Sky News contributor Joe Hildebrand says the “absurd” decision by the Australian government to not respond to Ukraine’s request for retired helicopters shows the government are “bedevilled by minutia”.
Ukraine is pleading with the Australian government to donate its fleet of retired Taipan helicopters instead of dismantling and burying them.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese was asked about this decision but blamed Defence public servants and said we are already doing plenty to help Ukraine.
“I really just do not understand this, and I think that Australian politics … are bedevilled by minutia,” Mr Hildebrand told Sky News contributor Steve Price.
“There’s no one actually looking at the overall big picture and saying, right, how can we make this work in both cases.
“Richard Marles … it seems like this request from Kyiv for more support for more equipment has just gotten lost in this Byzantine bureaucracy somewhere.
“It is absurd.”
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Zelenskyy regime reminds one Austrian artist's regime in 1945. It's kidnapping people off the streets, gyms and public transport to send them to the meat grinder. These choppers are dangerous. Several servicemen were already killed in incidents with them, but Zelenskyy regime couldn't care less about lives of desperate people it caught in the streets.
Ukraine haven’t got a hope. They should have Surrendered and listened to what Russia was saying in the first place instead of dragging everyone into a corrupt war.
The Defence Ministry expects us to believe that 45 helicopters, worth $800,000 million, have been scrapped and buried in 12 weeks. Not physically possible, only retired on 29 September, 2023. They're in storage waiting to be sold off for salvage.
More important to send them vaccines for the new strain I more than willing to donate mine I'm good like that.
The world is rising up in protest, it will be here shortly. It is inevitable with the corruption and stupidity that goes on.
What News of Peace Talks 👄 🙏
Russia won months ago all the Ukrainian men are dead…
From the way you shills were reporting in 2022 Zelensky marched to Moscow then? Whats happened
Ukrain has begged enough, I'm shocked we didn't fix the helicopters up and keep em ourselves.. buried in the desert? As if you would lol
Just the ALP making another inept decision.
The U.N, NATO, USA, UK an Australia are not the good guys in the conflicts over the last 30 years it's a money making process.
_"You wouldn't want anyone unsafe in a war zone…"
Nailed it! LOL
If Australia day has to go,,,than nardoc week is also finished.
How dare you, people are dying and you won't give them the means to defend themselves, just empty words!
Just utterly unbelievable clueless pathetic shameless
If Australia day has to go so should the labour government
ARE U SERIOUS ????? 5 YOUNG AUSTRALIAN SOLDIERS WERE MURDERED ON THESE HELICOPTERS, BC OF THE GOVERNMENT KEPT CUTTING THEIR BUDGET !!!!!!!! HOW DARE U 2 , U SHOULD B ASKING YR GOVERNMENT WHERE ALL OUR $$ IS GOING, WHEN WE’RE TOLD ITS 4 DEFNCE, FOR OUR SONS + DAUGHTERS !!!!!!!!! THEY HAVE GOT NOTHING, WT… I AM LIVID, RIGHT NOW !! 11 yrs OVERDUE !!!!!!!! DISGUSTING !!!!!!!!!!!!! SHAME ON U !!!!!!!!!!!
Ha ha ha the word is SATANIC
Considering how in bed Sky is with the so-called Freedom Caucus and The Republican Party in general, I’m surprised it’s taking Ukraine’s side.
Mister Magoo strikes again
This Government is Pathetic. And the government told Defence they Had to PAY to send them. Wong is giving nearly $45 Million including the money shes already given them to ANWAR/Hamas. 100s of those Hamas Terrorists came from ANWAR School. And shes giving them Money.
I be first in line on voting day, to vote out Labor 😊
Tony baloney must go before the world believes all Australians are liars and cowards
No to Ukraine's demands. They are a waste of resources
When Defence promotes self-serving morons like Higgins on staff why is anyone surprised that 45 desperately needed helicopters are being dismantled instead of being handed over to Ukraine. These stingy cowards won’t even give Ukraine the stripped out parts.
Why is it ok for the government to send billions of taxpayer dollars worth of weapons to the Ukraine so they can defend themselves while denying Australian citizens that same right.