𝐖𝐡𝐨 𝐁𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐟𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐅𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐀𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫? It’s a question I ask myself regularly.. But I often wonder whether people ever stop to ask themselves the same question: Who benefits from my anger? Because in today’s highly manipulative world, someone almost always does. The activist leading a campaign. The political hopeful seeking votes. The media outlet chasing clicks. The social media influencer building a following. They all benefit, in one way or another, from stirring up anger, fear and discontent. Why? Because it gets results. People react. They put their hands in their pockets. They sign petitions. They join groups. They share posts. They spread the message. Most importantly, they give their attention. The more emotional the message, the more powerful the reaction. What concerns me is how rarely the claims themselves are interrogated. It astounds me what is now passed off as fact, even by some of the smartest people. Increasingly, it seems to be less about evidence and more about rapid-fire slogans, emotional appeals and tribal loyalty. We’re living in an age where outrage has become a commodity. Calm analysis rarely goes viral. Nuance doesn’t attract clicks. Complexity doesn’t fit neatly into a social media post. Anger, however, spreads at lightning speed. And there are powerful incentives behind that. Political movements gain supporters. Activist organisations gain members and donations. Media outlets gain audiences. Social media platforms gain engagement. Influencers gain followers. Everyone benefits from the outrage economy. Except perhaps the public. Because while we’re being encouraged to stay angry, trust in institutions continues to decline, communities become more divided, and meaningful debate becomes harder to find. The voices urging caution, verification and nuance often struggle to compete with those offering certainty, outrage and simple answers. Why? Because there are no inflamed headlines. No emotional calls to arms. No viral moments designed to whip people into a frenzy. Yet those quieter voices are often asking the most important questions. Is it true? Is it the full story? What evidence supports it? And perhaps most importantly: Who benefits if I believe it? Anger is not always wrong. Sometimes it is entirely justified. Sometimes it is necessary. But before handing your anger over to someone else, it might be worth asking whether you’re being informed or whether you’re being used. Perhaps before joining the next outrage campaign, sharing the next viral post, or embracing the next cause that demands your anger, ask one simple question: Who benefits? In a world where outrage can be converted into money, influence and power, that’s a question more people should be asking.

John Ralph, the man who designed the 50% CGT discount, just torched @AustralianLabor ’s changes. Says they haven’t thought it through and will hurt young home buyers and investors. @JEChalmers is destroying the very incentives that built Australia’s equity markets and housing supply. Time to scrap this before it’s too late. Stop the new CGT. #ScrapTheCGTHeist #AussieDreamKiller instagram.com/reel/DZOsj4mTQ…

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WHAT WOULD DO WITHOUT THE TAX PAYERS BANK? Families face a 10% hike in childcare fees before Christmas, as daycare workers and unions demand that taxpayers bankroll a permanent $2.4bn pay rise for daycare workers. The Australian Childcare Alliance, representing 2500 childcare operators providing care to 360,000 families, warned that daycare fees would go up unless the government extends its two-year wage subsidy. ACA president Paul Mondo said centres had to cover the additional cost of a 4.75% increase to the minimum wage from July 1. He said the federal government would need to let centres increase fees increases above the 4.2% annual limit after the fee cap expires in August. The government has yet to announce a new temporary cap from August until November, when its funding deal expires.

Today @DuniamJonathon has announced that he will retire from the Senate by the end of this year, bringing to a close a decade of distinguished service to Tasmania and to our nation. Jonno has been a principled and steadfast voice for his state and our nation. Whether as a minister, as a shadow minister or in the many roles he has carried in this place, he has served with conviction, with diligence and with an unwavering commitment to the people who entrusted him with their representation. He will leave the Senate having earned the respect of colleagues on all sides, a rare and telling mark of the man. I have had the privilege of not only working alongside Jonno but of calling him a dear friend. He is a man of warmth, decency and great character. Tasmania has been the better for his service, as has our party and our parliament. I thank him for his contribution and wish him and his family every good thing in the years ahead.

Immigration Minister Tony Burke has said budget papers show migration is “continuing to get lower”, despite the official figures showing Labor has failed to meet its migration targets in any year since 2022. skynews.com.au/australia-new…

What a surprise this is not. Tasmanian Senator Tammy Tyrrell, who defected from Jacqui Lambie’s party, has now joined the Labor Party. Tyrrell votes consistently with Labor and Greens. Plus her seat falls vacant in 2028 and as an independent her chances of reelection I would think would be pretty slim. So joining Labor would probably increase her chances and I’m tipping that’s what is behind the move = self interest.

Labor helped destroy Scott Morrison by branding him a liar. Now Anthony Albanese is on the receiving end of similar treatment from a surging One Nation. ebx.sh/QnHffx

More plants…so pretty. My home really is a plant nursery 😊😊 The plants are from the Propagation Station, North Haven. I♥️plants

Policies in the absence of any real ability to deliver them are just expensive wish lists.

It’s not even about climate anymore. And it’s barely about economics. Or rather, the economic plea is based on following the rest of the world!? 🤨 Ignoring the reality of industry collapsing, productivity declines… Bowen’s head is clearly stuck in his UN La-La land.

There is a difference between acknowledging a problem and convincing people that catastrophe is around every corner.

And this why media and political manipulation is so powerful and why it works.

It’s whale migration season again these pics were taken by Jodie Lowe’s Marine Photography off Port Mac two days ago.

Opposition Home Affairs Minister Jonno Duniam has confirmed in a statement that he would not recontest the next federal election and would be stepping away from politics before the end of this year. “This was an extremely difficult decision to make – albeit that it is one I have been considering for quite some time. I have spent the past 25 years in politics, the last 10 of those as a Senator for Tasmania – and I have given everything to these responsibilities, often at the expense of family,” Senator Duniam said. “Obviously, I acknowledge that I am leaving at a difficult time for the Federal Coalition. But I am confident that my friends across both the Liberal Party and the National Party are firmly on the right path. No two people in the Coalition are more equipped to lead us (and Australia) back to success than Angus Taylor and Matt Canavan; they are both outstanding leaders and have a love for our country that is unrivalled.”The Liberal Senator is set to keep his frontbench position for a “short period of time” in order to complete the party’s immigration policies – at the request of Angus Taylor. This is such a shame because he is one of the rising stars of politics. But I respect his decision that his kids need him. They have to take priority. theaustralian.com.au/nation/… via @theaustralian

Voters flocking to One Nation, for now at least, don’t care about policy details or Pauline Hanson’s ability to run the country in this age of tribalism. ebx.sh/JgcKjP

Good morning Sobering thought ..

The world's clean energy transition represents a colossal expansion of the world's mining industry. To catch a diffuse energy source like sunlight or wind needs an unprecedented volume of physical machinery. A single solar farm requires roughly 30 times more total metal infrastructure than a conventional gas plant. We aren't moving away from mining; we're swapping enormous oceanic drilling rigs for vast open-cut metal mines. The demand for heavy mining and rare earths is just as compelling as the downstream e-waste crisis, but the numbers are even more staggering. While solar cells rely heavily on high-purity silicon, silver, and copper, the broader 'green infrastructure' ecosystem demands far more. The EV motors, wind turbines and massive national grids required to tie intermittent solar together are entirely dependent on an unprecedented surge in heavy mining and rare earth extraction. This physical mining demand has simply exploded with the shift from conventional fossil fuel energy generation to wind and solar. Because wind and sunshine are so diluted and diffused, harvesting them requires a massive physical footprint, necessitating endless extra acres of complex machinery. This translates into heavily vandalised landscapes and grotesque coastal settings. According to the IEA, replacing them world's fossil-fuel system with renewables increases the total volume of materials requiring extraction and handling by a factor of 10. Solar alone is exceptionally copper-intensive, using roughly 850 kg per megawatt for intricate grid connections, inverters and cabling. Renewable energy is projected to drive 45% of total global copper demand by 2030. Yet, developing a new major copper mine takes an average of 16 years from initial discovery to first production. The world faces a massive demand spike for a metal where the supply chain is notoriously slow, costly, and inflexible. Solar panels don't use much in the way of rare earths, but wind turbines and the electric vehicle motors that back up the low-carbon shift are hungry for permanent magnets made from neodymium, praseodymium and dysprosium. Processing these elements involves intensive chemical leaching that produces vast amounts of toxic and radioactive wastewater. Compounding the problem, China controls roughly 60–70% of the extraction and up to 90% of the refining for these specific elements. This has created a massive geopolitical bottleneck. Image: this massive chasm is the Bingham Canyon Mine (also called the Kennecott Copper Mine) just outside Salt Lake City, Utah. It is one of the largest man-made excavations on Earth and the deepest open-pit mine in the world, stretching 4 kilometres wide and more than a kilometre deep.

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Climate campaigners tell you green is cheap It isn't Global green transition cost is now $14 trillion, rising with over $2 trillion/year (2% of global GDP) 105x our spending to avoid hunger Still, CO₂ emissions set another record last year assets.bbhub.io/professional… You can see all the references in my Twitter thread: x.com/BjornLomborg/status/19…