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The Scott Morrison administration recently unveiled Australia's largest military expansion plan for nearly 40 years.

The country intends to enlarge its regular armed forces from the current 60,000 personnel to 80,000 by 2040, which will cost about AU$38 billion ($28.29 billion).

Initially, the Australian defense ministry planned to increase the number by 12,500. But the Morrison government doesn't think that is enough to cope with the "security threat" the country is facing, and at last managed to increase the hike to 20,000.

Although that might still seem a small number to countries like the United States, the hike is larger than the current size of the country's air force or navy, which consist of 15,087 and 15,449 personnel respectively.

So the plan represents a big jump in size for the Australian military. It is believed that new recruits will swell Australia's submarine force, information warfare force, self-propelled gun force, and missile and satellite forces.

The military buildup is also a need for Morrison to win the federal election of Australia that will start in about one month. Given the lackluster results his administration has obtained in recent polls, which fell behind the center-left Labor Party, the prime minister urgently needs a boost in his approval rating, which has fallen below 30 percent in recent months.

Last month, Morrison's Liberal Party lost power to the Labor Party in the state of South Australia. If that momentum is not checked, it will be very difficult for him to win the upcoming federal election.

As the Labor Party calls for reducing military spending, the timing of Morrison's announcement of the large military buildup plan can be taken as a sign that he seeks to win the election by hyping up threats from China and Russia and blindly betting Australia's future on the US.

The plan, if carried out, will also stimulate the growth of the country's military industrial groups and help ease the downward pressure on the national economy.

The Ukraine crisis has offered Morrison an opportunity to justify his military buildup plan. In so doing, he is trying to pull any fence-sitters to his side in the voting.

The plan highlights Canberra's intention to pursue an aggressive foreign policy in the Asia-Pacific aimed at influencing regional affairs, deterring potential threats and utilizing force if necessary.

However, the Morrison administration has failed to settle the big account: even if it successfully expands the military, it will be difficult for Australia to play a role in the process of geopolitical changes. On the contrary, it will only become a bigger risk to regional stability.

 

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https://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202204/11/WS62536bd4a310fd2b29e56184.html

 

 

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tight-arsed scomo….

When Prime Minister Scott Morrison was questioned over a claim that he cops criticism for giving financial aid to people affected by natural disasters, he told the ABC’s 7.30 program that he received such barbs “all the time”.

“I know I've got critics who say you shouldn't be spending money on helping people during these crises,” Mr Morrison said during an earlier interview on ABC Radio, as residents of Queensland and New South Wales grappled with the fallout from catastrophic flooding.

Pushed on that assertion, he told 7.30 host Leigh Sales on April 5 that some people say victims “shouldn't get payments, they should have their insurance” and suggested she “try looking at my Facebook feed from time to time”.

 

GusNote: DID SCOMO WRITE HIS OWN CRITICISM FOR PAYING MONEY TO DISASTER DESTITUTES?

 

Of course, it is not possible to check Mr Morrison’s Facebook “feed” without access to his account, but an analysis of nearly 15,000 user comments, extracted from posts published by Mr Morrison on the topic of the floods between February 1 and April 5, reveals such criticisms were few and far between.

While some comments can always be open to interpretation, CheckMate identified fewer than 30 posts (by 20 users) suggesting flood victims were receiving too much money and which were also, arguably, critical of the government.

As one user asked on March 2: “Scott Morrison (ScoMo) why are taxpayers paying for this[?] in the old days people fixed their own problems.”

 

GusNote: THIS SOUND LIKE A MOB ABOUT TO VOTE FOR CRAIG KELLY AS PM...

 

 

The bulk of similar criticisms were made in response to a March 12 post featuring a young couple planning to rebuild their flood-damaged home in the same area, leading some to argue that aid should not be given for this purpose.

And while some rejected suggestions by other users that the government should be doing more, particularly for people without insurance, their comments were typically made in support of the federal government’s response to the disaster.

Many more comments were critical of the Government’s response, with these focused overwhelmingly on topics such as a lack of adequate financial aid, eligibility requirements for payments, fundraising by Defence Minister Peter Dutton for disaster relief in his electorate, or how the government’s emergency response fund was being used.

“Scott Morrison (ScoMo) $1000 is NOT much when you have NOTHING!,” read a comment on March 2, while another from March 9 asked: “You have given Ukraine millions[.] [W]hat about Australians????”

Looking at just one post from March 7, for example, shows that at least 80 comments were critical of the government's flood response in some form. None of these appeared to criticise the government for providing too much support.

CheckMate was unable to establish how many comments may have been hidden due to privacy settings or deleted.

CheckMate contacted the Coalition’s election campaign headquarters for evidence to  support Mr Morrison’s claim but did not receive a response by deadline.

 

READ MORE:

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-04-14/checkmate-scott-morrison-facebook-comments-flood-victims/100989608

 

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