Oz Awards!

730 this year, it won't be long before everyone will end up on the list. And, how the hell did Dan Andrews get an award for "eminent service to the people and Parliament of Victoria, to public health, to policy and regulatory reform, and to infrastructure development".

Under his watch, there were around 800 deaths in his Aged Care system and COVID camps!

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Brian Carney
R43371
Ex-WOMTP5
22nd Mobi Intake
Jan 67 - Jan 89
RANATE, Sydney, Swan, Creswell, Stalwart (FMU), Cerberus, Derwent, Nirimba, Parramatta, Nirimba, FHQ (FMMO).

I'm thinking he wrote his own brief...!!!

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Rick Pengilly
WEBMASTER
Ex-CPOMTH3
R42630
13th MOBI Intake
July'62 to July'74
HMAS Nirimba - HMAS Melbourne - HMAS Cerberus - HMAS Tarangau - HMAS Lonsdale - HMAS Tarangau - HMAS Nirimba - HMAS Brisbane

Leaks comment on Chairman Dan an his ridiculous award.

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Mike (Pony) Moore
O42860
Ex-LT GLEN(ME)
16th MOBI intake
Jan 64 - Jul 88.
Anzac, Nirimba, Stalwart, Moresby, Creswell, Waterhen, Penguin, Vampire, GMGID (PJP), Coonawarra, Attack, Ardent, Cook, Kuttabull, Cerberus.

May your walls know joy; May every room hold laughter and every window open to great possibility.

Aha... the highly cherished Chairman Dan 'one hand clapping' Award...

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Rick Pengilly
WEBMASTER
Ex-CPOMTH3
R42630
13th MOBI Intake
July'62 to July'74
HMAS Nirimba - HMAS Melbourne - HMAS Cerberus - HMAS Tarangau - HMAS Lonsdale - HMAS Tarangau - HMAS Nirimba - HMAS Brisbane

One of the guys on the committee who approves the nominations, was put into a $700,000 job by Andrews.

Surprising that the other idiot ex premier in QLD didn't get one. I bet she is pissed off.

In my opinion, no ex or serving Politician should receive these awards.

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Bruce Francis
R112774
JRTE 40TH Intake
July 72-June73
Ex WM,QMG,Bosun,Paid off Sept 93
Leeuwin,Cerberus x3, Lonsdale, Watson, Coonawarra(DNB), Harman.
Supply, Melbourne, Vampire, Attack, Ardent, Brisbane x2, Fremantle(Commissioning Crew), Sydney-FFG 03(Commissioning Crew), Hobart, Cessnock. Go the Mighty Magpies

Probably next year - maybe there is a quota on awarding stupid politicians each year.

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Brian Mackenzie
ex-Shipwright Instructor
Oct '88 to Dec '93 (NIRIMBA) before and beyond

Idiot protesters climb onto the top of Parliament House. They were displaying the Palestinian Flag & logo, but appeared to be against the Gov., military, veterans and anything to do with the west.

Part of their rant, was that the ADF & veterans were war criminals in frontier wars from Vietnam to Afghanistan.

Yet, all the AFP could do was stand around and point!

When is the Gov, ADF and/or RSL going to stand up and throw the book at these turds?

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Brian Carney
R43371
Ex-WOMTP5
22nd Mobi Intake
Jan 67 - Jan 89
RANATE, Sydney, Swan, Creswell, Stalwart (FMU), Cerberus, Derwent, Nirimba, Parramatta, Nirimba, FHQ (FMMO).

Obviously done in support of the arab bitch who defected from the ALP today in support of the other arabs getting belted in Gaza.

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Chris O'Keefe
R43136
Ex WO Chippy
19th MOBI Intake
July 65 to July 85
HMAS Nirimba X 4 -Penguin-Sydney-Queenborough - Creswell - Moreton - Stalwart - Platypus - Coonawarra Reconstruction Team 76 - Platypus - Hobart - Cerberus - FHQ - Coonawarra.

Anyone can be ordinary. Shipwrights choose to be extraordinary!

Check out this interview on the ABC that I suspect has been hidden.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J50hWO2DKHc

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John Kelly (WEBMASTER)
R42620
Ex-WOMTH
13th MOBI Intake
July'62 to July'83
Nirimba x3 - Rushcutter - Sydney x2 (Carrier) - Melbourne (Carrier) - Penguin - Kuttabul - Creswell x3 - Stalwart x2 - Brisbane.

Remember the Fijian patrol boat Puamau? You knw, the brand new one that some clod parked on a reef in Fiji?

Well, they've actually managed to pull it off the reef and it now sits in shallow water awaiting a lift-ship to collect it and bring it to Cairns. That'll make 4 heaps of scrap sitting in Norship's yard, of which one is being repaired for more $$ than it costs to build a new one.

Maybe we should get a bunch of retired Chippies together to start building them a heap of dugout canoes with gun mountings.....

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Chris O'Keefe
R43136
Ex WO Chippy
19th MOBI Intake
July 65 to July 85
HMAS Nirimba X 4 -Penguin-Sydney-Queenborough - Creswell - Moreton - Stalwart - Platypus - Coonawarra Reconstruction Team 76 - Platypus - Hobart - Cerberus - FHQ - Coonawarra.

Anyone can be ordinary. Shipwrights choose to be extraordinary!