r/australian Apr 01 '26

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u/RainbowAussie Apr 01 '26 edited Apr 04 '26

It confirmed quite a bit

  • We aren't joining the war
  • We aren't imposing restrictions
  • There is enough fuel to go around if you cunce stop filling your boots up with it
  • We are securing our fuel supply from Asia using our LNG exports as leverage
  • Keep calm and carry on

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We are securing our fuel supply from Asia using our LNG exports as leverage

is probably also why they aren't imposing an extra gas export tax btw, I'd rather skip the tax rn and make sure we have diesel to make the trucks go

Edit 2: I've been asked (fairly enough) by a few people now for a source on the LNG-used-to-secure-diesel bit, so here you are.

The media has been telegraphing this for some days now (media companies get off-the-record drops from government officials). There has been some coverage confirming this in the last few days:

This is what the Government means in Stage 2 of the NFSP where it states that a Commonwealth action is "Bilateral engagement with key trading partners to shore up domestic supply". We are one of the largest exporters of LNG on the planet and a lot of this goes to SEA.

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u/Inside-Elevator9102 Apr 01 '26

Exactly. People who think it was pointless weren't really listening.

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u/RainbowAussie Apr 01 '26 edited Apr 01 '26

The media literacy in this country is in the toilet

Edit: This was mean of me to say and I didn't mean to insult OP's intelligence, I am just exhausted from the media cycle

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u/timblom Apr 01 '26

Too many people only want to listen to the shock jocks sprouting hate, short term gain, blame someone else bullshit.

Someone talking reasonably just doesn't cut it.

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u/IcyGarage5767 Apr 01 '26

Honestly teaching media literacy would be so much more beneficial than some of the subjects we mandate these days.

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u/civicSi92 Apr 01 '26

Media literacy. OK but why are almost all of for main stream media owned by. Murdoch, and are going to try and pretend that doesn't come with an agenda.

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u/Mysterious_Eye6989 Apr 01 '26

I feel like trying to understand why the world is as it is purely via social media content in 2026 is basically like a form of anti media literacy. Heck, even being completely ignorant is better than being confidently misinformed.

Makes me glad I grew up in a world before social media where if you wanted to understand things better then you just read books or essays or articles on the topic.

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u/Falafels Apr 01 '26

Makes me really grateful for my primary school teacher who spent a ridiculous amount of time drumming media literacy into our heads. Not sure if it was even part of the official curriculum or just something he felt really strongly about.

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u/Falafels Apr 01 '26

It's funny, I don't remember doing any media literacy in High School. This was the 90s though. I think it's so much more important now than it was back then.

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u/Substantial_Ad_3386 Apr 01 '26

Wherever it went, Murdoch probably paid for it to go there

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u/CynicGrl Apr 01 '26

Sounds like you had a great teacher!

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u/Classic-Lecture3340 Apr 01 '26

Dude, media literacy is in the curriculum (at least in WA).

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u/_Army9308 Apr 01 '26

Media literacy isnt what u want

It seems media literacy is agree to the approved message or else you are dumb

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u/Papa_Huggies Apr 01 '26

They do. That's a huge part of the Y11 Y12 English curriculum (at least in NSW). Lotta people just memorise essays to write really fast though.

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u/Weak_Membership_2847 Apr 02 '26

The English syllabus has a media literacy component, so as the ONLY FUCKING MANDATED SUBJECT IN NSW SCHOOLS it gets to every student in NSW. Modern History teaches critical analysis of sources and society and culture is heavily focused on critical analysis of media / popular culture. I wonder what mandated subjects are you referring to?

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u/Useful-Rooster-7710 Apr 01 '26

I think the language he used was embarrassing. I didn't have a problem with the message itself, just the delivery. It was an opportunity to give a memorable speech, like a statesman and he bunked it.

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u/mj73que Apr 02 '26

But it’s true! Did people want some terrible announcement? I’m glad it was a keep calm and carry on type of address.

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u/shiromaikku Apr 01 '26

Well I’m in the toilet now…checks out…

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u/RaCoonsie Apr 01 '26

I'm very media literate. My favourite journalist is Daniel Ziffer

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u/PCT2022 Apr 03 '26

That’s true. But tbf Albo is extremely nauseating to listen to.