ADF General discussion thread

[downunderblue]

Actually, just to prove my point, I just looked within the inspiring 'really dumb news stories' thread and found there the below post by Sandhi Yudha about using semi directional explosives to blow up a 45 foot 8 tonne whale.

On that day they have learned an important lesson.

Check out the explosion and brilliant dead pan journo plainly talking about the positives and negatives of disposing a whale that way. It just goes to show that stimulating content can also be found elsewhere that gives us a break from AU politics ...

 

[Bluey]

I just saw a newsflash on the screen of the ABC coverage of the election stating that labor has vowed to spend an extra 20b on defence by 2030. I can’t find another source for this. Has anyone else heard anything about this?

 

[hauritz]

I just saw a newsflash on the screen of the ABC coverage of the election stating that labor has vowed to spend an extra 20b on defence by 2030. I can’t find another source for this. Has anyone else heard anything about this?

The official ALP policy was to lift spending to 2.3% of GDP. Whether they deliver on that remains to be seen.