Australian Politics Forum - Ho Ho Ho $5 a can thanks! And Merry Christmas

Welcome, Guest. Please Login or Register

Forum rules, Recent posts (with text), RSS, Search options, Browse all uploaded images
Home, Articles, Green Tax Shift, Evolution,

Australian Politics Forum › General Discussion › General Board › Ho Ho Ho $5 a can thanks! And Merry Christmas

‹ Previous Topic | Next Topic ›

Pages: 1

Ho Ho Ho $5 a can thanks! And Merry Christmas (Read 570 times)

Miss Anne Dryst

Gold Member

Offline

Australian Politics

Posts: 2296
Sydney
Gender: female

Ho Ho Ho $5 a can thanks! And Merry Christmas
Dec 17^th, 2010 at 6:30am

Marvelous Christmas present from the Australian government to our troops over in Afghanistan to make them pay $5 for a can of beer sold on Christmas Day, $120 a slab.
Gone is the notion of 2 cans per day per soldier on Christmas Day.

But the good news is that the defence department does provide free board and that includes free meals

http://www.news.com.au/features/christmasgiftguide/australian-soldiers-in-afghanistan-forced-to-pay-5-for-christmas-beer/story-fn77atzo-1225972462770

It's hard to soar like an eagle when conversing with turkeys

IP Logged

Miss Anne Dryst Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 2296 Sydney Gender:	Re: Ho Ho Ho $5 a can thanks! And Merry Christmas Reply #1 - Dec 17^th, 2010 at 9:20am Fortunately the National Officer for VB is organising to send some pallets of free beer over to our Troops. Just need to approval from the RSL and the Defence Department. Then maybe QANTAS will avail themselves to ship the amber treasure free of charge.
Back to top	It's hard to soar like an eagle when conversing with turkeys IP Logged

Miss Anne Dryst Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 2296 Sydney Gender:	Re: Ho Ho Ho $5 a can thanks! And Merry Christmas Reply #2 - Dec 18^th, 2010 at 5:24am I love dthe comment from the Defence department: "Defence says it already does a lot for its soldiers. It pointed out it provided accommodation, food and welfare services to its deployed troops "at no cost"." Did they expect the troops to go home each night at 5pm and come back the next day at 9am?
Back to top	It's hard to soar like an eagle when conversing with turkeys IP Logged

nichy

Gold Member

Offline

Australian Politics

Posts: 1812
Gender: female

Re: Ho Ho Ho $5 a can thanks! And Merry Christmas
Reply #3 - Dec 18^th, 2010 at 12:55pm

The troops are only laying their lives on the line every minute of every day they are serving in Afghanistan at the behest of those poor politicians whose accommodation is subsidised, whose transport is free, and who have subsidised meals not to mention the members bar. - Yet these same politicians dare to expect the troops to have to pay for a few drinks on Christmas day. They won't be home with their families unlike the fat cats who sent them there and expect them to pay for their beer.

"He who does not value life does not deserve it." -- Leonardo da Vinci&&&&

IP Logged

Miss Anne Dryst Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 2296 Sydney Gender:	Re: Ho Ho Ho $5 a can thanks! And Merry Christmas Reply #4 - Dec 18^th, 2010 at 6:06pm Has this only happened this year, with the government insisting of troops buying their own Christmas cheers? As I hadn't heard of it happeneing before. Maybe it's Wendy's way of balancing his budget!!!
Back to top	It's hard to soar like an eagle when conversing with turkeys IP Logged

Miss Anne Dryst

Gold Member

Offline

Australian Politics

Posts: 2296
Sydney
Gender: female

Re: Ho Ho Ho $5 a can thanks! And Merry Christmas
Reply #5 - Dec 18^th, 2010 at 6:56pm

Thank goodness some commonsense has prevailed.
And isn't it marvelous that VB are trying to send 800 slabs (10 pallets) of VB to our Troops.

http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/diggers-say-cheers-to-free-beer/story-fn6ck45n-1225972971949

Just hope that these stick in the mud pollies don't forget what our Troops are doing.

defence-beer.jpg (74 KB | 22 )

It's hard to soar like an eagle when conversing with turkeys

IP Logged

Pages: 1

‹ Previous Topic | Next Topic ›

« Forum

‹ Board

Top of this page