Firstly, congratulations to David Crisafulli on the LNP’s solid win in Queensland. The federal lessons are that Peter Dutton is on the right track in preferencing the Greens last, and the ALP, if it wants to have any chance of being an honourable party (not to mention seeing off an existential threat to its very existence), needs to do the same. Federally, the Greens are no longer an environmental party and indeed now help promote anti-Semitism and division in our country, as well as sucking up to the CFMEU. Also, issues of abortion have no place in a federal election as it’s a state issue and the Queensland LNP did itself no favours in dithering around on this issue and confusing voters.

Good to see independent ACT Senator David Pocock go into bat to help save the first koala seen in the ACT in the last three years at Jacka. I hope he succeeds as it is essential we learn to share our bush and indeed our suburbs with these magnificent Australian icons. It is possible; I have seen koalas in Nelsons Bay suburban areas sharing their habitat with humans. 

I would like David Pocock to show us all he is not a hypocrite and now throw his weight behind saving the thousands of Queensland koalas that will have their native habitat destroyed by several huge and largely useless wind farms being built in the middle of koala territory. I have heard over 4,000 hectares of koala habitat will be destroyed, killing thousands of these beautiful but sadly endangered animals. 

David once chained himself to a tree to stop a mining project in rural NSW and I wonder if he will put his money where his mouth is and do something similar to save the thousands of Queensland koalas from destruction. I tell you what David, if you will do that, I’ll join you. Come to think of it, I might do that anyway as I think it’s criminal to destroy native wildlife for the sake of polluting the landscape with virtually useless, madly expensive and environmentally dangerous and unsound wind turbines, made from materials mined by African child slave labourers and built in China by Uyghur concentration camp prisoners. Many of the component parts only last three years before being replaced and what are we to do with the disused wind turbines, which only last a maximum of 20 years before needing replacement – and these proposed 250-feet-high monstrosities are embedded in 20 feet of concrete. Are we really that stupid and do we really have that much contempt for our furry friends? 

Over to you, David. I won’t hold my breath. Maybe you might get a wriggle on if I enlisted virtually unknown Liberal Senate aspirant Jacob Vadakkedathu to join me in a save the koalas crusade in Queensland. It would be great publicity for Jacob, and might even impress his potential new boss, Peter Dutton, who at least seems to want to introduce a whole suite of initiatives, including nuclear, to get Australia to net zero by 2050 without killing thousands of koalas in the process.