Australia has a lot of welfare queens to pay for in its federal budget...that is hundreds of billions in debt.
Dole bludgers is a correct term here because what we are spending money on, doesn't work.
Here are a few of our top federal budget problems that should be cut off.
The F-35 program. It will get shot down in combat. Stating that there are 'no alternatives' means that you want the RAAF to get killed off--all in one battle and/or early in a real shooting war.
At this time it is probably up to $24B in expense because of all of the things like the wasteful spending on the Super Slow Hornet (reliable and affordable but...will get shot down in combat against threats ...to a lesser degree than the F-35).
Billions more will have to be spent to fix up this mess. Note: New Zealand's fast jets were canned for much less of a reason.
Submarines. The $50B to replace the Collins-class submarine? We have not seen any detailed numbers to look at true down and dirty expense. No money should pass for this until some hard figures appear.
Hunting down diesel/electric subs in the South China Sea in the coming years (when the RAAF and friends don't have control of the air (pro-hint, the U.S. Carrier Air Wing is obsolete to the threat) will look something like German U-boats from the middle of 1943 to the end of the war (hint two: hunted down by fox hounds).
(Red ASW threats. South China Sea.
2020's and beyond.)
Low-hanging fruit:
The M-1 tank. Sad, and, a waste. Look to Canada for ground vehicle thinking.
180-some flag ranks for a tiny military. Welfare with a big "W". Must be nice to receive such a government check every payday for work that has little or nothing to do with providing true, National Defence value.
Odd how the nutty political "analyists" ignore this huge drain on the taxpayer.
They can solve it now, or the negative, when the whole thing collapses under its own weight.
Bold leadership is needed, in an environment where morale cowardice, is the rule of the day.
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Australian Defence Reading List
"Sometimes I wonder whether the world is being run by smart people who are putting us on, or by imbeciles who really mean it."
-Mark Twain
-How will Australia crew 8-12 submarines?
-Predicted Australian Defence cost per flying hour - 2015-2016 budget
-Australia's diminishing RAAF
-Defence may want to waste money on more defective M-1 tanks.
-Collins sub replacement appears to be a rigged game
-New Defence White Paper fails to address Australia's core security needs
-2009 Defence White Paper Fantasy
-Analysing "The ADF Air Combat Capability- On the Record"
-Find out who is responsible for the Air Warfare Destroyer mess
-Analysis of Defence Materiel Organisation Major Projects Management and What Needs to be Fixed
-New DMO Boss warns the staff that business as usual is over
-How dangerous is the Defence Material Organisation to our Defence Industry?
-Australia's Failing Defence Structure and Management Methodology
-More on the dud-jamming gear Defence wants to buy
-ADF cost per flying hour
-I will wipe out bullying vows new Defence chief (Houston 2005)
-Vacancy
-Put Vol 2 Report of DLA Piper Review into the light of day
-Rory and Jim
-Parasitism as an Abstraction for Organizational Dysfunctions
-Hobart-class "Air Warfare Destroyer" to be fielded with obsolete radar guidance technology
-The Decay Of Critical Military Thinking And Writing-With Particular Reference To The RAAF
-The great M-1 tank myth
-*UPDATE* Fear and loathing in Canberra - Audit released on MRH-90 helicopter project
-RAN bullies contractor over Collins sub replacement
-2014-15 ADF budget shocker - Star-ranks
-Air Warfare Destroyer -- Billions, not millions over budget
-Australia's M-1 tanks are... a downgrade compared to what it had
-Weak links put on rubber-stamp Defence panel
-Insert Joke Here
-Tyranny of distance--Long, drawn out helicopter projects are unsustainable
-2014-15 ADF budget shocker - cost per flying hour over the last budget year
-Tiger savaged by Navy League of Australia
-Tiger helicopter update
-PDF file - Exploring the Impacts of the Defence Trade Controls Act 2012
-Dangerous minds: Are maths teachers Australia's newest threat?
-Government ignores its own 'rescue' report created to fix Air Warfare Destroyer woes
-DM Johnston fired in cabinet reshuffle
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