Albo prefers the enemy's statements, could cost him votes

the 'vulnerability' - meanwhile RSL clubs across Australia are stocked with pokie machines...

We send them, we bend them but we don't mend them. Outstanding quote by Senator Roberts. For Australia's governments, all of them, when it comes down to looking after veterans, it comes down to dollars, not lives or loyalty.

So many wrongs, life insurance companies are few. High cost and when he went on deployment, his premiums doubled and his pay out would've halved. Brits have insurance at affordable rates for their defence, Pax (serving) and X-Pax for vets!

Thank you Senator Roberts.

Thank you so much for standing up for our veterans

Thanks Malcolm Roberts for supporting Jackie.

You couldn't deliver a pizza. As a 24 year veteran I want nothing from the idiots in ON.

But we are going to save money on slightly used Submarines.

Growing is an understatement , been simmering for decades different government different points of view, but yet no one listens

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We can’t support our Veterans but can support one of the wealthiest countries in the world with sponsorship for renewables. “ Total Economic Output (GDP)When looking at the sheer size of the economy, India is a global titan.Nominal GDP: India ranks as the world's 5th largest economy, with a Gross Domestic Product exceeding $4 trillion. Purchasing Power Parity (PPP): When adjusted for local costs and purchasing power, India's economy leaps to the 3rd largest in the world, trailing only China and the United States.” “ Export Finance Australia guaranteed US$171 million (approx. A$258 million) to India's state-owned Power Finance Corporation to fund green infrastructure. EFA defended the transaction by stating it aims to open regional commercial doors, while critics point out the lack of direct, tangible benefits for struggling domestic Australian industries. The financial guarantee was confirmed during Senate Estimates, sparking debate over how the funding aligns with Australia's broader economic and environmental policies. Here are the specific details of the transaction and the surrounding debate: The TransactionThe Recipient: The Power Finance Corporation (PFC), a leading financial institution owned by the Indian Government, tasked with facilitating power infrastructure. The Value: US$171 million, which equates to roughly A$258 million. The Purpose: To fund green infrastructure projects across India, including renewable energy, energy efficiency, and clean transportation. The Status: The EFA operates as a self-funded corporate government body, meaning the liability for the guarantee sits on their commercial account rather than direct taxpayer exposure. The ArgumentsStrategic Aims (EFA's Justification): Export Finance Australia (EFA) CEO John Hopkins defended the move during estimates, stating that it fulfills a "strategic aim" in the Indo-Pacific and acts as an entry point to show Australian companies that there are commercial opportunities in India. It also aligns with the India-Australia Renewable Energy Partnership established to boost two-way clean energy investments. Domestic Concerns (Senator Canavan's Criticism): Nationals Leader Matt Canavan heavily criticised the guarantee. He argued that while Australian domestic energy costs are soaring and local manufacturers are struggling or shutting down, the federal government is actively using state-backed finance to bolster infrastructure in a foreign country. “

Dear readers, please recognize that it is not military leaders that are to blame - it is the politicians. Absolutely and completely, military leadership must by law follow their political masters.

You’re a good man Senator Malcolm Roberts. I’m a TPI veteran after 20 years service in SASR & another twelve years Army Reserves. My body is broken, I suffer complex PTSD, it affects my life every day. I had to fight for ten years to get any help, help for permanent injuries caused by the military I served in. I curse politicians & senior military officers who sit in there offices, never going out into the bush for ten days, carrying a heavy pack scrub bashing. If I had my life again, no way I would join the ADF I would say to all potential recruits - Don’t do it, they will use you up, spit you out & you will have to fight for everything you should be entitled to. Just simply don’t join up, down the road you will get destroyed!

28 million population now. Increase the numbers in the 3 services by 150%

As a former serving member, I see the state of things, not only within the ADF but also our government and every time I hear some young idealistic person talk about joining up, I go out of my way to give them the side of things the fancy brochures and professional recruiters don't tell them, just so they have a full picture of what awaits them the other side. Especially after service. The government is quick to treat veterans as disposable, DVA seems to make every effort to deny claims if they can and end result is lives and families are broken because soldiers, sailors and airmen seem to be nothing more than meat shields for the Elite sitting in Parliament.

My loving people, We have been persuaded by some that are careful of our safety to take heed how we commit ourselves to armed multitudes, for fear of treachery. But I assure you, I do not desire to live to distrust my faithful and loving people. Let tyrants fear. I have always so behaved myself that, under God, I have placed my chiefest strength and safeguard in the loyal hearts and good-will of my subjects; and therefore I am come amongst you, as you see, at this time, not for my recreation and disport, but being resolved, in the midst and heat of the battle, to live and die amongst you all; to lay down for my God, and for my kingdom, and my people, my honour and my blood, even in the dust. I know I have the body of a weak and feeble woman; but I have the heart and stomach of a king, and of a king of England too, and think foul scorn that Parma or Spain, or any prince of Europe, should dare to invade the borders of my realm: to which rather than any dishonour shall grow by me, I myself will take up arms, I myself will be your general, judge, and rewarder of every one of your virtues in the field. I know already, for your forwardness you have deserved rewards and crowns; and We do assure you on a word of a prince, they shall be duly paid. In the mean time, my lieutenant general shall be in my stead, than whom never prince commanded a more noble or worthy subject; not doubting but by your obedience to my general, by your concord in the camp, and your valour in the field, we shall shortly have a famous victory over these enemies of my God, of my kingdom, and of my people.

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Thank you Senator Malcolm Roberts you are amazing. We owe our soldiers and veterans a debt that can never be repaid!

Our ADF IS TO TOP HEAVEY😡😡 They need to LOOK AFTER OUR VETS 🇦🇺🇦🇺👍

Senator, are you going to be controlled by the 🧃 just like all the other parties?

You want our population to fall but then worry about defending ourselves. Interesting.

Let the farmers grow it,let the nation grow.

Tabacco needs to come back. Both parents smoked and have out lived all their friends 🤣 so I completely agree with her.

They are delivering cigarettes to the front door accompanied with alcohol, using bread and fruit as the cover.

It's the taxes that drives all of it. So call it for what it is. ​If you ever want to feel robbed, look at what a packet of smokes costs in Australia compared to the rest of the world. The global average for a pack of 20 is only about $6 AUD. Meanwhile, we're getting slugged $45 to $50+ a packet. ​The wildest part? It’s not the tobacco companies making that cash—it’s pure government tax. About 75% of what you pay at the counter goes straight to the taxman in federal excise and GST. We officially have the most expensive smokes on the planet, and it’s entirely driven by the budget.

Tobacco is not addictive. It's the Pyzene is placed in the tobacco that makes it addictive. Decades ago tobacco companies wanted to increase sales. Chemists told them to put Pyrenees in the tobacco.

Golden Leaf = $15 for 25g from local tobacconists.

When the govt is charging $1.52 tax per cigarette ,there is ya problem. Govt greed... If they dropped the huge tax to an acceptable amount the govt kill 2 birds with one stone... 1) they stop the illegal Tabbaco sales. 2) they cut off the $$ funding the criminal activities... Its not rocket science... The govt have created their own problem.

$65 a carton for b&h golds, can't go wrong, $54 for the same pkt at the supermarket.

Alcohol is not far behind.

Just cut the tax simple, it would stop.

The more the excise is increased it drives people to the black market for any product. The Potato factory is well underway 😉

I used to buy my smokes from this lovely lady and her newsagency in Junee. I'd still do so if menthol cigarettes were legally available. I can't believe how this country got run down within the last decade 😪

The people who make these laws dont smoke and have never ran a business but they wont change because that will admit they were wrong

Who says they are criminals? People saw an opportunity and ran with it.

Good to see One Nation on the rise

Senator Malcolm Roberts, Senator Dorinda Cox will NOT be happy that you are sharing “anecdotal” evidence…if there isn’t a peer reviewed study on these issues then they simple cannot be taken into consideration… Thank you again for actually listening to real Australians.

halve the sitting parliament to many parasites.

💯 absolutely correct

A lot of good points raised, will government admit they are wrong? I doubt it.

This lady is spot on 👍

More common sense spoken that’s the problem unfortunately

Put a packet back to $10 to $15 and watch business and government profit again 😜 Keep it the same and suffer for ever 🤔👍 $600 a week or $150 a week 🤪 black market any day

At the end of the day stop telling us what we can and can’t do 🤬if we want to smoke so be it 🤬it’s not up to the government to tell us how we live our lives

In the same boat as you lovely lady. Just a smaller fish in the same sea. It's just not sustainable

When the yamanto store was open , police in uniforms, army personnel in uniforms, corrections officers in uniforms, would go in and come out with bags of smoke , so it's the the people on government wages that are going for the cheap smoking products as well , tax is so out of control everyone is going to go cheap .