Ray Hadley blasted Anthony Albanese’s government in a fiery rant that led to him using the F-word, which needed to be censored, during his live radio broadcast.
On Monday morning, the 2GB radio presenter lashed out at Anthony Albanese, saying the Prime Minister had “surrounded himself with mediocrity”.
‘Delusions of adequacy suffered by Andrew Giles, Casanova Chris Bowen, Casanova Tony Burke, they are all Casanovas.
‘Because absolutely everything this mafia touches it completely and absolutely ruins. Hence the name Casanova,” he told listeners.
“That’s what they do to the country.”
And if I seem frustrated, I am; I’ve been through this before.
‘I’ve been doing this for a long time and I was here during the Labor era from 2001 onwards. I saw everything relax.’
Hadley said it was “ridiculous” that Andrew Giles had been elected Immigration Minister given he had acted as a lawyer for a group of asylum seekers in 2014.
Ray Hadley furiously lashed out at Albanese and his Labor government on Monday.
In 2001, Mr Giles acted as a lawyer representing 433 asylum seekers attempting to reach Australian territory aboard the Norwegian freighter MV Tampa.
In 2014, in a speech to parliament, Giles said the arrival of the MV Tampa was a “defining moment” that had inspired him to run for office.
Hadley said Labour’s “tinkering” with Operation Sovereign Borders had led to an increase in activity by Indonesian people smugglers.
Hadley also highlighted Mr Albanese’s reaction to the news that the asylum seekers had arrived.
On Friday afternoon, Albanese led a press conference on the New South Wales central coast and the first question he was asked was about 30 other illegal immigrants who landed, undetected, on a beach in Western Australia: ” Do you know anything about that?”
His response: “I’ve been traveling by car, so I haven’t been told about it.”
Mr Hadley was not impressed: “The person in charge of the country, the leader of the nation, is not aware and not intelligent enough to quell it by saying, ‘Look, I’m taking advice about this.’
“Someone must have texted him and said, ‘We’ve got a problem, we’ve got about 40 guys coming ashore on the northwest coast of Western Australia.'”
“It is absolutely inexplicable, history dictates, it cannot be argued: Labor governments are not good at protecting our borders.”
‘They love illegal refugees because once they let them in, their voters will be their voters for life. They have unions and illegal refugees making sure they stay in government.
The 2GB presenter accused Albanese of being “unaware” of Australia’s border crisis.
He said illegal entry of people into Australia was almost a daily occurrence under Kevin Rudd’s Labor government.
“Like Kevin Rudd, Anthony Albanese got rid of Temporary Protection Visas (TPVs), which were a very important part of the border operation,” he said.
“And guess what, here we go again, over and over again.”
Hadley then turned his attention to Energy Minister Chris Bowen, criticizing a new energy emissions plan unveiled by the Albanian government this month.
The plan has been criticized in the car industry for imposing carbon ‘penalties’ on certain car models under new 2025 CO2 targets.
Owners of Australia’s best-selling car in 2023, the Ford Ranger, will potentially have to pay an extra $6,150 due to the tax, according to estimates compiled by the Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries (FCAI).
At the moment there are only estimates because Bowen has not yet published the government’s own model of how the changes will affect prices.
FCAI estimates also suggest that the Toyota LandCruiser would be the car model most affected by the changes, incurring additional fines of $13,350.
The 2GB presenter criticized a new energy emissions plan unveiled by Energy Minister Chris Bowen this month, which will impose “carbon penalties” on certain car models.
Then there is the madness of Casanova Chris Bowen and his politics on combustion engines. “They keep saying you’re going to save $1,000 a year,” Hadley fumed.
“Well, I’ve spoken to a number of new car dealers over the weekend and they confirmed that Australians could pay up to $25,000 more for the popular utes and SUVs, while many hybrid vehicles could face a fine of up to $5,000 on five years under Labour’s emissions efficiency proposal.
‘I’ve now bought a hybrid because I think it makes sense to have a combustion engine and also run on a battery, rather than a fully battery-powered motor.
“And suddenly you think you’re doing the right thing and now you’re going to get punched too.”
‘Casanova Bowen says wait, you’ll save $1,000 a year on fuel. But according to the analysis carried out by the automobile industry, the Ford Ranger will rise between $11,350 and $18,000.
‘A Toyota LandCruiser would be penalized between $19,500 and $25,000. So to get your money back, Casanova, you have to own the LandCruiser for 25 years to break even. That’s a breakeven point, not making money, moron.
Hadley said it was “laughable” that Andrew Giles (pictured) had been elected Immigration Minister.
At a press conference last week, Bowen insisted that model availability will not be affected by the new plan.
“It’s not a restriction on what Australians can buy,” Mr Bowen said.
‘You can still buy a ute, an SUV, whatever you want… In countries with vehicle efficiency standards [like the US and New Zealand]Sports utility vehicles and SUVs are typically the best-selling cars. “That’s up to Australians, but we would like Australians to have more choice in that.”
The minister said if Australia reached US standards by 2028, the cost of cars would be reduced by about $1,000 a year.