QNEWS - DECEMBER 6 VK4 ON AIR ------------------------------------------------------------* DID YOUR CLUB TELL ANYONE ABOUT AMATEUR RADIO THIS WEEK? ------------------------------------------------------------* THE FOLLOWING NEWS CAN BE HEARD FROM OUR AUDIO SERVICE Available in Audio RIGHT NOW wiaq.org.au OR vk7ax.id.au/wianews/ Also search QNEWS (make sure it IS the Ham Radio QNEWS) in your podcast. listennotes.com/podcasts/q-news-ar-news-from-queensland-qnews-vk4bb-SHd0OpZILt1/ ------------------------------------------------------------* VK4 SILENT KEYS @ JULY 2020- MAY 2021 WIA YEAR SK CALL SK NAME ADVISED BY ex-VK4KJO Joachim Ostrenski (Joe Ski) 9/9/20 (vk4zz) VK4CNP Norm Philips 20/10/20 (vk4bat) ex-VK4FPJT Paul J Turner 22/10/20 (vk4bb) VK4HBN Alan Whiting 20/11/20 (vk4zz) VK4KAL Gordon Loveday 24/11/20 (vk4zz) ------------------------------------------------------------* Hello, I’m Geoff Emery, VK4ZPP, and I’ve been thinking. Welcome to the Alice in Wonderland world of 2020. You may think that the pandemic has turned the world over but consider this. We have a parliamentary democracy where the government supposedly takes responsibility for the actions of its departments and agencies. There is a minister responsible for the successes and failures of this system and if there is seem to have been a failure to oversee something that has gone wrong, the minister tenders his resignation to the Prime Minister. This is part of the principles of responsibility of the Westminster System of government. Since the naughty boy email from the ACMA, a week back, there has been an articulate and reasoned response to all the relative bodies, the Minister for Communications, the ACMA and the AMC. Like me, these people have no tolerance for rudeness in dealings with anyone but the tone of the email and some of the replies that people have received from the ACMA seem to be belittling of the amateur radio community. This may not have been the intent but our regulator seemingly needs to choose its words to ensure there is no apparent insult in the correspondence. The hiatus that has been aroused by the email concerning abusive language directed towards staff at the Australian Maritime College has broadened into the underlying issues of poor service delivery and the failure of the ACMA to enforce the terms of the deed under which amateur licencing is conducted. I am aware that previous correspondence to the office of the Minister for Communications has been acknowledged and advised that the ACMA is an independent agency and the matters should be addressed to the agency. Where is the Ministerial responsibility in this? Then the night before the infamous email, the ABC current affairs program, Four Corners, went to air with an expose of the behaviour of two of the Minister’s colleagues. Whilst marital fidelity should reasonably remain a private issue, we have had the Government recently telling us that the country is under cyber-attack by unnamed State actors. Long ago, there was a case of attempted sugar entrapment of a British cabinet Minister, John Profumo. Considering the precedent that this historic case provides, it is reasonable to question the behaviour of our own Ministers and their responsibility for Australia’s State Security. Now remembering that the Minister is not responsible for the independent ACMA, this past week, he is reported to have sent a 3 page letter to the Chair of the ABC, an independent government entity, requesting answers to 15 questions as to the public relevance of the this piece of investigative journalism. Sorry to say it seems like a double standard at play and radio amateurs wanting to pursue the issues need to lodge their complaint with the Ombudsman. I’m Geoff Emery VK4ZPP and that’s what I think�.how about you? ------------------------------------------------------------* 2020 Social Scene Due to the COVID-19 situation, please check these events' direct for up-to-date status information. TARC Xmas Party - Sun 13th December from 2pm (tarc) TARC Xmas Lights Tour - Fri 18th December (tarc) 2021 TARC Australia Day Long Week Family Radio Camp Thursday afternoon 21st to Tuesday afternoon 26th January at Girl Guides Association of Queensland Campsite and Training Centre Bluewater. (vk4zz) VK2 - WYONG FIELD DAY February 28 ( vk4zz) Central Highlands Amateur Radio Club will participate in the John Moyle Memorial Field Day Contest March 20 and 21st at the Model Aero Club, Mosquito Creek. 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