Alevine, in my comments I included all Governments and that includes Liberal ones.

Hey John Smith let's take a scenario, I preface it by stating that I don't wish this on anyone including you my adversary.

Let's say you were unfortunate enough to have an accident, one minute you're flying, good job, good pay, good prospects...then suddenly you get struck down by serious and long term illness.

Have a think about how long your lifestyle would last...You would be down the chute in the twinkling of an eye.

It could happen to any of us...and when that happens watch how the friends and colleagues disappear.

I didn't start in the Cops until I was 33. I was the grandpop of my class, different now, they take them at 55 now.

In my case, I was flying high with a great job in the airlines then suddenly there was an industrial dispute and a whole bunch of us got sacked.

I went from hero to zero.

Because of my air force stint in a security mustering I was finally able to get a start in the cops but in the intervening period, I did it tough big time.

It can come to get you at any time. I don't know one person who hasn't been through the fire one way or another.

What I'm saying is that charity begins at home and it burns me to see Country shoppers getting units and town houses whilst we have Australian citizens living on the streets and in cars and freaking shipping containers.

Tonight I watched a Current Affairs show telling the story of how tough many people are doing it. They are living in shipping containers, derelict caravans, the back of their cars; one step away from living on the street.

Not all these people are 'losers'  far from it, many are intelligent everyday people on the end of ill fortune.

I have always said as a Cop we are all one step away from disaster and living exactly like these poor souls are doing.

I ponder now, how far would the 12 billion dollars spent by Labor on illegal boat people, have gone to relieve our own citizens who are a sideshow, apparently no Government here gives a flying sh.t about.

You see its just not freaking newsworthy enough.

red baron wrote on Jul 19^th, 2013 at 6:58pm:


The problem is, first and foremost, they're Australians. On top of that they're probably male and white. If there's one group of people the Left hate the most, it's white, Australian, males. For the Left to care, you a have to be from a country about 10,000 Kms away and brown.

Totally disagree with you there John Smith..Karnal put up a great post where he outlined where the illegals were being housed, including units, town houses, detention centres... and wherever. You see the Government had no plan, the whole thing has been a shambles a nightmare and a disgrace.

At least with KRudd's new gambit, there is a plan, even if it costs the earth.