Merged: Senate Inquiry

[Kharon]

The long game – Rien de plus

Fantome – very little heart ache and absolutely no agony; all just bloody good sport to me and the BRB, both relaxing and refreshing. For example, there is a notion floating about to prepare a brief for Albo (remember him); now in opposition. Truss has been horribly exposed by the response to Pel Air. Perhaps, with the right information and the moral high ground Albo could attack Truss in the parliament, there's plenty of ammunition. Remember no one has, as yet, heard his response. Cleverly played, this recent Truss exhibition could create havoc for Abbott, particularly when the Oh so predictable WLR is published. Truss is on bloody thin political ice anyway and Barnaby is enticing him further out into the centre. Quite a coup if Albo could do a Lazarus. Come back from the dead on matters aeronautical; rattle the Shorten cage and force Abbott to dump Truss. All to play for, the aligned Senators have provided a wealth of valid, factual information, all the opposition have to do, is use it.

As the Malaysians are about to discover, death by aviation is not small potatoes. Not when folk are hurt and questions which responsible government should have answered are not responded to; at least not in any meaningful way. There have been enough incidents and accidents recently to make even the most thick skinned politico pay attention. Our mob failed to learn the right lessons from Lockhart, have chosen to white wash Pel Air and expect to continue deluding the travelling public into the foreseeable future. Statistically, (pure math) we are due for a big one, imagine the headlines then.

The problem for the Pollies is they now categorically know how bad things really are; it's a risky business to continue in denial. They become part of the problem, guilty by association, complicit in deceit and derelict in duty by ignoring the obvious risks.

So, thanks, but no thanks mate; having far too much fun to be sat in the sunshine, boozing and murdering innocent fish, just for fun. There are windmills to tilt, dragons to slay, monsters to wrestle and a busy ferry service to run. What, leave all this, just when it's getting interesting - not on your Nellie.

Toot toot.