2b:"/_next/static/chunks/1kwycdnex_ayt.js" 2c:"/_next/static/chunks/3m35l9aj5efvl.js" 2d:"/_next/static/chunks/1xid_zx3f6hlj.js" 2e:"/_next/static/chunks/3y2w2wpzry9kk.js" 2f:"/_next/static/chunks/1flo7z93fcn0u.js" 30:I[413441,["$4","$5","$6","$7","$2b","$2c","$2d","$2e","$2f"],"default"] 31:T46b,AUKUS will cost Australia at least $368 billion with no guarantee the submarines arrive, and the AUKUS Public Inquiry calls it the worst, costliest and riskiest defence decision in Australian history. Former Labor minister Peter Garrett released the report of a crowdfunded inquiry run by former prime ministers, foreign ministers and defence chiefs, after Labor and the Coalition refused a parliamentary inquiry. Freedom of information requests on where the nuclear waste will be dumped were refused, and the deal makes Australia a target in a US war with China. Chapters: 00:00 Opening and Midterms 00:47 The AUKUS Tether 01:49 The $368 Billion Deal 03:06 The Gravy Train 04:10 Why a People's Inquiry 05:17 Independent Heavy Hitters 06:22 Sovereignty and Risk 07:22 Keating and Turnbull 08:23 Who to Believe 09:29 Media Buries It 10:00 FOI Refusals 11:03 Nuclear Waste Secrecy 12:15 Tranter on the Media 13:17 The Next Inquiry 14:20 Thanks and Coverage 15:22 The Revolving Door Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thewestreport Website: https://michaelwest.com.au Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.32:T4f8,AUKUS will cost Australia at least $368 billion with no guarantee the submarines arrive, and the AUKUS Public Inquiry calls it the worst, costliest and riskiest defence decision in Australian history. Former Labor minister Peter Garrett released the report of a crowdfunded inquiry run by former prime ministers, foreign ministers and defence chiefs, after Labor and the Coalition refused a parliamentary inquiry. Freedom of information requests on where the nuclear waste will be dumped were refused, and the deal makes Australia a target in a US war with China.

Chapters:
00:00 Opening and Midterms
00:47 The AUKUS Tether
01:49 The $368 Billion Deal
03:06 The Gravy Train
04:10 Why a People's Inquiry
05:17 Independent Heavy Hitters
06:22 Sovereignty and Risk
07:22 Keating and Turnbull
08:23 Who to Believe
09:29 Media Buries It
10:00 FOI Refusals
11:03 Nuclear Waste Secrecy
12:15 Tranter on the Media
13:17 The Next Inquiry
14:20 Thanks and Coverage
15:22 The Revolving Door

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33:T46b,AUKUS will cost Australia at least $368 billion with no guarantee the submarines arrive, and the AUKUS Public Inquiry calls it the worst, costliest and riskiest defence decision in Australian history. Former Labor minister Peter Garrett released the report of a crowdfunded inquiry run by former prime ministers, foreign ministers and defence chiefs, after Labor and the Coalition refused a parliamentary inquiry. Freedom of information requests on where the nuclear waste will be dumped were refused, and the deal makes Australia a target in a US war with China. Chapters: 00:00 Opening and Midterms 00:47 The AUKUS Tether 01:49 The $368 Billion Deal 03:06 The Gravy Train 04:10 Why a People's Inquiry 05:17 Independent Heavy Hitters 06:22 Sovereignty and Risk 07:22 Keating and Turnbull 08:23 Who to Believe 09:29 Media Buries It 10:00 FOI Refusals 11:03 Nuclear Waste Secrecy 12:15 Tranter on the Media 13:17 The Next Inquiry 14:20 Thanks and Coverage 15:22 The Revolving Door Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thewestreport Website: https://michaelwest.com.au Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.34:T4f8,AUKUS will cost Australia at least $368 billion with no guarantee the submarines arrive, and the AUKUS Public Inquiry calls it the worst, costliest and riskiest defence decision in Australian history. Former Labor minister Peter Garrett released the report of a crowdfunded inquiry run by former prime ministers, foreign ministers and defence chiefs, after Labor and the Coalition refused a parliamentary inquiry. Freedom of information requests on where the nuclear waste will be dumped were refused, and the deal makes Australia a target in a US war with China.

Chapters:
00:00 Opening and Midterms
00:47 The AUKUS Tether
01:49 The $368 Billion Deal
03:06 The Gravy Train
04:10 Why a People's Inquiry
05:17 Independent Heavy Hitters
06:22 Sovereignty and Risk
07:22 Keating and Turnbull
08:23 Who to Believe
09:29 Media Buries It
10:00 FOI Refusals
11:03 Nuclear Waste Secrecy
12:15 Tranter on the Media
13:17 The Next Inquiry
14:20 Thanks and Coverage
15:22 The Revolving Door

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35:T471,James Packer has paid more than a million dollars to Benjamin Netanyahu's law firm to fight corruption charges, and Scam of the Week goes to him. Victorian Liberal leader Jess Wilson used a synagogue speech to promise wider bans on language she calls incitement, naming intifada. Liberal senator Sarah Henderson used Senate estimates to accuse Michael West Media of anti-Semitism under privilege, then offered no evidence when asked all week. Chapters: 00:00 Opening Rundown 00:33 Henderson's Senate Spray 02:24 Chasing an Answer 04:26 What's the Scam 06:29 Victorian Election 07:38 Wilson's Speech Bans 08:38 Shoebridge Press Club 10:44 Trickle Up Economics 13:00 The Sensible Centre 14:06 Iran Targeting Claims 16:09 Inflation and Rates 19:10 Packer and Netanyahu Articles Mentioned: Jess Wilson vows to ban 'globalise the intifada' phrase if elected / https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/jess-wilson-vows-to-ban-globalise-the-intifada-phrase-if-elected-20261025-p618fn.html Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thewestreport Website: https://michaelwest.com.au Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.36:T4fa,James Packer has paid more than a million dollars to Benjamin Netanyahu's law firm to fight corruption charges, and Scam of the Week goes to him. Victorian Liberal leader Jess Wilson used a synagogue speech to promise wider bans on language she calls incitement, naming intifada. Liberal senator Sarah Henderson used Senate estimates to accuse Michael West Media of anti-Semitism under privilege, then offered no evidence when asked all week.

Chapters:
00:00 Opening Rundown
00:33 Henderson's Senate Spray
02:24 Chasing an Answer
04:26 What's the Scam
06:29 Victorian Election
07:38 Wilson's Speech Bans
08:38 Shoebridge Press Club
10:44 Trickle Up Economics
13:00 The Sensible Centre
14:06 Iran Targeting Claims
16:09 Inflation and Rates
19:10 Packer and Netanyahu

Articles Mentioned:
Jess Wilson vows to ban 'globalise the intifada' phrase if elected / https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/jess-wilson-vows-to-ban-globalise-the-intifada-phrase-if-elected-20261025-p618fn.html

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37:T40b,The assault on independent MP Helen Haines was used all week to blame her own side of politics, while paid accounts pushed the hate and Albo's staff were reported to hold a dirt file on her. A $1 billion Golden Beach gas project won approval off Ninety Mile Beach as the Petroleum Resource Rent Tax keeps raising almost nothing. Universities ring-fence profitable revenue to cry poor, with Sydney reporting a $545 million surplus alongside a $68.6 million loss.

Chapters:
00:00 Assault Politicised
00:43 Blame Fest
02:40 Paid Hate
05:45 Dirt Files
07:51 Alita Moriarty
09:30 Gas Approval
11:40 PRRT Failure
13:57 Shanks Firebombing
15:54 Media Distraction
17:07 University Ring-Fencing
19:17 Vice-Chancellor Salaries
20:17 AI Water
21:22 Royal Commission

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38:T43a,The Royal Commission into Antisemitism and Social Cohesion hands down its report on December 18, and the evidence it heard was never properly tested. Twenty thousand submissions went in, much of it personal testimony, under a $7 million contract awarded to Gilbert and Tobin. A submission from the Combat Antisemitism Movement told the commission that the organisation's critics, including Michael West Media, harassed its organisers and never sought comment before publishing. The emails and phone calls Wendy Bacon made say otherwise. #auspol #NAB #antisemitism

Chapters:
00:00 Opening
01:17 Evidence and Hearsay
02:17 Gilbert and Tobin
03:17 The IHRA Definition
05:34 Hate Speech Laws
06:37 Wendy Bacon's Story
08:48 CAM and the Councils
10:09 Contradictory Submission
12:18 Two Israeli Authors
14:42 Sign-Off

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39:T416,The Australian Taxation Office's latest tax transparency data shows about a third of the 4,000-plus companies listed paid no tax, and News Corp's Australian arm has now gone twelve years without paying a cent. News Australia Holdings booked $1.89 billion in income and zero tax payable. Chevron paid $2.9 billion this year after the ATO took it to court, Energy Australia wiped out $7.5 billion in income to pay nothing, Transurban paid nothing, and Google Australia reports $2 billion of revenue from a $10 billion business. Chapters: 00:00 Opening 01:07 News Corp's Zero Tax 03:12 Twelve Years of Data 04:15 Companies by Number 07:27 The Gas Cartel 09:28 Ichthys and INPEX 12:40 Google's Two Sets of Books 14:46 Rentals and Toll Roads 16:46 Energy and the Pokies 19:55 Consultants and Insurers 22:44 Chemist Warehouse Merger 23:46 Defence Housing and Miners 26:58 Banks, Supermarkets, Takeout Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thewestreport Website: https://michaelwest.com.au Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.3a:T497,The Australian Taxation Office's latest tax transparency data shows about a third of the 4,000-plus companies listed paid no tax, and News Corp's Australian arm has now gone twelve years without paying a cent. News Australia Holdings booked $1.89 billion in income and zero tax payable. Chevron paid $2.9 billion this year after the ATO took it to court, Energy Australia wiped out $7.5 billion in income to pay nothing, Transurban paid nothing, and Google Australia reports $2 billion of revenue from a $10 billion business.

Chapters:
00:00 Opening
01:07 News Corp's Zero Tax
03:12 Twelve Years of Data
04:15 Companies by Number
07:27 The Gas Cartel
09:28 Ichthys and INPEX
12:40 Google's Two Sets of Books
14:46 Rentals and Toll Roads
16:46 Energy and the Pokies
19:55 Consultants and Insurers
22:44 Chemist Warehouse Merger
23:46 Defence Housing and Miners
26:58 Banks, Supermarkets, Takeout

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3b:T41a,Communications minister Anika Wells has introduced Labor's Digital Duty of Care Bill, draft legislation amending the Online Safety Act, and it is off to committee. NSW premier Chris Minns has put armed police with automatic rifles on Sydney beaches under a social cohesion squad. Discretionary trust reform is also headed to committee, with the top 2% facing the 30% rate. Meta settled a $17 billion case over its algorithms.

Chapters:
00:00 Machine Guns on Beaches
00:40 Bondi and Gun Licences
01:43 Free Speech and Language
02:16 Trust Reform
03:20 Digital Duty of Care
04:26 Free Speech Hypocrisy
05:45 Palantir and Cellebrite
06:50 Regulating the Platforms
07:56 Algorithms and Addiction
08:57 Shifting Risk to Platforms
10:05 Anika Wells Slip-Up
10:50 Scam of the Week

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3c:T4c9,Apple Australia has gone silent for ten days on questions about Israeli-designed chips in the iPhone 17. The House of Representatives voted down the Red Lines bill to restrict financing of the Gaza genocide, days before the US approved a record $4 billion bomb shipment to Israel. Pauline Hanson told media that Aboriginal civilisation was "primitive." Live on Seven's Sunrise, Senator Jane Hume called new home lending a "terrible failure" of Labor policy, moments before the show's own data showed dwelling finance at record highs. Support us ❤️ https://www.patreon.com/thewestreport Our Journalism 📰 https://michaelwest.com.au Merch 👕 https://lonelykidsclub.com/collections/michael-west Linktree 🌐 https://linktr.ee/michaelwestmedia.com.au 00:00 Opening 00:22 Apple's Missing CEO 03:01 Red Lines Bill Defeated 06:05 War Memorial Row 07:41 ACMA Rebukes Four Corners 10:14 Exclusive Brethren Fallout 11:10 Hanson's 'Primitive' Comments 12:56 Immigration Policy Fight 13:46 Barnaby Joyce Dodges Costings 15:31 Hume's Sunrise Gotcha 17:37 Oil and Interest Rates 18:34 BHP's Diesel Rebate 19:07 Palantir, Cellebrite and Sydney Uni 21:45 Sign-Off Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.3d:T552,Apple Australia has gone silent for ten days on questions about Israeli-designed chips in the iPhone 17. The House of Representatives voted down the Red Lines bill to restrict financing of the Gaza genocide, days before the US approved a record $4 billion bomb shipment to Israel. Pauline Hanson told media that Aboriginal civilisation was "primitive." Live on Seven's Sunrise, Senator Jane Hume called new home lending a "terrible failure" of Labor policy, moments before the show's own data showed dwelling finance at record highs.

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00:00 Opening
00:22 Apple's Missing CEO
03:01 Red Lines Bill Defeated
06:05 War Memorial Row
07:41 ACMA Rebukes Four Corners
10:14 Exclusive Brethren Fallout
11:10 Hanson's 'Primitive' Comments
12:56 Immigration Policy Fight
13:46 Barnaby Joyce Dodges Costings
15:31 Hume's Sunrise Gotcha
17:37 Oil and Interest Rates
18:34 BHP's Diesel Rebate
19:07 Palantir, Cellebrite and Sydney Uni
21:45 Sign-Off

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3e:T775,The Zionist Federation of Australia's own annual report says it depends on the World Zionist Organization and Keren Hayesod for most of its revenue. Its chief executive, Alon Cassuto, spent two years suing journalist Mary Kostakidis over two tweets, then withdrew days before trial and claimed victory. Her lawyers say he achieved nothing. The same organisations fund Arnold Bloch Leibler's legal work, tax-deductible in Australia, and channel money through the Jewish National Fund to Keren Hayesod, the IDF and West Bank settlements. Support us ❤️ https://www.patreon.com/thewestreport Our Journalism 📰 https://michaelwest.com.au Merch 👕 https://lonelykidsclub.com/collections/michael-west Linktree 🌐 https://linktr.ee/michaelwestmedia.com.au Articles Mentioned Mary Kostakidis stared down the Zionist lobby, and courage won https://michaelwest.com.au/mary-kostakidis-stared-down-the-zionist-lobby-and-courage-won By Andrew Brown Millions in tax-deductible donations to IDF, illegal settlements https://michaelwest.com.au/millions-in-tax-deductible-donations-to-idf-illegal-settlements/ By Stephanie Tran Where's the money? Government and Israel lobby coy on big grants https://michaelwest.com.au/wheres-the-money-government-and-israel-lobby-coy-on-big-grants/ By Stephanie Tran Wrong way. Australia's expanding embrace of Israel https://michaelwest.com.au/wrong-way-australias-expanding-embrace-of-israel By Kellie Tranter (originally published on Declassified Australia) 00:00 Intro 01:20 The ZFA's Own Accounts 02:35 Following the Money 03:02 The Kostakidis Case 04:04 MWM's Own Legal Fight 04:59 Meet Alon Cassuto 05:47 Her Lawyers Respond 11:00 Questions Unanswered 11:57 Tax-Free and Subsidised 12:16 The ABL Connection 13:05 JNF and Keren Hayesod 14:36 The Wider Network 15:45 Apple's Israeli Chips 16:13 Sign-Off Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.3f:T846,The Zionist Federation of Australia's own annual report says it depends on the World Zionist Organization and Keren Hayesod for most of its revenue. Its chief executive, Alon Cassuto, spent two years suing journalist Mary Kostakidis over two tweets, then withdrew days before trial and claimed victory. Her lawyers say he achieved nothing. The same organisations fund Arnold Bloch Leibler's legal work, tax-deductible in Australia, and channel money through the Jewish National Fund to Keren Hayesod, the IDF and West Bank settlements.

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Articles Mentioned

Mary Kostakidis stared down the Zionist lobby, and courage won
https://michaelwest.com.au/mary-kostakidis-stared-down-the-zionist-lobby-and-courage-won
By Andrew Brown

Millions in tax-deductible donations to IDF, illegal settlements
https://michaelwest.com.au/millions-in-tax-deductible-donations-to-idf-illegal-settlements/
By Stephanie Tran

Where's the money? Government and Israel lobby coy on big grants
https://michaelwest.com.au/wheres-the-money-government-and-israel-lobby-coy-on-big-grants/
By Stephanie Tran

Wrong way. Australia's expanding embrace of Israel
https://michaelwest.com.au/wrong-way-australias-expanding-embrace-of-israel
By Kellie Tranter (originally published on Declassified Australia)

00:00 Intro
01:20 The ZFA's Own Accounts
02:35 Following the Money
03:02 The Kostakidis Case
04:04 MWM's Own Legal Fight
04:59 Meet Alon Cassuto
05:47 Her Lawyers Respond
11:00 Questions Unanswered
11:57 Tax-Free and Subsidised
12:16 The ABL Connection
13:05 JNF and Keren Hayesod
14:36 The Wider Network
15:45 Apple's Israeli Chips
16:13 Sign-Off

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40:T423,Twenty-five Australian government agencies now use Palantir, the CIA-linked data company that has held contracts here since 2013. Cellebrite clones phones at airports and police stops. Switzerland rejected Palantir nine times in seven years, France dropped it for a domestic alternative in June, Spain blacklisted it in July, and a UK parliamentary committee told the NHS to get out of a £330 million contract. Australia has held no inquiry. Michael West argues it is time for one. Support us ❤️ https://www.patreon.com/thewestreport Our Journalism 📰 https://michaelwest.com.au Merch 👕 https://lonelykidsclub.com/collections/michael-west Linktree 🌐 https://linktr.ee/michaelwestmedia.com.au 00:00 Call for an Inquiry 00:53 Sovereign Capability 01:33 Twenty-Five Agencies 02:19 Biometrics and Banks 03:00 Why Inquiries Work 04:11 Nothing to Hide 06:03 Europe Walks Away 08:38 Cellebrite and Phones 09:04 Australia Has Not Looked 10:10 Who Gets the Data 11:41 Build It Ourselves Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.41:T4a0,Twenty-five Australian government agencies now use Palantir, the CIA-linked data company that has held contracts here since 2013. Cellebrite clones phones at airports and police stops. Switzerland rejected Palantir nine times in seven years, France dropped it for a domestic alternative in June, Spain blacklisted it in July, and a UK parliamentary committee told the NHS to get out of a £330 million contract. Australia has held no inquiry. Michael West argues it is time for one.

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00:00 Call for an Inquiry
00:53 Sovereign Capability
01:33 Twenty-Five Agencies
02:19 Biometrics and Banks
03:00 Why Inquiries Work
04:11 Nothing to Hide
06:03 Europe Walks Away
08:38 Cellebrite and Phones
09:04 Australia Has Not Looked
10:10 Who Gets the Data
11:41 Build It Ourselves

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42:T6ff,Greens senator Mehreen Faruqi moves to deny deductible gift recipient status to any organisation helping finance an illegal occupation. Labor and the Coalition both refuse to back it. She cites Michael West Media reporting on the Chai Charitable Foundation, which claimed more than $19m in tax-deductible donations in 2025, and United Israel Appeal Australia, which reported $50m in revenue in 2024. Asked whether the ACNC is investigating either, the minister says the regulator is independent and confirms its external conduct standards do not extend to international law. Our investigations: Revealed: Australian taxpayers subsidising the IDF, illegal settlements in Israel https://michaelwest.com.au/revealed-australian-taxpayers-subsidising-the-idf-illegal-settlements-in-israel/ Millions in tax-deductible donations to IDF, illegal settlements https://michaelwest.com.au/millions-in-tax-deductible-donations-to-idf-illegal-settlements/ United Israel Appeal. Charity channels tax free donations direct to IDF soldiers https://michaelwest.com.au/united-israel-appeal-channels-tax-free-donations-direct-to-idf-soldiers/ Charities funding Israel's illegal settlements untouchable, Labor says https://michaelwest.com.au/charities-funding-israel-illegal-settlements-untouchable-labor-says/ Support us ❤️ https://www.patreon.com/thewestreport Our Journalism 📰 https://michaelwest.com.au Merch 👕 https://lonelykidsclub.com/collections/michael-west Linktree 🌐 https://linktr.ee/michaelwestmedia.com.au 00:00 Greens move to strip DGR status 03:20 Killings and demolitions in the West Bank 06:48 The minister's answer 09:17 Chai Foundation and United Israel Appeal 13:49 Bridget Mckenzie: we won't support it Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.43:T7a4,Greens senator Mehreen Faruqi moves to deny deductible gift recipient status to any organisation helping finance an illegal occupation. Labor and the Coalition both refuse to back it.

She cites Michael West Media reporting on the Chai Charitable Foundation, which claimed more than $19m in tax-deductible donations in 2025, and United Israel Appeal Australia, which reported $50m in revenue in 2024. Asked whether the ACNC is investigating either, the minister says the regulator is independent and confirms its external conduct standards do not extend to international law.

Our investigations:

Revealed: Australian taxpayers subsidising the IDF, illegal settlements in Israel
https://michaelwest.com.au/revealed-australian-taxpayers-subsidising-the-idf-illegal-settlements-in-israel/

Millions in tax-deductible donations to IDF, illegal settlements
https://michaelwest.com.au/millions-in-tax-deductible-donations-to-idf-illegal-settlements/

United Israel Appeal. Charity channels tax free donations direct to IDF soldiers
https://michaelwest.com.au/united-israel-appeal-channels-tax-free-donations-direct-to-idf-soldiers/

Charities funding Israel's illegal settlements untouchable, Labor says
https://michaelwest.com.au/charities-funding-israel-illegal-settlements-untouchable-labor-says/

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00:00 Greens move to strip DGR status
03:20 Killings and demolitions in the West Bank
06:48 The minister's answer
09:17 Chai Foundation and United Israel Appeal
13:49 Bridget Mckenzie: we won't support it

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44:T4dc,Richard Marles and US War Secretary Pete Hegseth have agreed to accelerate force posture initiatives at Australian bases, on top of the $368 billion committed to AUKUS submarines that have not arrived. Forty former IDF soldiers and associates ran the Sydney Marathon under police escort in the same week Bassem Youssef's visa was blocked. And Palantir is now inside 25 Australian government agencies, in through the Fraud Fusion Taskforce and into the NDIS, alongside Israeli phone-cloning firm Cellebrite. Support us ❤️ https://www.patreon.com/thewestreport Our Journalism 📰 https://michaelwest.com.au Merch 👕 https://lonelykidsclub.com/collections/michael-west Linktree 🌐 https://linktr.ee/michaelwestmedia.com.au 00:00 Marles and Hegseth 00:35 $368 Billion AUKUS 01:07 Bases Everywhere 02:09 Both Leaders 03:07 The Dickhead Friend 04:19 Bonds and Bessent 04:36 Gaza and Blumenthal 06:11 Epstein and Maxwell 07:20 Super Money to America 07:43 Venezuela's Oil 08:08 Shanghai Summit 10:04 Australia as Target 10:28 IDF Marathon Runners 12:10 Gaza Riviera 13:04 Police Punch Footage 14:42 Palantir Inside Government 16:14 In Their Own Words 19:02 Scam of the Week Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.45:T575,Richard Marles and US War Secretary Pete Hegseth have agreed to accelerate force posture initiatives at Australian bases, on top of the $368 billion committed to AUKUS submarines that have not arrived. Forty former IDF soldiers and associates ran the Sydney Marathon under police escort in the same week Bassem Youssef's visa was blocked. And Palantir is now inside 25 Australian government agencies, in through the Fraud Fusion Taskforce and into the NDIS, alongside Israeli phone-cloning firm Cellebrite.

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00:00 Marles and Hegseth
00:35 $368 Billion AUKUS
01:07 Bases Everywhere
02:09 Both Leaders
03:07 The Dickhead Friend
04:19 Bonds and Bessent
04:36 Gaza and Blumenthal
06:11 Epstein and Maxwell
07:20 Super Money to America
07:43 Venezuela's Oil
08:08 Shanghai Summit
10:04 Australia as Target
10:28 IDF Marathon Runners
12:10 Gaza Riviera
13:04 Police Punch Footage
14:42 Palantir Inside Government
16:14 In Their Own Words
19:02 Scam of the Week

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46:T442,The US bombed Iran again this morning and Iran hit back at US assets across the Middle East. The war never ended, it just stopped being called one. Michael West looks at what the fighting has done to prices at home: rice up 57 per cent, wheat up 51, cotton up 41, rubber up 32, soybeans up 24, wool up 21, palm oil up 20. Oil sits underneath all of it, because transport costs feed into everything else we buy. The winners are the ones who can bury a price rise inside a commodity resale. In Australia that means the oil and gas exporters, who pay little tax, less again in royalties, and nothing at all on offshore production. The argument we're offered instead is Pauline versus Albo. Support us ❤️ https://www.patreon.com/thewestreport Our Journalism 📰 https://michaelwest.com.au Merch 👕 https://lonelykidsclub.com/collections/michael-west Linktree 🌐 https://linktr.ee/michaelwestmedia.com.au 00:00 Opening 00:26 Prices Since The Invasion 00:57 The Commodity Numbers 01:37 Who Benefits 02:34 Still Paying Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.47:T4af,The US bombed Iran again this morning and Iran hit back at US assets across the Middle East. The war never ended, it just stopped being called one. Michael West looks at what the fighting has done to prices at home: rice up 57 per cent, wheat up 51, cotton up 41, rubber up 32, soybeans up 24, wool up 21, palm oil up 20. Oil sits underneath all of it, because transport costs feed into everything else we buy.

The winners are the ones who can bury a price rise inside a commodity resale. In Australia that means the oil and gas exporters, who pay little tax, less again in royalties, and nothing at all on offshore production. The argument we're offered instead is Pauline versus Albo.

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00:00 Opening
00:26 Prices Since The Invasion
00:57 The Commodity Numbers
01:37 Who Benefits
02:34 Still Paying

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