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WAR- A- LUDICRACY – By Oscar E V Fernando Peter, Paul and Mary – Where Have All the Flowers Gone (25th Anniversary Concert) With billions of people inhabiting planet earth-it will not be an exaggeration to say that there will be as many opinions as there are inhabitants; Dictionary defines the word opinion as a view held as probable and one can therefore conclude that a dispute on a probability leading to a quarrel-fisticuff-battle or war-is ludicrous to say the least: it will only reveal the egoism of two persons that eventually spreads into formation of parties carrying venomous slogans-leading to a brutal war-thus two can cause a World War!! Even at this very moment are we not sliding into an imminent World War? The two concerned politicians will of course justify it so as to continue their reign and power and most of them on the battle field would only ...

UNCLASSIFIED THE HON SCOTT MORRISON MP Prime Minister MEDIA STATEMENT Friday 28 June 2019 RETIREMENT OF THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL This week is Sir Peter Cosgrove’s last as Australia’s 26th Governor-General. On behalf of the Government and people of Australia I thank Sir Peter and Lady Cosgrove for their service over the last five years. Sir Peter has been one of our most approachable Governors-General. Australians from all walks of life felt like they knew this Governor-General. It didn’t matter if it was a palace or a pub, Sir Peter would shake your hand, look you in the eye and start a conversation. Sir Peter concludes a lifetime of public service to Australia. He commenced his studies at the Royal Military College, Duntroon in 1965 and was commissioned as a Lieutenant in 1968. He led the INTERFET peacekeeping mission to East Timor in 1999 and rose to Chief of the Defence Force ...