Tanks.

I do not mean water tanks. I mean those great thundering weapons of mass destruction used in the army. It has been reported in the media, that the department of defence has purchased some of these things from America. They are about thiry years old, and have been reconditioned. They cost huge amounts of money. Over $M500 has been cited. They each weigh over thirty tons, and because of that they are too heavy to transport by train,or truck, and too heavy to cross bridges and they use far too much fuel in comparisine with more modern ones.They have also purchased helicopters that are out of date and possibly dangerous. This begs the question, do they even care about the safety of our militry personnel? They certainly don't care how they spend our tax dollars. It begs another question, what sort of doctor was Brendon Nelson,was he as inept as he was as Minister for Education, he is worse than useless as Minister for Defence. To wit, the Jake Kovco affair, to name one instance.