I see Lidia Thorp made a complete arse of herself in Parliament House today - must be all that Scottish DNA she has.....

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

Sure did, stupid woman.
She could always walk away from her taxpayer-funded job and the system she so deplores. Stupid woman.

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Graeme 'Smiley' Rhodes
R94714
Ex-CPOMTP(D)5
Jan'65 Leeuwin Intake (10th) - Jan'66 Nirimba Intake (20th)
Jan'65 to Mar '88
Leeuwin, Nirimba, Stalwart, Samarai, Lae, Penguin, Curlew, Buccaneer, Navy Office, Barbette, Cairns, RANTTU (based in Port Moresby), Stirling, Bunbury.

*** GASP!! ***

Walk away from goverment money?? How dare you suggest she break with her traditions??!!

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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!

Would love to see the outcome her a DNA test.

I found out that a mates mother (in her much younger years) was involved in the removal of Aboriginal children but, not a "stolen generation" action, rather removed as the result of being the birth outcome of rape/incest. She had written at length in her diary, about what her job entailed. From what he read, he ended up destroying her diaries. I think a DNA testing requirement might open up a Pandoras Box of issues......

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

Unfortunately to be recognised as Aboriginal you only need the approval of a couple of elders that will testify you are Aboriginal hence the number of fair haired , blue eyed Aboriginals.

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Mark Sullivan
R106204
Ex-CPOETC3
28th MOBI Intake
Jan 70 to Jan 82
Nirimba x 2 , Cerberus , Derwent , Stalwart , Yarra , Platypus , Watson , Vampire

On a slightly different tack who amongst us remembers going down to the domain to stir up the various speakers from the religious nuts to the hare Krishna's to the antiwar protestors etc. Most had radical ideas but there were few altercations as a whole.

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Mark Sullivan
R106204
Ex-CPOETC3
28th MOBI Intake
Jan 70 to Jan 82
Nirimba x 2 , Cerberus , Derwent , Stalwart , Yarra , Platypus , Watson , Vampire

I remember berthing with a yank ship in Brisbane of the nuclear variety (I was on Perth) and being accosted at the gates by feral anti nuke protesters telling them they should far cough!!

Next day when I was duty, I played the opening lyric of Midnight Oils ‘Power and Passion’ over the bridge PA system and legged it before I was sprung

US FORCES GIVE THE NOD....

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Gary Fradd
S115224
Ex-LSMTH3
1973 - 1985
Cerberus, Melbourne, Creswell x 2, Nirimba, Perth x 2, Kuttabul FIMA

The has stated that she will be around until her term expires and won't seek re-election. So we have to put up with the f*&kwit for another 3 and a half years unfortunately. Where else would she get a taxpayer funded job that pays her about $250,000.

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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

What a shame that there is no one able to "find" some of her DNA - it would be truly interesting to see how she explains away a large UK heritage (and close family members).

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

Just smacks of never letting the facts get in the way of a good story.

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Graeme 'Smiley' Rhodes
R94714
Ex-CPOMTP(D)5
Jan'65 Leeuwin Intake (10th) - Jan'66 Nirimba Intake (20th)
Jan'65 to Mar '88
Leeuwin, Nirimba, Stalwart, Samarai, Lae, Penguin, Curlew, Buccaneer, Navy Office, Barbette, Cairns, RANTTU (based in Port Moresby), Stirling, Bunbury.