Akukho sobala uma kukhulunywa ngokuthunyelwa kwezikhali zase-Australia. Isithombe: Unsplash
Ibhalwe nguCallum Foote, UMichael West Media, Okthoba 5, 2022
Lapho ohulumeni bethu bededela izinja zempi, kuzoba nezinzuzo zeqembu labafowethu (nodade) abaxhumene kakhulu ngezikhali. I-Callum Foote ibika ngokuseduze ngangokunokwenzeka ngamathuba okuxhumana athathwa abathengisi bezikhali base-Australia.
Ezinsukwini lapho amaphoyisa aseQueensland ekhululekile ukubamba amakhanda ababhikishi, iqembu elikhulu le-rock lase-Australia elithi The Saints laqamba kabusha iBrisbane ngokuthi "idolobha lezokuphepha". Lokho kwakungeminyaka yawo-1970 eneziyaluyalu. Manje leli dolobha seliphinde lathola igama lesidlaliso njengoba libambe ingqungquthela evela kwabanye abahlomuli bempi abavelele emhlabeni.
Cishe awukaze uzwe ngakho kodwa namuhla, i-Army Expo yezikhali iqale ingqungquthela yayo yezinsuku ezintathu eBrisbane. I-Land Forces iwukubambisana phakathi kweqembu elilodwa lezokuvikela elikhulu lase-Australia kanye ne-Australian Army uqobo. Kulo nyaka isekelwa uhulumeni waseQueensland.
UMichael West Media ngeke abike kusukela esitezi senkomfa. Abagqugquzeli beLand Forces, i-Aerospace Maritime Defence and Security Foundation (AMDA) babonile I-MWM Ukusabalala kwabathengisi bezikhali “njengabanolaka” kakhulu ukuthi bangavunyelwa ukungena, ngokusho kwenhloko yezimboni nezokuxhumana uPhillip Smart.
I-Broadsheet ye-ABC kanye ne-News Corp I-Australia bakhona nokho, phakathi kweminye imithombo yezindaba.
Amathuba okuxhumana
I-Land Forces iwumbukiso wezikhali wezinsuku ezintathu wezinsuku ezintathu oklanyelwe ukunikeza abenzi bezikhali base-Australia nabamazwe ngamazwe ithuba lokuxhumana.
Lo mbukiso uxhumeke ngendlela exakile noMnyango Wezokuvikela, kanti Ibutho Lezempi lase-Australia lingomunye wababambe iqhaza ababalulekile, omunye kube yi-AMDA uqobo. I-AMDA ekuqaleni yayiyi-Aerospace Foundation yase-Australia, eyasungulwa ngo-1989, ngenhloso ecacile yokuhlela imibukiso yomoya nezikhali e-Australia.
I-AMDA manje isibambe izingqungquthela ezinhlanu e-Australia okuhlanganisa ne-Land Forces; I-Avalon (i-Australian International Airshow kanye ne-Aerospace and Defence Exposition), i-Indo Pacific (I-International Maritime Exposition), Amasosha Ezwe (I-International Land Defence Exposition), i-Rotortech (I-Helicopter kanye ne-Unmanned Flight Exposition) kanye ne-Civsec, Ingqungquthela Yamazwe Ngamazwe Yokuphepha Komphakathi.
I-AMDA ixhumene kakhulu nesakhiwo samasosha nezimboni esafufusa sase-Australia ngendlela engenzeka ngayo enhlanganweni. Ibhodi layo ligcwele izinsimbi ezisindayo ezempi, eliholwa nguChristopher Ritchie, owayeyiphini lika-admiral owayesebenza njengenduna yezempi yase-Australia kusukela ngo-2002 kuya ku-2005.
Uphinde abe ngusihlalo we-ASC, umkhiqizi wemikhumbi-ngwenya kahulumeni wase-Australia futhi uke waba ngumqondisi we-Lockheed Martin Australia. U-Ritchie ujoyinwa yiPhini lika-Admiral uTimothy Barrett, omunye owayeyinduna yezempi yasolwandle, 2014-18.
Iphini lezikhulu liphelezelwa uLieutenant General Kenneth Gillespie, owayeyinduna yezempi manje osengusihlalo wethangi lezengqondo elixhaswe yimboni yezikhali i-ASPI (i-Australian Strategic Policy Institute) kanye nasebhodini le-Naval Group, umkhiqizi wemikhumbi-ngwenya yaseFrance. I-Naval Group, eyahoxiswa ekwakheni imikhumbi-ngwenya entsha yase-Australia nguScott Morrison ekuqaleni kwalo nyaka, ithole cishe amaRandi ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezimbili ezinkontilekeni zikahulumeni wobumbano kule minyaka eyishumi edlule.
Izinduna zangaphambili ze-Australian Navy and Army zihambisana no-Air Marshal Geoff Shepherd, umphathi webutho lezindiza kusukela ngo-2005 kuze kube ngu-2008. .
Mhlawumbe ngokumangazayo, Ibutho Lezempi lase-Australia lingabambiqhaza ababalulekile eceleni kwe-AMDA Foundation ngokwayo. Abanye abaxhasi abakhulu bemboni i-Boeing, i-CEA Technologies nenkampani yezibhamu i-NIOA enoxhaso oluncane oluvela eqenjini langempela labakhi bezikhali noma abahlinzeki besevisi, okuhlanganisa i-Thales, i-Accenture, i-Australian Missile Corporation consortium, ne-Northrop Grumman.
Ukuphazamisa i-expo
I-Dirupt Land Forces iyiqoqo onyakeni wayo wesibili elakhiwe yi-First Nations, i-West Papuan, i-Quaker nezinye izishoshovu ezimelene nempi futhi ihlose ukuvikela ngokuthula nokuphazamisa umbukiso.
UMargie Pestorius, isishoshovu seDisrupt Land Forces and Wage Peace uyachaza: “Amasosha Amazwe kanye nohulumeni wase-Australia babona izinkampani esezivele zinamatende embulungeni yonke, futhi bazimemela e-Australia ngesithembiso semali. Inhloso yalokhu ukufaka i-Australia ochungechungeni lokuhlinzeka ngezokuvikela emhlabeni wonke. Isebenzisa i-Indonesia njengesibonelo, i-Rheinmetall yenze uhlelo nohulumeni wase-Indonesia kanye nomkhiqizi wezikhali ophethwe uhulumeni wase-Indonesia u-Pindad ukuthi bakhiphe izinkundla zezikhali eziphathwayo. Ukumisa imboni enkulu entshonalanga yeBrisbane ngale njongo.”
I-Brisbane iwumbhede oshisayo wabenzi bezikhali bamazwe ngamazwe, amahhovisi abamba i-German Rheinmetall, i-American Boeing, i-Raytheon kanye ne-BAE yaseBrithani phakathi kwabanye. UNdunankulu waseQueensland u-Annastacia Palaszczuk uqinisekise ukwenziwa kombukiso eBrisbane, mhlawumbe imbuyiselo ekutshalweni kwezimali.
Imboni yokuthekelisa izikhali yase-Australia isivele iphezulu ku-$5 billion ngonyaka ngokusho koMnyango Wezokuvikela. Lokhu kuhlanganisa izikhungo zeThales ezikhiqiza izikhali zaseFrance eBendigo nase-Benalla ezikhiqize ukuthengiswa kwezigidigidi ezingu-1.6 zamarandi kusuka e-Australia eminyakeni eyishumi edlule.
Le ngqungquthela idonse ukunakwa kwezepolitiki kosopolitiki abanethemba lokuthi bazobhekana nalaba abenzi bezikhali bamazwe ngamazwe, njengoSenator weLiberal uDavid Van, othamele iNgqungquthela Yezempi Yomhlaba njengelungu leKomidi lezokuVikela lephalamende.
Kodwa-ke, okuphambene nalokho kuyiqiniso ngoSenator waseGreens uDavid Shoebridge ekhuluma nababhikishi ngaphandle kwesikhungo somhlangano namhlanje ekuseni ngaphambi kokuhambela umbukiso ngokwawo ebhikisha. "Impi ingase isabise sonke, kodwa kulaba abakhiqizi bezikhali bamazwe ngamazwe abanezimpahla zabo ezibukiswayo kufana negolide elishayayo," kusho uShoebridge enkulumweni yakhe nababhikishi ezitebhisini zesikhungo somhlangano saseBrisbane.
"Basebenzisa ukwesaba kwethu, futhi okwamanje besaba izingxabano zase-Ukraine nokwesaba ukungqubuzana neChina, ukwenza ingcebo yabo. Inhloso yonke yale mboni ukuzuza izinkontileka zikahulumeni zezigidigidi zamarandi ezindleleni eziqhubekayo zokubulala abantu - iyimodeli yebhizinisi esontekile, enonya eboniswayo, futhi sekuyisikhathi sokuthi osopolitiki abengeziwe bame nezishoshovu zokuthula ukuze bakubize lokho”.
