Finance, politics, liberty, faith, family, and Australia. Host of Arbon About Australia and RCR.
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Are you unhappy with the direction of politics in our nation?
You can do more than just scream at the clouds.
Politics is won by those who show up.
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You can watch all my @RCR_NZ interviews for free here:
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Farmers, by their very nature, are punters.
Year after year, they take extraordinary risks, far bigger than most people ever realise.
There’s no guaranteed return, no regular salary, no safety net that catches them when a season turns bad. They have very little control over the cost of their inputs or the price they’re paid for their produce. At almost every stage, they’re price takers.
And it’s not just the financials that are beyond control:
Will it rain?
Will it rain at the right time?
Will there be too much rain?
What about wind, fire, frost, or hail?
What about fungus or pests like snails, mice & locusts?
Despite these challenges, farmers keep going.
They rise early, work long after the sun sets, rarely leave their place of work, and carry the constant burden of uncertainty that most people will never have to feel.
Livestock farmers care for their animals through heat, cold, drought, and flood. They feed, protect, nurture, and treat them, because their livelihood depends on the welfare of the animals they raise.
So much of farming sits beyond human control. The only things truly within a farmer’s hands are their resilience, innovation, and work ethic.
Australia’s farming sector is among the least subsidised in the world, and that independence from government intervention is its strength. It has helped produce a world-leading food and fibre industry that is adaptive, innovative, and highly productive.
If you eat today and you’re clothed, thank a farmer.
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I walked into a bakery recently and noticed something I hadn't seen before.
There were pies in the warmer, and there was bread on the shelves, but there were no prices.
The prices on the menu had been blacked out with a Sharpie.
I asked the shopkeeper how much a pie cost. "$7.60."
I then asked why they weren't displaying their prices.
"Prices are changing too often," they said.
Is our inflation problem now so entrenched that small businesses have become reluctant to print a price because they don't know how long that price will remain viable?
You used to walk into a bakery knowing exactly what things cost. Now, in some cases, you have to ask.
There's something psychologically significant about this change.
A visible $7.60 price tag might shock you, especially when buying one item each for our family now costs almost $50.
But having no price at all creates something arguably worse: uncertainty.
Thomas Sowell once wrote:
"Prices are important … because prices are a fast and effective conveyor of information through a vast society."
I'm not suggesting the government should force a bakery to put a price on its menu.
But consumers have rights too, including the right to choose where they spend their money. When a business doesn't display its prices, that gives me a reason to vote with my feet.
I can choose to buy somewhere else.
This bakery experience is an example of the impact of high and prolonged inflation.
The real cost of inflation isn't just higher prices, it's the uncertainty of what the price will be tomorrow.
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Michael Arbon retweeted
“Freedom issues have been unfairly characterised as niche issues.”
Couldnt agree more. In much the same way lifeboats are a niche issue until the ship starts sinking.
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The establishment left is losing control of the narrative. Freedom is back on the radar.
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This morning I spoke with @SenatorAntic about liberty, censorship, hate laws, the future of the Liberal Party and much more.
Check it out 👇
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RT @SenatorAntic: The SA Division of the Liberal Party held our Annual General Meeting on the weekend and I was fortunate enough to be elec…
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"Good intentions are not a safeguard against bad systems.
When we build new technological or regulatory infrastructure, we need to ask not only how today's government intends to use it, but what we're enabling governments to do 10 or 20 years from now."
@paulgconlon
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Paul Conlon and I discuss Australia’s new digital duty of care laws, censorship, expanding regulator powers and the under-16 social media ban. We also consider what the Secret Harbour by-election says about trust in Labor and legacy media.
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What he didn't tell you 👇
🛬 54,000 foreign citizens (with permanent residency) have received taxpayer-backed guarantees.
🏙 Applicants are still eligible if they own a home overseas.
💵 The largest household income to receive a guarantee was $674,000.
🏦 Almost 208,000 guarantees have been issued, covering $109 billion in home loans.
📈 Well over half of the guarantees were for loans between 94% and 95%.
💰 38 guarantees have gone to individuals earning more than $400,000 a year.
👫 92 guarantees have gone to joint applicants with combined incomes above $400,000 a year.
🚨 1,392 guaranteed loans have entered 90+ day arrears, with 13 defaults so far.
📢 The scheme is promoted in English, Arabic, Cantonese, Korean, Mandarin and Vietnamese.
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Source:
Senate Estimates 2026-27 QON #166 SQ26000222 asked of Economics Committee, Treasury Portfolio, Housing Australia
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Could the mass rollout of wind turbines be transforming prime land assets into liabilities that are unbankable and unsaleable?
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Hey @AlboMP, we don't need your proposed Digital Duty of Care laws to give us control or choice over our feeds. That's already a standard feature on @X.
Ps. @elonmusk's X has also open-sourced the code behind its 'For You' feed and tackles misinformation transparently through Community Notes.
You and minister @AnikaWells should take note.
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