There are some very odd comments here about Tony Abbott.
Such as Suzieonlines, others calling him the Mad Monk,
The worse possible man to be PM, he is terrible, etc etc etc.

Nothng with any \meat in their comments at all.

Getting back to the subject I notice an interesting new intention to charter civilian ships so as to releive the naval load.
This would enable those ships to enter Indonesian waters otherwise banned to warships.
The opposition plan seems structured compared to previous operations.
I am not an expert in those types \of operations, but it does' look workable.

Hasbeen,

As far as your "boy's own" get-the-officers-out-of-the-way-so-the-junior-officers-and-ratings-can-go-ballistic -

What a great idea!

I'm sure that would go down a treat internationally.

Of course, goo old Oz appears to think it's a special case...somewhat removed from international obligations.

I'm sure, in that case, it would take pariah status on the chin.

Abbott and military expertise should never meet. Hurley has condemned abbott. He is out on a limb. Abbotts intrusion goes against the Westminster core base.
All i can see he wants to replace a 2 star for a 3 star command.
This is not an invasion, these people are invited to Xmas isl.
Now they are invited to PNG. Guns and politics don't mix, not here.

"Guns and politics don't mix..."

Who needs the Westminster System convention, anyway......

There's an election to be won!

@Poirot,

<<I've been giving Rudd equal criticism>>

It's not really a Rudd V Abbott issue.

Both Rudd and Abbott want pretty much the same outcome.
The main question with Rudd is simply: can he do what he says he can?

The real divide is between the open-borders crowd (you & co) V the rest, ie the civilized community who want border control & sovereignty.

Who gives a stuff about what would or would not go down internationally.

Apart from the radical ratbags, few give it some sort of importance, usually ratbag greens or academics, no one else in Oz does.

We are not interested that most Asian nations would let no one in, or give a damn whether we do or not. As for the western world, they will copy anything we can find that works. They have had a gut full of border gate crashers,& the bleeding heart idiots who cry for them, just as we have.