NguSue Wareham, Iiparele kunye nezicaphukiso, Aprili 26, 2022
Umkhombandlela woqhekeko we-AWM mhlawumbi ubonakaliswa ngcono ngokubuyela kwindima esemthethweni - ngeli xesha njengelungu leBhunga le-AWM - lowayesakuba ngumlawuli uBrendan Nelson. Enye yezona mpumelelo ziyingozi kakhulu zikaNelson njengomlawuli yayikukuhoya okanye ukugculela ukuchasa okuxhaphakileyo kunye nobuchwephesha kuphuhliso oluqhubekayo ngoku. Kodwa ukongezelela kukwenzakala, uNelson wonyulwa kwiBhunga ngelixa emele inkampani, iBoeing, eyenza ingeniso enkulu ngemfazwe, ngaloo ndlela eqhubeleka noqheliselo awayenalo ngaphambili lokuzinzisa abo bazuza kwimfazwe kwisikhumbuzo sayo.
Ezona nkampani zinkulu zezixhobo ezintandathu zehlabathi – iLockheed Martin, iBoeing, iThales, iBAE Systems, iNorthrop Grumman kunye neRaytheon – zonke bezinobudlelwane bezemali kunye neSikhumbuzo kule minyaka idlulileyo.
I-Lockheed Martin, ekugxilwe kuyo ngoku umsebenzi wephulo, yenza ngakumbi ingeniso evela kwiimfazwe nokulungiselela kwazo kunayo nayiphi na enye inkampani naphi na - i-58.2 yeebhiliyoni zeedola ngo-2020. Oku kubonisa i-89% yokuthengiswa kwayo iyonke, idala imfuneko epheleleyo yenkampani ukuqinisekisa ukuba iimfazwe kunye nokungazinzi kuyaqhubeka. Iimveliso zayo ziquka ezona zixhobo zimbi kunazo zonke ezitshabalalisayo, ngendlela yezixhobo zenyukliya ezithintelweyo ngoku phantsi kweSivumelwano sokuThintela iNuclear Weapons sowama-2017.
Abathengi baka-Lockheed Martin baquka abona bantu baxhaphaza amalungelo abantu, abanje ngeSaudi Arabia kunye ne-UAE ekuqhushumbe kwayo ibhombu kunegalelo kwintlekele yoluntu eYemen. Inkampani iphinde yabandakanyeka ekuncinwe emkhosini, kuzo zombini Irakh kwaye Guantanamo Bay. Kuye kwaba ngumxholo we iimeko ezininzi zokungaziphathi kakuhle e-US kumashumi eminyaka akutshanje kunayo nayiphi na enye ikontraki yezixhobo. Ingxelo yeOfisi yokuPhendula kukaRhulumente wase-US Ichaza indlela uLockheed Martin ulawulo lwenkqubo F-35 luthintele iinzame zokunciphisa iindleko kunye nokwandisa ukuphendula.
Ingxelo elolo hlobo ngokuqinisekileyo imele iphakamise imibuzo malunga nenkqubo yenkuthalo efanelekileyo eyenziwa siSikhumbuzo ekwamkeleni intsebenziswano yezemali. ISikhumbuzo asinakufak' isandla ngokufanelekileyo ekukhunjulweni nasekuqondweni kwamava emfazwe yaseOstreliya ngelixa ixhamla ngokwemali ekuqhutyweni kwemfazwe ngokwayo. Amaziko karhulumente kwezinye iindawo ajongene neziphumo zobudlelwane bezemali namaqumrhu awona mashishini angundoqo abeka esichengeni injongo yeziko. (Bona, umzekelo, Apha kwaye Apha.)
Kwiiveki zakutshanje phezu 300 Australia bathumele imiyalezo kuMlawuli AWM kunye neBhunga nge Ukubuyisela kwakhona iSikhumbuzo iwebhusayithi, ikhuthaza ukupheliswa kwe-Lockheed Martin kunye nayo yonke inkxaso-mali yenkampani yezixhobo kwiSikhumbuzo. Ababhali baquka amagqala emfazwe, ababesakuba ngabasebenzi be-ADF, ababhali-mbali abasebenzisa isikhumbuzo, abaqeqeshi bezempilo ababona umonakalo ombi wemfazwe, kunye nabantu abaninzi abaqhelekileyo ababathandayo abakhunjulwayo kwiHolo yeMemori - abona bantu i-AWM yenzelwe bona. Imiyalezo yayahlukahlukene kwaye isuka entliziyweni, kwaye abaninzi babonakalisa umsindo. Owayesakuba ligosa leRAAF Reserve wabhala “Iinqobo zikaLockheed Martin ayizizo zam okanye ezo abantu baseOstreliya baye bazilwela. Nceda uqhawule onke amaqhina nenkampani.” Igqala laseVietnam labhala “Andizange ndibe namaqabane afayo ukuze iinkumbulo zawo zingcoliswe kukunxulumana nenkampani enjalo”.
Umbhali-mbali uDouglas Newton wathetha ngembangi yokuba iinkampani zezixhobo zemfazwe ngabemi behlabathi abalungileyo nabanezinto ezisikhuselayo: “Ingxelo yeenkampani ezibandakanyeke kushishino lwabucala lwezixhobo kwisithuba esingaphezu kwenkulungwane imbi kakhulu. Ngokuphindaphindiweyo baye bazibhokoxa kwiinzame zokubumba uluvo, ukuphembelela ezopolitiko, ukugqobhoza kwezokhuselo nenkqubo yamazwe angaphandle kunye nokuphembelela abenzi bezigqibo. Ukuphembelela kwabo kudume kakubi.”
Iminikelo yemali esuka kwiinkampani zezixhobo ukuya eSikhumbuzweni yenza ipesenti encinane yohlahlo lwabiwo-mali lweziko, ukanti yanele ukuthenga izibonelelo ezinjengamalungelo okuthiya amagama, uphawu lwenkampani, ulwabiwo lokuzimasa kwimisitho emikhulu ye-AWM, kunye nokurhoxiswa komrhumo wokuqesha.
Iimfazwe zaseOstreliya - njengazo naziphi na iimfazwe zesizwe - ziphakamisa iinyaniso ezininzi ezinzima ecaleni kwezinto zobugorha. I-AWM ayifanele ihlazeke kwezo ndawo zembali yethu eziphakamisa imibuzo ephandayo malunga neemfazwe ezithile okanye imfazwe ngokubanzi, okanye kwizifundo ezininzi ekufuneka zifundwe malunga nokuthintela kwangempela iimfazwe. Ukanti ezi zinto ziya kuphetshwa ngamaqumrhu axhomekeke kwiimfazwe ukuze afumane inzuzo.
Umbuzo ocacileyo ngulo: Kutheni iSikhumbuzo sizibeka esichengeni sokuphumeza iinjongo zaso nodumo lwaso? ngokuchasene neminqweno yesininzi sabemi baseOstreliya, ngemali encinci yenkxaso-mali? Abaxhamli kuphela babonakala bengamaqumrhu ngokwawo, kwaye ezo nkokeli kwimowudi yekhaki engapheliyo-iphakanyiswe ngexesha lemikhankaso yonyulo - ekhokela ngoloyiko kwaye ifuna uhlahlo lwabiwo-mali oluhlala lukhula emkhosini.
Ngeli xesha iBhunga le-AWM liphinda libonakale lithunjiweyo kwingcamango yeemfazwe ezingapheliyo, kwaye lingakhathaleli ukuba "ungaphindi" uvakalelo lwe-World War 1 diggers esiyihloniphayo ngoSuku lwe-Anzac. Amalungu ebhunga akalingani (ngaphezu kwesiqingatha samalungu ebhunga) amagosa asemkhosini akhoyo okanye angaphambili, ngokungafaniyo noninzi lwabantu ababhubhileyo emfazweni kunye nenzala yabo ebakhumbulayo. Iqumrhu elilawulayo le-AWM alimele uluntu lwase-Australia. Akusekho mbhali wembali omnye kwiBhunga. Umkhwa wokujongana nomkhosi kunye norhwebo kufuneka ujikiswe, kuqalwe ngokupheliswa kwenkxaso yenkampani yezixhobo.
Ekugqibeleni, uSuku lwe-Anzac akufanele ludlule ngaphandle kokuphindaphinda iifowuni ezikhulayo ze-AWM ukuba ikhumbuze iimfazwe apho isizwe sethu sasungulwa, iiMfazwe zeFrontier. Abalweli beZizwe zokuQala bafa ngamawaka abo ngelixa bekhusela umhlaba wabo kwimikhosi ehlaselayo. Iimpembelelo zokuhluthwa kwabo zisavakala ngeendlela ezininzi namhlanje. Kuwo onke amabali aza kubaliswa kwiSikhumbuzo seMfazwe sase-Australia, awabo kufuneka abe ngaphambili kunye neziko. Akunakwenzeka ukuba ubhenele kwi-Lockheed Martins yeli hlabathi nangona kunjalo.
