foreign aid?
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merc-blue
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yeah, its bloody hypocritical how much we care when were in trouble vs when others are.
everyone knows there area was gonna flood, like the fires in Melbourne and didn't listen when people said how serious the threat was and how urgently they needed to act.
we have somewhere between 9 and 70 dead.
anyone remember when pretty much the whole of Pakistan went underwater, nearly 2000 people died..
They didn't cancel normal TV to give us brainless constant updates about it.
I mean the canceled big bang theory so i could listen to some reporter say QLD is flooded and its gonna flood more and Anna Blyth said somethings and the latests is QLD is flooded and its gonna flood more.........
Mick Im sorry but if you honestly think Indonesia should be sending us some cash than you need to realize that Australia is in the very very very top of worlds richest countries,
everyone knows there area was gonna flood, like the fires in Melbourne and didn't listen when people said how serious the threat was and how urgently they needed to act.
we have somewhere between 9 and 70 dead.
anyone remember when pretty much the whole of Pakistan went underwater, nearly 2000 people died..
They didn't cancel normal TV to give us brainless constant updates about it.
I mean the canceled big bang theory so i could listen to some reporter say QLD is flooded and its gonna flood more and Anna Blyth said somethings and the latests is QLD is flooded and its gonna flood more.........
Mick Im sorry but if you honestly think Indonesia should be sending us some cash than you need to realize that Australia is in the very very very top of worlds richest countries,
biggles
Squid
indo's
i went over for the tsunami when i was in the navy, they didn't want us there to begin with, and asked us to leave after 2 days, as long as we left all our plant equipment for them, so no, i'm well aware that they wouldn't. just curious on peoples opinions on the matter.
mick.
i went over for the tsunami when i was in the navy, they didn't want us there to begin with, and asked us to leave after 2 days, as long as we left all our plant equipment for them, so no, i'm well aware that they wouldn't. just curious on peoples opinions on the matter.
mick.
dcrofty
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I gave money to Indonesia as a donation because I could afford too and they needed it. It was not a loan. If they can afford to help us now then I'm sure the people in need would love a hand, otherwise we are a relatively rich country and I'm sure we'll pull through.
We’ve had message of sympathy and support and offers of assistance from literally around the world: from the United States; from the United Nations; the EU. In our own region, we’ve had similar offers from China, Indonesia, Japan, Singapore and Sri Lanka, as well as from East Timor and New Caledonia.
PRIME MINISTER, TRANSCRIPT OF PRESS CONFERENCE, CANBERRA, 11 JANUARY 2011
indica
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you are a wanker.
Nuff said!
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cameron_15
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I suppose you want the people of haiti to chip in as well?
tasty.dirt74
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Slightly Off Topic, but seeing as Aust Govt always help out other countries in need(which I dont have a problem with BTW),can anyone say what pledges the Govt has come up with, or will the Fed Govt expect the state govt to do all the rebuilding, of which there will be alot. ?
Does the Fed Govt even have to publicly announce how much and in what ways they will assist the State Govt ?
Is now even the time to announce financial support ? Or just get on with the job of dealing with 1 day at a time, until all the floodwater recede to get a better idea of damage,etc..
Just wondering.....
Does the Fed Govt even have to publicly announce how much and in what ways they will assist the State Govt ?
Is now even the time to announce financial support ? Or just get on with the job of dealing with 1 day at a time, until all the floodwater recede to get a better idea of damage,etc..
Just wondering.....
Bermshot
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Yeah, prob should have posed these questions in the The Queensland Floods thread, would be appropriate there.
Nerf Herder
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+1 ... a lot of baggage is attached to aid. You will notice that first world nations, as well as up and coming nations will normally turn it down or even get offended by the offer (eg India turned down Australian offers of aid, not that long ago ... [paraphrasing] " ... we are one of the fast growing economies in the world, we can take care of our own ... would you like some aid to assist with your aboriginal issue" ... I made that last bit up but it was something very similar).
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Maybe East Timor could step in and give us aid. I'm sure they owe us it and in return all we'd have to do is let them shaft us out of the rights to develop and exploit our oil and gas fields
taquar
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Lets give them all our first born sons as well! So if I give them mine, that means, at the moment, they get NOTHING!! Fine by me.
They refused our help, and are only offering theirs so they can get something later on. How about we just do what we did after the last flood. RECOVER AND BE MORE AWESOME THAN EVER!!
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