Down
Periscope is a submarine comedy; the Australian version is a comedic
tragedy. Former Royal Australian Navy serviceman, Rex Patrick on the
latest Defence debacle.
Down Periscope: tragi-comedy of Australia’s submarine travails rolls on
The conviction of David McBride, a former Australian Defence Force lawyer, for leaking sensitive material about war crimes in Afghanistan, highlights the anxiety coursing through the Five Eyes national security complex. Evidence in McBride’s trial was withheld from his defense lawyers on the grounds it could jeopardize “the security and defence of Australia” if released. Now facing a lengthy prison sentence for his moral stand, the whistleblower’s prosecution appears intended as an example to others considering exposing the illicit activities their country engaged in on behalf of US imperial interests.
Aussie intel cutout Omni Executive accused of leveraging ties to abusive units in Afghanistan to rake in massive contracts. The firm allegedly inked the no-bid deals while conducting warrantless domestic spying ops.
Corrupt Australian firm busted as intelligence front
Politics here has become hate-filled, debates reduced to headline grabbing one liners, where detail is given, the call for detail as in the announcement to encourage permanent residents to join our military as a pathway to citizenship, outlining both a timetable and who will be encouraged to join up, in other words, don’t listen, more detail, don’t listen, more detail.
Hate and division.
How sad a place the world has become.
Except when we take the time to meet a stranger and just chat about life, listen to their story, tell your story, engage and above all… take the time to LISTEN.
Have a real conversation.
Source: When will hatred stop? – »
The Greens have done the right thing in shaming Labor, though the rhetoric being employed is a trifle over the top. But then that is true for all sides of politics – when did one hear of a politician who knows the meaning of nuance?
The Greens correctly get up the noses of Labor, Coalition over Gaza
There is a case to be made for Farage to stay behind the throne of UK politics, influencing matters as sometimes befuddled kingmaker. Even if he fails at this eighth attempt – and given current polling, Reform UK is not on course to win a single seat – there is every chance that he will have a direct say in the way the Conservatives approach matters while in opposition. He might even play the role of a usurping Bolingbroke, taking over the leadership of a party he promises to inflict much harm upon next month. Short of that, he can have first dibs at the selection of a far more reactionary leader from its thinned ranks. The Farage factor will again become hauntingly critical to the gloomy fate of British politics.
Source: Tory Nightmares: The Return of Nigel Farage – » The Australian Independent Media Network
If
newsrooms and their journalists are always playing safe, keeping their
heads down, focusing solely on protecting themselves, always operating
from a siege mentality, then good journalism and good public
broadcasting will die.
It takes bold and brave people to make great leaders, and great public broadcasters.
The slow death of the ABC won’t be the Laura Tingles, or the allegations of partisanship, or the imagined crises they desperately strive to avoid – their slow death on the forest floor will ultimately be their own self-inflicted silence of the bland.
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