Australian Defence Spending to be cut again

[TarJak]

Originally Posted by BossMark

Hey TarJak soon you will be like us defenceless, with no navy, air force or army

I think we are already there. Have been for years despite the spending. It's not like we actually get anything for the money anyway. Apart from the Bushmaster. That thing is pretty good.

Originally Posted by Herr-Berbunch

We could share? I mean, it's not like we're on opposite sides of the world...

You can have our Sea Knight choppers. Oh wait they don't work, but at least they've never been used.

[Herr-Berbunch]

Originally Posted by TarJak

You can have our Sea Knight choppers. Oh wait they don't work, but at least they've never been used.

I think maybe a part-ex for some Apaches we've got in storage.

[Jimbuna]

Looks like our past has eventually caught up with you grant

e.g.; $215m to study whether we build submarines locally or buy them from elsewhere

Certainly don't see the need for that expenditure...you can't crew the couple of Collins that are working periodically

[TarJak]

Originally Posted by jimbuna

Looks like our past has eventually caught up with you grant



Certainly don't see the need for that expenditure...you can't crew the couple of Collins that are working periodically

Too bloody true. I'd rather they paid the sailors more or used it for recruiting rather than working out where to build the next load of crap they are buying.

This governments focus on returning our budget to surplus is going to cripple some of our ability to actually do anything useful and not just in the military. Can't wait to hear what horrors they've got in store for the budget next week.

e.g.; $215m to study whether we build submarines locally or buy them from elsewhere.

Thats government.

This governments focus on returning our budget to surplus is going to cripple some of our ability to actually do anything useful and not just in the military.

Whats funny there is that the government took back money from the military because it managed to maintain a surplus from its budget allocation.

You can have our Sea Knight choppers. Oh wait they don't work, but at least they've never been used.

I think Irelands new SAR helicopters are till sitting idle in Yeovil because the government can't decide which dept. should pick up the bill

[Herr-Berbunch]

Originally Posted by Tribesman

I think Irelands new SAR helicopters are till sitting idle in Yeovil because the government can't decide which dept. should pick up the bill

That'd be the dept. that doesn't have gold taps in the bathrooms.

Or that may just be the media lying that just about everyone in Ireland renovated their houses and installed luxurious fittings throughout.

I hope AW are charging storage fees, but I thought you'd bought into the idea of privatising SAR using CHC? Even we turned that down, for now.