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June 11, 2026

Avoiding ‘great reset’

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Voters are not ‘always right’

The mantra ‘voters always get it right’ is repeated after every election by winners and losers. The decision of voters must be respected, blah, blah.

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Voters are not ‘always right’

The mantra ‘voters always get it right’ is repeated after every election by winners and losers. The decision of voters must be respected, blah, blah.

Cartoon of the week – 10 June, 2026

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Energy is the lifeblood of civilisation.

When the energy powering our civilisation is disrupted for an extended time, it means our civilisation can no longer fully function, and our economy must slow down in proportion to the extent that its energy is restricted. This has never happened before at this scale, so we have never experienced what is coming. So, please consider what happens when there is no fuel for you.

Our electricity is sort of okay, but needs fuel to keep it maintained and it is the fuel that will experiencing a restriction before the end of this year and then into next year. The parties at war in the Middle East are well aware of this, yet pay no attention to it. History shows that cutting off a nation’s energy supply is indeed an act of war and history shows that it’s very easy for civilisations to collapse.

Owing to long lags in fuel transport and processing, we are now passing the last chance to escape from the energy trap which has been set. National security means energy independence and implies modular fuel refinery construction around Australia. Avoiding the coming ‘Great Reset’ now seems impossible.

Peter OlsonGoonengerry

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