Australia General Discussion 4.0: It ain’t easy under Albanese

[Flyersfan232]

This is perhaps one of the dumbest memes I've seen on this site.

"This arrangement would witness a further dramatic loss of Australian sovereignty, as material dependency on the United States robbed Australia of any freedom or choice in any engagement Australia may deem appropriate," Keating said.

However, former Labor prime minister Kevin Rudd, who is also president of the Asia Society, cautioned the Morrison government against direct criticism of China.

"It is too overt in the way in which it uses its language on these questions," Mr Rudd told 730.

So AUKUS is a dramatic loss of Australian sovereignty, while being afraid to directly criticize China isn’t? Or is the U.S. the only country Australia isn’t allowed to cooperate with?

Grow a brain and realise what the actual reason for it is.

Morrison is leading a government ridden by scandal after scandal despite Murdoch covering his back 24/7 and knows he can't win the next election. The only way he can win is by yelling the words "Labor" and "China" in the same sentence as many times as he can.

That's literally it.

It doesn’t take a brain to consider that both possibilities are accurate: it is both a brilliant strategic move and a Coalition electoral ploy.

At the same time, the positions of the two former Labor PM’s and the Greens seem dodgy. I’m certain opposing the Americans and supporting the Chinese will be the electoral magic needed to finally dislodge the Coalition (long overdue) oh wait no it seems like the opposite of that

Okay, well again, Morrison would not have made this decision if he was behind in the polls. It's pretty blatant this was a purely political decision and nothing else.

Get out of your stupid "MURICA NUMBER ONE!!!" mindset for five seconds and realise that maybe not everyone sees you as saints.

So the highly aggressive foreign policy China has undertaken under Xi plays no role in it? Because that’s been mentioned in the news stories about this.

Hmm an insult and a false dichotomy all in one. How about you get out of your mindset that the US is wrong in everything and that China isn’t? On every objective standard except whatever the hell the far left and far right come up with the US aren’t  saints but we’re much, much, better than China. Ask a Tibetan or an Uighur about that.

Again, because Morrison can't win an election on anything else. It's an objective fact that the media in this country is steadfastly loyal to the Coalition, and have pretty much been running as much interference as posdible, including screaming "CHINA!!" every time someone brings up a concern.

I find it incredibly disturbing that both the US and China seem eager to start a nuclear war, but I have less faith in the US to avoid it because their foreign policy shifts every 4-8 years.

cant win a election? he not down  by that much in the polls

[Flyersfan232]

And Morrison is finally finished. He's set to leave politics for good this year, having taken a job in the US.

Good f**king riddance to the worst Prime Minister in the history of the nation. I would say it's been nice knowing him, but that would be a lie. I don't hate a lot of people, but this man is the worst Prime Minister Australia has ever had. From his endless rorting, to his stoking of culture wars, winking and nodding at some interesting people-such as QAnon-to covering up the alleged sexual assaults that were committed by members of his government, as well as directly subverting the authority of his senior ministers by taking on multiple portfolios himself, I feel I can say that most of Australia will not be sad to see him go.

I feel sorry for the business that hired this psychopath, because his entire life has been an exercise in failing upward.

the left is just as responsible for the culture war as the right