http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/01/budget-countdown-asio-growth-freeze-imminent/ now with extra source Sun, 12 Feb 2012 02:48:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/01/budget-countdown-asio-growth-freeze-imminent/#comment-25876 Chris Johnson Sat, 02 May 2009 06:23:31 +0000 http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=54602#comment-25876 Scrap HREOC? I’d like to think MP staffers have one avenue of appeal. Aside from that it’s a great idea to dismantle Operation Scare’em Witless for a proper national security agenda starting with Howard’s critical infrastructure protection program made redundant by atleast two ALP state governments namely NSW and Queensland who've inflicted more damage than any terrorist attack. They’ve blown budgets trying to fix reputations as has ASIO for illegally detaining innocents (Bilal Daye and his wife, Mohammed Haneef, Martin Clutterbuck’s anonymous client et al.) hanging up on Jihad Jack when he phoned to divulge details of his Al-Qaeda activities and giving short shrift to inquiry recommendations for stronger security at our airports. When bikie blood spilled in the arrivals lounge at Sydney terminal how many bystanders dialed 188 123 400 to alert the terror attack? Sending the fridge magnets the way of the mouse pads and pens and all the clunky other PR campaigns devised by a Coalition struggling for credibility will create a savings bonanza. Now surely Rudd could set aside a one-off payment for the planning and appraisal of the Coalition’s future in Australian politics. We’ve not had an investment in democracy for some time. Scrap HREOC? I’d like to think MP staffers have one avenue of appeal. Aside from that it’s a great idea to dismantle Operation Scare’em Witless for a proper national security agenda starting with Howard’s critical infrastructure protection program made redundant by atleast two ALP state governments namely NSW and Queensland who’ve inflicted more damage than any terrorist attack. They’ve blown budgets trying to fix reputations as has ASIO for illegally detaining innocents (Bilal Daye and his wife, Mohammed Haneef, Martin Clutterbuck’s anonymous client et al.) hanging up on Jihad Jack when he phoned to divulge details of his Al-Qaeda activities and giving short shrift to inquiry recommendations for stronger security at our airports. When bikie blood spilled in the arrivals lounge at Sydney terminal how many bystanders dialed 188 123 400 to alert the terror attack? Sending the fridge magnets the way of the mouse pads and pens and all the clunky other PR campaigns devised by a Coalition struggling for credibility will create a savings bonanza. Now surely Rudd could set aside a one-off payment for the planning and appraisal of the Coalition’s future in Australian politics. We’ve not had an investment in democracy for some time.

]]> http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/01/budget-countdown-asio-growth-freeze-imminent/#comment-25862 Christine Johnson Fri, 01 May 2009 11:46:13 +0000 http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=54602#comment-25862 Do I have to be a first? Where are the other comments? Do I have to be a first? Where are the other comments?

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