On a theme in a Random Note earlier about bludgers, which seems to becoming more and more a policy position of the Albanese government, this extract from Chris Uhlmann in Saturday’s Weekend Australian 9/8/25 is coming from a similar direction and flagging a disturbing, and lackadaisical posture of defiance, of casual indifference and insouciance while trying to disguise their total cluelessness and presenting it as a statesman like, Australia’s in safe hands “no need to worry, I’ve got this”.
We have every need to worry because they most definitely, have not got this. They don’t even begin to understand the problem let alone proffer a solution.
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“…Unfortunately, the biggest roadblock to truth-telling is the Albanese government.
𝐈𝐭 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐦𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐯𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐬𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐚 𝐢𝐬 𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐝𝐢𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐜𝐲 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐢𝐭 𝐛𝐮𝐲𝐬 𝐚 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐞.
𝐌𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐞, 𝐁𝐞𝐢𝐣𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐬 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐰𝐚𝐫 𝐛𝐲 𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐢𝐝𝐥𝐲 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐧𝐚𝐯𝐲, 𝐚𝐢𝐫 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐚𝐥.
It has already planted virtual bombs on our critical infrastructure.
It also is stockpiling food, fuel and critical minerals to ensure it can stand alone in a prolonged conflict.
𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐂𝐚𝐧𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐚 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐬𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐭 𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐁𝐞𝐢𝐣𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐢𝐭’𝐬 𝐝𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐤 𝐥𝐨𝐮𝐝𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐚 𝐬𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐤 𝐚𝐭 𝐖𝐚𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐭𝐨𝐧.
𝐀𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐫𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐌𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫’𝐬 𝐉𝐨𝐡𝐧 𝐂𝐮𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐧 𝐎𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐬, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐨𝐥𝐝𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐭 𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐃𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐝 𝐓𝐫𝐮𝐦𝐩 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐞𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐛𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡 𝐀𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚’𝐬 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐮𝐦𝐛𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐚.
𝐈𝐭’𝐬 𝐚 𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐫 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞: 𝐝𝐞𝐟𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐝, 𝐝𝐞𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐝𝐞𝐞𝐝, 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐛𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐤 𝐢𝐧 𝐂𝐚𝐧𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐚 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐞𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐔𝐒 𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐃𝐚𝐫𝐰𝐢𝐧. 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐛𝐮𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐧𝐨 𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐖𝐚𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐭𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐧𝐨 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐁𝐞𝐢𝐣𝐢𝐧𝐠.
Department of Home Affairs former secretary Mike Pezzullo points out Canberra has already gone all in with Washington by basing increasing numbers of US troops and kit here. In any conflict between China and the US, that decision makes this country a target.
𝐎𝐧𝐞 𝐜𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐛𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐤 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐀𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐚 𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐩𝐮𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐰𝐞𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐛𝐲 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐰𝐚𝐫.
𝐒𝐮𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐠𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐬𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐠𝐢𝐟𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞. 𝐈𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐬, 𝐰𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐚 𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐲.
No sane person wants war.
Everyone hopes for peace, but hope is not a strategy. Sometimes you don’t get a choice. Sometimes trouble chooses you.
𝐀 𝐰𝐢𝐬𝐞 𝐠𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐩𝐫𝐚𝐲 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐧 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐬𝐭. 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐧 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐭𝐡…”