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https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-06-29/prime-minister-addresses-kings-honour-for-ben-roberts-smith/104039638

Among other things, he shot and killed an unarmed teenager in Afghanistan, literal babykiller

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[–] [email protected] 23 points 4 months ago

This guy took a prosthetic off an Afghani civilian he killed and would drink beer out of it at “parties”

[–] [email protected] 17 points 4 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Good one, I should have included this thanks comrade, uh, free assange amirite??

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

Assange is free. McBride is next. 🔥

[–] [email protected] 15 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Not a government decision?

Help me understand where I'm getting confused here.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I guess no actual Australian politician or government official had a say in it, just a foreign monarch.

I know a lot of Aussies have been pushing to break away from the crown.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 4 months ago (3 children)

I know what you're saying here but the king is absolutely a part of the Australian government and this is cheap equivocation on behalf of the Australian prime minister who should know very well that Australia is a not a republic.

You can't be the head of state for a constitutional monarchy and claim that the monarch isn't a part of the government.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 months ago

I think our prime minister is trying to split the difference saying the award was given by the king and not by the prime minister's office or anyone who answers to him.

He's trying to make the argument it was his manager's decision and the prime minister had nothing to do with it

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago

In countries with parliamentary systems, oftentimes "The Government" is used to refer to the coalition of governing parties, rather than the state apparatus as a whole.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

As as has been said, "the government" in this context refers to the current administration rather than the concept of government

Albo is a centrist and a coward but he's not unaware that australia isn't a republic, especially given the fact that he supports becoming one

[–] [email protected] 10 points 4 months ago (1 children)

This fucking country... David McBride is in prison for exposing war crimes and a war criminal is out receiving special honours from charles-agony

aus-delenda-est ukkk

[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 months ago

makes sense as Ben Roberts-Smith probably hates brown people almost as much as king charles