Peter Freedman wrote on Dec 7^th, 2013 at 7:01am:


What Piers is doing is looking at the form guide. Labor's is dreadful on this subject, and most others. The only things they seem to do well is knifing their leaders, internal warfare and accumulating debt.

buzzanddidj wrote on Dec 7^th, 2013 at 10:00am:


Not content to show us you got nothing, now you're showing us pictures of your disturbing cutlery? I think nut-kat has some competition for loony of the forum!

viewpoint wrote on Dec 7^th, 2013 at 1:03pm:








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Albanese government had decided to dump the ASIO and ASIS chiefs from permanent positions on the National Security Committee while keeping Australia’s most senior climate change bureaucrat at the table.


Mr Shoebridge scolded the decision as going against what the government has been claiming is the most dangerous strategic environment since the Second World War.

“They clearly don’t believe their own words,” Mr Shoebridge said.

“I think it fits with a pattern where the Albanese government has a view of the world as they would like it to be, and they don't like inconvenient truths.

“You would not know that the Chinese state and its military is threatening peace in our region from the happy snaps and handshakes, with this visit over the rest of the week.”

Mr Shoebridge said the decision was a “disturbing downplaying” of the real national security threats and challenges Australia faces.

“So not wanting advice from our intelligence chiefs is an indicator that they don't want to listen to the advice, so don't have them in the room to give it,” he said.

“It's a disturbing, downplaying of real national security challenges and threats and an attempt to just put them in the background and hope they go away.

“You can't stick your fingers in your ears and silence the world. So it shows the government is determined on a policy approach, regardless of what the world actually looks like.”

The senior security analyst said it was “disturbing” there had been no explanation or clarification for the decision as the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet refused to comment on national security matters.

“The disturbing thing is this idea that if we don't hear the analysis, it isn't happening,” Mr Shoebridge said.

https://www.skynews.com.au/australia-news/politics/they-dont-like-inconvenient-t...

Albo is fighting Tories, don't you know. Oh, yes. Tsk, tsk 

Frank wrote on Mar 20^th, 2024 at 8:04am:


A Climate Change Bureaucrat on our National Security Committee .... & the unrealistic renewables & net zero emissions zealot Chris Bowen?  We're phukked.

There's a couple of others listed there that would be as useless as a hip pocket on a singlet as well.

WTF is wrong with this Labor Govt?

National security involves a lot more than keeping secrets... it includes retaining the stability and relative open-ness of government and its ways in concerns that are not of high security.....

We have been undergoing a phase in killing of democracy that has involved replacing long-serving people as heads of departments with those of the old school tie, school pinafore, bum-chums,  tongue-chums, drinking mates, and whoever else comes along - such being slotted into massively paid 'contract' positions as department heads etc.

That was a start towards the demolition of democracy here, and allows the increasing use of decree by like-minded politicos and thei equally like-minded bum chums etc, about salient issues such as the theft of public Open Range land and its conversions into private hunting preserves for the New Lairds (but unfortunately not Aborassic Parks) while the New Jews are progressively excluded from portion after portion of life.

When they came for the men uni students as patriarchal oppressors,
You said nothing...
When they came for the hardened unionists and labour actuals,
You said nothing....
When they came for the straight people and called them all gay bashers,
You said nothing...
When they came for the legal gun owners in their own homes and called them wife killers
You said nothing
When they came for the men teachers as rapists and potential paedophiles and patriarchal oppressors,
You said nothing ...
When they came for the White people as racists and Black killers
You said nothing...
When they replaced the long gone White Australia policy with the Black Australia policy
You said nothing...
When they replaced the divisions of power with appointed mates as heads of departments so they could operate in lock-step
You said nothing....
When these groups of 'old school tie' mates began to rule by decree in your own country over the will of the people
You said nothing.......
When they come for you...
There will be nobody left to say anything....