the ingredient necessary to have a better nation, a better culture and an honourable and honest culture is -
transparency
what is dreadfully clear with the Ben Roberts Smith saga and the tasering of the 95 year old age care resident is that transparency is NOT a major factor in Australian organisations
many areas in the military tried to hide this horror that we have now on display
the police have shown in crystal clarity that they want their own idea of transparency and now what transparency is - they want an 'alternative' transparency - where they get to choose what to display - and not display all
that's guts up bad for Australia - it's bad for the nation, it's bad for every individual in the nation. It's toxic for every member of the military forces, it's toxic for groups like SAS and Army, it's toxic for every police man and woman and the police force - every police force.
it's also toxic for the governments who allowed these things to be hidden
one can never have an honourable nation when the dirty linen is hidden under the bed ----------------- never
