An Australia-China military alliance?!

1. Is seeing Trump’s good side like kicking a puppy into orbit? He’s decisive, scares the sh-t out of enemies and also friends. He's anti woke. His lifestyle, wealth, values and trophy wife all represent what red blooded, gun totin, American men aspire to. True or false? Meanwhile “Trump’s a village idiot” Ambassador KRudd may be planning a new job fast?

2. Higher populations and increased living standards in the developing world are steadily increasing hydrocarbon use. This means our climate change measures are wasted. At climate conferences developing countries are asking for US$1.3 Trillion in hand outs (not loans) as compensation and to somehow lessen their hydrocarbon use. Many Tesla wanter leaders are corrupt. https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/climate-talks-urged-find-1-trillion-year-poorer-countries-2024-11-14/ But more developing country cars and motorbikes all rely on hydrocarbons. Or electric vehicle factories are high energy use. Doom?

3.Trump is appointing Robert F. Kennedy Jr head of the US Federal Health empire. This covers public health policies like vaccines, food, medications, Medicare and fluoride. Australia’s TGA likes to adhere to US FDA rules and standards. This will set hares running in Australian public health. eg There’s always “fluoride is poison” drongos in Australia who write to any distant council or town considering fluoride.

4. The US withdrawing from the Paris climate change agreement would see a boost in US oil, gas and coal (hydrocarbon) production. Australia under Dutton from May next year might compete by permitting higher extraction of Australian hydrocarbons. Transport costs would go down. Also under Trump’s Ukraine War “Peace” Treaty would free up currently sanctioned /blocked Russian oil/gas to flow back into the world energy market. More hydrocarbons extracted worldwide would lower the cost of living in Australia, across the board.

5. On 15 November AlboGov (term coined here first) announced details of Labor’s electoral reform bill. This includes imposing a $20,000 cap on individual donations and an $800,000 cap on spending per electorate. https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2024/nov/15/labor-and-coalition-accused-of-cooking-up-secret-deal-to-rig-electoral-rules-with-new-bill Independents have accused AlboGov of attempting to “rig” electoral rules in a “major party stitch-up” against the Greens and independents. Meanwhile any party in power or in Opposition uses policy announcements as election advertising.

6. If Trump’s US imposed a 30+% tariff against Australian exports might this be good for Australia to make up our minds to end reliance on the US? In 2023, China accounted for 41% of Australia's total exports. Japan was 12%, South Korea 7%, India 5.5%, US only 4.3%  https://tradingeconomics.com/australia/exports-by-country. How about our alliance with the US? Does it merely drag Australia into far off US led wars?

Maybe Australia should forge a military alliance with main trade partner China. Would ex Prime Minister Keating agree? 😅

7. Good News British novelist Samantha Harvey has been awarded the 2024 Booker Prize for her novel Orbital. “Its written through the perspectives of real-life astronauts” (many of whom are ex fighter pilots). Harvey dedicated her victory to world peace.