A compensation plan has been set out for the families of people found to have been unlawfully killed or abused by Australian special forces in Afghanistan. Compensation was one of the recommendations from the 2020 Brereton report that found Australian defence forces were involved in the “murder” of 39 prisoners and civilians in Afghanistan.
doesn’t seem like there will be any jail time to warcriminals 
but better than amerikkka i guess
We really scrape by on being a bit better than America don’t we?
Better than nothing I guess.
I don’t want to hijack but literally half the political discussions I have with mainstream Aussies go something like “Well at least we have X unlike the usa”.
It hurts, like who stole your dreams mate? We can have better things than a broken state where mass murder of children is common. Neck so bowed by the collar that looking at someone’s ankles seems radical.
It hurts, like who stole your dreams mate?
https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_presidents_of_the_United_States&diffonly=true
That got a chuckle, but they’re not that powerful. It’s like some mashup of capitalist realism, fukyama end-of-history nonsense, and internalising the sheer misanthropy of English economists. Heavily watered with an endless stream of rhetoric piss by neoliberal intellectual like pinker et al.
Nobody knows anyone who they think would go mad max if the boot stayed off but everyone is fucking certain they’re out there and shouldn’t we just jealously protect what little we’re allowed?
Taking bets on how much actually gets paid out?
Still, better than a kick in the teeth I guess. Dark piece of Australian history this is, add it to the pile.
I find this:
That includes that the claim must relate to someone who is “reasonably likely” to be the victim of assault or property damage or a family member of someone unlawfully killed.
The person must also not be a member of a terrorist organisation.
to be a place of shenanigans. Are taliban terrorist? YPG? Is etim terrorist nowadays?
Going rate was 2k for usa i believe for some time, they’ll probably bump it to not look like complete pricks
Yeah absolutely. CDF will just say “Oh reasonable doubt in terrorist group”.
Also like idk how membership in whatever makes extralegal killing less wrong but fuck me.
