The Citizens Report

This week Elisa Barwick and Richard Bardon expose the "Great Gas Betrayal", how every major political party has caved to the gas cartel. Pauline Hanson tabled a gas reservation bill in March 2026, demanding Australian gas benefit Australians first. Weeks later, she received a light aircraft donated by Gina Rinehart. By June, One Nation had abandoned its own gas policy calling gas reservation a threat to "domestic" companies, including Senex Energy, which is 51% foreign-owned and 49% owned by Rinehart's Hancock Prospecting. We also break down: Labor's toothless gas scheme. Chris Bowen announced "up to" 20% reservation, but there's no floor, no price controls, and no mention of affordability in 130+ pages of legislation Peter Dutton's abandoned East Coast reservation reportedly killed after Rinehart objected Colin Barnett's pipeline solution, the former WA Premier's 20-year push for a transcontinental gas pipeline War & Regulatory Reset. Trump's UN threats against Iran, NATO escalation with Russia, AUKUS as a target, the IMF's austerity demands, and the BIS push for bail-in regimes Australia Post caught lying to the Senate. CEO Paul Graham contradicted by his own legal counsel, and our proposal to appoint Angela Cramp as the new chair. Chapters 0:00 Introduction 1:32 The Great Gas Betrayal: Labor, Liberals & One Nation 6:23 Pauline Hanson's Gas Reservation Bill 15:06 Gina Rinehart, Senex & One Nation's Betrayal 16:45 One Nation Abandons Its Gas Plan 20:04 Labor's Weak Gas Reservation Scheme Explained 27:09 The WA Pipeline Solution & Royalties 31:21 War & "Regulatory Reset" 33:20 War Escalation: Iran, Ukraine, Russia & AUKUS 38:56 Financial Reset: IMF, BIS & Austerity Agenda 46:29 Australia Post Caught Lying to the Senate ARTICLE: Trans-Atlantic ‘regulatory reset' underway - https://citizensparty.org.au/trans-atlantic-regulatory-reset-underway ARTICLE: Australia in lockstep with security superstate - https://citizensparty.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/security-state.pdf Donate to support the Citizens Party campaigns: https://citizensparty.org.au/donate?utm_source=SoundCloud&utm_medium=end_screen&utm_campaign=cit_rep_donation&utm_content=20260924_cit_rep For cheques and direct deposits, call 1800 636 432 Become a member of the Australian Citizens Party: https://citizensparty.org.au/membership?utm_source=SoundCloud&utm_medium=link&utm_campaign=membership&utm_content=20260924_cit_rep Sign the Citizens Party Petition to Save Australia's post offices!: https://info.citizensparty.org.au/save-post-offices Subscribe to the Australian Alert Service: https://info.citizensparty.org.au/subscribe?utm_source=SoundCloud&utm_medium=link&utm_campaign=AAS_subscibe&utm_content=20260924_cit_rep Sign up for ACP Email Alerts: https://citizensparty.org.au/join-email-list?utm_source=SoundCloud&utm_medium=link&utm_campaign=join_email&utm_content=20260924_cit_rep Contact your MP (search by name or electorate): https://www.aph.gov.au/Senators_and_Members Follow us on: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CitizensPartyAU Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/CitizensPartyAU X: https://x.com/CitizensPartyAU TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@citizenspartyau SoundCloud: https://www.SoundCloud.com/CitizensPartyAU LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/citizenspartyau Telegram: https://t.me/CitizensPartyAU #CitizensReport #Australia #EnergyCrisis #Electricity #NationalSecurity #AustralianPolitics #AustralianNews #australianpodcast #CitizensPartyAu #politicalcommentary #GasReservation #OneNation #PaulineHanson #GinaRinehart #EnergyPolicy #Albanese #LaborParty #AUKUS #AustraliaPost #GreatReset #CitizensParty #CostOfLiving #Manufacturing

5 - Albanese sacrifices Australian artists for his AI policy by Australian Citizens Party

11 - Film review - Once Upon a Time in the Middle East by Australian Citizens Party

2 - Albanese should appoint Angela Cramp to chair Aust Post by Australian Citizens Party

9 - What Nord Stream sabotage tells us about our allies by Australian Citizens Party

1 - Stop look and listen by Australian Citizens Party

7 - Rule 1 - Don't be intimidated - Rule 2 - Don't forget rule 1 by Australian Citizens Party

4 - Pezzullo fights rear guard AUKUS defence by Australian Citizens Party

8 - Trans-Atlantic 'regulatory reset' underway by Australian Citizens Party

10 - MASS ORG - Aust Post needs new leadership - so does country by Australian Citizens Party

3 - Labor's fake gas reservation by Australian Citizens Party

6 - Racial suspicion is 'demoralising' by Australian Citizens Party

12 - NEWS IN BRIEF - 23rd September 2026 by Australian Citizens Party

13 - ALMANAC - AUKUS - The case against by Australian Citizens Party

Robert Barwick is joined by Richard Barden to examine the less-discussed consequences of the AI boom. From the enormous power and water requirements of hyperscale data centres to the growing pressure on Australia's electricity system. They also examine Australia's expanding counter-terrorism and national security laws, including control orders, preventative detention and post-sentence detention, highlighting the concerns raised by the Independent National Security Legislation Monitor and the implications for the rule of law. CHAPTERS 0:00 - Introduction 1:02 - Will AI Kill Us? The Skynet Debate 4:01 - Science Fiction Predicted AI Dangers 4:44 - Dangers of AI Summarizing Books 6:35 - Follow the Money: The AI Investment Bubble 8:06 - Chinese Open-Source AI vs Western Monopoly 12:36 - AI Copyright Sellout: Australian Artists Ripped Off 15:15 - The REAL AI Danger: Data Center Power & Water Crisis 19:01 - Coal Power vs Renewables for Data Centers 24:20 - State-by-State Data Center Chaos 27:02 - Government Crushes Local Council Opposition 29:34 - Community Campaigns Against Data Centers 32:31 - Australia's Pre-Crime Dystopia, ASIO 33:10 - Control Orders & Preventative Detention for Kids 34:57 - Minority Report & 2005 Anti-Terror Laws 35:18 - Watchdog Says: Repeal These Powers 38:10 - Alice in Wonderland: Government's Own Damning Quote 39:54 - Fight the Pre-Crime Bill: Take Action Now 41:51 - Sterling First Victims: No Compensation for the Needy 44:20 - Double Standards: $2M for Higgins, $0 for Elderly 46:34 - Like It or Not, We're All Australian 49:53 - Sam Lim MP: Chinese Australian Experience Donate to support the Citizens Party campaigns: https://citizensparty.org.au/donate?utm_source=Soundcloud&utm_medium=end_screen&utm_campaign=cit_rep_donation&utm_content=20260917_cit_rep For cheques and direct deposits, call 1800 636 432 Become a member of the Australian Citizens Party: https://citizensparty.org.au/membership?utm_source=Soundcloud&utm_medium=link&utm_campaign=membership&utm_content=20260917_cit_rep Sign the Citizens Party Petition to Save Australia's post offices!: https://info.citizensparty.org.au/save-post-offices Subscribe to the Australian Alert Service: https://info.citizensparty.org.au/subscribe?utm_source=Soundcloud&utm_medium=link&utm_campaign=AAS_subscibe&utm_content=20260917_cit_rep Sign up for ACP Email Alerts: https://citizensparty.org.au/join-email-list?utm_source=Soundcloud&utm_medium=link&utm_campaign=join_email&utm_content=20260917_cit_rep Contact your MP (search by name or electorate): https://www.aph.gov.au/Senators_and_Members Follow us on: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CitizensPartyAU Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/CitizensPartyAU X: https://x.com/CitizensPartyAU TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@citizenspartyau Soundcloud: https://www.Soundcloud.com/CitizensPartyAU LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/citizenspartyau Telegram: https://t.me/CitizensPartyAU #CitizensReport #Australia #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #DataCentres #EnergyCrisis #Electricity #NationalSecurity #PreCrime #AustralianPolitics #RuleOfLaw #AustralianNews #australianpodcast #CitizensPartyAu #PoliticalCommentary #ASIO

14 - NEWS IN BRIEF - 16th September 2026 by Australian Citizens Party

6 - Trapped between ASIC government and failed system by Australian Citizens Party

1 - Australia a pre-crime dystopia by Australian Citizens Party

11 - Australia in lockstep with security superstate by Australian Citizens Party

12 - MASS ORGANISING - Upcoming opportunities by Australian Citizens Party

4 - Urgent plea to save Australia's post offices by Australian Citizens Party

3 - A business or a service by Australian Citizens Party

2 - Why are you letting Australia Post close our post office by Australian Citizens Party

13 - Memoriam - Graeme Muldoon - 1941-2026 by Australian Citizens Party

10 - Twenty years - What makes BRICS tick by Australian Citizens Party

7 - The uncalculated cost of AUKUS by Australian Citizens Party

5 - Bathla crisis spreads contagion by Australian Citizens Party

9 - Renewables vs data centres dilemma by Australian Citizens Party

8 - What makes a traitor by Australian Citizens Party

Robert Barwick and Craig Isherwood expose how Australia's major political parties have used electoral laws, corporate donations and bureaucratic red tape to rig the political game against challengers. They examine the new electoral funding rules, donation caps, party registration requirements and the financial advantages enjoyed by established parties. The discussion also covers the Senate's explosive Australia Post hearing, the campaign to save local post offices, allegations surrounding the AUKUS public inquiry, and a revealing exchange over politicians sharing parliamentary evidence on social media. Plus, some entertaining clips from recent Senate Estimates hearings reveal just how difficult it can be to get straight answers from highly paid public officials. CHAPTERS 00:00 – The Corporate Gravy Train Is Under Threat 01:21 – How Australia's “Uni-Party” System Works 03:19 – The Battle to Register Minor Parties 07:14 – Corporate Donations and the Price of Democracy 10:56 – The Political Donation Arms Race 15:15 – Sam Dastyari Explains “Pay to Play” 22:50 – Clive Palmer and the Challenge to the Major Parties 25:38 – New Electoral Funding Rules Explained 30:59 – Donation Caps and Loopholes for Major Parties 34:07 – The Bureaucratic War on Minor Parties 42:52 – Australia Post Under Senate Scrutiny 53:06 – AUKUS, Conflicts of Interest and the “Precious Petals” of Parliament

5 - Canberra's 'risky research' crackdown by Australian Citizens Party

2 - Response to Robert Potter by Australian Citizens Party

9 - 9-11 attacks - 25 years later - inching toward justice by Australian Citizens Party

3 - Is this the end of the property religion by Australian Citizens Party

1 - Time to end the post 9-11 world by Australian Citizens Party

7 - A Muslim leader says Shabash Pauline by Australian Citizens Party

6 - Royal commission ends its hearings by Australian Citizens Party

4 - Major parties smother competition in red tape by Australian Citizens Party

8 - The 'irreversible' rise of the many by Australian Citizens Party

10 - MASS ORGANISING - Push post office to top of agenda by Australian Citizens Party

11 - SMR power is no myth by Australian Citizens Party

12 - NEWS IN BRIEF - 9th September 2026 by Australian Citizens Party

Robert Barwick and Richard Bardon give Australians a reality check on AUKUS revealing how the nuclear submarine deal not only threatens to bankrupt the country, but turns Perth into a legitimate nuclear target once US tactical nuclear weapons arrive from 2032. Plus: the media blackout on the Citizens Party's role defeating the ASIO Bill, how Australia Post's CEO misled the Senate about bank-at-post closures, and how Wall Street just rewarded a former Al-Qaeda commander with a gold Visa card on the 25th anniversary of 9/11. CHAPTERS: 0:00 – Introduction 1:15 – Facing the facts: AUKUS puts Australians in more danger 3:00 – Nuclear subs in Perth: Dr. Brian Walker's parliamentary question 7:30 – The "non-plan" for a nuclear accident 9:16 – The real danger: tactical nuclear weapons & making Perth a target 18:00 – Perth "Not a base": The Force Posture Agreement explained 23:56 – Channel 10's ASIO Bill coverage (clip) 31:08 – The Albanese/Goering clip that went viral 32:59 – Update: Australia Post lies about post office closures 37:55 – Post office decline year by year (2020–2025) 43:24 – 9/11 25th anniversary: Syria's new "president" gets a gold Visa card Perth prepares to get nuked - By Richard Bardon Australian Alert, 2 September 2026 - https://citizensparty.org.au/perth-prepares-to-get-nuked Demand post office inquiry hear from communities: Attend the hearing in Canberra scheduled for 8:00 AM–10:00 AM on Wednesday 9 September. If you can attend, call the Citizens Party on 1800 636 432 to be put in touch with the person who can lead you to the committee room for the hearing. Become a member of the Australian Citizens Party: https://citizensparty.org.au/membership?utm_source=Soundcloud&utm_medium=link&utm_campaign=membership&utm_content=20260903_cit_rep Donate to support the Citizens Party campaigns: https://citizensparty.org.au/donate?utm_source=Soundcloud&utm_medium=end_screen&utm_campaign=cit_rep_donation&utm_content=20260903_cit_rep For cheques and direct deposits, call 1800 636 432 Lookup your Senator here: https://citizensparty.org.au/aus-senate Sign the Citizens Party Petition to create an Australia Post Bank!: https://info.citizensparty.org.au/auspost-bank-petition Subscribe to the Australian Alert Service: https://info.citizensparty.org.au/subscribe?utm_source=Soundcloud&utm_medium=link&utm_campaign=AAS_subscibe&utm_content=20260903_cit_rep Sign up for ACP media releases: https://citizensparty.org.au/join-email-list?utm_source=Soundcloud&utm_medium=link&utm_campaign=join_email&utm_content=20260903_cit_rep Contact your MP (search by name or electorate): https://www.aph.gov.au/Senators_and_Members Visit the Citizens Party Campaigns page for a run down of the branch closure media coverage: https://citizensparty.org.au/campaigns Follow us on: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CitizensPartyAU Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/CitizensPartyAU X: https://x.com/CitizensPartyAU TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@citizenspartyau YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/CitizensPartyAU LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/citizenspartyau Telegram: https://t.me/CitizensPartyAU

4 - Perth prepares to get nuked by Australian Citizens Party

2 - Demand post office inquiry hear from communities by Australian Citizens Party

3 - AusPost CEO's false testimony understates impact by Australian Citizens Party

5 - Private credit crisis hits Australia by Australian Citizens Party

1 - Sovereignty requires economic revolution by Australian Citizens Party

8 - MASS ORG - Changing politics with or without recognition by Australian Citizens Party

6 - Dangerous talk of Putin's 'loss' in Ukraine by Australian Citizens Party

9 - NEWS IN BRIEF - 2nd September 2026 by Australian Citizens Party