IF YOU WERE INVITED BY THE AUSTRALIAN GOVT TO DEFEND AUSTRALIA
Like most of us vets did during WW2 and then choose to migrate and remain in Australia as Citizens for up to SIXTY YEARS. You will be technically referred to as 'Lower Grade Australians.'
If you put your life on the line in the defence of Australia in times of war, as did friends relatives and other colleagues of mine and who died as a result, also the other men who survived the horrors of war and chose to stay or migrate to Australia at the first opportunity and become Australians by choice, you must pass a stringent test, and on graduation you will be invited to sing, "We are-you-are-wer'e all Australians" etc.
But wait!! That is only until when you apply for The Elusive Veterans Medical benefits 'GOLD CARD'. At this point you will be informed, "Well!! you are not really Australians are you".
This degrading Gold Card fiasco is a blight on the democratic principles of the Australian Federal Govt, This type of discrimination is similar to that shown by Mr Schickelgruber ( The one balled vegetarian fascist's) anti semetic policy, and should be redressed in Federal Parliament at the earliest opportunity.
Our decendants and those of (Dare I say it) other Australian 'Caste's , will reap the benefits from our efforts to make Australia safe and a great place to live.
Vest, Octogenarian. Daily Gaggle. Proud to be Australian.
If you put your life on the line in the defence of Australia in times of war, as did friends relatives and other colleagues of mine and who died as a result, also the other men who survived the horrors of war and chose to stay or migrate to Australia at the first opportunity and become Australians by choice, you must pass a stringent test, and on graduation you will be invited to sing, "We are-you-are-wer'e all Australians" etc.
But wait!! That is only until when you apply for The Elusive Veterans Medical benefits 'GOLD CARD'. At this point you will be informed, "Well!! you are not really Australians are you".
This degrading Gold Card fiasco is a blight on the democratic principles of the Australian Federal Govt, This type of discrimination is similar to that shown by Mr Schickelgruber ( The one balled vegetarian fascist's) anti semetic policy, and should be redressed in Federal Parliament at the earliest opportunity.
Our decendants and those of (Dare I say it) other Australian 'Caste's , will reap the benefits from our efforts to make Australia safe and a great place to live.
Vest, Octogenarian. Daily Gaggle. Proud to be Australian.
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Learning to live with my recently acquired pain, It's not getting worse fortunately.See ya Vest.
and i came back to australia on a english aircraft carrier ship which had been in the war up in japan,the pommie sailors did a bloody good job helping australia and them being there saved lots of lives of our diggers and aussie navy pow sailors and english pow men, i cried like ababy
when we were rescued and that bloke who wrote last is a rat arsed mongrel,
I am feeling ashamed being a true blue part aboriginal that our Federal Government with the huge surplusses cannot exercise compassion to deserving minorities. come on Mr Prime minister, surely you are not as heartless as this situation points you out to be, I wish you luck , JD.
I am very surprised that few oldies, or those representing them have responded, or have the majority succumbed to the bigoted authority of the Federal Government?
Enjoy your vacation. The lack of gratitude for those who defended Australia isn't very inspirational for those who may have to do it again in the future.
Although not related to Veterans Affairs, I thought you might like to caste your keen eye's and your astute sense of 'injustice' at this website. If you deem it worthy you might choose to pass it on to others who might not fail to see its relevance in the current Political/Legal climate.
http://www.wilsonsalmanac.com/hilton.html Cheers Glenn.
wish you well
tony
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