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[sptrawler]

IMO it is great that the Government isn't listening to ghosts and are making their own decisions on current issues, let's be honest we have to be dependent on someone.
The country is way too big and underpopulated, to be able to defend and or produce enough military equipment to put up enough resistance, without the aid of a major power.
It is just a question of which major power, we would prefer to align ourselves with. IMO

‘AUKUS will enhance sovereignty’: Marles dismisses Keating, Turnbull concerns

The former prime ministers have argued that AUKUS will make Australia too dependent on the US at a time the nation should be becoming more self-reliant.

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Defence Minister Richard Marles has rejected claims by former prime ministers Paul Keating and Malcolm Turnbull that Australia’s plan to acquire nuclear submarines under the AUKUS pact will undermine the nation’s sovereignty.
Both Keating and Turnbull have argued AUKUS will make Australia too dependent on the United States at a time the nation should be becoming more self-reliant.

 

[SirRumpole]

IMO it is great that the Government isn't listening to ghosts and are making their own decisions on current issues, let's be honest we have to be dependent on someone.
The country is way too big and underpopulated, to be able to defend and or produce enough military equipment to put up enough resistance, without the aid of a major power.
It is just a question of which major power, we would prefer to align ourselves with. IMO

‘AUKUS will enhance sovereignty’: Marles dismisses Keating, Turnbull concerns

The former prime ministers have argued that AUKUS will make Australia too dependent on the US at a time the nation should be becoming more self-reliant.

www.smh.com.au

Defence Minister Richard Marles has rejected claims by former prime ministers Paul Keating and Malcolm Turnbull that Australia’s plan to acquire nuclear submarines under the AUKUS pact will undermine the nation’s sovereignty.
Both Keating and Turnbull have argued AUKUS will make Australia too dependent on the United States at a time the nation should be becoming more self-reliant.

No point in us re-inventing the wheel.

Yes, we will have less sovereignty, but better technology than we would have otherwise.

 

[SirRumpole]

Alan Tudge to retire from politics. (About time).

Alan Tudge poised to quit politics

Former senior Coalition minister Alan Tudge is reportedly poised to quit politics – less than a year after the federal election.

thenewdaily.com.au

 

[wayneL]

 

[sptrawler]

The show must go on, the cheer squad seems to be remarkably quiet.

Bruce Lehrmann files defamation proceedings against Ten, News Corp

The former federal Liberal political staffer filed proceedings in the Federal Court on Tuesday afternoon.

www.theage.com.au

The big night out, is certainly getting costly.

Apologise and pay compo or I’ll sue, Lehrmann tells ABC​

Former Liberal staffer Bruce Lehrmann has warned the ABC he will sue for defamation over its broadcast of the National Press Club address by Brittany Higgins and Grace Tame.

 

[SirRumpole]

The big night out, is certainly getting costly.

Apologise and pay compo or I’ll sue, Lehrmann tells ABC​

Former Liberal staffer Bruce Lehrmann has warned the ABC he will sue for defamation over its broadcast of the National Press Club address by Brittany Higgins and Grace Tame.

The ABC always broadcasts the National Press Club live, so it's hardly the ABC's fault if something defamatory was said.

If he wants to sue someone he should sue Brittany or Grace.

 

[mullokintyre]

The ABC always broadcasts the National Press Club live, so it's hardly the ABC's fault if something defamatory was said.

If he wants to sue someone he should sue Brittany or Grace.

Nah, You go after the ones with the biggest pockets, plus the one that gives the most political headaches.
its all about the politics,.
mick

 

[SirRumpole]

Nah, You go after the ones with the biggest pockets, plus the one that gives the most political headaches.
its all about the politics,.
mick

Maybe, but the ones with the deepest pockets hire the best lawyers and can drag things out as long as they can until the suer runs out of money.

 

[sptrawler]

What I can't believe is how much money people make from a big night out on the pizz, all I ever got was empty pockets and a hangover.

Canberra, behave badly and you make money, the media make money from reporting it and the participants make money from suing the media for reporting it. Win/win. ?

 

[SirRumpole]

What ever happened to Jaquie Lambie and Pauline Hanson ?

Haven't heard a peep out of them for years.

Relevance deprivation syndrome or just sitting back and soaking up $200k pa ?

 

[sptrawler]

What ever happened to Jaquie Lambie and Pauline Hanson ?

Haven't heard a peep out of them for years.

Relevance deprivation syndrome or just sitting back and soaking up $200k pa ?

No the media have bigger fish to fry ATM.
Once the voice is bedded down, then it will be the Republic, then there will never be a Jaquie Lambie or a Pauline Hanson in Government ever again, they wont have enough money.
Bring on the Republic, then the elites can buy their seats, through the media. ? ? ?
Just have to get rid of the Governor General, because he can sack them and make them have an election.

 

[wayneL]

No the media have bigger fish to fry ATM.
Once the voice is bedded down, then it will be the Republic, then there will never be a Jaquie Lambie or a Pauline Hanson in Government ever again, they wont have enough money.
Bring on the Republic, then the elites can buy their seats, through the media. ? ? ?
Just have to get rid of the Governor General, because he can sack them and make them have an election.

Terrifying ?

 

[Smurf1976]

Once the voice is bedded down, then it will be the Republic

I'm no monarchist but the republic debate is the biggest waste of time in Australian politics.

It serves one purpose and one purpose only and that's to divert attention from failings of the government on matters far more important.

Housing, real wages, inflation, interest rates, infrastructure especially energy, environment, hospital overcrowding, education, roads, national security.......

 

[PZ99]

What ever happened to Jaquie Lambie and Pauline Hanson ?

Haven't heard a peep out of them for years.

Relevance deprivation syndrome or just sitting back and soaking up $200k pa ?

They're still active, just uglier

Saw Lambie on telly yesterday during my lunch break discussing the asylum seeker issue.

 

[SirRumpole]

I'm no monarchist but the republic debate is the biggest waste of time in Australian politics.

It serves one purpose and one purpose only and that's to divert attention from failings of the government on matters far more important.

Housing, real wages, inflation, interest rates, infrastructure especially energy, environment, hospital overcrowding, education, roads, national security.......

You could say the same thing about other debates going on at the moment.

 

[SirRumpole]

Speaking about real issues, the Greens say the government's housing plan doesn't go far enough, and the Libs say it shouldn't happen at all.

Labor to be forced to change major housing policy after opposition from Coalition, Greens

The federal government will likely be forced to change its housing plan, with both the Opposition and Greens raising concerns about the $10 billion fund.

www.abc.net.au

 

[sptrawler]

Speaking about real issues, the Greens say the government's housing plan doesn't go far enough, and the Libs say it shouldn't happen at all.

Labor to be forced to change major housing policy after opposition from Coalition, Greens

The federal government will likely be forced to change its housing plan, with both the Opposition and Greens raising concerns about the $10 billion fund.

www.abc.net.au

Yes it will be an interesting one, especially when you consider Albo in his early political career, was an activist against the Governments selling off State housing.
The Libs will be against it, to wedge Labor on housing at the next election.
With the amount of immigration Labor have proposed for the next three years, housing will be a diabolical mess, unless a huge amount is built.

 

[SirRumpole]

Yes it will be an interesting one, especially when you consider Albo in his early political career, was an activist against the Governments selling off State housing.
The Libs will be against it, to wedge Labor on housing at the next election.
With the amount of immigration Labor have proposed for the next three years, housing will be a diabolical mess, unless a huge amount is built.

"Deputy Liberal leader Sussan Ley argued the multi-billion-dollar fund would do little to address the housing issue.

"I don't see the government demonstrating how it will immediately solve the housing crisis, I just see another bucket of money off to one side spending priorities all wrong when it comes to where Australians want to see leadership from Anthony Albanese," she said. "

FFS, what a hypocrite.

She expects an immediate solution to a problem that the previous government of which she was part allowed to get worse and worse over their 9 years of incompetent management.

Some of these people should do the country a favour and just leave and let some fresh blood in.

 

[sptrawler]

And the Brittany Higgins fallout continues.

Bruce Lehrmann’s lawyers send legal letters to Ten, News Corp

The ACT announced an independent inquiry into the handling of the Lehrmann case by both the police and the prosecutor.

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Lawyers acting for former political staffer Bruce Lehrmann have sent legal letters to media outlets over their coverage of rape allegations aired by his former colleague, Brittany Higgins, as he welcomed a public inquiry into authorities’ handling of his abandoned criminal trial.

The ACT government announced the inquiry following reports that the territory’s director of public prosecutions, Shane Drumgold, SC, complained that police had tried to pressure him not to prosecute Lehrmann, prompting law enforcement to call for a separate probe.

There is some serious money flowing out of this political story. ?

Lisa Wilkinson dumps Ten lawyers​

TV news star Lisa Wilkinson has severed ties with Network 10 lawyers and hired her own top barrister to fight defamation action brought by Bruce Lehrmann.

‘AWAY’: Higgins’ fiance walks from radio job​

David Sharaz has abruptly resigned from his role with Southern Cross Austereo, two weeks after defamation action was taken against him by Liberal senator Linda Reynolds.

 

[SirRumpole]

There is some serious money flowing out of this political story. ?

Lisa Wilkinson dumps Ten lawyers​

TV news star Lisa Wilkinson has severed ties with Network 10 lawyers and hired her own top barrister to fight defamation action brought by Bruce Lehrmann.

‘AWAY’: Higgins’ fiance walks from radio job​

David Sharaz has abruptly resigned from his role with Southern Cross Austereo, two weeks after defamation action was taken against him by Liberal senator Linda Reynolds.

The fur is flying among the fat cats and the lawyers are feeding on them.