The appointment of former Labor defence minister Stephen Smith and former CDF Angus Houston to conduct of a strategic review of the Australian Defence Force does not inspire confidence among those Australians with recent memories of senior defence...
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Opinion: A True Blue Aussie, Far From Green
I know this scribble is a touch repetitive but it’s very difficult to ignore such a slur in recent times directed at our national flag by a politician. Personal resentment was magnified when a view was triggered at a time when some of us were in a phase of paying...
Opinion: Green Leadership
I often wonder why we are no longer a Lucky Country. And the reasons have been staring me in the face for some time and yet I refused to see the stark reality of it all. We keep giving power to morons who are only concerned with their own egos. Bandt's tantrums and...
Opinion: Herbert MP will discover opposition is a long and tough slog
Up here we are pretty chuffed the Member for Herbert, Phillip Thompson, a returned veteran in the old definition of that word, is the Opposition’s assistant spokesman for defence. He knows the region is not a given for either side of politics, has worked hard to...
George Mansford’s Tribute – Many salutes to our cobber, Frank Moffitt
It is nearing 70 years since I returned late at night after leave in WA, and reported to the orderly room of Charlie Coy 2RAR. Frank was on duty as orderly corporal and after a yarn, pointed to the floor which was my bed for the night and my kit bag for a pillow. It...
Opinion: Apathy and absence – RSL Australia plays politics at the expense of veteran advocacy
By George Alban and Eamon Hale. This article was published on line in the Australian Veteran News On 1 June 2022, RSL Australia’s entrenched failure to speak publicly on behalf of the veteran population and its continued lack of visibility in the nation’s political...
Opinion – Russia ready to kill those who oppose it
There’s one thing Russia’s rulers can’t tolerate. It is those who challenge their self-assumed total authority. If there’s one thing history has demonstrated about Russia’s behaviour it is that they will ruthlessly eliminate those who do. READ...
Opinion: Where are the strategists and tacticians?
There’s nothing like the whiff of distant grapeshot to energise Australia’s plethora of armchair military strategists. Military professionals, on the other hand, spend an inordinate time pondering where strategy ends and tactics begin. Australia, in its short history,...
Opinion – Far North Queensland the place to berth nuclear subs
With a small fleet, far north Queensland makes far better sense in terms situating the boats closest to where they will be deployed. READ MORE
Opinion: Will he?, Won’t he? Has he?
Russia’s criminal despot pushes the world to the brink, playing an unpredictable, dangerous game. Plenty of questions as Stalin’s successor wages war