George_Orhell wrote on Jul 19^th, 2014 at 2:55pm:


I haven't suggested they organise it.  Merely facilitate it by providing an appropriate and obvious arena for it, where Putin cannot avoid it.

The Australian response has been bluster and to send our useless Foreign Minister to Washington to try and ask our "great and powerful friends" to do something.   

Can't see any valid reason for a splinter thread on this subject, isn't the original enough?

George_Orhell wrote on Jul 19^th, 2014 at 2:55pm:


I haven't suggested they organise it.  Merely facilitate it by providing an appropriate and obvious arena for it, where Putin cannot avoid it.

The Australian response has been bluster and to send our useless Foreign Minister to Washington to try and ask our "great and powerful friends" to do something.   

Brian Ross wrote on Jul 19^th, 2014 at 2:58pm:


I doubt he has much trouble ignoring Australia in it's entirety...or were you thinking of a march through red square?

Brian Ross wrote on Jul 19^th, 2014 at 5:31pm:


I don't think getting some homos to make a racket and wave rainbow flags outside his hotel is a message I want sent at all.  Why does everything have to be about homos?

Far from embarrassing Putin on the world stage, it'd further prove his point about homosexual propaganda.

PREMIER Campbell Newman has warned Russian President Vladimir Putin to ensure a “proper” investigation into the downing of MH17 is carried out — or face being barred from this year’s G20 in Brisbane.

Speaking at a Stafford by-election campaign event, Mr Newman said he believed Queenslanders would not welcome Mr Putin to Brisbane in November if the investigation was not seen to be “independent”.

There are concerns within the international community about how Russia will handle the probe into the shooting down of the aircraft, which left 28 Australians dead including seven Queenslanders.

“In relation to the G20, I’ll say this very clearly — it is my view that Queenslanders feel like this ... this is my belief, this is the sentiment that I believe is out there today,” the Premier said.


“We as a community call on President Putin and the Russian government to fully cooperate with the international community to ensure there is a proper, full independent international investigation of this event.

“If Mr Putin’s not prepared to do that, frankly I believe that Queenslanders don’t want him here at the G20. He has the opportunity to demonstrate some good faith and that can be done by properly getting behind international efforts to get to the bottom of what is clearly, in my view, a crime — a terrible crime.”

Mr Newman acknowledged that Prime Minister Tony Abbott would have the final say, adding that he planned to convey his stance to him.

“I haven’t done that personally yet, I know the Prime Minister’s very busy — I did speak to him yesterday and indeed Julie Bishop,” he said.

“But that is my reading of the situation and I’m more than happy to convey that directly to him or his office.”

Mr Newman said he didn’t want “anyone to grieve alone” and asked that “people in the community rally together to support those people” who have lost loved ones in the tragedy.

“This is a day for grieving, for mourning, for supporting the families and friends of those who’ve been lost on this aircraft,” he said.

“Flags across Queensland will be at half-mast today consistent with the national protocol.”