The ScoMo Government

[sptrawler]

We were lucky last weekend, that Scott Morrison wasn't away on holidays and was able to direct people not to take part in the marches.
It would have been disastrous, if he had been away, as he was during the early stages of the bushfires.

 

[wayneL]

We were lucky last weekend, that Scott Morrison wasn't away on holidays and was able to direct people not to take part in the marches.
It would have been disastrous, if he had been away, as he was during the early stages of the bushfires.

LMAO

I must say Scotty has learnt from the experience and is playing the plebians well

 

[IFocus]

We were lucky last weekend, that Scott Morrison wasn't away on holidays and was able to direct people not to take part in the marches.
It would have been disastrous, if he had been away, as he was during the early stages of the bushfires.

Maybe you missed the Coalition playing BS ideological political crap....Corman?

 

[sptrawler]

Maybe you missed the Coalition playing BS ideological political crap....Corman?

What has Corman been upto?

 

[wayneL]

Maybe you missed the Coalition playing BS ideological political crap....Corman?

Yes you are sooooo right. Labor and the Greens *never ever play BS ideological political crap.

 

[sptrawler]

I wouldn't give anyone "top marks", because that would require no cases at all and that hasn't happened.

Some lax monitoring at the start probably let a few too many cases through, and the Ruby Princess was a disaster, although we can argue whether that was a State or Federal problem.

Oh well I guess it has finally come out that the Ruby Princess debacle had nothing to do with ScoMo.
I guess it doesn't matter in hindsight the crap was thrown and some would have stuck, the good old Aussie media, managing the masses as usual.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-06-10/ruby-princess-disembarked-before-covid-test-results/12335340

 

[orr]

Prime Minister Schmo's 'Own History of Australia' .... What a book that'll be .
Subtitled 'The make believe scratchings of an Historical Imbecile'
see highlights of "Cooks circumnavigation of Australia'....
And Chapter 3 "No Slaves Here 'Blackie'. Have Go Get Go ... Just Don't Get Paid YouKnow..
Aloha Schmo opines "the real reason of my Xmas visit to the Sandwich Islands whilst the country burned was to visit Cooks Landing place. And revel in his conquest...

Don't miss the upcoming "Aussie's on Moon first; Io.Io.Io "

From the esteemed Publishing House 'Cretins Cretins & Credlin's'...(they're interchangable)

 

[sptrawler]

It is funny how the State's can ask for Federal assistance when they want it, after the shellacking ScoMo copped from the media over the bushfires incident, one would have thought Federal assistance is only available if offered.

From todays SMH headline:
Coronavirus updates LIVE: Victorian government requests ADF to enforce hotel quarantine as Victoria records 20 new COVID-19 cases, Australian death toll stands at 103

 

[Chronos-Plutus]

It is funny how the State's can ask for Federal assistance when they want it, after the shellacking ScoMo copped from the media over the bushfires incident, one would have thought Federal assistance is only available if offered.

From todays SMH headline:
Coronavirus updates LIVE: Victorian government requests ADF to enforce hotel quarantine as Victoria records 20 new COVID-19 cases, Australian death toll stands at 103

The ADF were deployed to our Sydney hotels; they were mostly reserves and unarmed.

 

[sptrawler]

Sounds as though the defense forces are going to beefed up.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-06-30/government-unveils-10-year-defence-strategy/12408232
From the article:
On Wednesday, Prime Minister Scott Morrison will unveil a greater focus on the Indo-Pacific region, warning Australia needs to prepare for a post-COVID world that is "poorer, more dangerous and more disorderly".

Mr Morrison will also announce a commitment to spend $270 billion over the next decade on defence capabilities, including more potent strike weapons, cyber capabilities and a high-tech underwater surveillance system.
In releasing the 2020 Defence Strategy Update and the accompanying Force Structure Plan, the Government is expected to confirm Australia will purchase the AGM-158C Long Range Anti-Ship Missile (LRASM) from the United States Navy, at a cost of $800 million.

The missile has a range of more than 370 kilometres and would be a significant upgrade from the 124 km range of Australia's AGM-84 air-launched Harpoon anti-ship missile, introduced in the early 1980s.

Up to $9.3 billion will also be spent on research and development into high-speed, long-range weapons, including hypersonic weapons.

 

[PZ99]

Oh well...why not ?

It's only another $270 billion that will never get paid back

We can't find the money to save our airline industry but we have $9b for a very fast missile.

 

[wayneL]

They may as well spend up now and pay with totally debased dollars later.

I've already ordered my post MMT wallet. It attaches to your belt and it can just trail along and can hold 50,000,000,000 of bank notes, much more elegant than pushing a wheelbarrow to the shops.

 

[rederob]

On Wednesday, Prime Minister Scott Morrison will unveil a greater focus on the Indo-Pacific region, warning Australia needs to prepare for a post-COVID world that is "poorer, more dangerous and more disorderly".

Not one of Morrison's points holds true.
Even after COV19 all the nations to our near north are significantly more wealthy than they were a decade, and were never a real threat then so would be less so now. Furthermore, there is zero evidence that any are "more dangerous" and I have no idea what he means when he calls them "disorderly." The concept of poverty causing danger and disorder at an international level is nowhere supported.
Classic dog whistling.
Everyone with half a brain knows that the only credible threat to Australia would be from China.
The idea China has any desire or need to attack Australia defies logic. Whatever China needs from Australia it can just buy. Moreover, the idea that Australia could actually defend itself from a Chinese attack is fanciful.
It seems that nowadays to win elections you have to "get tough." That means beating up on asylum seekers and any other low hanging fruit plus, with US blessing, China.
We now have a throwback to the 1950s where "communism" is turned into a defacto military threat.
China has enough on its plate internally than to worry about launching an all out attack on other nations.

 

[SirRumpole]

Not one of Morrison's points holds true.
Even after COV19 all the nations to our near north are significantly more wealthy than they were a decade, and were never a real threat then so would be less so now. Furthermore, there is zero evidence that any are "more dangerous" and I have no idea what he means when he calls them "disorderly." The concept of poverty causing danger and disorder at an international level is nowhere supported.
Classic dog whistling.
Everyone with half a brain knows that the only credible threat to Australia would be from China.
The idea China has any desire or need to attack Australia defies logic. Whatever China needs from Australia it can just buy. Moreover, the idea that Australia could actually defend itself from a Chinese attack is fanciful.
It seems that nowadays to win elections you have to "get tough." That means beating up on asylum seekers and any other low hanging fruit plus, with US blessing, China.
We now have a throwback to the 1950s where "communism" is turned into a defacto military threat.
China has enough on its plate internally than to worry about launching an all out attack on other nations.

As far as defense goes, you have to think decades ahead. If there is a capability of another nation that has shown itself to be unfriendly to attack us then you have to do something about it even if it's tiny in comparison to the threat. The citizenry doesn't take kindly to being continually threatened by outside forces and that doesn't make for a productive community.

 

[rederob]

As far as defense goes, you have to think decades ahead. If there is a capability of another nation that has shown itself to be unfriendly to attack us then you have to do something about it even if it's tiny in comparison to the threat. The citizenry doesn't take kindly to being continually threatened by outside forces and that doesn't make for a productive community.

I agree Rumpy.
Some of the expenditure proposed is definitely needed.
However, the modern trend is for remote controlled (aka "unmanned") craft to play an increasing role in land, sea and air defenses. I can't see that we are going to get ahead of the pack in that regard despite having some brilliant defence engineers. We keep pandering to international expertise that sells us off-the-shelf weaponry with billion dollar price tags.

 

[sptrawler]

I did like the sound of the hypersonic weapons, now that's what we need and lots of them, cancel the subs and buy more hypersonic misiles.
Actually talking about the diesel subs, they will have to be able to be shut down while travelling, so our new super duper underwater listening device can hear something.

 

[rederob]

I did like the sound of the hypersonic weapons, now that's what we need and lots of them, cancel the subs and buy more hypersonic misiles.

When they exist (the Mach 15 -20 versions rather than the Russian or Chinese versions) you would not need many. There would be nothing to stop them and they could hit any target on the planet in less than 60 minutes.
They would be much smarter than a nuclear deterrent and a lot cheaper.

 

[sptrawler]

Oh they do exist Rob and they run on H2, so a win win for us, we can put in refueling stations.

 

[SirRumpole]

I thought we were testing scramjets with the Japanese some time ago, then it all went quiet.

 

[SirRumpole]

We keep pandering to international expertise that sells us off-the-shelf weaponry with billion dollar price tags.

Quite correct. I suppose the advantage is that it's been tested by others but still there are opportunities for local capabilities in drones and satellites. Good to see the Australian Space Agency get a mention by the PM, a potential source of employment for high paid science/engineering graduates.