The domino theory is alive and well. The yellow horde is heading our way with Australia the prize that's in its crosshairs.

Throwing more money at the region is very limited by a debt burden already topping a trillion! And the need to spend on our defense in record amounts.

If cargo cult administrations want to do deals with the devil we cannot be blackmailed to throw money at compromised leaders.

Moreover, such aid as we do give needs to go to the regions and not compromised leaders. As for the education of Australians, it needs to be laser focused and within our means!

The Chinese people are not the evil regime that is the (we want to rule the world) CCP
Alan B.

"The Australian Government, principally through DFAT, has done a really poor job educating the Australian community on our regional relationships. and China's direct and growing challenge to our presence and influence."

How anyone could believe that the 'Australian community' is educatable, let alone wanting to hear scary stuff, is a mystery to me. Australians are right up with the ostriches when it comes to heads in sand. See nothing; hear nothing, and it will go away. They like to hear the Greens saying that China is no threat to us, or one of the idiot 'teals' saying that the murderous Communists in China should be treated with respect.

I'd bet my left leg kids care heaps more about their Chinese made Ipads and TV's than they do about the Solomon Islands.
I'm getting fed up with all this drumbeating of wars.
Why can't you just let kids focus on reading, writing and arithmetic subjects that they are FAILING in already?
They don't need to be filled with you HATE CHINA agenda.
They have enough studies to focus on already.

Alternatively, why don't you grab your rifle, pop on your jumpsuit and we'll parachute you in.
If you want a war why don't you put you money where your mouth is?
Well let them know you're coming.

Not to mention that once you fill these kids heads with HATE CHINA rhetoric what then?
You'll expect them to go and fight and die for your crap as well, right?

Why don't you just move to Solomon Islands and leave the rest of us out of your scheming war plans?

As it is, China already owns half of this country anyway.

Whoever will be elected one thing is certain, the opposition will sabotage everything the incumbent Govt is trying to achieve. It's the Australian political way !

Vote for Donald Duck…(not Daffy Duck)!

Vote for Donald Duck…(not Daffy Duck)!
diver dan,
That'd be the surest & quickest way to Anarchy ! Check on which major party your chosen independent gives your vote to before you tick .
This election is a huge gamble in fact, too huge to chance the real threat to instability for this Nation !