Has he gone to bed yet? I hope so. I certainly found your explanations profoundly interesting.
Particularly the comment "the journalist was trying to portray it as a blank cheque. It isn't."
(As for me, I should know better than to respond to a poster whose first comment is an obvious insult.)
I'll argue with anyone who is, in my opinion, misrepresenting Australia's position, deliberately or otherwise. Even if I don't convince them, other people reading get more than one side and are more able to make up their own minds.