Defence Minister Richard Marles’ has “high ambitions” for defence cooperation with Indonesia to reinforce a regional bulwark against China, but that’s led him to cuddle up to a notorious abuser of human rights. Rex Patrick and Philip Dorling unpack developments in Australia’s relations with Indonesia.
Source: Defence alliance with Indonesia. Is Marles cuddling up to the wrong man? – Michael West
Voted Australia’s worst ever Immigration Minister Dutton demands The ALP fix it.
“The opposition has in the past said they want the students and tourists to get back quicker, so there’s an inconsistency there.”
Source: Dutton urges migration rethink to ease cost pressures
A government that hasn’t been able to effectively mobilise troops to help elderly Australians get in and out of bed reckons it can handle a fight with the second largest military in the world. Defence Minister Peter Dutton, whose department has so far only managed to place 129 out of a promised 1700 defence force personnel into Aged Care facilities, says only the Coalition can defend Australia from the rising threat from China.
Source: “We’ll protect you from China,” says government struggling to get ADF into Aged Care | The Shovel
He helped screw our world’s best Health System and was declared by the AMA the “worst ever ” Health Minister. He fucked Immigration and then had Home Land Security increase surveillance on us all. Now if only he could start a war! Our biggest ship is broken down and stranded in Tonga. Dutton’s purchased 121 tanks for domestic use and presumably to be used against us. He’s the man from the Monkey Pod Room who would be PM. China please help Australia and keep us safe from Dutton because sure as hell heaven won’t.
‘Reckless and desperate’: Malcolm Turnbull savages Peter Dutton for claiming China is backing Labor Former Liberal prime minister says defence minister has undermined national security ‘purely for crass political advantage’ Malcolm Turnbull and Peter Dutton Malcolm Turnbull says Peter Dutton’s ‘proposition that Anthony Albanese is under influence of the CCP is ludicrous – it’s just a sign of desperation’.
Peter Dutton has doubled down on controversial claims China would like Labor to defeat the Morrison government at the upcoming federal election despite Malcolm Turnbull warning such “reckless” comments had “no basis in fact” and harmed Australia’s national security. The defence minister said on Friday there was “no doubt in [his] mind” about what he described as a “statement of the obvious” regarding China’s preference of Labor. He claimed he based Thursday’s inflammatory allegation on “open source and other intelligence”. The Morrison government, struggling in the polls, is increasingly seeking to weaponise its perceived advantage on national security issues before the 2022 election
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