Kukho ukungafihli nto xa kuziwa ekuthunyelweni kwezixhobo zaseOstreliya kumazwe angaphandle. Umfanekiso: Unsplash
NguCalum Foote, UMichael West Media, Oktobha 5, 2022
Xa oorhulumente bethu beyeka ukutyibilika izinja zemfazwe, kuya kubakho izibonelelo kwiqela labazalwana abanxibelelene kakhulu (kunye noodade) kwizixhobo. Callum Foote iingxelo ezikufutshane kangangoko kumathuba othungelwano athathwa ngabathengisi bezixhobo base-Australia.
Ngeentsuku apho amapolisa aseQueensland ayenenkululeko yokubambelela kwiintloko zabaqhankqalazi, ibhendi enkulu yerock yaseOstreliya iThe Saints yayithiya ngokutsha iBrisbane “isixeko sokhuseleko”. Oko kwenzeka ngeminyaka yee-1970 eyayineziphithiphithi. Ngoku esi sixeko sifumene igama lesiqhulo kwakhona njengoko sisindleka inkomfa evela kwabanye babona benzi nzuzo bemfazwe behlabathi.
Awuzange uve ngayo kodwa namhlanje, izixhobo zokubonisa izixhobo zeLand Forces zaqala inkomfa yazo yeentsuku ezintathu eBrisbane. ILand Forces yintsebenziswano phakathi kwelinye lawona maqela makhulu okhuselo aseOstreliya kunye noMkhosi waseOstreliya ngokwawo. Kulo nyaka ixhaswa ngurhulumente waseQueensland.
UMichael West Media ayisayi kuxela kwinkomfa. Abaququzeleli emva koMkhosi woMhlaba, i-Aerospace Maritime Defense and Security Foundation (AMDA) baye bacinga I-MWM Ukhuselo lwabathengisi bezixhobo “njengabarhabaxa” kakhulu ukuba bangavunyelwa ukungena, ngokutsho kwentloko yeshishini kunye nonxibelelwano lweshishini uPhillip Smart.
I-ABC kunye ne-News Corp ushicilelo olubanzi WaseAustralia babekhona nangona kunjalo, phakathi kwamanye amajelo eendaba.
Amathuba okunxibelelana
I-Land Forces luphawu lweentsuku ezintathu lwezixhobo oluyilelwe ukunika abenzi bezixhobo base-Australia kunye nabezizwe ngezizwe ithuba lokunxibelelana.
I-expo idityaniswe ngokumangalisayo kunye neSebe lezoKhuselo, kunye noMkhosi wase-Australia ungomnye wabachaphazelekayo ababini abaphambili, enye i-AMDA ngokwayo. I-AMDA ekuqaleni yayiyi-Aerospace Foundation yase-Australia, eyasekwa ngo-1989, ngenjongo ecacileyo yokuququzelela imiboniso yomoya kunye neengalo e-Australia.
I-AMDA ngoku ibamba iinkomfa ezintlanu e-Australia kuquka neMikhosi yoMhlaba; I-Avalon (i-Australian International Airshow kunye ne-Aerospace kunye ne-Defence Exposition), i-Indo Pacific (i-International Maritime Exposition), i-Land Forces (I-International Land Defence Exposition), i-Rotortech (i-Helicopter kunye ne-Flight Exposition engabonakaliyo) kunye ne-Civsec, iNkomfa yoKhuseleko loLuntu lwamazwe ngamazwe.
I-AMDA iqhagamshelene kakhulu nesakhiwo esakhasayo sase-Australia somkhosi-mveliso njengoko kunokwenzeka kumbutho. Ibhodi yayo igcwele oobunzima bomkhosi, ekhokelwa nguChristopher Ritchie, owayesakuba ngusekela-admiral owayesebenza njengenkosi yomkhosi wasemanzini wase-Australia ukusuka ngo-2002 ukuya ku-2005.
Ukwangusihlalo we-ASC, umenzi wenqanawa yangaphantsi kurhulumente wase-Australia kwaye ngaphambili wayengumlawuli we-Lockheed Martin Australia. URitchie udityaniswe nguVice Admiral uTimothy Barrett, omnye owayesakuba yintloko yomkhosi wenqanawa, ngo-2014-18.
Usekela-admirals ukhatshwa nguLieutenant General Kenneth Gillespie, owayesakuba yintloko yomkhosi ngoku ongusihlalo wetanki yokucinga efumana inkxaso-mali kushishino lwezixhobo iASPI (iAustralian Strategic Policy Institute) nakwibhodi yeNaval Group, umenzi wenkwili yaseFransi. Iqela leNaval, elathi lahluthwa ekwakhiweni kweenkwili ezitsha zaseOstreliya nguScott Morrison ekuqaleni kwalo nyaka, lifumene kufutshane ne-2 yeebhiliyoni zeedola kwiikontraki zikarhulumente kule minyaka ilishumi idlulileyo.
Iinkosi zangaphambili ze-Navy yase-Australia kunye noMkhosi zincediswa ngu-Air Marshal Geoff Shepherd, intloko yomkhosi womoya ukusuka kwi-2005 ukuya ku-2008. .
Mhlawumbi ngokungothusiyo, uMkhosi wase-Australia ungoyena mntu ubalulekileyo ecaleni kwe-AMDA Foundation ngokwayo. Abanye abaxhasi abakhulu kwishishini yi-Boeing, i-CEA Technologies kunye nenkampani yemipu i-NIOA enenkxaso-mali encinci evela kwibutho lokwenene labenzi bezixhobo okanye ababoneleli beenkonzo, kuquka iThales, i-Accenture, i-Australian Missile Corporation consortium, kunye ne-Northrop Grumman.
Ukuphazamisa i-expo
Ukuphazamisa iMibutho yoMhlaba yimbumba kunyaka wayo wesibini eyenziwe yiZizwe zokuQala, i-West Papuan, iQuaker kunye nabanye abachasene nemfazwe kwaye bazimisele ukukhusela ngokuthula nokuphazamisa i-expo.
UMargie Pestorius, itshantliziyo le-Disrupt Land Forces and Wage Peace uyacacisa: “Amajoni oMkhosi waseOstreliya norhulumente waseOstreliya babona iinkampani esele zineentente ehlabathini lonke, yaye bazimemela eOstreliya ngesithembiso semali. Injongo yoku kukufaka i-Australia kwikhonkco lokubonelela ngokhuselo lwehlabathi. Isebenzisa i-Indonesia njengesifundo, uRheinmetall wenze ilungiselelo kunye norhulumente wase-Indonesia kunye nomenzi wezixhobo ophethwe ngurhulumente wase-Indonesia uPindad ukuba athumele ngaphandle amaqonga ezixhobo eziphathwayo. Ukuseka umzi-mveliso omkhulu kwintshona yeBrisbane ngale njongo.”
IBrisbane yibhedi eshushu yabenzi bezixhobo zamazwe ngamazwe, ibamba ii-ofisi ezivela eRheinmetall yaseJamani, iBoeing yaseMelika, iRaytheon kunye neBAE yaseBritane phakathi kwezinye. Inkulumbuso yaseQueensland u-Annastacia Palaszczuk uqinisekise ukwenziwa komboniso eBrisbane, mhlawumbi imbuyekezo kutyalo-mali.
Ishishini lokuthumela izixhobo lase-Australia sele liphezulu kwi-5 yeebhiliyoni zeedola ngonyaka ngokweSebe lezoKhuselo. Oku kubandakanya izibonelelo zomenzi wezixhobo zaseFransi zaseThales eBendigo naseBenalla eziye zavelisa i-1.6 yeebhiliyoni zeedola zokuthunyelwa ngaphandle kwe-Australia kwiminyaka elishumi edlulileyo.
Le nkomfa itsale umdla wezopolitiko obalulekileyo koosopolitiki abanethemba lokuya enkundleni aba babenzi bezixhobo behlabathi, abafana noSenator weLiberal uDavid Van, ozimase iNkomfa yoMkhosi woMhlaba njengelungu leKomiti yezoKhuselo yepalamente.
Nangona kunjalo, okuchaseneyo kuyinyani kunye neSenator yaseGreens uDavid Shoebridge ethetha nabaqhankqalazi ngaphandle kwendawo yendibano ngale ntsasa ngaphambi kokuba baye kumboniso ngokwawo beqhankqalaza. “Imfazwe ingasoyikisa thina sonke, kodwa kwaba bavelisi bezixhobo bezizwe ngezizwe abaneempahla zabo eziboniswayo ifana nqwa negolide ebethayo,” utshilo uShoebridge kwintetho yakhe nabaqhankqalazi kwizinyuko zeziko lendibano laseBrisbane.
"Basebenzisa uloyiko lwethu, kwaye okwangoku bayoyika kwingxabano yaseUkraine kunye noloyiko lokungqubana neTshayina, ukwenza ubutyebi babo. Eyona njongo yolu shishino kukuphumelela iikhontrakthi zikarhulumente zezigidi ngezigidi zeerandi ezivela kwiindlela ezintsonkothileyo zokubulala abantu - ngumzekelo ojijekileyo, okhohlakeleyo wezoshishino oboniswayo, kwaye lixesha lokuba abezopolitiko abaninzi beme kunye namatshantliziyo oxolo ukuyibiza loo nto”.
