Shadow Defence Minister Andrew Hastie has slammed Defence Minister Richard Marles for being “low speed and high drag” and says he has to “up his game”.
Richard Marles says his department still has a ‘way to go’ before it achieves excellence.
Tensions between Mr Marles and the Department of Defence were revealed yesterday during Question Time after the Opposition called for him to lift his game.
“He’s got a problem, and it seems like he’s also exercising his right to disconnect because he’s got a massive pile of paperwork on his desk that needs actioning, and one of the issues in Defence is that he’s not moving fast enough,” Mr Hastie told Sky News Australia.
“He’s got to up his game.
“Richard Marles himself, in October of 2022, said the buck stopped with him as the Minister for Defence.
“It is my belief that the speed of the boss is the speed of the team, and Richard Marles is low speed and high drag, and that’s why we’re hearing whispers out of the Defence Department.”
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Rheinmetall had a factory built in Ipswich Queensland. That was already producing Infantry fighting vehicles – now for many years. And is a world leading facility. And Males first job as defense minister – was to make sure the Rheinmetall – Lynx IFV did not get accepted.
And that the South Korean IFV – Redback would be the vehicle for that job. What the left wing lying media failed to tell you was.
The Huntsman – K9 mobile artillery system will be made at – Geelong. Guess who's electorate that is.
Minuscule military – golf clubs marles – electorate.
As Gomer Pyle would say – Surprise – Surprise – Surprise.
When the Defence Dept and branches of defence are run by numpties, it doesn't matter who holds Minister of Defence portflio… unless that incumbent is prepared to drain the swamp.
Lol
Hasties team wasted 1 trillion taxpayer dollars and built nothing…..😳
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When nothing changes
Nothing changes……🤦
Richard Marles thinks the defence force is for him to fly to sporting events, and golf courses near his house.
Has Richard Bales been told to do nothing in Defence by someone else?
Maybe less time spent talking about the previous government and more time doing his job.
Mr Hastie is 100 % right-we have no d3fence -we are well and truly opened too China take over
The beaurocracy within the ADF has been in a mess since Abbott's time, thats straight from sources within the ADF.
Oh his inbox is full …what a disaster. Nobody any politician has the guts to take defence by the balls and turn it into a defence department. The only shit Australia is interested in is war mongering and we have been doing just that all the way back to south Africa.
Maybe China would stop bullying Australia if our defence wasn’t in such an irresponsible mess? Who could’ve guessed that the people who hate Australia, as they demonstrate by their loud disloyalty every Australia Day, have no interest in defending it.
A vote for the ALP is a vote for China
Marles is not doing his job
My Opinion – Defence needs to understand they are spending the taxpayer’s money – we would appreciate some frugality on their part!
Peter Reith (LNP) once commented on the ABC "The Drum" that Stephen Smith (Lab.) was doing a good job at getting Defence under control – because he (Peter Reith) had never managed to curb the cost blow outs. It seems that Defence do not know how to be careful with the taxpayer’s money and when they are told to do so – Defence throws an almighty tantrum!
War is very expensive – peace is a whole lot cheaper!
It been said 20 years ago that the Australian Governments are a push over , Need real experts in defence to be a minister , and definitely not a lying no good no nothing politician with out a clue in what to do .
A Fetus would be more competent than Marles
Let us not forget that Richard Marles is the federal member for Manchuria.
Marles is only a freeloading muppet using defence planes ✈️ for his own benefit to use them as his Uber vehicles!!!! Idiot!!!
Marles Big gurls blouse!Andrew is a potential PM.Energetic keadership in WA.Active serivuce in Afghanistan great family man
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Alba-NOCHIO. Benny and this man have gotta GO💩🤠
Remember nine years of wasted LNP government.
Labour Party top 5 are nothing but fools in to deep for there limited intellectual capabilities, they couldn’t run a chook raffle let alone a country
he is low energy ,low testosterone full on politically correct
Albo , Marles , Burke & Bowen were desperate to get their new jobs & portfolios & yet have no answers, ffs ..& the continued blaming previous govt wears thin..😮
Give us a break he is way to busy taking private flights on tax payers money
I hope the Defence officials do not back down , Next he will threaten them with dismissal. I hope they have moral belief to stand up to Miles.
a maggot. don't need to say anything more.
Like every Labor Government, they take money from defence, infrastructure, health and more to spend in marginal electorates to buy re-election.
This is what happens when a failed lawyer, come Unionist, goes into politics… It proves to everyone that living off Union members money and being a defence minister are both far apart from each other.. That's why we see the real Marles as the clueless twit he always has been..