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Reply #15 - Feb 19^th, 2011 at 11:04am

http://www.norepublic.com.au/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1514&Itemid=4

How embarrassing it is for an Australian to read such an unjustified, uninformed and bitter accusation from the mouth of an Australian Prime Minister.

There were 38 infantry battalions involved in the defence of Malaya—17 Indian, 13 British, six Australian and two Malayan, as well as three machine-gun battalions.

In addition, the battleships HMS Prince of Wales and HMS Repulse and four destroyers were sent to Malaya just before the Japanese began their air assaults.

These were sent by a power almost alone in fighting the might of Germany in Europe, with Russia allied to Hitler and the United States neutral.

And far from abandoning Australia, Singapore was after Pearl Harbour the seat of the hastily established joint American-British-Dutch-Australian Command, code name ABDACOM, the supreme command for all Allied forces in South East Asia led by British General Sir Archibald Wavell.

Although short lived, ABDACOM was the first of the combined Allied commands established during the war.

These were not the acts of a power about to abandon Australia.

This was not the first time that Paul Keating had displayed his apparent ignorance of history.

He had previously claimed that the Australian constitution was drafted in and imposed by the British Foreign Office.

But in Parliament in 1992, as Prime Minister, he launched a particularly hostile and baseless attack on Great Britain.

Had this been directed at any other power, it would have become a major diplomatic incident.

Reflecting their maturity and sophistication, the British obviously decided not to react.

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nichy Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 1812 Gender:	Re: Politicians quotes, remember when they said.. Reply #16 - Feb 19^th, 2011 at 11:04am "We set ourselves this first goal: by 1990 no Australian child will be living in poverty," Mr Hawke said on June 23, 1987 at an election campaign launch.
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Reply #17 - Feb 19^th, 2011 at 11:07am

Andrei.Hicks wrote on Feb 19^th, 2011 at 11:04am:

http://www.norepublic.com.au/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1514&Itemid=4

How embarrassing it is for an Australian to read such an unjustified, uninformed and bitter accusation from the mouth of an Australian Prime Minister.

There were 38 infantry battalions involved in the defence of Malaya—17 Indian, 13 British, six Australian and two Malayan, as well as three machine-gun battalions.

In addition, the battleships HMS Prince of Wales and HMS Repulse and four destroyers were sent to Malaya just before the Japanese began their air assaults.

These were sent by a power almost alone in fighting the might of Germany in Europe, with Russia allied to Hitler and the United States neutral.

And far from abandoning Australia, Singapore was after Pearl Harbour the seat of the hastily established joint American-British-Dutch-Australian Command, code name ABDACOM, the supreme command for all Allied forces in South East Asia led by British General Sir Archibald Wavell.

Although short lived, ABDACOM was the first of the combined Allied commands established during the war.

These were not the acts of a power about to abandon Australia.

This was not the first time that Paul Keating had displayed his apparent ignorance of history.

He had previously claimed that the Australian constitution was drafted in and imposed by the British Foreign Office.

But in Parliament in 1992, as Prime Minister, he launched a particularly hostile and baseless attack on Great Britain.

Had this been directed at any other power, it would have become a major diplomatic incident.

Reflecting their maturity and sophistication, the British obviously decided not to react.

In Singapore -
the Poms surrendered to a rag tag half starved army of Japs
which was only half of their number - bloody cowards.

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Andrei.Hicks

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Reply #18 - Feb 19^th, 2011 at 11:11am

"On many occasions for many months, Federal Labor has made it crystal clear that we are committed to retaining all of the existing Private health Insurance rebates, including the 30 per cent general rebate and the 35 and 40 per cent rebates for older Australians.”

“The Liberals continue to try to scare people into thinking Labor will take away the rebates. This is absolutely untrue."

Nicola Roxon, 2007.

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Treasurer Wayne Swan has admitted the government will break election promises in Tuesday's federal budget.

It is understood Prime Minister Kevin Rudd will break his promise before the last election not to touch the 30 per cent private health insurance rebate as part of the government's assault on middle-class welfare.

In a budget measure leaked this week, singles earning more than $74,000 and couples on over $150,000 a year will lose their rebate on a sliding scale.

And in a double blow, those who opt out of private health insurance will be hit with a higher Medicare levy surcharge.

The Age, May 2009.

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And they wonder why they became the first one term Government in over 70 years to lose a majority after less than 3 years??

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Reply #19 - Feb 19^th, 2011 at 11:13am

Bobby. wrote on Feb 19^th, 2011 at 11:07am:

Andrei.Hicks wrote on Feb 19^th, 2011 at 11:04am:

http://www.norepublic.com.au/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1514&Itemid=4

How embarrassing it is for an Australian to read such an unjustified, uninformed and bitter accusation from the mouth of an Australian Prime Minister.

There were 38 infantry battalions involved in the defence of Malaya—17 Indian, 13 British, six Australian and two Malayan, as well as three machine-gun battalions.

In addition, the battleships HMS Prince of Wales and HMS Repulse and four destroyers were sent to Malaya just before the Japanese began their air assaults.

These were sent by a power almost alone in fighting the might of Germany in Europe, with Russia allied to Hitler and the United States neutral.

And far from abandoning Australia, Singapore was after Pearl Harbour the seat of the hastily established joint American-British-Dutch-Australian Command, code name ABDACOM, the supreme command for all Allied forces in South East Asia led by British General Sir Archibald Wavell.

Although short lived, ABDACOM was the first of the combined Allied commands established during the war.

These were not the acts of a power about to abandon Australia.

This was not the first time that Paul Keating had displayed his apparent ignorance of history.

He had previously claimed that the Australian constitution was drafted in and imposed by the British Foreign Office.

But in Parliament in 1992, as Prime Minister, he launched a particularly hostile and baseless attack on Great Britain.

Had this been directed at any other power, it would have become a major diplomatic incident.

Reflecting their maturity and sophistication, the British obviously decided not to react.

In Singapore -
the Poms surrendered to a rag tag half starved army of Japs
which was only half of their number - bloody cowards.

Saying it twice doesn't make it anymore true than the first time Bobby.

Deny those above facts.

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Reply #20 - Feb 19^th, 2011 at 11:14am

Bobby. wrote on Feb 19^th, 2011 at 11:07am:

Andrei.Hicks wrote on Feb 19^th, 2011 at 11:04am:

http://www.norepublic.com.au/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1514&Itemid=4

How embarrassing it is for an Australian to read such an unjustified, uninformed and bitter accusation from the mouth of an Australian Prime Minister.

There were 38 infantry battalions involved in the defence of Malaya—17 Indian, 13 British, six Australian and two Malayan, as well as three machine-gun battalions.

In addition, the battleships HMS Prince of Wales and HMS Repulse and four destroyers were sent to Malaya just before the Japanese began their air assaults.

These were sent by a power almost alone in fighting the might of Germany in Europe, with Russia allied to Hitler and the United States neutral.

And far from abandoning Australia, Singapore was after Pearl Harbour the seat of the hastily established joint American-British-Dutch-Australian Command, code name ABDACOM, the supreme command for all Allied forces in South East Asia led by British General Sir Archibald Wavell.

Although short lived, ABDACOM was the first of the combined Allied commands established during the war.

These were not the acts of a power about to abandon Australia.

This was not the first time that Paul Keating had displayed his apparent ignorance of history.

He had previously claimed that the Australian constitution was drafted in and imposed by the British Foreign Office.

But in Parliament in 1992, as Prime Minister, he launched a particularly hostile and baseless attack on Great Britain.

Had this been directed at any other power, it would have become a major diplomatic incident.

Reflecting their maturity and sophistication, the British obviously decided not to react.

In Singapore -
the Poms surrendered to a rag tag half starved army of Japs
which was only half of their number - bloody cowards.

Bobby, not quite correct there I'm afraid. . Try reading on Radji Beach.

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Reply #22 - Feb 19^th, 2011 at 11:18am

Bobby. wrote on Feb 19^th, 2011 at 11:07am:

Andrei.Hicks wrote on Feb 19^th, 2011 at 11:04am:

http://www.norepublic.com.au/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1514&Itemid=4

How embarrassing it is for an Australian to read such an unjustified, uninformed and bitter accusation from the mouth of an Australian Prime Minister.

There were 38 infantry battalions involved in the defence of Malaya—17 Indian, 13 British, six Australian and two Malayan, as well as three machine-gun battalions.

In addition, the battleships HMS Prince of Wales and HMS Repulse and four destroyers were sent to Malaya just before the Japanese began their air assaults.

These were sent by a power almost alone in fighting the might of Germany in Europe, with Russia allied to Hitler and the United States neutral.

And far from abandoning Australia, Singapore was after Pearl Harbour the seat of the hastily established joint American-British-Dutch-Australian Command, code name ABDACOM, the supreme command for all Allied forces in South East Asia led by British General Sir Archibald Wavell.

Although short lived, ABDACOM was the first of the combined Allied commands established during the war.

These were not the acts of a power about to abandon Australia.

This was not the first time that Paul Keating had displayed his apparent ignorance of history.

He had previously claimed that the Australian constitution was drafted in and imposed by the British Foreign Office.

But in Parliament in 1992, as Prime Minister, he launched a particularly hostile and baseless attack on Great Britain.

Had this been directed at any other power, it would have become a major diplomatic incident.

Reflecting their maturity and sophistication, the British obviously decided not to react.

In Singapore -
the Poms surrendered to a rag tag half starved army of Japs
which was only half of their number - bloody cowards.

Bobby im not in the frame of mind after a week in hospital to debate this point of history But at a later date i will give some refererances,military history for you to check at you leasure ' Have good day mate AND I DONT MEAN POMMY HISTORY RE CORDS Wink

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Reply #24 - Feb 19^th, 2011 at 11:21am

Me in reply to Andrei
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In Singapore -
the Poms surrendered to a rag tag half starved army of Japs
which was only half of their number - bloody cowards.

Andrei in reply to me
Quote:

Saying it twice doesn't make it anymore true than the first time Bobby.

Deny those above facts.

You deny the facts that I put.

The Japanese army was only half the number of the British Army - undeniable.
The Japs were half starved - undeniable - they had to march through jungle for days
with limited supplies of everything.
The POMs were well fed - well defended & had plenty of ammunition.
It was a total disgrace & even Churchill said that.

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FRED. Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 3698	Re: Politicians quotes, remember when they said.. Reply #25 - Feb 19^th, 2011 at 11:26am nichy wrote on Feb 19^th, 2011 at 11:21am: Sorry to hear you are not well Fred - wish you a speedy recovery - cheers. Everthings cool nichy regualar occurance my missus calls it R AND R for her
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Reply #26 - Feb 19^th, 2011 at 11:29am

I'm not mucking around:

"Have a look at all the bag men in the Liberal Party, for God's sake. If you applied the sanitary test to those guys, I mean no minister would do any business in this country."

"The Leader of the Opposition hurls all sorts of abuse at me, and all through question time those pansies over there want retractions of the things we've said about them. They are a bunch of nobodies going nowhere."

"Mr Speaker can I have some protection from the clowns on the front bench ?"

"...for the dullard on the front bench opposite"

"Mr Deputy Speaker, am I to be continually abused by the Honorable Member for Mitchell and the drone beside him, the Honorable Member for Braddon ?"

"Where you all come aguster is, over here we think we're born to rule you. And let me tell you this, it's been ingrained in me from childhood, I think my mission in life is to run you."

"You were heard in silence, so some of you SCUMBAGS on the front bench should wait a minute until you hear the responses from me."

"What really amuses me and almost makes me spew..."

"They have no ideas, no integrity and no ability."

"Damn them for being the cheats they are."

"You are frauds."

"...votes for coalition members who have always been cheats, cheats, cheats and will always be cheats, cheats, cheats and will always defend cheats, cheats, cheats."

"Honorable Members opposite are a joke."

"They are irrelevant, useless and immoral."

"...they insist on being mugs, Mr Speaker, absolute mugs."

"I'm not running a seminar for dullards on the other side."

"Those opposite could not operate a tart shop"

"These intellectual hoboes"

"This rabble opposite"

"...for the benefit of the blockheads opposite"

"If the dummies opposite will just shut up"

"Shut up for a moment. If you ask questions and want to hear answers, shut up."

"How thick these people are"

"These dummies and dimwits"

"Talk about desperadoes"

"These are the absolute gutter tactics of a mindless, useless, idealistic, unprincipled Opposition."

"The Opposition is such a motley, dishonest crew"

"...the cowboys on this front bench"

"It is just a slight of hand by a dingy party"

"The Opposition crowd could not raffle a chook in a pub"

"We will be rejecting the opportunist claptrap coming from the Opposition."

"Honorable Members opposite squeal like stuck pigs"

"...small time punk stuff coming from a punk Opposition."

"The animals on the other side"

More here:
http://www.webcity.com.au/keating/

A true master.

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Andrei.Hicks Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 23818 Carlsbad, CA Gender:	Re: Politicians quotes, remember when they said.. Reply #27 - Feb 19^th, 2011 at 11:33am Smithy he was a fking thug and his comments consistently about Britain betrayed his heritage. I am not sure how you can look up to such a bloke.
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Bobby. Gold Member Online Australian Politics Posts: 115731 Melbourne Gender:	Re: Politicians quotes, remember when they said.. Reply #28 - Feb 19^th, 2011 at 11:36am Andrei.Hicks wrote on Feb 19^th, 2011 at 11:33am: Smithy he was a fking thug and his comments consistently about Britain betrayed his heritage. I am not sure how you can look up to such a bloke. Paul Keating is my hero - don't say that about him.
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Reply #29 - Feb 19^th, 2011 at 11:39am

Andrei.Hicks wrote on Feb 19^th, 2011 at 11:33am:

Smithy he was a fking thug and his comments consistently about Britain betrayed his heritage.

I am not sure how you can look up to such a bloke.

And he is the reason Australia is where it is today.
As someone who is employed in finance I'd think you would acknowledge his genious
Bitch about him being nasty to Britian all you like the truth is they used our men as cannon fodder in WW! and didn't want them withdrawn from Europe for the defense of this nation in WW11.
We are just convicts remember?

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