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Once again the ABC Four Corners program reveals the truth about another topic.  This time it is Australia's northern neighbour Cambodia, which has just run so called democratic elections.  Clearly the winner Hun Sen, is a dictator who rigs things to suit and uses very suspect means to achieve this.  He and his family have multimillion business interests in Australia.  He regards himself as a friend of Australia and Four Corners revealed that Australia seems to be hand in glove with the current Cambodian regime.  We have a deal with Cambodia to resettle offshore refugees in that country.  One refugee is already in Cambodia and the promise by Australian authorities of his family joining him there is not materialising. The lives of Cambodian Australians are being threatened by the Hun Sen regime yet what is Australia  doing about this? I feel pretty ashamed of our Federal Government after viewing that Four Corners program last night. May the Force ...

This morning I saw our PM Malcolm Turnbull on TV scathingly calling Bill Shorten the leader of the Labor party and the parliamentary opposition a liar.  He repeated the word with emphasis. Funny that as I thought I heard the PM say amongst other things that Bill Shorten stood for higher energy costs.  I am certain this is not Bill Shorten's position. As one of the great unwashed I am sick of our politicians from both sides using these personal attack strategies.  Best each says what they stand for and don't stand for, vis a vis the positions of the opposing side, and leave it at that.  I will be howled down for this naive view but it is how I feel. I can at this stage only hold a minimum level of trust in all of them.  At least I feel certain that the PM being a wealthy man is not concerned about holding his job for financial reasons.  Cold comfort. May the Force be with we, the great unwashed! GD