Australia has supplied AUD$1.6 billion in military aid to Ukraine since 2022. The new Greens leader, David Shoebridge, will fight to end this military aid.


Opinions. Should the Australia governments slash their massive spending, so to reign in inflation and lower pressure on hikes in interest. Considering the covid splurge debt is about to be rolled over into higher interest rates federally, and at state level.

Hard time ahead.

Lame Duck Donald wrote on Oct 3^rd, 2026 at 9:57am:


Wow. $400k a year. How many Greens politicians does that pay for their "service"?

lee wrote on Oct 3^rd, 2026 at 1:00pm:



Obviously Lee's talking to himself again.

Lame Duck Donald wrote on Oct 3^rd, 2026 at 1:38pm:


Can I count on you to consider that Australia has always been on its own in terms of its defence? From what I have heard from people in the military from both Britain and America, they would do what they can to help alleviate a threat to Australia. However, we are on our own during a direct conflict with a foreign power.

UnSubRocky wrote on Oct 3^rd, 2026 at 2:31pm:



Australia is at greater risk aligning with US and Britain.

AUD$4 billion PWR3+ nuclear reactors. Critics argue the Dreadnought-class submarine program using PWR3 reactors is plagued by excessive costs and delays.  The project was reported to be five years behind schedule

AUD$4 billion. Australia has agreed to sequentially acquire three used U.S. Virginia-class nuclear submarines starting in 2032, a shift from the original plan to receive active-duty vessels. On condition the US produce over 3 a year. The yanks are currently producing 1.1 per year. So that cash is gone for nothing.

Secret billions for public housing for up to 1000 American military, while the Labor government ignores the homeless ranks growing.

Billions for two ports to host foreign nuclear subs.

A fraction of this could have been invested into research and development for tech such as drones and unmanned underwater vehicles.

Independence, decrease Australia as a target, while building stronger and stronger so to defend ourselves.

The right thing is not using Australia's taxes to supply weapons to any warfare, except in preparation to defend Australia's in case of invasion.

It's hypocritical to oppose supplying weapons for one cinema of war i.e Israel's genocides, while supporting others.

Labor's silence and support for Israel's genocidal warmongering is shameful.

It's time for Australia to be independent, and withdraw from outdated pacts when other's in those pacts are warmongers and bullies.

There is money and spoils in war.  Countries make money out of misery by creating demand for weapons and provoking their uses. Then there are resources to be stolen from the losers, and earnings from the contracts for the rebuilds

Until the economic model backing war is dismantled, war will persist ... until the weapons wipe everyone off the face of the planet. AI could be that weapon.

Doing the same thing over, expecting a different result, hasn't worked for Australia. Time to go down a new Greens path.

Then we should ban Russian oil derivatives from our petrol stations, from the trucks that carry our food etc. Every Australian is indirectly funding Russia's warmongering at the moment.

Food, energy, debt payments, everything will sky rocket when we do, for the Ukrainians.

How many here are really willing to defend Ukraine with their wallets.

russian blood oil is still flowing into Australia, and imports from one Asian supplier are surging

https://afuo.org.au/russian-blood-oil-is-still-flowing-into-australia-and-import...


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