‘Depressing and comic’: Greg Sheridan on National Defence Strategy

[@Gregpriestley-q4e]

#ALP More FOCUSED ON RAINBOW 🌈 BULLSHIT then protecting the majority of Australian citizens

[@JohnLoogleman]

They're focuses on more authoritarian laws to suppress information and free speech, and to chip away at all our freedoms. Wait until they ban all imports of knives other than kitchen knives, and jail grown men for carrying pocket knives I guarantee it.

[@wyattfamily8997]

Exactly.

[@micsunshine9267]

If we dont fight under one nation , one flag , we are not a nation .

[@GreenSage307]

we will become a republic before the ever happens it looks like sadly.

[@PhillipMikeHunt]

Ask any immigrant you meet. "What country is your country?" See how many say Australia

[@justin1669]

And $40 Billion+ each year for the NDIS…..

[@Ifyouarehurtnointentwasapplied]

100 this year where did it go if it was spent in Australia???

[@daniellebcooper7160]

the defence budget sounds like the ''we'll cut power bills by $275'........in 2025''.

[@DavidNotSolomon]

They 'cut' the power bills by giving people who asked for it $275.

[@MeredithBell-v3f]

Our country is no longer worth fighting for, I'm not losing my loved ones to benefit migrants who won't fight

[@leonharrison800]

Typical Islamophobic bigot.

[@glennpassmore8441]

Mate, I've been saying for 5 minimum years, we WERE proud and thought we lived in a lucky country. Not anymore. The only lucky people are the immigrants coming in at a rate of knots. However, the families that can't afford rent, food etc are right where the labour party wants them. I hope they've budgeted for the centreline influx? I'm sure they have unfortunately

[@thecareyaffair]

Exactly...............Spot on!

[@leonharrison800]

@@glennpassmore8441 The country was never lucky. Racism,genocide. rape and Gay bashing is not " lucky"!!! Get a damn education.

[@jpyt7022]

I have a mate in the army, I said the same to him he couldn't understand why😂

[@SW-rx2pt]

Man I hope we don’t go to war with these flowers in power

[@GreenSage307]

The DEI has already taken the government and now our gaming hobbies and video games and lifestyles, they don't care, only the division of its people but ideology.

[@oldieman730]

Yep, kicking the can further down the road.

[@winstonsmith7801]

The whole country , it's shattered culture is depressing and comical.

[@Pyjamarama11]

A tub of yoghurt has more culture

[@Onedar]

Yep The RAAF booted me out after 16 years of service through depression and I have NEVER heard from them again Funny that eh

[@glennpassmore8441]

Honestly, unfortunately I'm not surprised. I appreciate your service doing what I could not. It is funny, however, you were so close to securing your pension and got booted

[@thecareyaffair]

Im with ya mate...........ARA veteran here is the same boat............yet they were more interested in forcing RSM's to attend the mardi gra on a float. More interested in virtue signaling.............might be better now Campbell is on the way out.......wait and see.

[@Onedar]

@@highcountrydelatite I got my PAYOUT but I have NEVER heard from ANY of them again.

[@edmurks236]

Wasted time defending all the new immigrants who wont defend us.

[@Klemheist-vf1hx]

If you're suffering from depression then just accept you are a liability to others and yourself in a military force. Move on, seek support from affiliated groups like unit associations and the RSL. Regardless, when anyone leaves a big institution it's like taking your hand out of a bucket of water. Look forward, not back.

[@unvaxed9504]

The government will surrender and the ADF will enforce the surrender.. They did it in Singapore.

[@every1665]

Sheridan's comments on China are quite right. BTW - notice how the story about the Aussie politician caught liaising with Chinese spies has quietly been shelved?

[@advanceaustralia3513]

Paul Keating

[@edwardbec9844]

3 possibilities Keating Rudd Gillard

[@every1665]

@@edwardbec9844 My money would be on Keating.

[@edwardbec9844]

@@every1665 yes he is definitely a mouthpiece for brought an d paid for by China bags everything Australia does .. from AUKUS etc .. but I'd go for Rudd extremely close to America now that AUKUS is underway and China has an interest in the Technology perfect Spy

[@davidirwin3477]

Over 30 Billion every year for aboriginals. Labor just does not care about Australia and those who love this country.

[@selwyn500]

Always gotta be one. Leave us out of your argument mate. We got enough problems.

[@pwillis1589]

Actually a significant proportionate amount of indigenous funding is spent on Defence so your comment is nonsensical.

[@dildoswaggins2907]

@@pwillis1589unless you can provide proof of his nonsense, your rebuttal is equally nonsensical

[@Bryan-d8j]

You do realise that aboriginals are Australians? And they live here?

[@klausbalder6439]

ALP = AUSTRALIAN LOST PARTY

[@B61Mod12]

The ADF should not need an external “think tank”. Senior ADF leadership should be capable of performing that function internally. They should be aware of current/emerging technologies, forward thinking and SME’s in their field of air, land, sea power. The ADF already has too much outsourced contracting. Why do they go to staff college? Why do we have the warfare centres who teach these courses? So that they can retire to a think tank?

[@Roberta-anne]

Too much money spent on wokery and state public service. Cut that and spend it on defence.

[@daniellebcooper7160]

hear hear

[@rickman2267]

Labor must go!

[@AnneSchneider-j6y]

This big defence spending should have been started years ago especially with the world in turmoil.Start conscription.

[@MatthewSwift-xc8sn]

Correct but it doesn't start for 10 years

[@advanceaustralia3513]

No conscription. Patriots only.

[@BB-pf2cs]

Maybe if people have been on the doll for over 6 months they should do 6 months In the defence force!

[@troywallace322]

Defence personnel do not want to work with people who don't care. Could cost them their lives in certain circumstances

[@mclanaford2957]

Greg speaks more sense than our Present Government. We are sitting ducks. .

[@user-di8gh5fw6d]

Face facts the enemy culture has been allowed in. You won't need subs or long range missiles.

[@MatthewSwift-xc8sn]

Yes I haven't heard anything about who the traitor/s sre sure are quiet a few on my thoughts

[@KIA-MIA-POW]

The ADF are so far behind in technology and battlefield innovation that it's beyond a joke. Drones, drones, and more drones!

[@Mega-G-Star]

Depressing & comic governments.

[@patriot388]

And they know they won't be in power then! 😂😂😂

[@GreenSage307]

I fear it will all be too late before we can use any new technology or get any modern upgrades, they are to focused on the stupid DEI....

[@Srekwah]

The goal apparently is to meet our enemies on their own terms so thoroughly that defense is no longer necessary?

[@AnthonyTolhurst-dw1nc]

Yeah, we got ten, twenty years to load up!

[@GreenSage307]

less then that, the way we are headed...

[@Nathan-ry3yu]

Maybe they are cardboard drones armed with pencils with rocket bosters with funnelweb spider warheads

[@Ifyouarehurtnointentwasapplied]

Pathetic is Fair

[@JohnLoogleman]

What happened to the tomahawks we were getting? Thats been four years.

[@Nathan-ry3yu]

Next decade maybe or cancelled

[@bobcatman3844]

Labour will be out in a year and good riddance

[@raymondwilliams5661]

If we are still here. 🫡💀☠️

[@bobcatman3844]

We need the government to give our guns back then you have an increase in defence

[@michaelblaes9847]

You should have taken them boating. Of course you could have also not voted for people who wanted to take them.

[@jasonclark950]

There's already about 880,000 licenced gun owners in Australia today!

[@GreenSage307]

for ones, i agree,

[@JohnLoogleman]

There are more licensed guns than people here, let alone the illegal ones.. I'm so very tired of this give our guns back stuff. They aren't going to reinstate semi automatic and autos, so compromise. My family could arm a partisan platoon with our gear. If you don't understand, then learn. If you don't want to then please stop carrying on about it. Get licenced or just stop the whining.

[@advanceaustralia3513]

In WA you can own a .50 cal sniper rifle.

[@peterburke8650]

OK let's talk defence...where are the gun the boots the ammo the rations the shirts the mortars the shells. Where are they .exactly how do we call it the department of defence when we have nothing...absolutely nothing.

[@B61Mod12]

Nothing? Even one rifle is more than nothing. Can’t you just say something accurate?

[@dandyfarm01]

Don't think frigates should be a priority as they are effectively just targets. We certainly need a well equipped coast guard to provide some meaningful and effective border protection. Patrols should be carried out by subs not surface ships. Surely we could acquire subs now from our allies even if they are diesel electric. No point waiting for the nuclear subs that will never come.

[@craigbeatty8565]

And the Army is cash starved. It needs armour.

[@advanceaustralia3513]

Army doesn’t have a role in a war in the Sth China Sea. Maybe they can round up Chinese in Australia and you don’t need tanks for that.

[@clintfulford8103]

More like the Chinese in Australia will be rounding up our army. They’ve already allowed an army of fighting age male Chinese “students” into the country ready to do the bidding of the PLA when the time comes.

[@craigbeatty8565]

@@advanceaustralia3513 Really? I’d of thought potentially with Taiwan or the illegally occupied islands.

[@advanceaustralia3513]

@@craigbeatty8565 Fighting a land war in Taiwan means you have to able to supply the Army, which means you control the sea area to and around Taiwan. Which means China can’t supply its Army there…the only thing that really matters in that case is the RAN with support from forward based RAAF. Army is not doing much other than guarding bases.

[@advanceaustralia3513]

@@clintfulford8103 They might have numbers but not the capability. Spies, assassins and saboteurs...

[@alanrainey5022]

Maybe we should start a go fund me for the Think Tank?

[@matthewparkin7237]

The a Australian Labor party should be ashamed that theyve allowed a left factionalism leader to lead their team. What a traitor to our country

[@reddog167]

9 RAR moving North, the Battalion is now sitting at 40 percent discharge rate, the ADF soldier has had a gutfull, us Veterans have had a gutfull, have all the submarines, rockets and missiles but will have nobody to use them.

[@crxdelsolsir]

Promises today for a delivery waaay into the future where it can be the least useful, least threat to the enemy and most opportunities to even be reduced.

[@rickman2267]

All capable migrants over 18 to do national service

[@vernonwhite4660]

Marles Albo & Bowen will use the RAAF as a taxi sevice thus using up, this additional funding.

[@VK6AB-]

Depressing indeed. ALP and ADF asleep at the wheel. "War should be the only study of a prince. He should consider peace only as a breathing-time, which gives him leisure to contrive, and furnishes as ability to execute, military plans." Niccolo Machiavelli. "The first method for estimating the intelligence of a ruler is to look at the men he has around him." Niccolo Machiavelli. Truer words have never been spoken.

[@rvrski1]

I learned at a young age, everything that I was told is here to protect me is actually the opposite.

[@kerosene94kennedy31]

Seriously I think its time we oust the government .Make this country what it should of be 10 years ago, a formidable force

[@chopperking007]

Are our army uniforms and boots made in china still ?

[@Mizone505]

Absolutely disgraceful labor. Give the sncos and 6 year plus people 75000 to stay in and a decent generous offer housing loan.. the ww1 and 2 diggers got better looked after than todays people

[@troy6882]

That and there imports.

[@jordanparker2228]

Don't get it confused White man, this is not for ‘your’ Australia/Army.

[@russwilson8457]

The ALP doesn’t know how to maintain and run the ADF. They never have. Labor sees the Defence Budget as something to raid whenever they need a dollar.

[@aussienscale]

Labor doing what Labor does, slashing Defence, spending and capability !!

[@clintfulford8103]

Labor’s next defence minister will be a PLA general, it’s clear who our politicians really work for😡😡

[@gruntworx5955]

Like it or not we need to abolish firearm laws and introduce marksmanship programs. Ships and missile cost more money then we have. We need more small arm manufacturers in Australia. Gov and police destroyed it in 96

[@peterbarnhoorn7879]

Marles doesn't know what to do...he wants to swan around the world & play golf..ffs 🙄

[@kittykat5523]

They need to start paying better wages for defence personnel

[@philliplipple1799]

But do these plans comply with human rights requirements?

[@Pyjamarama11]

Defence in depth We can all retreat into The Alice The enemy won't want to go there

[@troycassidy6177]

We developed the loyal wingman drones and sold it off

[@MrMikeV00]

Nicely timed to blame the next government for a Shortfall. The prime minister should man up and call an election.

[@bruhmandude555]

Ha decade we spent more than that in 1 year on one of our unessacery wars

[@normgodfrey3204]

Albo likes Chinese food

[@marklowe8087]

What the army desperately needs is more emu feathers for officers hats.That might scare off the pla!!

[@alanbstard4]

" ask the Americans permission" No. Let's just do it

[@alanrainey5022]

Yaaayyyyyyy. Yes buy / make drones! Copy Ukraine! Marine drones!

[@AR-bd5hb]

Forget the missiles first focus on creating all female units and get them out of our male units.

[@str8shooter2]

50billion isn't much compared to what is being wasted on ndis,green energy and other woke garbage.Purchasing large amounts of missiles asap has to be the priority.

[@pauld167]

Cancel the $38 BILLION going to the aboriginal industry and halve the $40 BILLION going to the NDIS immediately. That give defence $58 BILLION and do that for 10 years, that should give us some chance of defending ourselves. I don’t think China would give a rats arse about spending that kind of money on those two institutions if they invade. I feel sick for my kids and grandkids

[@adriantamplin5592]

Who on earth would fight for this stupid country anyway

[@peterkirgan2921]

For fk sakes !! Bring back National Service !! Lol I did it ! My father did it ! We ended up better people out of it !!

[@soltherapper]

Ask America's permison , thats just it isnt it.

[@graememcdonald5121]

Again they will be gone and dissolve into dust

[@python27au]

Exactly what do you hope to achieve from drones? What can a drone do that missile cant?

[@winstonsmith7801]

Ally with The East and you won't need a large defence budget .

[@DJ_Queeny]

How much too Veterans

[@sergiozammel8261]

Depressing, recurrent, and ridiculous I can go with. It is beyond comical now, it is like being told your Granny has cancer. I think your ideas has merit Greg, but there is a great amount of things to do to make us more resilient in the face of danger. We should RE- open at least 2 more oil refineries so as we can be self sufficient in oil. We should have a stockpile of small arms and enough ammunition for 3 months. we should also have stockpiles of long life foods and MRE's. We could start investing in manufacturing lethal tried and tested arms like man pads, and shoulder born rockets, and invest heavily as you have said into long range anti ship missiles and mines to put onto long range aircraft. Area denial at sea should be a big priority. We also should be heavily investing into getting our younger people involved with the 3 Defence Reserves and give them huge incentives, like free health and dental, help with securing housing after a period of service, and a veteran pension after retirement.

[@bettymarshall2702]

China, here we are. Come and get us. 🤪

[@frederickmiles327]

The significant new tech threat on show in the warfare over and on Israel,Iraq, Iran, and Ukraine are very accurate ballistic missiles travelling at Mach 6 or a mile a second. That sort of tech raises furthur questions about the role of future frigates of the RAN is ay assisting tbe defence of Taiwan and secondary carrier or amphibious groups centred on a Tarawa or RN QE2 or PW. Those RN carriers totally lack the large amount of underwater protection to absorb numerous conventional torpedo or mine hits in all USN heavy carriers or CVN since WW2. Carriers are always to a degrree hollow but modern RN warships are in a sense yachts within serious subdivisions, compartmentslisation and Kelvar armour, without the protection and subdivision which define a warship. Nevertheless I disagree with.Gregg in that the Type 26 is probably a good frigate and I am not convinced the need for even more frigates is such an immediate priority in the modern air, missile dominated naval space. Drones are a fact of life and already probably obtainable with the highest surveillance capability by almost any group. Likewise the Anzac frigates and Collins subs were never good wnough and designed without the capability to fullfill our basic obligations under Anzus and Anzus Marsar in that they were not robust enough for southern water convoy duty south of Australia and lacked the silencing and anti submarine.capability for use against 1980s Soviet subs. The greatest naval threst is nuclear submarines and the underwater environment makes land based ballistic missiles hardly the answer to the submarine threat. Comprehensive strike and anti submarine coverage and deterrence in the Tasman, South and Micronesian Pacific is probably best achieved with more P8 and strike fighters.The F22 and F15 are not on the sales list to anyone and even if the tools exist to build them unaffordable.So the easily existing off the shelf strike aurcraft and diesel subs are almost always french or swedish and the Rafale is a good plane. In terms of diesel subs the Collins and French think.proposed by Kevin Rudd were too big for a diesel The long transit distance to the Falklands meant the one RN Oberon was often forced to run on the surface to cover the distance at more than walking pace. Argentina managed to find it theee times and attack it with a 707 airliner, Seaking and Hercules teansport. So maybe the easential for the RAN and RAAF is really to have a large number of airbases and offshore land strips to operate from as in the age of the nuclear submarine global coverage by armed aurcraft with trained personel is still essential, drones are only a part of the answer. Whether Australia itself should have such a priority on sophisticated submarines is dubious. .

[@jofielding4547]

So it is bull why both

[@micphoenix8200]

What about creating a Woke regiment with 71 different ranks to go fight for Ukraine.

[@leonharrison800]

The fact we have Israel and America as allies shows we defend terrorism not defense!!! Utter hypocracy.

[@sylviawiese1816]

'We" ? Speak for yourself. You don't know Australia's history. We are of the Western world

[@leonharrison800]

@@sylviawiese1816 We. Both major parties! Get a reality check. Only Greens and Independents make a difference. Wake up.

[@daniellebcooper7160]

@@leonharrison800 youre delusional.

[@Godspeed1970]

Hypocrisy is spelt with “isy” at the end, not “acy”. You’re not educated in most things, I suspect.

[@leonharrison800]

@Godspeed1970 You are clueless. You ignore Israeli history and avoid the fact it is a racist,Apartheid settler state. Israel has no right to exist.

[@smileydave3907]

I spent 27 Years in the Army. Labour the CCP supporting organization. If they had their way, Australia would not have a permanent Defence force. I know this for a fact. 98% of all ADF personnel vote LNP because they know this. The current ADF requirements being discussed now, we where asking for in the early 80s as Private soldiers. THAT is how far off the mark the ALP sub-branch of CCP has always and will always be

[@jkgoogle5185]

Marles should be in charge of the Mardi Gras, he sounds and looks limp wristed..

[@SurvivethePoleShift]

dear leftard voters... you are gibbering fukwits that would vote for anti-australian marxist scum like the ALP or Greens. I hope you all get what you so richly deserve Armageddon. The complete breakdown of Australian "society" Love from Chookland [won't be long now]

[@wrbBrooks]

Dont forget, we have the Military that attacked our troops for being too aggressive, having scary pictures and t-shirts as well as refused to enlist men because they were too capable and the women couldn't pass the entry requirements so quota BS came into play.