Plan update + petting stingrays
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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Editor’s Blog
CONTACT Editor Brian Hartigan muses on life, the universe and everything to do with CONTACT
Quick trip to Canberra to meet Deputy Chief of Army
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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How gender bias in recruiting can hurt an individual (male)
A very sad and frustrating case of apparent gender discrimination in Defence Force Recruiting has been brought to my attention.
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Do we have a right to know when a soldiers dies on the job?
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!
2018 was a huge year for CONTACT, full of ups and downs – but mostly ups. There was some amazing
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Official announcement – CONTACT will not be printed next year
. I have bad news and good news… The bad news is, I have already decided – no, actually, the audience
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Australian Warrior Expo – good enough to do it all again – soon
The first Australian Warrior Expo came and went in October – now we’re looking forward to the second instalment –
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Millions of $-worth of new clothing in $9 auction could have gone to Cadets
Hundreds-of-thousands of items of military clothing went under the virtual hammer in what seemed to be a wasteful Army warehouse
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CONTACT tops 3million page views
Sometime late last month when I wasn’t looking, the CONTACT web site topped 3,000,000 page views for the year to
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CONTACT’s Invictus Games coverage – 4 November
Invictus Games 2018 in Sydney is in full swing and I’m in Sydney, photographing as much Aussie-team action as possible. When
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Those ‘free Land Rovers’ will cost RSLs $6180 + GST
Here’s another update on the 21 September story we ran under the headline “200 free Land Rovers for RSLs” –
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CONTACT will cover Invictus Games after all
I reported earlier this month that CONTACT did not receive media accreditation to cover the Invictus Games in Sydney next
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CORRECTION: ‘Free Land Rovers’ are not free after all
On 21 September we ran a story under the headline “200 free Land Rovers for RSLs“. FILE PHOTO (November 2013): An
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Australian Warrior Expo gathering momentum
You know, I’m really glad I got in on this juggernaut early. Australian Warrior Expo invited CONTACT to be a
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CONTACT might be covering Invictus Games after all
CONTACT – the Australian military magazine was informed it would not be allowed to cover the Invictus Games in Sydney
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Simple Survey – do you want CONTACT printed again?
To help us serve our audience better, we need to know our audience a little better. Age, gender and military
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Follow-up to “Veteran refused care – because DVA is paying”
It took six month but I eventually got a response from my local politician to my recounting of my experience
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I only announced my new #printCONTACTagain plan about three weeks ago, and already, we’ve topped 10% of the funding goal.
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What value in an orange (or blue) ticket
Australian Warrior Expo recently launched two new ticket types – orange and blue. Both are $49 each – but the
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How CONTACT plans to print again
Come on CONTACT fans – let’s rally the troops to #printCONTACTagain – please subscribe – and please share this
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