceless religious texts and treasures were lost and seemingly soon forgotten in Canberra.

As armed guards appeared at Jewish schools and kindergartens there was a growing unrest within the larger Australian community. Increasingly, people were asking why, why is this happening in Australia?

When what became a mountain of flowers in memory of the dead at Bondi, the Prime Minister decided to visit the killing field early in the morning when there were few mourners nearby.

FAINT BOOS

He left his bouquet and slithered quietly away with his police entourage. There were a few faint boos from those keeping vigil.

Few were surprised at the Prime Minister’s behaviour and apparent lack of willingness to be seen with the Bondi mourners.

He was one of the few world leaders who had decided not to visit Israel after the Hamas attack in 2023. Not only had he not visited in person he failed to send a senior minister in his stead.

Few people were surprised at his conduct. Old tapes were found of him early in his parliamentary career speaking publicly in favour of Palestine.

It is well known that many in the ALP’s Left faction are hostile to Israel and its Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

The day after the Bondi killings a lone voice spoke up in Canberra – a voice that had been in and around high office and the halls of power for more than 30 years.

A senator from Queensland whose patriotism had often times been criticised by her fellow parliamentarians and scarified by the socialists and the Greens; a woman of fiery temper and as Australian Billy tea.

MASS IMMIGRATION

Pauline Hanson, the 71-year-old leader of One Nation pointed out that if they kept voting for the major Parties – and their mass immigration agenda – there was going to be more tragedies like Bondi.

“The wrong people have been brought here” she claimed.

She drew comparisons with Birmingham in the UK where she claimed Sharia courts were subverting the Common Law of Britain and soon that could happen in Australia.

A couple of days later, accompanied by one-time National and Deputy Prime Minister, now One Nation Senator Barnaby Joyce, Hason received a hero’s welcome when she visited Bondi and paid her respects to the dead.

After talking to the mourners – and having repeated her warning about mass immigration –they cheered her.

There were calls for “Pauline for Prime Minister”, which she ignored as she moved among the crowd.