What a load spews forth from some fools who post here.  Australia and New Zealand are allies and always will be. Go like I have through the extremely moving commonwealth war graves in Flanders and see the tens of thousands of Kiwis and Australians lying next to each other,  you will never question, politicise or belittle the relationship again.  As for the Americans they are welcome here anytime.  There is a bond that transcends politics, politicians and economics between real allies.   It is formed between the people of countries with shared values who's fathers, sons , uncles, brothers, sisters and daughters have fought and fell together in times of  common need.   It has nothing to do with with the governments of the day, it runs far deeper than politics.   Some bunny's just don't get it 

Not a military base but a holiday military resort base for the Yankee soldier tourists. We have US soldier tourists  carrying automatic rifles and surface-to-air missile launchers while shopping in Melbourne Shopping mall or attending opera show at the Sydney Opera house.

if it's not a military base, then what is it?  a  package holiday?

Dave the bogan..lol wrote in #20
topolcats . you say that china is not expanionist??? fact 1: the CCP wants to rule over taiwan.a..... fact 2: china has claimed most of the south china sea.a claim.... fact 3: china still is in dispute with india over borders in ... fact 4: lets no forget tibet.. ..  - ---- LOL to your nonsense US-style expansionist theory. 1. Taiwan was part of Republic of China before the end of the civil war where the defeated ROC retreated to. 2. Chinese fishermen landed on the islands of the south china sea thousands of years ago and artifacts of ancient chinese origin can be found lying on the beaches of these islands. 3. The same thing applies to the disputed regions in India/tibet (details skipped). An important characteristic: in all the disputed terrorities involved, there are always a clear HISTORICAL CONNECTION with China. It is just a matter of how one interpret the issue using modern day standard. If reasserting one's right over disputed territories is called expansionism, then what should we call these: (1) The Europeans traveled across the ocean, invaded the land of the native Americans, wiped out half the population there, deprived the indigenous people of their homeland permanently and formed a country known
as USA today.
(2) US helped the French to fight against the Vietnamese people during the first Indochina war in order to restore the French colonial rule against the Vietnemese while massacring countless unarmed Vietnemese civilians and populated their farmland with the infamous chemical weapon Agent Orange.
(3) US invasion of Iraq, causing an esimated 1 million death for nothing more than a lie about WMD plus their strategy need of establishing control over the Iraqi oil by overthrowing an anti-American Iraqi gov (Saddam Hussein). Character istics: all the countries involved are thousands of miles away from the invader and ABSOLUTELY has no historical connection with them. So which one of the above are expansonism?  I'll let you make up your own standard.  But for one thing, please stick to one consistent standard, since to some people (you know who), double standard is their standard.  

topolcats. you say that china is not expanionist???fact 1: the CCP wants to rule over taiwan.an indipendent democratic nation in its own right because the CCP only took the mainland and not the island of taiwan during the 1948 or 49 civil war..fact 2: china has claimed most of the south china sea.a claim that overlaps the sea borders of other nations,borders that are reconised by the UN.fact 3: china still is in dispute with india over borders in the northen part of india.fact 4: lets no forget tibet..and your telling me that china is not expansionist...if china simply chose to not push on with any of these claims then the asia -pacific will be a more peaceful place..this would win china some respect. 

Gazza (unregistered) wrote in #1
Michael levy, we the aussie public are NOT bootlickers but our slimy sycophantic politicos most definately are. the sight of those grinning apes stepping foot on our soil fills me with rage. The problem is how, do we get rid of them when Gillards opponent Mad Monk Abbot is probably a bigger Yankophile that the Iron 8itch? If we took up arms against these b@stards the media would call us terrorists, and isn't that the ultimate irony? Not to mention the fact that the PM who works up the courage to tell the US that they have overstayed their welcome... will be demonised by our MSM and obviously replaced by another JG (US puppet) in the waiting...
You talk of Tony Abbott but what people haven't made any mention of is the Greens leader, Bob Brown, who freely talks of his passion for a "One World Government" because this fool believes that humans are rapidly overusing the world's resources and that we need to cut back... with obviously no worthwhile solutions to limit the impact to people's lives.

The Australian Greens are a nuisance to humanity. Fancy that, a Greens leader who sides with the NWO!

Michael levy, we the aussie public are NOT bootlickers but our slimy sycophantic politicos most definately are. the sight of those grinning apes stepping foot on our soil fills me with rage. The problem is how, do we get rid of them when Gillards opponent Mad Monk Abbot is probably a bigger Yankophile that the Iron 8itch? If we took up arms against these b@stards the media would call us terrorists, and isn't that the ultimate irony?

Julia Gillard is just a puppet of the US. Her meeting with Obama was cringeworthy - not the sort of behavior that one would describe as typical of a leader of a country.

JG is a disgrace for the way in which she lied about the Carbon Tax which will be phased out in favor of the global ETS and has undermined policies to limit refugees onto our shores, among other misdeeds. The country hates her with a passion yet the Labor party is loathe to replace her. Go figure!

When Kevin Rudd was replaced as PM by JG, his approval rating was at over 50%. Given that JG's popularity has rarely peaked above 30%, thanks to her continual lies, deceit and just sheer incompetence... what does that tell you about who actually controls our destiny? Our parliament is corrupted by international powers., headed by the US.

I just hope that Australia doesn't become the official 52nd state of the USA where we are flooded with their immigrants and culture and governed by their laws. The Labor leaders had been touting the idea of internet censorship since before the previous federal election... so it mirrors US/UK policy in many ways.

I, as an Australian, take offence at being called an American boot-licker. We were'nt given any choice. Sure we have elections, but every political party here has it's head stuck up America's A--s. We citizens have no choice. As far as i'm concerned, they are NOT welcome, NOT trusted, and in fact quite DESPISED. Now they want the Keeling Islands, and once that happens, the residents there will be kicked out, just like they did on Diego Garcia. The biggest threat to World Peace is the lying and cheating and answerable to no one, United States of America. I wish we had the courage of the Kiwi's who told them quite succsinctly where they could stick their nuclear weapons, their ships and their troops. It's only our government that bows to them, not the majority of citizens.

Foreign troops on Australian soil – with no input from the citizens. JG has told us there will be no US bases on Australian soil, however we already know she has been known to engage in semantics. She has also been known to change her mind, & do an about-face on party policy [Carbon tax]. What is to stop the same from happening in this instance, or to prevent the building or expansion of our existing Aussie base and filling it with US troops [but it won’t be a US base]. This is a dangerous precedent and once established, we will NEVER get rid of this foreign army. Is it reasonable to trust her, or indeed, to believe that she is working for the best interests of her country and the citizens she serves?

I'm Indonesian and i very concerned about this, because its just 300KM away from Indonesian Borders.
lol, typical yankees

Nah, it's not a base, just a rotating bivouac for knuckle-headed marines to sojourn between trips to commit crimes in other countries.  It's like a staging area to make it easier to sneak marines into other countries.

NZ had the same problem with the US presence in NZ. During WW2 their troop ships were so riddled with VD they were not allowed to dis-embark and were told to stand off the coast for resupply at sea. The same with visiting McMurdo air transports out of Deep Freeze operations. Their personnel are monitored - usually for drug trafficking.
The Key issue here is how Australia and New Zealands respective political systems were infiltrated and controlled by US interests. NZ was able to resist this influence for some time (till recently) through an informed and literate Constituency whom voted upon issues of importance - such as nuclear reactors, waste and nuclear warfare. They removed the US influence in our country through these means. No government will ever survive changing the laws, but they will sign secret agreements on the Sly.
The Australian voting public are no longer literate enough to realise what will happen to them in a potential nuclear exchange. The American public has recently Noticed fallout in their food and rain from half way across the world which is still steadily increasing ...regardles of the Worlds Media ignoring the issue. We've seen this with Peter Daley's and others radiation measurements in Brisbane - from Fukushima fallout.
When you get into bed with the Devil - there is a price to pay. After all, when someone else is fighting their wars on your lands without your Countrys Consent - what's that?
Lunacy comes to mind.

US Marines routinely guard US Nuclear Weapons. The Australian people haven't been asked what they think about a huge US Military Base specifically aimed at bolstering US Pentagon's Operation Anaconda with interlaced Radar Bases directing interlocked US ABM missiles surrounding Russia and China.

Treati ng the Australian people like US has routinely treated the African people in numerous African nations with it's Africom base and UAV kill drone strips is rather a big insult to the Australian people in my opinion.

Plac ing silo's of ABM (anti-ballistic missiles) as well as housing B2 Bombers with hydrogen bombs on Australian soil which would positively invite and result in a Russian and Chinese nuclear response during WW3 is rather disrespectful of the Australian people who would be intelligent enough to completely discourage and prevent any such warmongering base be constructed on their lands which directly destabilises world peace and places Australia into the direct line of nuclear fire.

Officia lly UK's Queen can't slam this purported US Nuclear Weapons and Missiles base down the throats of the Australian throats but that is appearing to be more what is taking place while being largely silent to the Australian population about what is actually going on and what evil Zionist agenda is being planned behind the scenes.