Tag: ALP Shame

ALP Government,

Richard Marles concealed war crimes report, denying justice for David McBride – Michael West

Whistleblower

Et tu, Mark Dreyfus

If Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus’ refusal to drop the McBride prosecution wasn’t bad enough, his cabinet colleague Marles’ concealment of the Afghanistan oversight report is a new low for the Albanese government.

Not only does Marles’ repeated defiance of Senate orders based on non-existent “advice” constitute contempt of Parliament, his obfuscation to the Royal Commission shows a similarly contemptuous attitude towards the ultimate avenue of government transparency available under the Australian democratic model.

All this with the aim of perverting the outcome of a criminal trial that jailed the only person yet to be held accountable for Afghanistan war crimes – the whistleblower.

McBride’s lawyer, Mark Davis, announced an appeal against Mossop’s rulings “on the meaning of duty” moments after his client was marched out of court to jail. According to Davis, “This is an issue of national importance, indeed international importance, that a Western nation has such a narrow definition of duty.”

We can only speculate at this stage what role the Defence Minister’s handling of the Afghanistan war crimes oversight report might play in that appeal.

 

Source: Richard Marles concealed war crimes report, denying justice for David McBride – Michael West

ALP Government,

Labor’s cowardice on Israel makes a mockery of its legacy – The Shot

. This government can’t pretend it is any different now, it must accept that its actions are motivated by different reasons and must be prepared to face a reckoning at the ballot box by people that watched this Labor government backing a genocide across the grain of public opinion, betraying the proud legacy of its party to deliver something that is against everything we stand for.

Source: Labor’s cowardice on Israel makes a mockery of its legacy – The Shot

ALP Government,

The Australian Labor Party Has Always Been Loyal to Israel

In 1948, Australian Labor foreign minister Doc Evatt was instrumental in convincing the United Nations to recognize Israel. Today the ALP continues his legacy by ignoring Israel’s crimes against the Palestinian people.

Source: The Australian Labor Party Has Always Been Loyal to Israel

ALP Government,

ASPI’s call for a militia – a step to military madness – Pearls and Irritations

Army camouflage uniform with flag on it, Australia.

Racing to become a war economy is more part of the American dream than the Australian. Beware of what you dream of look where it has led the USA. If America counts all its affiliated military businesses it’s economically bigger than all the world’s other 9 biggest war economies combined. Almost bigger than the world’s total economies exporting war machinery. Our ALP government’s aspiration is to join the top tier of the world’s madness

The Australian economy is increasingly becoming a war economy. The PM talks of the economic benefits of weapons manufacture, and of how the military and a growing military-industrial-complex is almost a job creation scheme. The media works diligently to build and sustain a sense of fear. But even so, the warmongers of the Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI) and their stablemate, Strategic Analysis Australia (SAA) are not satisfied.

Source: ASPI’s call for a militia – a step to military madness – Pearls and Irritations

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Old Dog Thought- We’ve abandoned the UN for a killing machine

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ALP Government,

Abandoned sovereignty: Australia’s intelligence function colonised by US – Pearls and Irritations

Man Holding Card of Australia Flag.

That the Albanese government could further compromise Australia’s sovereignty, international integrity and national interests seemed inconceivable. Yet, intelligence, a vital government function inextricably connected with independence and protecting national interest, is being penetrated and colonised by the Americans.

Source: Abandoned sovereignty: Australia’s intelligence function colonised by US – Pearls and Irritations

Australia's Shame

The United States has put Australia back in its place … again

After a rather extraordinary month of steadily escalating defence PR and conspiracy opportunities, Australia was sat on its backside over the weekend and reminded to know its subservient place.

Source: The United States has put Australia back in its place … again

ALP Government,

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese sacks Freedom of Information Commissioner Leo Hardiman by constructive dismissalKangaroo Court of Australia

Albanese talks integrity and transparency but walks back on it

The bottom line is Leo Hardiman was forced to quit his well-paid 5-year contract, by constructive dismissal, in less than a year because Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s government would not give him what he needed to speed up the processing of freedom of information requests and reviews which are used to help keep the government accountable.

Source: Prime Minister Anthony Albanese sacks Freedom of Information Commissioner Leo Hardiman by constructive dismissalKangaroo Court of Australia

ALP Government,

Rex Patrick: “exceptional circumstances” choke National Anti-Corruption Commission – Michael West

NACC, National Anti-Corruption Commission

Labor may rue the day it mired the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) in secrecy. Transparency warrior Rex Patrick reports on the “exceptional circumstances” provision which weakens corruption watchdog.

Source: Rex Patrick: “exceptional circumstances” choke National Anti-Corruption Commission – Michael West