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Sinee the beginning of the year the anger Victoria's role as the birthplace of the Australian mainstream media has tended to concentrate on Australia's reference to Taiwan, succeeded in raising temperatures in Commonwealth Naval Forces (ACNF) in this its centenary domestic affairs - not unusual in a year during which a several countries, not least in Australia. Trade, friendship Dear Editor. year. On 1st March 1901 the State Colonial Federal election is due to take place no matter how many and formal alliances do not always sit comfortably What on earth is happening regarding the recent Navy months distant - events in the wider world have taken together, requiring Australia as much as any country to Navies were legally handed over to the Australian News article concerning the Secretary of the Department of place that will inevitably impact on Australia sooner or exercise a very high level of diplomatic skill in handling its Commonwealth Government - six from Victoria, four Defence's opinion on the constitutional powers of the later. They include: relations with the United States. China and Taiwan. from Queensland, two from South Australia and two from Highly desirable in our diplomacy - political Governor General in his constitutional role as Commander • The US-Sino "Spy Plane' incident. New South Wales. This was accompanied by Victoria's • The Bush Administration's reaction to the incident and bipartisanship, is regrettably not a feature of recent in Chief of the Naval & Military Forces? I am appalled that Williamstown Naval Training Depot and graving dock. arms and references to Taiwan. statements by Government and Opposition foreign affairs a 'public servant' is giving voice to what amounts to • Developments in the US missile Defence Plan. and defence spokesmen. mutiny against the Australian Constitution. I am aware of This depot became Australia's Naval training centre up • The NZ Government's Statement on Defence, and. With regard to the New Zealand Government's Sir Ninian Stephen's speech which was sent to me in until 1920 when Flinders Naval Depot was commissioned • Diverging Australian political views on Foreign affairs strategic plan to scale down the country's existing naval response to my pointing out that the Chief of the Defence with Australia's first Interdenominational Naval Memorial anil Defence issues. and air assets - to vanishing point so far as air combat Force title was unconstitutional and goes against chapel as part of that new training facility. Navy Office was At the '.ime of writing, the actual sequence of events element is concerned - a worrying loss to Australia will be constitutional law. Sir Ninian's speech although well located in Melbourne and remained there up until the that resulted in a USN KP-3E surveillance aircraft being the withdrawal of the RNZAF's A-4K Skyhawk fighters, forced to land on the Chinese island of Hainan on I April up to six of which are based at Nowra and used by the researched, argues against the constitutional powers of early 1960s. RAN for training purposes. This means the loss of an Commander in Chief. I am of the opinion that he draws has not been revealed. It is generally accepted that the In July 1911 Australia's representatives in the UK Chinese fighter involved, subsequently lost with its pilot, important facility until the RAAF's new BAE 127 Hawk ihe wrong conclusions, from the evidence submitted, to requested that the Australian Commonwealth Navy's name caused the mid-air collision. Speculation however has been jet training aircraft become available in about two years support his unconstitutional arguments. If Sir Ninian intense, ranging from "accidental" to "deliberate" contact, time. The absence of fighter aircraft must also make it Stephen was of that opinion he should have resigned as be changed to ROYAL AUSTRALIAN NAVY, and H.M. but a believable report suggests the Americans were difficult for New Zealand soldiers and sailors to conduct Governor General. His expressed personal opinion has no the King "approved the memorandum with great observing a new Russian supplied Sovrcmenny class exercises with any degree of realism.