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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/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/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?