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A coalition of 3? Just go for it!

By Stuart Ballantyne - posted Monday, 23 March 2026


For defence and emergency response vessels, especially in our cyclone affected northern coastline, more ports would be very welcome. As to unwanted invaders, they most likely will come from the north as the Tasmanians have given up. They are sure that invaders will run out of steam on their way south and perhaps get bogged down in the numerous swamps in and around Canberra.

Donald Trump immediately after his first election, repealed 75% of EPA regulations particularly relating to navigable waterways to get the US economy moving. Unfortunately, Bumbling Biden reversed that when he was elected.

Thanks mainly to the great efforts of ADVANCE and Matthew Sheahan, the greens real aims were exposed, but their abysmal legacies remain with us, now enshrined in local, State and Federal EPA and EPBC laws, and continue to be a huge handbrake on our prosperity.

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With the socialist Albanese Government gleefully swapping green votes for green lawfare, and dividing the national spirit down to secession talks, we will never be able to remove this handbrake. Having the highest areas of national parks per head of population in the world may provide bragging rights for green activists, but is not an indication of near term prosperity. On the bright side, this fact certainly would appeal to any aggressive neighbour wanting to permanently camp in these pristine areas, without any payment of course..

So back to Professor Ian Plimer. Like me, he is smarter than he looks. But his message on national TV was inspiring and would provide a fast way to bury this disgraceful Albanese Government and their $1.3bn marketing machine, the ABC, not only for a short term, but long term, as long as such a coalition party leadership could avoid their irresistible urge for in-fighting.

I am purchasing some "JUST DO IT" T Shirts, at the same time ringing around to support Ian's initiative.

Getting rid of Albanese, Wong, Bowen, Chalmers and Burke, and their gullible fellow travellers in ideology, especially for a long time, has a certain ring to it. It would bring a huge smile to the 6 million of us in small business, would be a huge step towards re-uniting the country.

 

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Stuart Ballantyne is just a sailor who runs Seat Transport Solutions who are naval architects, consultants, surveyors and project managers.

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