Butch Lambert
Active member
This was written by a friend, Stuart Elliott, of Australia. Stuart and his wife,Annie, are Hall of Fame shooters and members of the Aussie World Championship Team.
Butch,
See attached. I have sent it to the Prime Ministers Office. I also sent it and another letter to the Federal Attorney general who is a Senator for QLD (our State). See attached.
yep,...we are angry.
Stuart
I don't normally post political statements of my own....but I am doing so now because
I am angry.
Tony Abbott it’s time to step up. Please show some proper leadership and announce
nothing less than a wide ranging Royal Commission into the situation we (and the
whole world) have witnessed occur in Martin Place in Sydney and the events over
many years which lead up to this. You are our Prime Minister. It is your decision.
Saying that several issues need "looking into" is not enough to satisfy Australians.
We are told that terrorism is here and we had better get used to it. We are told that
"Lone Wolf" attacks are indefensible. It seems we are told a lot of things by
politicians but Australian have a good nose to know when they are being bullted
to. Buck passing is an Australian sport. But this is serious. To say this person Man
Haron Monis "fell through the cracks" in the system is such an understatement of
facts it is disgusting. Somewhere, somehow there is institutional incompetence at
every single level within our system. The system is rotten or incompetent and we
need to find where and why. The reasons and the answers need to be known by all
Australians openly. ONLY a wide ranging Royal Commission of Inquiry will achieve
that beyond political and institutional interference. We the people need our own court
of inquiry here.
The problem we all have here is that if one person like this Man Haron Monis can fall
through so many cracks in the system then there must be hundreds, possibly
thousands more like him. It is now not conceivable to think there are not many
others. This will be a serious concern to every Australian. There is not just one
problem here. At all levels from Immigration to the judicial and legal system to
policing of firearms licensing to falling off the terrorism 'watch list". As every hour
goes on we hear of more and more. The media can find out all this within one day
yet the institutions of the Australian Government cannot find or act? The Iranian
Government requested extradition in 2000 to face serious charges back in his
original country. But was rejected because Australia does not have an Extradition
agreement in place with Iran!
I see you on National Television tonight speaking about your concern. Thankyou.
Now it's time for action, not words. We have also seen tonight on National Television
there were many people within the Muslim community in Australia that raised the
alarm about this person. Yet nothing was done. If people are saying the Muslim
community needs to do more to help root out these people well here is an example
that was ignored. There is obviously a whole range of problems at every single level.
Under the Australian Constitution there are three (3) arms of government. The
Legislature, the Executive and the Judiciary. Do we have problems in all three? Is
this contributing to the problem? Only a Royal Commission is the least that ordinary
Australians should expect here. So Tony, what we need now is real leadership. I
hope you are listening.
Stuart Elliott
Butch,
See attached. I have sent it to the Prime Ministers Office. I also sent it and another letter to the Federal Attorney general who is a Senator for QLD (our State). See attached.
yep,...we are angry.
Stuart
I don't normally post political statements of my own....but I am doing so now because
I am angry.
Tony Abbott it’s time to step up. Please show some proper leadership and announce
nothing less than a wide ranging Royal Commission into the situation we (and the
whole world) have witnessed occur in Martin Place in Sydney and the events over
many years which lead up to this. You are our Prime Minister. It is your decision.
Saying that several issues need "looking into" is not enough to satisfy Australians.
We are told that terrorism is here and we had better get used to it. We are told that
"Lone Wolf" attacks are indefensible. It seems we are told a lot of things by
politicians but Australian have a good nose to know when they are being bullted
to. Buck passing is an Australian sport. But this is serious. To say this person Man
Haron Monis "fell through the cracks" in the system is such an understatement of
facts it is disgusting. Somewhere, somehow there is institutional incompetence at
every single level within our system. The system is rotten or incompetent and we
need to find where and why. The reasons and the answers need to be known by all
Australians openly. ONLY a wide ranging Royal Commission of Inquiry will achieve
that beyond political and institutional interference. We the people need our own court
of inquiry here.
The problem we all have here is that if one person like this Man Haron Monis can fall
through so many cracks in the system then there must be hundreds, possibly
thousands more like him. It is now not conceivable to think there are not many
others. This will be a serious concern to every Australian. There is not just one
problem here. At all levels from Immigration to the judicial and legal system to
policing of firearms licensing to falling off the terrorism 'watch list". As every hour
goes on we hear of more and more. The media can find out all this within one day
yet the institutions of the Australian Government cannot find or act? The Iranian
Government requested extradition in 2000 to face serious charges back in his
original country. But was rejected because Australia does not have an Extradition
agreement in place with Iran!
I see you on National Television tonight speaking about your concern. Thankyou.
Now it's time for action, not words. We have also seen tonight on National Television
there were many people within the Muslim community in Australia that raised the
alarm about this person. Yet nothing was done. If people are saying the Muslim
community needs to do more to help root out these people well here is an example
that was ignored. There is obviously a whole range of problems at every single level.
Under the Australian Constitution there are three (3) arms of government. The
Legislature, the Executive and the Judiciary. Do we have problems in all three? Is
this contributing to the problem? Only a Royal Commission is the least that ordinary
Australians should expect here. So Tony, what we need now is real leadership. I
hope you are listening.
Stuart Elliott
