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Australia must stand up to US on cluster bomb legislation : Comments
By Malcolm Fraser, published 18/3/2011The Australian government is proposing legislation counter to our commitment to ban cluster bombs.
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how about the people get a look in at what on earth is being signed up to
why do we find out later, some time later, that Oh Australia is a signatory to this or that and then it is used to cuff us under the ear to get back into line .. "we're a signatory! How dare you question it or say it should not be so!"
Cluster munitions are not very nice, agreed .. but this article like so many others (on different subjects) assumes a stance immediately that accuses Australians of not doing our "duty" according to some or other international convention
If you want to talk about duty, isn't it the duty of government to serve the people? Not sign up to things secretly then tell us they have a mandate to do so
no you don't ..
if someone wants to put up a platform for election based on reviewing all our agreements, I'd be very interested in taking a look at that, it seems the wealth of Australia is being drained away by frivolous shopping around for ego and this needs to stop and the people decide whether it's what we want politicians doing