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Defence plays sillybuggers with COVID-19 stats

17/04/202018/04/2020 Brian Hartigan 1700 Views 0 Comments COVID-19

Defence officially update today that it is currently managing 33 cases of COVID-19 in the locations illustrated above – while the map only adds up to 28.

A Royal Australian Air Force No. 36 Squadron C-17A Globemaster departs RAAF Base Amberley for Vanuatu with Humanitarian Aid on 10 April 2020. Photo by Corporal Nicci Freeman.

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Why did Defence ignore aborted flight to Vanuatu?

15/04/202018/04/2020 Brian Hartigan 2992 Views 1 Comment

A Royal Australian Air Force C-17 Globemaster flew to Vanuatu twice in recent days with a single load of humanitarian

2nd Commando Regiment commandos speed towards a 'target' vessel in a rigid-hulled inflatable boat (RHIB) during counter-terrorism training off the New South Wales coast. Photo by Corporal Sebastian Beurich.

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Is Navy back-flipping on recent sea boat contract?

14/04/202014/04/2020 Brian Hartigan 2847 Views 1 Comment

A story on Defence’s news site today caught our eye – Call-out to industry on sea boat capabilities – in

Attendees at a Women in Cyber event on International Women's Day 2020 in Canberra, ACT.

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Delivering all your ‘current and relevant’ news

10/04/202010/04/2020 Brian Hartigan 808 Views 0 Comments COVID-19

. . news a noun newly received or noteworthy information, especially about recent events . . . “…is taking a

Beau King in action at the Sydney 2018 Invictus Games. Photo by Brian Hartigan.

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Veteran gives away $100 shopping vouchers during COVID-19 crisis

09/04/202009/04/2020 Brian Hartigan 676 Views 0 Comments COVID-19

Beau King, who served in the Army for eight years, is giving back to the Townsville community by giving away $100 Woolworth’s vouchers to those in need.

Australian Army soldier Private Jack Barrie sorts donations at the Foodbank warehouse in Glendenning, NSW, as part of Defence's Operation COVID-19 Assist. Photo by Corporal Chris Beerens.

Health and Wellbeing Letters to the Editor

Virus made me a morning person

06/04/202006/04/2020 Colleen 530 Views 1 Comment COVID-19

How are you coping with this social isolation? I’m doing alright with reading, cooking, jigsaws, exercising and getting out for a walk on a regular basis.

Imagery scanned from Navy Historic Archive – HMAS Junee.

Personal stories

National Service in the 50s

05/04/202005/04/2020 Mel Austin 541 Views 0 Comments

FILE PHOTO: Image scanned from Navy Historic Archive – HMAS Junee. Congratulations on such a successful website Brian. I’m

Australian Army soldier Private Claude Allan from 2nd/17th Battalion, Royal New South Wales Regiment, guides returning passengers to their hotel rooms in Sydney, as part of the government’s COVID-19 response. Photo by Corporal Chris Beerens.

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Minister forgot to tell Defence about Op COVID-19 Assist

01/04/202001/04/2020 Brian Hartigan 1819 Views 3 Comments COVID-19

Defence’s COVID-19 daily update issued at 9am this morning makes no mention of Operation COVID-19 Assist announced by the minister some three hours earlier.

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 Brian Hartigan 2320 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 Brian Hartigan 669 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 Brian Hartigan 2779 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 Brian Hartigan 733 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 Brian Hartigan 1574 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.

Warrant Officer Class 2 Brett Donaldson, ‘A’ Field Battery, supervises a Danish soldier firing a Heckler and Koch grenade machine gun during a range practice at Forward Operating Base Budwan, Helmand Province Afghanistan. Photo by Corporal Raymond Vance.

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Doubt about Australian Army’s oldest unit birthdate

18/03/202022/03/2020 Brian Hartigan 2680 Views 4 Comments

Recent discussions have cast doubt on the birthdate of Australia’s oldest, continuously-serving full-time military unit – A Field Battery.

Australian and international participants at AASAM 2013. Photo by Sergeant John Waddell.

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Has AASAM international component been cancelled?

12/03/202014/03/2020 Brian Hartigan 925 Views 0 Comments COVID-19

Defence today issued a press release talking up AASAM20 scheduled to start tomorrow at Greenbank in Brisbane – with no international component mentioned.

Composite SEEK/DFR recruitment ad for Administration Assistant (Female). Digitally altered by CONTACT.

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Defence under fire – again – for sexist recruitment ads

11/03/202011/03/2020 Brian Hartigan 3723 Views 4 Comments

Defence is under fire – again – for blatant sexism in recruitment advertising, nominating “Female Opportunity” as a precondition of application.

An image capture from the Australian War Memorial's grand expansion-plans video, showing an RAAF F/A-18A on prominent display.

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Australian F/A-18 history/heritage – SOLD

06/03/202026/05/2020 Brian Hartigan 2638 Views 1 Comment

Maybe you just can’t trust a politician’s promise until you actually see an F/A-18 spiked atop a pole with said politician getting his/her photo taken.