Things we take for granted
Submitted: Tuesday, Mar 13, 2007 at 17:24
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Gramps (NSW)
Not widely reported, that I've noticed anyway. Undoubtedly quite a few communities in a similar position.
Coen
Reply By: Member - Doug T (W.A) - Tuesday, Mar 13, 2007 at 18:11
Tuesday, Mar 13, 2007 at 18:11
They need "TOOTS" back again , she got the freight through
The lady is a Truckie", a sad story of "Toots", the truckie from the north. She is the first lady truckie to go on the Wall of Memory at Tarcutta, which honours truckies who have died on the road.
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Follow Up By: Member - Doug T (W.A) - Tuesday, Mar 13, 2007 at 18:20
Tuesday, Mar 13, 2007 at 18:20
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Follow Up By: Member - Axle - Tuesday, Mar 13, 2007 at 19:25
Tuesday, Mar 13, 2007 at 19:25
Watched a documentary on TV involving her, one remarkable Australian !!.
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Reply By: Member - Lionel A (WA) - Tuesday, Mar 13, 2007 at 18:22
Tuesday, Mar 13, 2007 at 18:22
Gramps, the crazy thing is; if this was happening in a neighbouring country, the ADF and relief agencies would be there now. And they cant get nappies across a few swollen rivers!
Me thinks someones priorities are a bit screwed.
Lionel.
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Follow Up By: Bware (Tweed Valley) - Tuesday, Mar 13, 2007 at 18:34
Tuesday, Mar 13, 2007 at 18:34
Hmmm, good point. What is the criteria for aid? Perhaps because stuff can be flown in it is assumed that these communities will just wear the cost?
Then there's the political stuff like the State gov arguing that the local gov or fed gov should cover the cost of road maintenance etc.
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Follow Up By: Gramps (NSW) - Tuesday, Mar 13, 2007 at 18:40
Tuesday, Mar 13, 2007 at 18:40
Unfortunately, I think you're both right. Crazy situation in these times.
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Follow Up By: Member - Axle - Tuesday, Mar 13, 2007 at 19:31
Tuesday, Mar 13, 2007 at 19:31
AH!, but there could be a change of goverments in the near future, so every thing will be sweet!. AS IF !!!
Axle.
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Follow Up By: Mr Fawlty - Tuesday, Mar 13, 2007 at 21:07
Tuesday, Mar 13, 2007 at 21:07
Yeah, if this happened in Indonesia you would see planeloads of PFT's flown in from centrelink to make sure they all had housing at public expense, the prime minature would have given at least 10 million aid, troops would be rebuilding things...
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Follow Up By: Bonz (Vic) - Tuesday, Mar 13, 2007 at 23:36
Tuesday, Mar 13, 2007 at 23:36
Axle I was thinking about that today a change of Govt - will be a SSDD proposition I reckon Same Stuff Different Dill delivering it
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Reply By: whyallacookie - Wednesday, Mar 14, 2007 at 16:45
Wednesday, Mar 14, 2007 at 16:45
Ahh but we had a discussion about this in relation to bush fire fighting..... It isn't the Militaries primary role and not what they are trained for.... Nor should they!
(For those that missed it I am all for sending in the engineers or at least a Chinook, Herc or Caribou to help out)
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Follow Up By: Gramps (NSW) - Wednesday, Mar 14, 2007 at 17:01
Wednesday, Mar 14, 2007 at 17:01
Nobody's saying send in the SAS etc, but we do send in our military at the drop of a hat to any other disaster affecting our neighbours ( as per recent cyclones, floods, tsunamis etc) but we baulk at using them to help our own.
One helicopter flight isn't going to put our national security at risk.
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Follow Up By: whyallacookie - Wednesday, Mar 14, 2007 at 17:03
Wednesday, Mar 14, 2007 at 17:03
Don't get me wrong I agree 100%. The reasons not to were given to me in relation to rescues and fighting bush fires.
And I don't agree with them at all.
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Follow Up By: Gramps (NSW) - Wednesday, Mar 14, 2007 at 17:21
Wednesday, Mar 14, 2007 at 17:21
I see what you mean now. I can understand rescues to a point but they have been used previously (and recently) to assist with bushfire fighting.
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