{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/6461aa4dcd2b40001119e5eb/659b446cd051bc00169f2816?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Episode 31","description":"<p>Happy New Year! </p><p><br></p><p>While Australia was enjoying a peaceful Christmas, Ukraine was not – so why is our Army in the process of destroying 45 perfectly good Taipan helicopters rather than donating them?&nbsp;Ukraine made the request in mid-December and it looks like the government is pretending it hasn’t happened.&nbsp;It seems extraordinary that highly capable military helicopters worth $900 million – that the ADF has declared it no longer wants – are being disassembled as a prelude to being buried in landfill.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>Who is running Australia – the elected Government or the Defence Department?&nbsp;This is a scandal in the making with a lot of detail to come exposing a significant coverup – but the truth will be revealed.&nbsp;What a shame that most people are on holiday – which is what Defence is counting on.</p>","author_name":"APDR"}