The just-resigned deputy chair of the intelligence committee has boasted of colluding in media “hatchet jobs” that poisoned Australia’s relationship with our biggest trading partner.
Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s announcement of the Australia-United Kingdom-United States (AUKUS) alliance explodes the myth that by standing up to China, Australia is defending its “sovereignty”.
The Australian people must weigh up both the wisdom and cost of the Morrison government’s policy of confronting China. The supposed wisdom of the policy is that we are standing firm with our main ally, the United States, for the sake of our national security.
On 18 September 2015, knife-wielding terrorists killed 50 off-duty workers at a coal mine. “Nearly all the workers who were not on shift at the time were killed or injured”, said police officer Ekber Hashim, according to Reuters. “Some workers were sleeping while others were preparing to work when the attackers raided the building after killing the security guards.”
