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

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Still no delivery date on Covenant/Lapel Pin (unrelated to CONTACT subscription)

23/08/201925/08/2019 Brian Hartigan 3395 Views 0 Comments

CONTACT is often asked “where’s my bloody lapel pin”, as if we were responsible for delivery. I kid you not.

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One of thousands of photos taken by Billy Cunneen in Vietnam – 1966, Australian APCs of 1 APC Sqn and dismounted soldiers pursue retreating Viet Cong troops in Phuoc Tuy Province. Click to enlarge.
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Did our minister use Wikipedia to research Vietnam Veterans’ Day?

18/08/201918/08/2019 Brian Hartigan 2498 Views 0 Comments

Today Australians across the country are encouraged to commemorate the service of all those who served in the Vietnam War

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DANGER CLOSE – The Battle of Long Tan – review

17/08/201919/01/2020 Brian Hartigan 6310 Views 6 Comments

WOW – a proper, PROPER, war movie. From go to whoah, DANGER CLOSE – The Battle of Long Tan is

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My new favourite lens

27/07/2019 Brian Hartigan 1166 Views 2 Comments

I got a new lens – a Canon 70-200mm f2.8 IS III USM – and she’s a beast. I got this

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POSITION VACANT – Advertising Sales Manager

12/07/201925/07/2019 Brian Hartigan 834 Views 0 Comments

CONTACT is seeking an Advertising Sales Manager to manage all aspects of advertising sales and advertising-client relations, in our multi-platform,

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Major General Peter Cosgrove is whisked ashore from HMAS Melbourne in Dili Harbour after a brief visit. Photo by Corporal Brian Hartigan for ARMY Newspaper.
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Editor reflects on encounters with Sir Peter Cosgrove

01/07/201901/07/2019 Brian Hartigan 2409 Views 4 Comments

  FILE PHOTO (December(?) 1999): Major General Peter Cosgrove is whisked ashore from HMAS Melbourne in Dili Harbour after a

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My personal anguish over DVA-funded mental health treatment

17/05/201922/05/2020 Brian Hartigan 2387 Views 13 Comments

I have mental-health issues. I don’t believe I have PTSD – and I’m definitely not suicidal. My issues are minor

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CONTACT’s YouTube Channel hits new milestone

15/05/2019 Brian Hartigan 1113 Views 0 Comments

Did you even know that CONTACT has a YouTube Channel? There’s nearly 350 military news videos to watch, 39 ‘personal

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The best fan-mail ever

09/05/201910/05/2019 Brian Hartigan 901 Views 0 Comments

I get a fair bit of ‘fan mail’ as editor of CONTACT – I love receiving it – and most

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CONTACT Editor Brian Hartigan in hospital recovering from heart surgery. Photo by Brian Hartigan.
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Heart surgery brings CONTACT’s future into focus

21/04/201923/04/2019 Brian Hartigan 1983 Views 14 Comments

There’s been a fair bit of military news over the past two weeks – especially in the final days before

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Interviewed by SBS

28/02/201910/06/2019 Brian Hartigan 1212 Views 0 Comments

I was interviewed in February by an SBS News reporter in the CONTACT office. We discussed my history, coming home

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You ‘must’ register with DVA to get Veteran Lapel Pin

18/02/2019 Brian Hartigan 17933 Views 26 Comments

CONTACT received numerous questions from our audience after publishing this story on the New Veterans Covenant and Lapel Pin. Sanitised

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GoPro Hero 7 side-by-side shootout with Hero 5

14/02/201908/03/2019 Brian Hartigan 1438 Views 0 Comments GoPro Hero 5 Black, GoPro Hero 7 Black

This is my side-by-side video-shooting comparison between the new GoPro Hero 7 and my two-year-old Hero 5 (I never bought

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New DVA cards will be issued soon
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Audience questions re new cards/pins not answered by DVA

07/02/2019 Brian Hartigan 1971 Views 0 Comments Veterans' Covenant

On 23 January, CONTACT published a story – Veterans’ Covenant and card coming soon – which gained a lot of

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Plan update + petting stingrays

05/02/2019 Brian Hartigan 1212 Views 0 Comments

What do you do around lunch time when you’re a professional pro-crastinator? Go find some stingrays to pat, of course.

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Quick trip to Canberra to meet Deputy Chief of Army

31/01/201904/06/2020 Brian Hartigan 1535 Views 0 Comments

I made a quick trip to Canberra to meet Australia’s new Deputy Chief of Army Major General Tony Rawlins and

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An Australian Army Tiger armed reconnaissance helicopter fires its chin-mounted chain gun during Exercise Chong Ju at the Combined Arms Training Centre at Puckapunyal, Victoria. Photo by Sergeant Brian Hartigan.
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How gender bias in recruiting can hurt an individual (male)

25/01/2019 Brian Hartigan 5701 Views 8 Comments

A very sad and frustrating case of apparent gender discrimination in Defence Force Recruiting has been brought to my attention.

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Australian soldiers undergoing casualty evacuation training in the Middle East. Photo by Brian Hartigan.
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Do we have a right to know when a soldiers dies on the job?

17/01/201926/01/2019 Brian Hartigan 5174 Views 2 Comments

Not long ago, the Department of Defence used to proactively inform the Australia public when a serious accident occurred on Defence

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2018 – What a year for CONTACT!

30/12/201826/03/2019 Brian Hartigan 2112 Views 5 Comments

2018 was a huge year for CONTACT, full of ups and downs – but mostly ups. There was some amazing

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#printCONTACTagain – audience voted NO
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Official announcement – CONTACT will not be printed next year

15/12/201830/01/2019 Brian Hartigan 1944 Views 0 Comments #printCONTACTagain

. I have bad news and good news… The bad news is, I have already decided – no, actually, the audience

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