Aussies may not be at-work CONTACT readers after all
On ‘expert’ advice, I recently changed my subscriber emailing schedule from Sunday to Thursday. These USA-based ‘experts’ said Sunday was
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Editor’s Blog
CONTACT Editor Brian Hartigan muses on life, the universe and everything to do with CONTACT
There are big things happening around CONTACT
There’s some big things happening around CONTACT at the moment and I thought I’d take this opportunity to highlight a
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Why was major milestone of ‘extraordinary’ Tiger ignored by Defence?
Is Defence suddenly shy? They are certainly not putting out nearly as many press releases as they used to. Operation
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Equipment cycles are faster than attitudes
A small story we ran this week called ‘Not-so-grim Reaper on trial’ caused a storm of majority negative comments on
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I’m sick of this politicking already
Has the federal election even been announced yet? Sure as shit the campaigning has started – and Defence is featuring
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Kiama Dawn Service marred by (local) politics
This year is the second year in a row I’ve walked away from my local ANZAC Day Dawn Service in
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Further proof Cadets (or at least their hierarchy) hate CONTACT
“Good morning, we do not wish to be associated with Contact Cadets or Contact magazine. Please stop copying material from
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Are VCs won or awarded – and why are people so passionate about the difference?
In writing stories for public consumption, if you say “Willie Apiata, Ben Roberts-Smith or Mark Donaldson (above) won a VC”,
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Why do Cadets dis CONTACT?
Cadets are a segment of the Defence-focused community I have always believed should be CONTACT lovers. Yet it seems this
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How feedback helps CONTACT grow
I got some feedback in the past week that led to an email conversation that leads me to this blog.
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The future of CONTACT reflected in my roots
There is a very busy expansion program for CONTACT rattling around in my head – so, 2016 is shaping up to
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Awesome survey response – thank you!
In our 7 February newsletter we asked our audience to participate in a quick survey designed to help us get to
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Importance of feedback when you’re planning World domination
I’ve been out and about recently and met a few friends and some new acquaintances. Many of them looked at
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A time of change – and growth – for CONTACT
In my last blog I told you an awesome 😉 story about car keys, field signals and serendipity, which proved
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How I know 2016 is going to be a good year
I’m not a religious man, but I do believe in ‘something’ – and one little incident on Christmas Day renewed
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The magic of life itself
I’ve been around the world a couple of times and definitely more and, while my home is most certainly among the Australian
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Another bloody driving story
So my first three blogs end up being on the ‘driving’ theme. But I thought I might as well get
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For the love of driving
In my first blog I told you how I drove two days to Cultana and two days home again for
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CONTACT becomes a ‘professional’ blog
CONTACT today officially became a ‘professional’ blog after making three product sales through our affiliate-marketing partner Military Shop. You will
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