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Post by Luther Moore on Apr 18, 2012 18:54:59 GMT 12
After months and months of hounding the Australian Government to pay for RAAF Bomber Command vets to go to the opening of the Bomber Command Memorial it has finally payed off!.I know some of you from this forum have shown support by joining my group on facebook. minister.dva.gov.au/media_releases/2012/apr/va028.htm |
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Post by skyhawkdon on Apr 18, 2012 19:54:15 GMT 12
And so they should! Unusual for the NZ Government to be showing up Australia in looking after its veterans!
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Post by Dave Homewood on Apr 18, 2012 21:15:29 GMT 12
Well done Luther.
Your veterans affairs minister looks like Alf Garnett! ;D
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Post by Luther Moore on Apr 18, 2012 22:08:33 GMT 12
Well done Luther. Your veterans affairs minister looks like Alf Garnett! ;D Thanks Dave,I'm not sure if it was us that did it but who cares the outcome is great news!. He does look like him (I googled him) Well spotted! |
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Post by Dave Homewood on Apr 18, 2012 22:20:34 GMT 12
If you had to Google Alf Garnett, then I suggest you go to Youtube and look him up. His shows are Till Death Us Do Part, and the sequel In Sickness and In Health. Really classic comedy.
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Post by grannygussie on Apr 19, 2012 10:28:31 GMT 12
What happens if you are veteran no 41? It is great news - but it seems hard to put a small no. on it. What are the numbers like, for numbers wanting to and well enough to go?
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Post by Dave Homewood on Apr 19, 2012 11:03:38 GMT 12
40's better than none at all.
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Post by phil82 on Apr 19, 2012 11:12:17 GMT 12
Except the're paying for 6! No more.
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Post by ErrolC on Apr 19, 2012 11:26:49 GMT 12
Except the're paying for 6! No more. That isn't what I get from reading the article. There is $3,000 per vet travelling privately - which is a significant subsidy, rather than 'paying for', but still more he 6. |
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Post by phil82 on Apr 19, 2012 15:06:10 GMT 12
The original figure was six...I hadn't read the article which is an improvement... Perhaps they were embarrassed by NZ!
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Post by Luther Moore on Apr 19, 2012 21:16:35 GMT 12
If you had to Google Alf Garnett, then I suggest you go to Youtube and look him up. His shows are Till Death Us Do Part, and the sequel In Sickness and In Health. Really classic comedy. Wow,there is no way this show will be on tv before 9pm... ''Look Coon juice'' ''Your country dont need you poofter''hahaha. |
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Post by Dave Homewood on Apr 19, 2012 21:40:29 GMT 12
There is no way the show will be on TV again full stop! It was pretty funny but so wrong in so many ways by today's uppity standards.
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Post by Luther Moore on May 12, 2012 19:58:00 GMT 12
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