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They should pay the military decent money. And he should have found a legal way to make more money, and he also should have been in control of his wife's spend
by rmtech 7y ago
They should pay the military decent money.
And he should have found a legal way to make more money, and he also should have been in control of his wife's spending (easier said than done in the modern age though...).
Selling the weapons was dumb because there was almost no way they wouldn't be tracked back to him.
- tjscott 7y agoA captain in the Australian Army in 2018/19 earns between AUD$70,334 and AUD$130,704. Armed services salaries are tax-free, so that's not a terrible salary compared to the median in Australia of ~AUD$85k before tax or ~$65k after tax. https://www.defence.gov.au/payandconditions/ADF/Resources/WRA.pdf https://www.defence.gov.au/payandconditions/ADF/Resources/WR... https://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/abs@.nsf/mf/6302.0 https://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/abs@.nsf/mf/6302.0
- ajdlinux 7y ago> Armed services salaries are tax-free In Australia, only reservists get tax-free pay, and only when they're not on full-time duty. I think some of the additional military allowances are tax free for full-timers, but not base salary.
- phs318u 7y ago> he also should have been in control of his wife's spending Or, you know, divorced her.
- hos234 7y agoWell I have no idea what Australia has an Army for. What are they defending with rocket launchers anyway?
- irrational 7y agoHave you not heard about the wildlife in Australia? From what I've read, every step you take outdoors, something is trying to kill you. I'm surprised every Australian school child isn't packing a rocket launcher.
- hos234 7y agoCrocodile Dundee didn't need no rocket launchers man. An Akubra hat was enough.
- JoeAltmaier 7y ago...and that knife. That was a knife!
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- NamTaf 7y agoOur armed forces deploy overseas on a variety of missions that include NATO support as well as peacekeeping. More generally, a standing army helps counterbalance the threat of land invasions in a way that a navy on its own could not. Thirdly, our armed forces are often used for humanitarian purposes such as supporting the country during our (not infrequent) natural disasters, e.g. flooding or bushfires.
- mmjaa 7y agoThe ADF are key to the Coalitions mission: when America wants something dirty done, that will not have the complication of civilian oversight should an investigation be necessary, they come to the Australian Defence Forces...
- senectus1 7y agoI was being facetious. (looking at the downvotes I dont think many people got that). But seriously though, this isn't about pay. The guy was a fucking idiot.