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

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 9336 Views 3 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 1863 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 1769 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 777 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 15272 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 793 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 1044 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 1097 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 2305 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 2487 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 2044 Views 0 Comments

Pictured above is Major Darryl Kelly, long-time contributor of the “Just Soldiers” series in CONTACT magazine, who took up the

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Major General John Frewen issues back-to-the-future plea to nice.
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Why did Defence re-issue plea to be nice to soldiers on COVID-19 isolation tasks?

31/03/2020 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3301 Views 1 Comment COVID-19

For some strange reason we can only guess at, Defence today re-issued the message from Commander COVID-19 task force – with

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Three weeks after first COVID-19 case – now 25

31/03/2020 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1314 Views 0 Comments COVID-19

“Defence is currently managing 25 confirmed cases in the locations illustrated”, Defence updated today, on an update page dated both 30 March and 31 March.

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Join me for a special ANZAC Day Dawn Service

30/03/202023/04/2020 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3702 Views 9 Comments COVID-19

Wounded Heroes has brought forward its major fundraiser – Ex Stone Pillow 2020 – to cope with a major call on its services in the face of the COVID-19.

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CONTACT setting new audience records – so thank YOU!

30/03/202004/04/2020 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1403 Views 0 Comments

Yesterday, 29 March 2020, was a record day for CONTACT when our web site clocked up 11,885 unique visitors and 42,576 page views in a single day.

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Defence’s COVID-19 crisis spreads, in more ways than case numbers

29/03/2020 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2231 Views 0 Comments COVID-19

“Defence is currently managing 22 confirmed cases in the locations illustrated above” – and staring down the barrel of a PR crisis.

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Advertising sales agent required
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POSITION VACANT – Advertising Sales

07/02/202009/02/2020 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1736 Views 3 Comments

CONTACT is seeking an advertising sales agent to help us attract quality advertisers, so we can continue to grow and

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Happy New Year – 20 years after 1999

02/01/202002/01/2020 Brian Hartigan 1487 Views 0 Comments

I sent the following message to CONTACT DFSW Club members yesterday, and thought it appropriate to pass it on more

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Veteran lapel pin sold on eBay for more than $5000.
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Veteran Lapel Pin ‘sold’ on eBay

28/12/201906/01/2020 Posted by Brian Hartigan 10334 Views 21 Comments

Some funny bugger put his new veteran lapel pin on eBay as soon as he got it, aiming to raise

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The CONTACT web site has topped 4-million page views in 2019.
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Record-breaking year for CONTACT web site

20/12/201903/05/2020 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1598 Views 0 Comments

Like a giddy kid, I watched the CONTACT web-site stats counter for weeks, waiting for that record 4 mil to

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