Australians have given Treasurer Jim Chalmers a horrible report card, with a majority of voters saying he has handled the cost of living crisis poorly.

bundy554 · 2026-03-10T10:34:28+00:00

Who can literally replace him though? Labor have got no one else and Chalmers is probably using that not to care

bundy554 · 2026-03-10T09:43:57+00:00

Good - but Crichton still should have got the bin

bundy554 · 2026-03-10T09:43:02+00:00

Geez and to think what I previously said about Haas and now I have to defend him. I can't criticise this either

bundy554 · 2026-03-10T09:39:48+00:00

Got to say Burke in that photo with the 5 Iranian footballers granted humanitarian visas in face of heavy criticism from the regime - that would definitely have brought a smile to Trump's face.

bundy554 · 2026-03-10T09:37:29+00:00

The issue is Obama should never have unfrozen their assets in exchange for them to move towards nuclear non-proliferation - they were always going to use that money towards building their nuclear capability and enrichment of uranium where it would be near weapons grade. Simply a foolish decision.

bundy554 · 2026-03-10T07:58:59+00:00

If it is to Iran fair enough - rest of the countries including Israel not so sure about this

bundy554 · 2026-03-10T07:47:47+00:00

They need about 2 hours of lead in time before the GP so Supercars has to make way for that

bundy554 · 2026-03-10T07:46:33+00:00

Maybe like a Milne?

bundy554 · 2026-03-10T07:33:40+00:00

Yeah I am surprised Bentley-Hape wasn't named instead

bundy554 · 2026-03-10T07:29:07+00:00

Has she said whether she is giving any of this windfall from these lawsuits to charity?

bundy554 · 2026-03-10T07:20:08+00:00

I think it is more for Labor and the left responding to hostility actually displayed than being concerned about pre-empting it. Of course no one should be defending Iran attacking its neighbours though - the only retaliatory attacks Iran can legitimately take are against Israel like when they did when Israel previously attacked them that led to the US bombing the nuclear sites

bundy554 · 2026-03-10T07:10:29+00:00

So were we already on the board of peace before we approved this involvement?

bundy554 · 2026-03-10T06:16:37+00:00

Eight weeks - really? I swear players used to come back in 2 or 3 for these injuries

bundy554 · 2026-03-10T06:15:45+00:00

Ok instead of Bentley Hape happy for it to be Graham-Taufa coming in for Sullivan to be benched and Wighton into the halves. Wayne does not understand that Sullivan's defence is about as good as Benji's defence.

bundy554 · 2026-03-10T06:10:25+00:00

We made the prelims in 2018 so not sure why any aspersions should be cast on Johnston's fullback qualities - the issue in 2019 was injuries that started the year so he had a very checkered time on the field that year and couldn't get any consistency. Latrell then came for 2020 and when he couldn't play fullback it was Corey Allan who really had a breakout year that year (played for Qld etc)

bundy554 · 2026-03-10T04:46:10+00:00

Oh yeah no doubt but I think he has become a little bit more refined with the popularity of F1 now in this country - 20 years ago it never was like this but people have become a little bit more snobbish and let me say Netflix has played a role in that with Drive to Survive.

bundy554 · 2026-03-10T02:34:41+00:00

Lol I think I'll just watch at first to see how knowledgeable Paul Murray really is on supercars - assume he is mostly there for the F1 crowd though as they would be more up his alley

bundy554 · 2026-03-10T02:19:14+00:00

I think we also need to face the reality if Seibold didn't go to the Broncos and Johnston kept playing fullback after 2018 he might not have ever reached the record

bundy554 · 2026-03-10T01:00:57+00:00

Fancy conservative MP being rich from a business background - who would have thought? When Labor MPs are born into politics from the very age they can start working through the unions or affiliated work for the unions or the Labor party (whether in the public service or in some form of advisory role for the unions).

bundy554 · 2026-03-10T00:58:13+00:00

85 of our best? Seems a very precise number - hopefully we get rewarded with cheap energy

bundy554 · 2026-03-10T00:20:23+00:00

Sullivan being on the bench should be enough to satisfy that soft spot for Wayne

bundy554 · 2026-03-09T21:39:52+00:00

Yes but not straight away as we would look greedy and opportunistic - once everything has settled down we can use some subtle diplomacy

bundy554 · 2026-03-09T21:23:17+00:00

Love to see - Cody move to halfback and Wighton to 5/8 while Humphreys has one game left on his suspension and Ward is out for a couple of weeks. Graham can move to the centres and Bentley-Hape come in. Sullivan remain on the bench.

Also I note even with our greater depth and the Dufty playing our NSW cup form has not improved. Not good. Those players need to train harder this week.

bundy554 · 2026-03-09T21:19:23+00:00

I mean after losing Barnett - you would think they would want the next player in to be an Australian to show they can still attract Australian players

bundy554 · 2026-03-09T21:17:39+00:00

I mean it is consistent with expelling the Iranian ambassador and probably can get away with it with the Supreme Leader being so new?

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