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by Dennis Jensen

01 Mar 05:55am

Filed under: 4 Corners, Defence, Education, F 35, Government, Health, Joint Strike Fighter, War

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One F-35 Joint Strike Fighter war plane - or a year’s salary for 2061 nurses.

Look into my eyes… You want to buy the Joint Strike Fighter…

Eighteen JSFs - or Fiona Stanley Hospital, Australia’s largest tertiary teaching hospital, fully funded.

If we go the full hog and purchase the full fleet of 100 JSF aircraft as the Defence Minister would like, we could have every single Gonski education reform fully paid for with spare change for two more Fiona Stanley Hospitals. Health, education, welfare and infrastructure spending of the Government all face scrutiny of cost, likely success and whether our nation is getting the best bang for our buck. For the Joint Strike Fighter this cost benefit analysis has been thrown out the window.

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stephen says:

06:58pm | 01/03/13

John Howard wanted American planes, (amongst other things), so that the RAAF would have to rely on US technical support and infrastructure advizements, things that may have benefited us down the track ... and fair enough, too. I saw Four Corners last week and the new American Manager in charge… Read more »
Paul M says:

06:47pm | 01/03/13

Dennis- wasnt this acquisition initially undertaken by the Liberal government in 2003? Read more »

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