A tale of two island nations

A problem for Australia is the high cost of importing fossil fuels necessary to feed the nation’s fuel storage. Disruption to this supply line and its risky 14-day reserve is an easy attack option for any adversary.

With all the advantages and disadvantages of any nation, the biggest element in the country’s prosperity is again the calibre of leadership. Unluckily for Australia, Anthony Albanese in three short years has already overwhelmingly proven to be a hopeless leader and should be foisted off as permanent ambassador to a central African economic basket case, such as Burundi — where he can show them how to plummet even further.

In failing to focus on what Australia has — such as huge quantities of uranium, thorium, gas, and coal — Albanese has swallowed the Net Zero fantasy of the UN, and is myopically focused instead on wind turbines and solar panels from China. This policy alone is destroying the national economy and the disposable income of all residents at the same time.

Australia has had a long history of defence activities with key allies such as the US and UK, but as we are presently trading insolvent, our already inadequate defence capability has no sign of being boosted. Scary! Even the pre-election promise of 12 new ships morphed into a half-billion-dollar waste on the Voice.

By ignoring repeated calls to at least lift the existing nine bans on nuclear and investigate the merits of such power — even in SMRs and MMR technology — Albanese has already continued to deplete base load power and is driving the dwindling manufacturing capability into the ground. Watching this unfold should terrify the wits out of every Australian.

The tiny nation of Singapore, with outstanding leaders such as Lee Kuan Yew, has become an economic powerhouse for its six million residents, with tough and clear leadership. Interesting to note that Lee Kuan Yew predicted that Australia would become the poor trash of the Asia-Pacific region, with their self-centred policies of laziness and socialism. And yes, Singapore is already considering nuclear SMRs!

Fiji, with a much larger land mass than Singapore and only one million residents under Rabuka’s leadership, is ensuring that the nation’s prosperity will increase. Yet Australia’s economy is going south, so don’t be surprised to see them passing each other soon in the prosperity ratings.

Timely for an Easter message: Island 2 is being self-crucified. Island 1 is being resurrected.