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Editor’s Blog

CONTACT Editor Brian Hartigan muses on life, the universe and everything to do with CONTACT

Editor's Blog News 

CONTACT sets new readership record

02/12/2024 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1343 Views 0 Comments

CONTACT web site broke last year’s record of 6,519,714 page views for the calendar year today, 2 December. The new

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CONTACT sets new viewership record

09/01/2024 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1502 Views 0 Comments

The CONTACT web site has set a new record for the number of pages viewed in a calendar year –

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Nearly ready to move

11/09/2023 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2172 Views 0 Comments Make-n-Do

Rosie and I bought a new house, sold our current house – and then started packing – and packing –

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Able Seaman Boatswains Mate Corey Hardy on board HMAS Choules during the MH-60R Seahawk helicopter first of class flight trails. Story and photo by Able Seaman Rikki-Lea Phillips.
ADF People Editor's Blog 

Indigenous sailor has all the right moves

14/04/2023 Posted by Mike Hughes 3006 Views 2 Comments HMAS Choules, Indigenous, MH-60R Seahawk

From dancing with his people to dancing for his people, Able Seaman Boatswains Mate Corey Hardy is proud to be

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New Delorean owner William in Croydon, Queensland, shows his appreciation for Classics for a Cause.
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Is Classics for a Cause fair dinkum?

12/08/202116/09/2022 Posted by Brian Hartigan 14753 Views 5 Comments Classics for a Cause

You’ve probably seen ads for classic-car raffles all over the Internet – including here on CONTACT – and wondered is it fair dinkum or not.

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CONTACT was shut down by Facebook – and I really don’t care

19/02/202127/02/2021 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3131 Views 7 Comments

The reason I don’t care that Facebook shut down our FB page is because its just one tool we use to guide people to where the real action is.

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Holy Cow – what a year!!!
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HOLY COW – What a year!!!

01/01/202102/01/2021 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3358 Views 0 Comments

HOLY COW!!! What a year – and I’m not even talking about COVID-19 or bushfires! 2020 was CONTACT’s best year ever for audience engagement.

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Chief Petty Officer Kieth Ralston as Santa hands out presents to children at Carols by the Bay at HMAS Watson, Sydney. Photo by Able Seaman Shane Cameron.
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Happy Christmas me arse

25/12/2020 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2078 Views 0 Comments

Merry Christmas all CONTACT fans

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Former SASR Sergeant Troy Simmonds – who's story was front-cover worthy in CONTACT magazine issue 45 – said on Facebook this week he was "Proud to have been a member of 2 Squadron, Australian Special Air Service Regiment. Group pic whilst in role of Counter Terrorism team for the 2000 Olympics (me front row 4th from left). Now sadly disbanded due to as yet unproven allegations made against a small group in 2012. Thoughts go out to the hundreds of proud 2 SQN Vets since the 1960s who had nothing to do with these allegations and are deeply saddened and hurt by the dishonorable disbanding of their old Squadron".
Australian Australian Army Editor's Blog News 

2 Squadron SASR struck off – secretly

17/12/202017/12/2020 Posted by Brian Hartigan 20489 Views 44 Comments IGADF Afghanistan Inquiry

2 Squadron SASR has been struck off Army’s Order of Battle – in secret, despite CDF’s ‘clarification’ that due process would precede.

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CONTACT tops 5MILLION page views

17/11/202018/11/2020 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1934 Views 0 Comments

It happened in the middle of the night – between midnight and 1am, to be exact – the CONTACT web site clocked up 5,000,000 page-views!!!

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CONTACT sets new record for page views

25/09/202026/09/2020 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2156 Views 0 Comments

With 3 months and 5 days left in 2020, we’ve already broken last year’s record for the number of page views on our web site.

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3,000,000 PAGES VIEWED

11/07/202009/07/2020 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2206 Views 0 Comments

CONTACT clocked up more than 3,000,000 page views at some point last night – a full 10 weeks ahead of the same figure last year.

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CONTACT web site eclipses half-year record

07/05/202007/05/2020 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3550 Views 0 Comments

All in all 2020 is shaping up to be a huge year for CONTACT – again. Our web site recorded

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ANZAC Day 2020 in Kiama Downs NSW. Photo by Brian Hartigan.
Australian Editor's Blog News Veterans 

ANZAC Day 2020 – a very special event

25/04/202003/05/2020 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3837 Views 0 Comments

ANZAC Day 2020 was a very special day – celebrated widely in CONTACT’s suburb, and, we are confident, right around Australia.

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Major Darryl Kelly, long-time contributor of the "Just Soldiers" series in CONTACT magazine, took up the Exercise Stone Pillow challenge sent out by CONTACT.
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CONTACT stalwarts settle in for Exercise Stone Pillow

24/04/202024/04/2020 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3146 Views 0 Comments