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Defence distrust

Another election promise has gone West as shown in Hansard (Senate).
Miss Gillard attends military funerals and on television, drones on about sacrifice, but off-camera breaks a promise regarding Service Pensions.
Age and other pensions grew by nearly 100 per cent from 1990 to 2007, but Service Pensions went up just 60 per cent in the same period.
And she wants Defence Force members to trust her. Ha!
Geoff Pickering
Gympie

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