I was fortunate to be on Sydney Harbour when the SSS Steve Irwin sailed under the Harbour Bridge, and past several idle and significantly larger Australian Navy vessels moored at Garden Island naval base, on its way to the Southern Ocean. I thought at the time whilst that ship is impressive it is smaller than even the passenger ferry from the CBD to Manly and they are going to the Southern Ocean in that? But I didn't think they would be getting smacked by plate steel as well as 40' waves.
Australia sends the Navy out to rescue boats that can't even get past the horizon of foreign countries yet it will not dispatch the Navy to capture foreign govt. sponsored ships illegally entering our waters and endangering our citizens, even when the majority of the people call for it. It seems trade concerns with the world's no. 3 economy outweigh any sovereignty or environmental concerns that this current govt. may have.
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