Nthawi Yobwezeretsanso Chikumbutso

Kugawikana kwa AWM mwina kukuwonetsedwa bwino pakubwerera kuudindo - nthawi ino ngati membala wa AWM Council - wa director wakale Brendan Nelson. Chimodzi mwazinthu zowononga kwambiri zomwe Nelson adachita monga wotsogolera chinali kunyalanyaza kapena kunyoza anthu ambiri komanso akatswiri otsutsa kukonzanso komwe kukuchitika tsopano. Koma kuwonjezera chipongwe, Nelson wasankhidwa kukhala Council pomwe akuyimira kampani ya Boeing, yomwe imapanga phindu lalikulu pankhondo, motero akupitiliza mchitidwe womwe adaudziwa kale wophatikizira omwe amapindula ndi nkhondo mkati mwa chikumbutso chake.

Makampani asanu ndi limodzi a zida zazikulu padziko lonse lapansi - Lockheed Martin, Boeing, Thales, BAE Systems, Northrop Grumman ndi Raytheon - onse akhala ndi ubale wazachuma ndi Chikumbutso m'zaka zaposachedwa.

Lockheed Martin, yemwe akuyang'ana kwambiri ntchito ya kampeni, amapanga zambiri ndalama zochokera kunkhondo ndi kukonzekera kwake kuposa kampani ina iliyonse kulikonse - $ 58.2 biliyoni mu 2020. Izi zikuyimira 89% ya malonda ake onse, kupanga chofunikira kwambiri kuti kampaniyo iwonetsetse kuti nkhondo ndi kusakhazikika zikupitirirabe. Zogulitsa zake zimaphatikizapo zida zoipitsitsa kuposa zida zonse zowonongera anthu ambiri, monga zida za nyukiliya zomwe tsopano ndizoletsedwa pansi pa Pangano la 2017 Loletsa Zida za Nyukiliya.

Makasitomala a Lockheed Martin akuphatikizapo ena ophwanya ufulu wachibadwidwe kwambiri padziko lonse lapansi, monga Saudi Arabia ndi UAE omwe kuphulitsa kwawo kumathandizira pamavuto a anthu ku Yemen. Kampaniyo yakhala ikukhudzidwanso ndi mafunso ankhondo, onse awiri Iraq ndi Guantanamo Bay. Yakhala nkhani ya zochitika zambiri zolakwa ku US m'zaka zaposachedwa kuposa wopanga zida wina aliyense. Lipoti la US Government Accountability Office Akufotokoza momwe kuwongolera kwa Lockheed Martin pulogalamu ya F-35 kwalepheretsa kuyesa kuchepetsa ndalama ndikuwonjezera kuyankha.

Mbiri yamakampani yoteroyo iyeneradi kudzutsa mafunso okhudza kusamalitsa koyenera kochitidwa ndi Chikumbutso povomereza mayanjano azachuma. Chikumbutso sichingathandizire kukumbukira ndi kumvetsetsa zomwe zidachitika ku Australia panthawi yankhondo pomwe akupindula ndindalama chifukwa cha nkhondoyo. Mabungwe aboma kwina akumana ndi zotsatira za ubale wazachuma ndi mabungwe omwe bizinesi yawo yayikulu imasokoneza ntchito ya bungweli. (Onani, mwachitsanzo, Pano ndi Pano.)

M'masabata aposachedwa aku Australia opitilira 300 atumiza mauthenga kwa AWM Director ndi Council kudzera pa Bwezeraninso Chikumbutso Webusayiti, ndikulimbikitsa kuyimitsa kwa Lockheed Martin ndi ndalama zonse zamakampani a zida pa Chikumbutso. Olembawo anali omenyera nkhondo, omwe kale anali ogwira ntchito ku ADF, olemba mbiri omwe amagwiritsa ntchito chikumbutso, akatswiri azaumoyo omwe amawona zoopsa zankhondo, komanso anthu wamba omwe ali ndi okondedwa omwe amakumbukiridwa mu Hall of Memory - anthu omwewo omwe AWM idapangidwira. Mauthengawo anali osiyanasiyana komanso ochokera pansi pa mtima, ndipo ambiri anasonyeza kukwiya. Mkulu wakale wa RAAF Reserve adalemba kuti "Zotsatira za Lockheed Martin si zanga kapena zomwe anthu aku Australia adamenyera nkhondo. Chonde chepetsani maubwenzi onse ndi kampaniyi. ” Msilikali wina wa ku Vietnam analemba kuti: "Sindinakhalepo ndi anzanga omwe anamwalira kuti asakumbukire chifukwa choyanjana ndi kampani yotere".

Wolemba mbiri Douglas Newton anatchula mfundo yakuti makampani a zida zankhondo ali nzika zabwino zapadziko lonse amene katundu wawo amatitetezera: “Mbiri ya makampani opanga zida zankhondo m’zaka zoposa XNUMX ndi yosauka kwambiri. Iwo mobwerezabwereza akhala akuyesera kuumba maganizo, kulimbikitsa ndale, kulowa mu chitetezo ndi malamulo akunja ndi kulimbikitsa ochita zisankho. Kukopa kwawo kunali koyipa. ”

Zopereka zandalama zochokera kumakampani a zida kupita ku Chikumbutso zimapanga gawo laling'ono la bajeti ya bungweli, komabe ndizokwanira kugula zopindulitsa monga kutchula ufulu, chizindikiro chamakampani, magawo opezeka pamisonkhano yayikulu ya AWM, komanso kuchotsera chindapusa cha malo.

Nkhondo za ku Australia - monga nkhondo zamtundu uliwonse - zimadzutsa zowonadi zovuta pamodzi ndi zinthu zamphamvu. AWM sayenera kuchita manyazi ndi mbali za mbiri yathu zomwe zimadzutsa mafunso ofufuza okhudza nkhondo zinazake kapena nkhondo zambiri, kapena kuchokera ku maphunziro ambiri omwe ayenera kuphunziridwa ponena za kupewa kwenikweni nkhondo. Ndipo komabe zinthu izi zikanapewedwa ndi mabungwe omwe amadalira nkhondo kuti apeze phindu.

Funso lodziwikiratu ndi lakuti: N’chifukwa chiyani Chikumbutso chimaika pangozi kukwaniritsa zolinga zake ndi mbiri yake? motsutsana ndi zofuna za anthu ambiri aku Australia, ndi ndalama zochepa? Opindula okhawo akuwoneka kuti ndi mabungwe omwewo, ndipo atsogoleri omwe ali mumtundu wa khaki osatha - amakwezedwa panthawi yachisankho - omwe amatsogola mwamantha ndi kufuna ndalama zomwe zikukula nthawi zonse zankhondo.

Pakadali pano Bungwe la AWM likuwonekanso kuti lili ngati akapolo ku lingaliro la nkhondo zosatha, komanso osasamala za "nthawi zonse" malingaliro a World War 1 diggers omwe timawalemekeza pa Tsiku la Anzac. Mamembala a khonsoloyi ndi osagwirizana (opitilira theka la mamembala a khonsolo) asitikali apakali pano kapena akale, mosiyana ndi ambiri mwa omwe adamwalira pankhondo komanso mbadwa zawo zomwe zimawakumbukira. Bungwe lolamulira la AWM siliyimira anthu aku Australia. Palibenso wolemba mbiri m'modzi pa Bungweli. Mchitidwe wokhudzana ndi zankhondo ndi malonda uyenera kusinthidwa, kuyambira kumapeto kwa kuthandizira makampani a zida.

Pomaliza, Tsiku la Anzac siliyenera kudutsa popanda kubwereza kuyitanitsa kowonjezereka kwa AWM kuti azikumbukira nkhondo zomwe dziko lathu linakhazikitsidwa, Frontier Wars. Omenyera nkhondo a First Nations anafa zikwizikwi pamene anali kuteteza dziko lawo kunkhondo. Zotsatira za kulandidwa kwawo zikuwonekerabe m'njira zingapo masiku ano. Pankhani zonse zomwe zidzanenedwe ku Australian War Memorial, zawo ziyenera kukhala kutsogolo ndi pakati. Sizingatheke kukopa a Lockheed Martins adziko lino.