For those still impressed by the so-called mature, responsible Labor government’s climate policy, Pacific island nations have a different view.
While Pacific leaders have requested no more coal and gas exports (by companies which are permitted to rort Australian taxpayers – paying little to no tax) Labor’s unbelievable response is that ‘we are not responsible for what other nations do with our coal and gas exports’, and so we continue to open up more coal and gas.
Further spin and denial from the masters relates to Labor’s two-way arms trade with Elbits (‘Israel’s arms manufacturer given billions by Australian taxpayers’: Crikey, October 23, 2024).
While Labor continues to bemoan the loss of lives in the Middle East they fail to mention the constant supply of weapons to Israel from the US, to continue what I would call the genocide.
And is anyone interested in the fact that US bombers took off from Tindal airbase to bomb Yemen? A fact we heard about only days later. This diminishes Australian sovereignty while we blindly follow the US war machine making Australian soil unsafe.
For four decades The Echo has printed the stories some people loved, some people hated, and some pretended not to read. If you want us to keep telling the truth, the real truth, not the sugar-coated version. We’ll need your support to keep the presses rolling. 
