Re: Plibervola Outbreak :)

polksaladallie · ‎21-10-2014

I was wondering what a weasle word was.

purplecarrot-top · ‎21-10-2014

As we are allies we should be able to rely on them. Not just when we go to war.

It is just as dangerous in a war zone as it would be in this area.

Anonymous · ‎21-10-2014

@purplecarrot-top wrote:
As we are allies we should be able to rely on them. Not just when we go to war.

It is just as dangerous in a war zone as it would be in this area.

so maybe thats the problem.

Australian officials have also sought assurances from the US, UK and some European Union member states that if Australians were to be sent to West Africa, anyone infected could be treated in one of those countries.

To date, no partner country has been willing to give an ironclad guarantee that they would treat an Australian worker.

The possibility of treating people in West Africa has so far been discounted because, despite promises, no treatment centre for healthcare workers has been built or staffed

Prime Minister Tony Abbott said this morning it would be "irresponsible of an Australian Government to order Australian personnel into this very dangerous situation if we didn't have effective risk mitigation strategies in place".

"And at the moment there is no way of doing that," he said.

Mr Abbott said "we have no commitments from other countries" to treat Australians who might contract the disease while working offshore.

abc

lightningdance · ‎21-10-2014

Weasle words can not be ignored when Plibersek gets going.

She thinks she can wedge the government but she's not going to get anywhere with it. She knows it. She is doing what she's known for, scare mongering and spreading fear.

I find it amazing the blind acceptance of what Plibersek is running by the left but that's just par for the course, anything will do.

Talk about Typhoid Mary, Pliberbola will go down as the "cry wolf" of this human catastrophe and well may she deserve it.

Anybody can say what Plibersek is saying, it's just weasle words.

bluecat*dancing · ‎21-10-2014

no, she had said that earlier in the interview. What she did go on to say was:

TANYA PLIBERSEK: Well I'm a bit perplexed about why it's taken so long but I think it's an interesting comparison to make. We pre-deployed Australian Federal Police to Europe to be ready to go to Ukraine to help in the search for MH17 and the recovery of Australians from that crash site.

We've pre-deployed SAS to United Arab Emirates to be ready to go into northern Iraq. The Opposition supported both of these important missions.

It's a bit mystifying why you wouldn't, in the same way, say to medical teams: "We are trying to put in place the arrangements that you will need to keep you safe, be ready to go".

And on the issue of the SAS, it is absolutely vital to have those legal arrangements in place for our personnel if they're assisting the Iraqi Army. We need to know very clearly the arrangements that that assistance is provided on.

I don't blame the Government at all for insisting on having those arrangements properly in place, but it is a bit perplexing it is taking so long.

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bluecat*dancing · ‎21-10-2014

"I don't blame the Government at all for insisting on having those arrangements properly in place, but it is a bit perplexing it is taking so long."

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Anonymous · ‎21-10-2014

@bluecat*dancing wrote:

"I don't blame the Government at all for insisting on having those arrangements properly in place, but it is a bit perplexing it is taking so long."

i asked earlier what could be taking

so long and was told to ask julie bishop

bluecat*dancing · ‎21-10-2014

And, have you?

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lightningdance · ‎21-10-2014

Plibersek is an alarmist. As for your personal attack on me? it wont elicit the response you are angling for.

Anonymous · ‎21-10-2014

@bluecat*dancing wrote:
And, have you?

she is a little hard to catch