In this episode we have more detail on the scrapping of Taipan helicopters – noting that Ministers Marles and Conroy appear to have gone into witness protection – showing that they were not nearly as expensive to keep as Army has been complaining. I hoped to question the Prime Minister asking if Germany can donate six very old Sea Kings to Ukraine, why on earth can we not send 45 modern very capable Taipans to a country fighting for its survival? What sort of government do we have? The politicians can keep running away from this but they cannot hide forever. And what about the capability gap? Documents show that only six Black Hawks will arrive in this financial year to replace 45 Taipans – but neither Army nor the government seem to care. Finally a few words about Israel’s response to the October 7 Hamas terrorist attack – continuing to kill such large numbers of Palestinian civilians needs to stop. Let’s have a look at another conflict caused by a disproportionate response to terrorism: the First World War.

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