The Brown Note

The Budget: Albo and Chalmers become Labor Heroes

Australian PM Anthony Albanese continues to amaze me with his political intelligence. He and his treasurer have managed to take on the holy sacrament of actual fair economic reform, that has destroyed and terrified Labor for so many years and won. The timing - with zero effective opposition, is perfection. Finally John Howard's way of life destroying era of tax breaks to help those who already had, seeing the birthright of owning your own home vanish for half the country, are finally, bravely being addressed.

Have the Israel Lobby Made Antisemitism a Badge of Honour?

A 68 year old man in Sydney has been charge with wearing a swastika t-shirt, in front of the Royal Commission into Antisemitism. In the past this would have been a Neo-Nazi, but this seems to have (unconfirmed but more likely) been a Palestinian supporter. Given the supporters of Israel are going to great extremes to re-define this once sacrosanct word to mean any criticism of Israeli policies, military action, Zionism and even Benjamin Netanyahu - have they now destroyed the word and made it a badge of honour?

Keir Starmer Has Killed the UK Labour Party

After the atrocious but expected Labour performance in the recent council elections, laid bare even the Labour voter's disdain for this feckless, spineless, judgementaly challenged faux Tory Blairite Zionist, he is toast. But as he and his gang expelled all true Labour people from the party, he's left us with no one not like him to replace him.

Reform UK! Stunning Election Victory!

Brexit architect Nigel Farage's merry band of posh Tory working class hero grifters have won a stunning victory in the UK's local council elections. What actually happened and what it all means.

Pauline Hanson and One Nation - Victory in Farrer

Queen Pauline wins and its a real threat to Labor how they keep taking votes from the Liberal party. For some reason. A big weekend for the populist right, what with Reform UK's massive success in the local elections there, but the two scenarios are very different.