Wake up Australia and Australians

February 26, 2025

A lot has been made of the Chinese warships off Australia’s east coast, but much less has been said about the close contact of Australian ships and planes with Chinese planes and ships in the South China Sea.

The question needs to be asked: what are we/they doing so far away from our/their own backyards? Yes, international law says we/they have a right to be there, but is it necessary to be there?

We should all regularly take a walk past the many war memorials dotted across our country and take time to think what percentage of the population of young men and women were killed, damaged for life in wars that were by and large not in defence of our country.

Think about the big brother nations that we were relying on to defend us who actually treated Australians as cannon fodder in wars we had no need to be in.

Before WW2 is quoted, ask was Australia defended or was it a convenient backwater to launch an attack from?

In these Trumpian times, let’s vote in a government that promises to rethink our defence, our need to be defended and from whom.