Scaremongering about our national security is irresponsible and dangerous, as recently asserted by our security chiefs past and present. We've seen how they've handled bushfires, vaccine rollouts, RATs, floods and national disasters generally. Imagine how they would cope with a war.

Accusing Anthony Albanese of hiding and not calling an inquiry into this matter.

Also saying Albanese has a lot of embarrassing questions to answer to - whoa! Mr Morrison, sounds familiar, doesn't it?

How many times had this happened on the Coalition's side? Sounds a bit like the pot calling the kettle black. Now Senators Wong, Kennealy and Gallagher are being demonised for something that was said or done back in 2019. Just like Julia Gillard when she was brutally demonised by the opposition of the day.

Is it ok for the government to "keep quiet" about the same sort of doings and not ok with Labor? Double standards will no be tolerated in government. Stop the hypocrisy. There's no "brownie points" to be scored here. May Kimberley rest in peace.

I was waiting for it, you know, those anti-vaccine mandate protesters and their so-called Freedom Protests. With the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the real freedom of our brother and sister Ukrainians being violated by war and human rights abuses, it was an ideal time for the Aussie (so-called) Freedom Fighters to step up their protesting, block a few roads, desecrate a few war memorials, in the name of real freedom and human rights.

But no, Ive been sadly disappointed. Maybe some have taken a swipe at Russia on social media, from a safe distance, but no Freedom Rallies. Maybe some things arent worth getting upset about, not like those (perceived) evil vaccine mandates that were implemented to protect the vulnerable in our communities.

I write to let readers who were impacted, or who know of people who were hit, by the devastating recent Queensland and New South Wales floods that cash grants from Australian Red Cross flood appeal are now open. An amazing one-off event, Australian Unites Telethon, saw everyone dig deep and pledge more than $25 million for Australian Red Cross to help people hit by the floods. This is a gift from the Australian public and 100 per cent of those funds will be made available to an estimated 50,000 households that have been impacted by the floods and need some help.

From Friday, March 18, people whose homes have been damaged can apply for cash grants of $500 per household through Australian Red Cross. We hope it will go some way to help in what will be a long journey to recovery. Those who are bereaved can apply for a $20,000 bereavement grant. To apply, visit redcross.org.au/grants, or call 1800 733 276. Red Cross is doing its small part in what is a much larger recovery effort, but I want to say a big thanks to everyone who donated to allow this to happen.