Government to spend $69m to fight terrorism

March 1, 2010 by admin

(SMH) The federal government will spend $69 million to reduce the risk of terrorist attacks across Australia. [..] Mr Rudd said home-grown terrorism was now a "reality in Australia" and the threat was no longer just something that travelled to Australia from overseas. "The threat of home-grown terrorism is now increasing," read more

Gee, those behind the September 11, 2001 American attacks must be happy their terror has turned countries as far away as Australia into police states. We can hear Benjamin Franklin from the grave yelling out; "Those who would give up Essential Liberty to purchase a little Temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety." Today we have Kevin Rudd in the flesh announcing that terrorism is now "permanent" in Australia. In case you don't know what the word "permanent" means, here's a link to the dictionary explaining it.