Senator Brian Burston (PHONP) presented Questions On Notice re RCB submissions to the Defence Minister, Sen, Marisse Payne on 15th December 2017. The answers from the Department of Defence were provided by Sen. Mathais Cormann (in the Minister’s absence) in the...
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RCB E-NEWS UPDATE – 1/2018
This is the first of our e-news updates. It aims to keep you informed of the facts and progress towards our RCB service objective to be recognised as warlike. The Government maintains the service is peacetime despite overwhelming evidence discovered and presented by...
RCB’s Claim for Warlike Service Classification 1970-1989 – The Air Force Association calls on the PM for an independent examination.
In its letter to the Prime Minister, The Air Force Association believes "there is a compelling argument supporting an upgrade of the company’s service classification.... Consequently, .... the Air Force Association strongly requests the RCB's deployment be examined by...
Claims Defence lied to Riverina veterans refuted
The Department of Defence has hit back at claims it lied to former soldiers across the Riverina. It comes after army veteran Bob Bak said the government had incorrectly labelled the military service of almost 9000 men during an overseas operation. When Bob Bak was...
OPINION – New Minister has a Job to Do
TOWNSVILLE should be a priority destination for recently appointed Veterans’ Affairs Minister Michael McCormack. McCormack represents the NSW seat Riverina for the National Party, with his electorate office in Wagga Wagga. Wagga is perhaps best known as the location...
RARA endorses RCB service claim as warlike
In a letter to the PM in January 2016, the RARA National President Michael von Berg MC OAM endorsed the RCB’s claim for warlike service. ” ….it is our contention that the facts surrounding the reasons for the RCB deployment has been a subterfuge to overcome the Labor...
RCB Website Live
Welcome to the RCB’s website It is the communications control centre for the RCB Review Group’s management of Operation “Exposure” which aims to have the Government declare RCB service as warlike or failing that to appoint an independent (of Government) public inquiry...
Rifle Company Butterworth – Warning Order “OPERATION EXPOSURE”
Following Governments' failure to agree to RCB Review Group's legitimate claim for recognition of their service 1970-1989 as warlike, the Group intends to take further action to secure an independent judicial enquiry. All RCB ...
Engaging Southeast Asia? Labor’s Regional Mythology and Australia’s Military Withdrawal from Singapore and Malaysia, 1972–1973
The decision in 1973 to withdraw Australian forces from Malaysia and Singapore constitutes a neglected but defining episode in the evolution of Australian postwar diplomacy against the backdrop of the Cold War. A detailed examination of this episode sheds interesting...
A first-hand view of fighting the communist terrorists — Hussaini Abdul Karim August 30, 2011 AUG 30
A first-hand view of fighting the communist terrorists — Hussaini Abdul Karim, August 30, 2011 AUG 30 — A week before we received our Agong‟s commission, which was to be held on April 14, 1972, all Royal Military College (RMC), Sungei Besi, Kuala Lumpur graduating...